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PURPOSE OF THIS JOB

• The role is responsible for providing financial modelling, transaction structuring, infrastructure financing, and investment advisory support for infrastructure finance projects and programmes.

Key Responsibilities    
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

Financial Modelling and Analysis

• Develop, maintain, and optimise detailed project finance models using Microsoft Excel and financial modelling methodologies to support investment analysis, debt structuring, and operational scenario evaluation.
• Ensure financial models comply with lender, investor, audit, and credit committee requirements and are suitable for financing and audit processes.
• Conduct financial analysis, sensitivity analysis, stress testing, and scenario modelling to assess the impact of changes in key assumptions and input variables on project viability and financial performance.
• Translate complex financial modelling outputs into clear, concise, and actionable insights for decision-making by credit committees, investors, management, and stakeholders.
• Support long-term financial planning, forecasting, and modelling activities in collaboration with Treasury and Finance teams.

Infrastructure Financing and Transaction Structuring

• Support the preparation, structuring, negotiation, and closing of infrastructure finance transactions, investment operations, and policy-based financing initiatives.
• Participate in transaction due diligence processes, including financial, commercial, technical, environmental, legal, and operational assessments.
• Access financial markets to fund IFISA investments and operations to foster sustainable economic development, create wealth and improve infrastructure in South Africa by investing in infrastructure and other productive sectors.
• Develop and deliver sustainable financing structures, models and solutions for IF clients through various products which include (amongst others) blended finance structures Public Private Partnerships (PPP) structures, B-BBEE funding structures, local currency funding, guarantees and derivative hedges.
• Develop and implement financing instruments and products to accelerate infrastructure delivery, including project bonds, green bonds, bridging finance facilities, working capital facilities, construction performance bonds, and project preparation facilities.
• Develop and implement various innovative financing instruments to unlock and accelerate infrastructure delivery, including (amongst others) blended finance instruments, working capital facilities, bridging finance facilities, project bonds, CPI-linked debt, green bonds, project preparation facilities, construction performance bonds, price risk management and hedging products, customised vendor financing solutions.
• Undertake financial analysis and modelling activities relating to guarantees operations and other financial structures aimed at mobilising commercial capital for development purposes.
• Support the execution of transactions and credit approval processes in collaboration with Treasury, Legal, Portfolio Management, and other internal stakeholders.
• Assist in negotiating commercial terms, financing agreements, facility agreements, and transaction documentation.

Investment Evaluation and Bankability Assessment

• Evaluate the feasibility and bankability of infrastructure investment opportunities to ensure commercial sustainability and alignment with strategic objectives and development mandates.
• Conduct financial due diligence, risk assessments, and investment appraisals to support investment decisionmaking.
• Analyse project risks, funding structures, repayment capacity, and mitigation mechanisms to ensure appropriate risk allocation and financial sustainability.
• Ensure infrastructure projects progress to financial close through effective structuring, stakeholder coordination, and transaction support.
• Support the expansion and management of the infrastructure finance project pipeline, particularly projects targeted for public and private sector capital mobilisation.

Advisory and Stakeholder Management

• Provide financial advisory services and technical support to internal and external stakeholders on infrastructure financing solutions and sustainable development investments.
• Support public sector institutions in the development and financing of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) and large-scale infrastructure projects aligned to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with government entities, development finance institutions, private sector investors, commercial banks, advisors, and other key stakeholders.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary project teams, including technical, legal, treasury, environmental, and risk specialists, to deliver integrated financing solutions.
• Support the development and implementation of advisory solutions relating to financial, technical, environmental, insurance, and banking services.

Reporting and Governance

• Prepare investment memoranda, financial reports, transaction documents, presentations, and management reports for Executive Committees, Boards, credit committees, and stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with internal governance requirements, investment policies, risk frameworks, and regulatory standards throughout transaction lifecycles.
• Contribute to governance submissions, approval processes, and strategic reporting requirements.
• Maintain accurate financial models, transaction records, due diligence documentation, and investment files.
• Perform additional strategic and operational duties as required.

Key Measurements of Outputs

• Quality, accuracy, and robustness of financial models and financing solutions developed.
• Value and number of project approvals, commitments, financial closes, and disbursements achieved.
• Value of infrastructure investment and development catalysed through financing initiatives.
• Value of public and private sector partnerships and funding mobilised.
• Percentage of projects progressed to bankability and successful implementation.
• Effectiveness of transaction structuring, due diligence, and risk mitigation processes.
• Timeliness and quality of investment analysis, governance submissions, and transaction reporting.
• Compliance with governance, regulatory, and credit approval requirements.
• Stakeholder satisfaction with advisory support, financing solutions, and transaction execution.
• Clean audit outcomes and effective resolution of audit findings.

KEY INTERNAL LIAISON RELATIONSHIPS

• Head: Infrastructure Finance
• Head: IFISA
• CEO & Exco
• DBSA Board & Committees
• Relevant DBSA Divisions
• IFISA Team

KEY EXTERNAL LIAISON RELATIONSHIPS

• Infrastructure South Africa
• National Treasury
• Government Departments and SOCs
• Public & Private Sector Stakeholders
• External Service Providers
• Development Finance Institutions
• Capital Markets

Expertise & Technical Competencies    

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

Minimum Qualifications

• A postgraduate qualification in Development Finance, Finance, Business, Engineering or Economics.

