Current Jobs at Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)

Key Performance Areas:

Deal Origination and Assessment

• Support the expansion of IF’s project pipeline, especially in infrastructure that is being targeted to mobilise public and private sector financing.
• Liaise with clients to provide or request information, to assist in the deal execution and/or gathering critical information for the bank.
• Conduct an initial review to assess mandate fit and submit to committees for approval.
• Compile and analyse information regarding business pipeline and support the development of client plans.
• Keep abreast of developments, trends and investment opportunities in specific priority sectors and make recommendations to management regarding the competitive dynamics and landscape.
• Assist in the development of new business opportunities in blended finance infrastructure projects in line with
  relevant country strategies.

Deal Appraisal and Approvals

• Support Senior and Lead infrastructure/programme specialists during the preparation, structuring, negotiation, and closing of transactions of investment and policy operations.
• Undertake the financial analysis and modelling tasks within project teams.
• Develop an understanding of the financial, technical, legal and marketing due diligence aspects of the projects/programmes.
• Research clients, their business, operations and performance, as well as trends in their specific industries.
• Collaborate with the team to brainstorm and implement creative strategies to enhance the division's performance and provide input to the division’s initiatives.
• Support Senior and Lead infrastructure/programme specialists in compiling and presenting proposals for funding approvals by the various steering committees, Exco and Board.
• Conduct periodic reviews of the Bank’s investment portfolio performance trends and provide comprehensive analytical inputs and reports.
• Capture learning opportunities post transaction conclusion for continuous improvement and ensuring successful
  delivery of deals.

Project/ Programme Administration

• Prepare and update project plan documents and assist in the preparation of the project execution plan.
• Develop feedback reports, presentations and performance dashboards per project/programme
• Prepare various presentations and reports on project/programme performance updates for the various steering committees, Exco and Board.
• Update scope change request register and applicable project documentation and registers.
• Schedule meetings, consolidate information for meetings, maintain and disseminate minutes and ensure
• Follow-up on the project action list by liaising with responsible parties to ensure delivery.
• Review cost allocation to projects/programmes on the programme management system, follow up on possible omissions or incorrect allocations and process adjustments.
• Monitor and track programme and/or project budget spending.

Analyst Generic Functions

• Participate in business-focused projects in the division and provide the team with technical support such as collating reports and presentations, preparing project dashboards, summarising project activities and proposing ideas and solutions.
• Collate and generate reports from the system and management team, checking quality and engaging team on gaps identified and amend reports accordingly.
• Assist in the maintenance of project-related documentation and systems information and data in line with specific project/deal execution plans.
• Provide inputs in meetings and prepare presentations and reports in preparation for engagements.
• Provide support for the procurement process by drafting the relevant procurement documents for review and approval in line with procurement requirements.
• Participate in internal and external customer satisfaction surveys for the division by providing analysis of the results and providing ideas for customer satisfaction.
• Liaise with the Specialist to support client/ business engagements to provide or request information and setting up engagement plans according to client needs.
• Network internally within the sphere of functional responsibilities.
• Undertaking tasks as determined by the Bank’s management from time to time.
• Perform other strategic duties as assigned.

Key measurements of outputs

• Understanding financial modelling and key financial bankability of the projects.
• Quality reports with accurate assessments
• understanding of the financial, technical, legal and marketing due diligence aspects of the projects
• Successful project administration of agreed projects, programmes and assignments
• Support in the preparation of deal-specific documents and approval memos for funding approval committees in the bank and the broader ecosystem
• Assist in executing deals and transactions to financial close

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Climate/ Environmental, Business, Finance, Economics, Project Management or a relevant field.
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in Infrastructure Investments and relevant blended financing transaction activities.
• Solid experience in Microsoft Office (MS Word, MS Excel (at an advanced level of proficiency), MS PowerPoint, SharePoint/MS Teams, MS Outlook).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills as well as effective presentation skills and the ability to express complex concepts in business terms.
• Strong abilities in relationship management, teamwork and people skills.
• Enthusiastic initiative-taker with an ability to provide innovative solutions and problem-solve
• Client-driven, ensuring positive customer experience is at the core of all activities undertaken.
• Knowledge and understanding of financial markets
• Demonstrable problem-solving ability.
• Strong collaborator but also able to work independently and use own initiative.

