Programme Lead: Infrastructure Finance and Investment at IDC

Job Description

• Provide strategic leadership for investment mobilisation, funding and financing across the priority investment propositions, ensuring alignment with national priorities and organisational objectives.
• Lead the development and execution of investment strategies, capital mobilisation plans and financing solutions to attract public, private, institutional and development finance into priority projects and programmes.
• Oversee the structuring, appraisal and packaging of investment opportunities to ensure projects are commercially credible, bankable, risk-informed and attractive to investors and financing partners.
• Build and manage senior-level relationships with investors, financiers, development finance institutions, multilateral development banks, government entities, project sponsors and strategic partners.
• Provide investment governance, oversight and quality assurance for funding proposals, investor engagements, transaction preparation and investment decision-making processes.
• Monitor investment pipeline performance, funding progress, investor commitments, risks and market trends, and provide strategic advice, reporting and recommendations to executive leadership and relevant governance structures.
• Establish, maintain and regularly update a Prioritised Investment Proposition (PiP) portfolio aligned to strategic goals (FDI attraction, GDP impact, youth and rural job creation).
• Implement a standardized process to review, assess and rank individual investment propositions for viability, strategic fit and measurable impact on FDI, GDP and inclusive employment.
• Maintain criteria and scorecards that weight foreign investment potential, expected GDP contribution, and inclusive job outcomes (disaggregated by youth and rural metrics).
• Proactively secure or facilitate finance for priority PiPs, including preparing investment-ready documentation, deal structuring and de-risking support.
• Match PiPs with appropriate funders—international investors, development finance institutions, national banks and impact investors—targeting partners whose mandates advance FDI, GDP growth and jobs for youth and rural communities.
• Track funding pipelines and close funding gaps through tailored financing strategies (blended finance, guarantees, equity, concessional debt).

Qualification and Experience

Formal qualification/degree

• Any of the following qualifications: Postgraduate/NQF level 8 related qualification in Financial Engineering, Development Finance, Economics, Actuarial Science or Accounting.

Work experience

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in mobilisation infrastructure and investment projects/proposals across sectors, infrastructure finance, financial modelling, risk assessment, and strategic financial management, with a strong background in public-private partnerships and green finance.
• Managing projects projects and proposals from investment mobilization, deal making, implementation, operationalization and managing the investment commercial imperative.
• Additional Advantage: Minimum of 3 years’ experience working at a management level.
• Additional Advantage: Registration with a statutory body or legally recognized association.

Roles and Responsibilities

• International best practice in infrastructure funding & financing.
• Relevant Legislation such as PFMA/MFMA & Regulations, Donor Funds, PPP Framework.
• Strong analytical skills in assessing funding opportunities, with experience in economic modelling, policy evaluation, business model development, and financing mechanism.
• Knowledge of infrastructure industry trends, financial markets, and regulatory frameworks.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure issues and the interrelated linkages.
• Proficiency in financial modelling tools with ability to effectively interpret and communicate the output and recommendation.

Roles and Responsibilities (cont.)

• Ability to build and manage relationships
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent scheduling and time management skills
• Good analytical skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to liaise and engage with both internal and external stakeholders
• Good technical understanding of financial concepts
• Ability to multitask and thrive under work pressure
• Ability to delegate responsibly
• Solutions oriented
• Good presentation skills
• Proficiency in MS Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, MS Teams

Job Requirements

UCF competency profile (behavioural)

• Communication Skills
• Relationship Building
• Adaptability & Innovation
• Problem Solving
• Attention to Detail
• Teamwork
• Organizational Skills
• Resilience
• Ethical Conduct
• Continuous Learning

UCF competency profile (technical)

• Ability to build and manage relationships
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent scheduling and time management skills
• Good analytical skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to liaise and engage with both internal and external stakeholders
• Good technical understanding of financial concepts
• Ability to multitask and thrive under work pressure
• Ability to delegate responsibly
• Solutions oriented
• Good presentation skills
• Proficiency in MS Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, MS Teams