Team Lead(24 Months) at Secondments

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree/Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in Development Finance; Economics; Business Management; Project Management; Fund Management, or related field.
• NQF level 7 qualification or internationally recognized certification in Project Management or a related field would be advantageous.
• Post Graduate qualification in Development Finance; Economics; Business Management; Project Management; Fund Management, or related field would be advantageous.
• At least 7 years’ experience and track record working with local economic development programmes in respect of undertaking appraisals of applications for grant funding, managing the contracting process for the projects approved for grant funding, and the periodic monitoring performance of projects.
• At least 5 years’ experience in a middle management position.
• Strong economics background (Development/Behavioural/Micro) with experience in active labour market interventions.
• A strong financial background, in respect of financial analysis of project financial models and knowledge of different economic sectors

Duties and Responsibilities

• Management of funding round incl. Application,
• Appraisal and Approval -. Conduct research and provide strategic inputs on the design of the fund and future funding initiatives and develop impact assessment criteria;
• Assist with the origination of projects to strengthen the company Project Pipeline;
• Select high-impact projects aligned to a term sheet, company policies and knowledge outcomes;
• Provide quality assurance on allocated projects including administration support related to projects i.e., decision records, minutes, etc and support staff and applicants.
• Contracting - Quality assurance of Activity Based Costing Project Implementation Monitoring Plans (ABC PIMPs);
• Support the contracting process through training, negotiations and preparation/ quality assurance of contracting documentation; and implement effective contracting strategies to ensure the process is completed and contracting conditions have been met.
• Post-Investment Monitoring- Provide input at project monitoring committees (Project Implementation Review Meeting (PIRM);
• Participate in the finalisation of Project Close-out Reports (PCR) and Post Implementation Monitoring Reporting Meetings etc;
• Participate in the design and implementation of the Year-End Review (YER) process and communicate and manage audit logs in the Project Management Unit (PMU) and participate in the finance processes and the preparation of documentation