Desirable Requirements:

• Knowledge of development economics; micro and macro-economic analysis of infrastructure and/or industrial sectors.

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Key Responsibilities

Quantity Surveyance and Quality Assurance

• Calculate and verify project costs to enhance value and cost efficiency for infrastructure projects in line with regulatory standards and quality.
• Estimate and monitor all costs that relate to the infrastructure project from the planning stage until the final stage when all actual costs are levied.
• Verify the accuracy of deriving costs for project ancillaries, labour and material for each item or activity, especially for large volume, high value or high-risk services and works.
• Advise contract custodians on bill of quantities and activity schedule composition for large volume, high value or high-risk services and works.
• Monitor execution and update of processes for site audits, where required, to verify quantities and claims for work executed.
• Monitor and maintain adherence to local statutory building regulations and the applicable built environment standards and regulations.
• Provide surveying inputs and guidance for the development of infrastructure strategies, policies systems, functional/technical norms and standards.
• Provide a professional quantity surveying service and continuous quality assurance to meet the needs of the Infrastructure Delivery division.
• Vet bills of quantities and variation orders as received before payment and approve payments to contractors.
• Advise on standards, practices and governance relevant to contractual documentation.
• Prepare and conduct financial close-out and review project/programme close-out costs.
• Compile and present special reports when required.
• Prepare quantity surveyance inputs for the preparation of the User Asset Management Plan, the final project lists, the budgets and the infrastructure Programme Management Plan.

Continuous Improvement of Estimating Services and Cost Engineering

• Conduct research and keep abreast of new technologies and procedures including interaction with professional Councils/ Boards.
• Liaise with external quantity surveying firms and the Association of South African Quantity Surveyors regarding documentation, benchmarking rates and alternative procedures to ensure improvements and cost savings.
• Contribute to Master Planning, Project Briefing documents, accommodation schedules and operational narratives.
• Optimise standard guides, methods and techniques to evaluate the utilisation of available resources.
• Evaluate and identify new initiatives or enhanced/ improved products for inclusion in programmes or projects.
• Formulate standards and improved bills of quantities and activity schedules for large volume, high value or high-risk services and works.
• Identify all risks and devise risk mitigation strategies.
• Provide support in conducting internal audits for assurance that standards and ensuring that procedures are being applied.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or a B-Tech in Quantity Surveying. 2. Registration with the South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession (SACQSP).
• A minimum of 8 years’ experience with quantity surveying in engineering and construction contracts, preferably in the public sector.
• Experience in estimating and cost engineering of construction services and implementing cost control measures in projects.
• Knowledge and understanding of Quantity Surveying Professions Act of 2000, National Building Standards Act. of 1977 and Regulations, Construction Industry Development Board Act of 2000 and Regulations, Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1993.
• Understand how to apply the Provincial Infrastructure Delivery Management System (PIDP) and the IDM Toolkit.
• Understand how to prepare budgets, extract and interpret information from related information systems.
• Understand the service delivery platform, indicators and service plan and how that links with Infrastructure.
• Understand how to undertake a risk analysis and undertake a risk mitigation strategy.
• Understand how to interpret existing and develop new Functional- and Technical Norms and Standards.
• Ability to process and analyse new and complex information quickly and to prioritise issues for consideration.
• Ability to build strategic alliances with key players for business.
• Capacity to clarify needs of others and work with them to develop and implement cost-effective and practical solutions.
• Demonstrated experience in successfully managing projects within tight schedules.

Desirable Requirements

• Postgraduate qualification in Quantity Surveying.
• Qualifications in health and safety.