Established in 1964, the African Development Bank (AfDB) is the premier pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent. There are 80 member states, including 54 in Africa (Regional Member Countries). The Bank\u2019s development agenda is delivering the financial and technical support for transformative projects that will significantly reduce poverty through inclusive and sustainable economic growth. In order to sharply focus the objectives of the Ten Year Strategy (2013 \u2013 2022) and ensure greater developmental impact, five major areas (High 5s), all of which will accelerate our delivery for Africa, have been identified, namely: energy, agro-business, industrialization, regional integration and improving the quality of life for the people of Africa.<\/p>\n
The Bank is seeking to recruit a dynamic and competent Chief Investment Officer who will work on private sector industries & services transactions within the Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization (PIVP) complex, namely in the Industrial and Trade Development (PITD) department.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title:\u00a0Chief Investment Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n THE COMPLEXES:<\/strong><\/p>\n The main focus of the Vice Presidency for \u2018Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization\u2019 (PIVP) is on: (i) developing the private sector; (ii) deepening the financial sector; (iii) improving infrastructure (transport, urban, ICT; cross-cutting); (iv) accelerating industrialization; and (v) boosting intra-African trade. PIVP plays the lead role in: (i) preparing and supervising Non-Sovereign Operations (NSO) in PIVP Sectors; (ii) coordinating NSO processes; (iii) developing and sharing relevant Sector Knowledge; (iv) support the Regions on Sovereign sector operations; and (v) managing Complex Sovereign operations. PIVP combines analytical work and policy dialogue in its sector with financing of specific operations, be they loans or equity investments.<\/p>\n THE POSITION:<\/p>\n The Chief Investment Officer is being recruited to originate, develop, and lead the due diligence up to Board approval, financial closure and first disbursement of private sector transactions in the industries & services sectors. Applicants will be considered based on their specific skills, expertise and background. Depending on the profile of candidates, the position could be based in Abidjan, Tunis, Nairobi or Pretoria.<\/p>\n Duties and responsibilities Project Development and Processing Design specific innovative transactions, projects and initiatives External Liaison and Knowledge Sharing Policy and Project Evaluation Strategy, Planning and Reporting Closing Date<\/strong>\u00a0: 08 May, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Established in 1964, the African Development Bank (AfDB) is the premier pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent. There are 80 member states, including 54…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-cgT","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nUnder the direct supervision of the Division Manager, the Chief Investment Officer will:<\/p>\n
\nLiaise and coordinate with other Investment Officers and Bank staff in business development and the origination of a good quality investment pipeline.
\nProactively identify potential investment partners and opportunities based on industry experience, reputation, market potential, financial capability, and strategic fit;
\nAssess the attractiveness of specific investment opportunities with a strong focus on credit quality and development impact and make recommendations management.
\nBuild and maintain strong relationships with other departments, clients, banking and multilateral partners and government officials to develop specific investment opportunities;
\nPrepare project appraisal reports for presentation to the department, review committees, senior management and finally to the Board of Directors.
\nExecute loan, [equity, and mezzanine] financings including processing mandates, conducting due diligence, structuring deals, negotiating terms and documentation, arranging syndications, and processing internal approvals.;
\nCoordinate with sector colleagues, the internal approvals to proactively find pragmatic solutions to emerging\/specific sector challenges.
\nDevelop investment promotion strategies in Africa, including targeting potential investors and promoting AfDB\u2019s products and services proactively;
\nWork with the legal department to ensure that all deals have appropriate legal documentation and that financial close is achieved, and hand over projects to portfolio management staff.
\nBuild and maintain strong relationships with clients, banking and multilateral partners and government officials to develop a strong pipeline for new investment opportunities.<\/p>\n
\nUndertakes the work on aspects of investments and industrial development and aligns them with institutional objectives.
\nWorks with regional teams\/country offices to design and implement sector development support programs;
\nEvaluate, structure, negotiate, and close new transactions, with a strong focus on credit and asset quality (include processing mandates, due diligence, negotiating term sheets and other documentation, syndications and board approval);
\nProvide support to other industry and portfolio teams in processing and supervising projects<\/p>\n
\nContribute to the documentation of lessons learned from investment operations and emerging best practices in areas of expertise
\nParticipate in and contribute to information and experience sharing sessions with internal and external stakeholders
\nParticipate in and contribute to activities for advocacy, dissemination and knowledge building relating to AfDB\u2019s investments\/operations, products and initiatives.
\nProvide peer review to other colleagues to share industry knowledge and information on respective sector
\nProvide technical leadership and support to knowledge and lesson sharing approaches and events with internal and external stakeholders.
\nBuild and maintain strong relationships with clients, banking and multilateral partners and government officials to develop specific investment opportunities;<\/p>\n
\nProvide input and comments on project, policy and other papers related to respective sector operations and development across a range of key themes and sectors.<\/p>\n
\nParticipate in relevant teams for planning and programming purposes.
\nContribute to and coordinate in the investment\u2019s inputs development of strategies at regional level
\nAssist in the development of the relevant Department\u2019s knowledge management strategy, and assist in execution of this strategy;
\nCoordinate closely with social, environmental, advisory and technical assistance colleagues in order to champion AfDB\u2019s value to our clients\u2019 businesses, find pragmatic solutions to the specific sector challenges, and achieve sustainable development impact;
\nSelection Criteria
\nMust have a minimum of a Master\u2019s degree in Business Administration, Finance or other relevant field;
\nHave a minimum of Seven (7) Years professional experience in project finance, banking, consultancy, with specific experience in Africa;
\nAbility for business development, structure and negotiate deals;
\nStrong analytical and financial structuring skills (including financial modeling experience) and sound business judgment\u201d;
\nWorking experience in multinational organization in Africa and\/or specialized experience in similar organization\/s would be considered an advantage
\nDemonstrates ability to coordinate, participate in, and act as a catalyst for, strategic cross-sector dialogues within the networks, across the country, among Bank colleagues and other development institutions, governments and other organizations.
\nKnowledge of economic developments and market trends in Africa
\nAbility to contribute to sound decisions and contribute to the execution of the decisions
\nAbility to initiate, effectively and independently interact with the senior government officials, senior management of potential clients
\nStrong commitment to search for and produce innovative and creative approaches to activities in order to enhance performance and create added benefits to the Bank and its clients.
\nExcellent problem-solving capabilities applies business knowledge to the resolution of problems and identifies solutions to the benefit of the client (internal and external) and the organization.
\nExcellent organizational, administrative, and time management skills
\nProven ability to work with limited supervision and efficiently to deliver under pressure and meet tight deadlines;
\nWillingness to travel extensively and geographic flexibility;
\nExcellent presentation skills
\nAbility to communicate orally and in writing effectively in French or English, with a good working knowledge of the other language;
\nCompetence in the use of standard Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint)<\/p>\n