Minimum Experience

• A minimum of 8 years demonstrable experience in project finance, the financial and infrastructure finance arena.
• Demonstrated experience in infrastructure finance and development.
• Proven ability to build a project finance model using Microsoft Excel/workbook and calculation algorithms premised on accounting rules for investment purposes.
• Proven experience in developing and interrogating complex project finance models for transaction structuring, investment decision-making and Financial Close
• Experience in investing in infrastructure in emerging markets, ideally in a diversified portfolio in different sectors of infrastructure (energy, transport, etc.).
• Experience with working on new or innovative projects and programmes
• Proven experience in project risk identification, management and mitigation.
• Knowledge of the banking sector and financial markets.
• Knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment for infrastructure procurement in SA.
• Good understanding of infrastructure investments.
• Demonstrable experience in assessing investment transaction opportunities and projects from early review to bankable debt financing deals.
• Experience with working with deal teams.
• Ability to provide value to transactions for the benefit of and/or the client through knowledge of the subject, innovation and lateral thinking.
• Experience in private and public sector investments.
• Knowledge of legislation, regulations, policies, processes and procedures governing the infrastructure planning and development in South Africa (e.g. PFMA).

Deadline:1st September,2026

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Job Description    

• To lead and guide the structuring, development, execution, and implementation of complex infrastructure finance transactions and sustainable financing solutions that support economic development and infrastructure delivery. The role drives innovative financing initiatives, mobilising public and private sector funding, supporting strategic infrastructure investments, and providing specialist advisory services to internal and external stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities    
Key Performance Areas:

Infrastructure Finance Modelling and Transactions

• Lead the preparation, structuring, negotiation, and execution of complex infrastructure finance transactions, investment operations, and financing solutions.
• Direct financial analysis and advanced modelling within multidisciplinary project teams, supporting the design of complex financial structures and credit enhancement mechanisms to mobilise commercial capital for infrastructure and development finance purposes.
• Provide strategic advisory services to internal and external stakeholders on the development and implementation of sustainable public and private sector infrastructure investments.
• Work as an integral part of the project/programme team in conducting due diligence, feasibility assessments, commercial evaluations, and financial structuring activities for infrastructure finance projects.
• Drive infrastructure projects are progressed to bankability through effective transaction structuring, risk mitigation, due diligence, and stakeholder engagement.
• Lead the execution of credit approval processes and negotiate detailed transaction terms in collaboration with Treasury, Legal, Portfolio Management, and other stakeholders.
• Support the expansion and management of IFISA’s infrastructure project pipeline and financing opportunities. 

Financial Structuring and Financing Solutions

• Develop and implement financial advisory solutions for the IFISA, including (amongst others)-mandated lead arranger (“MLA”) technical, financial, environmental, insurance bank services.
• Lead the development and implementation of innovative and sustainable financing instruments and funding solutions to accelerate infrastructure delivery.
• Design and deliver advanced sustainable financing structures for IFISA clients, including blended finance structures, Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), B-BBEE funding structures, local currency financing, guarantees, and derivative hedging instruments.
• Develop and implement complex financing instruments, including project bonds, green bonds, CPI-linked debt, bridging finance facilities, working capital facilities, construction performance bonds, and project preparation facilities.
• Conduct financial modelling, sensitivity analysis, scenario testing, and transaction analysis activities to support investment decisions and transaction execution.
• Support funding mobilisation initiatives through engagement with financial markets, development finance institutions, commercial banks, investors, and strategic partners.
• Provide financial advisory services relating to technical, financial, environmental, insurance, and banking solutions within infrastructure finance projects.
• Access financial markets to fund IFISA investments and operations to foster sustainable economic development, create wealth and improve infrastructure in
• South Africa by investing in infrastructure and other productive sectors.
• Guidance and mentorship of Infrastructure Finance Specialists and project teams.

Stakeholder and Partnership Management

• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with government institutions, development finance institutions, private sector investors, commercial banks, and infrastructure stakeholders.
• Support public sector institutions in the development and financing of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) and strategic infrastructure programmes aligned to
• Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• Represent IFISA in stakeholder engagements, negotiations, industry forums, and strategic partnership discussions.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to identify investment opportunities, unlock funding, and facilitate infrastructure development initiatives.

Governance and Compliance

• Implement functions in compliance with governance frameworks, investment mandates, risk management requirements, and regulatory obligations throughout transaction lifecycles.
• Prepare and review investment memoranda, transaction reports, governance submissions, Board papers, and Executive Committee reports.
• Support long-term financial planning, portfolio strategy, and infrastructure financing initiatives in collaboration with Treasury and Finance teams.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of strategic initiatives, financing frameworks, and infrastructure development programmes.
• Perform additional strategic and operational duties as required by the Head of Division.

Key Measurements of Outputs:

• Quality, accuracy, and robustness of financial models and financing solutions developed.
• Value and number of project approvals, commitments, financial closes, and disbursements achieved.
• Value of infrastructure investment and development catalysed through financing initiatives.
• Value of public and private sector partnerships and funding mobilised.
• Percentage of projects progressed to bankability and successful implementation.
• Effectiveness of transaction structuring, due diligence, and risk mitigation processes.
• Timeliness and quality of investment analysis, governance submissions, and transaction reporting.
• Compliance with governance, regulatory, and credit approval requirements.
• Stakeholder satisfaction with advisory support, financing solutions, and transaction execution.
• Clean audit outcomes and effective resolution of audit findings.

INTERNAL LIAISON RELATIONSHIP (*The list is not exhaustive)

• Head: Infrastructure Finance
• Head: IFISA
• CEO & Exco
• DBSA Board & Committees
• Relevant DBSA Divisions
• IFISA Team

EXTERNAL LIAISON RELATIONSHIP (*The list is not exhaustive)

• Infrastructure South Africa
• National Treasury
• Government Departments and SOCs
• Public & Private Sector Stakeholders
• External Service Providers
• Development Finance Institutions
• Capital Markets

Expertise & Technical Competencies    

Qualifications and Experience:

Minimum Qualifications

• A Post-graduate qualification in Development Finance, Finance, Business, Engineering or Economics.

Minimum Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of proven experience in project finance, the financial and infrastructure finance environment at a senior professional level.
• Experience in investing in infrastructure in emerging markets, ideally in a diversified portfolio in different sectors of infrastructure (energy, transport, etc.).
• Experience with working on new or innovative projects and programmes, and proven ability to bring ideas from conception to completion.
• Proven experience in project risk identification, management and mitigation.
• In-depth knowledge of the banking sector and financial markets.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment for infrastructure procurement in SA.
• Good understanding of infrastructure investments.
• Demonstrable experience in assessing investment transaction opportunities and projects from early review to bankable debt financing deals.
• Experience with working with deal teams and assigning resources to conclude transactions.
• Proven ability to provide value to transactions for the benefit of and/or the client through knowledge of the subject, innovation and lateral thinking.
• Sound experience in private and public sector investments.
• Demonstrated knowledge of legislation, regulations, policies, processes and procedures governing the infrastructure planning and development in South Africa (e.g. PFMA).

Technical Competencies:

Risk Identification & Assessment Skills

• Advises on applicable aspects of risk identification and assessment.
• Assesses and links short-term tasks in the context of long-term business strategies or perspectives.

Business Development

• Initiates, reviews, and interprets competitor environment reviews.
• Formulates and modifies market approaches based on competitor analyses.
• Generates new business opportunities in the public and private sector delivery of infrastructure.
• Identifies and develops new markets, products and clients.
• Builds capacity to conduct project origination exercises.

Business Acumen

• Takes actions to fit business strategy.
• Assesses and links short-term tasks in the context of long-term business strategies or perspectives.
• Reviews own actions against the organisation's strategic plan; includes the big picture when considering possible opportunities or projects, or thinks about long-term applications of current activities.
• Anticipates possible responses to different initiatives.
• Understands the projected direction of the industry and how changes might impact the organisation.

Deal Origination

• Formulate and develop new and alternative financing mechanisms and concepts that can be replicated elsewhere within and outside SA.
• Conceptualise and develop innovative funding instruments (equity, venture capital, mezzanine, debt, securitisation of projects, etc.) to finance infrastructure that would otherwise not be possible, relying on the market only to develop and propose these investment opportunities. 
• Proactively develop impact concepts to take to the market.
• Formulate new products.

Deal Structuring

• Uses credit enhancement techniques to structure deals and optimise pricing in terms of Basel principles.
• Has a good and practical understanding of how to optimise the Capital Structure, collateral package, and debt repayment profile.
• Builds and interrogates financial models, including those with a high degree of complexity, to develop an optimal structure.
• Identifies complex structural issues that need escalation and proposes appropriate bankable structures.
• Demonstrates knowledge on advanced structuring, including the use of derivatives, syndicated loans, synthetic loans, securitisations, inflation-linked debt, credit default swaps and subordinated debt.
• Prepares specialised or tailored reports relating to new innovative instruments, gathers information from a variety of sources, analyses and includes in a report for new product approval committees.
• Compiles comprehensive specialist reports as required for inclusion into credit committee submissions.

Financial modelling

• Develop, build and maintain complex, integrated project finance models to support investment decision-making, transaction structuring and execution.
• Lead financial modelling for transactions, including scenario, sensitivity and stress testing to assess bankability, risk allocation and financial viability.
• Translate technical, legal and commercial inputs into robust financial models that accurately reflect project risks, funding structures and cash flow dynamics.
• Interrogate and validate financial models (internal and external) to ensure accuracy, consistency and alignment with transaction assumptions and market standards.
• Apply advanced modelling techniques to optimise capital structures, funding strategies and pricing of financial instruments.
• Support negotiations and Financial Close through real-time model updates, analysis and interpretation of key financial metrics (e.g. IRR, DSCR, LLCR).

Negotiation Skills

• Has an appreciation of cultural sensitivities and differences.
• Effectively employs a variety of advanced behavioural/interpersonal competencies to control the negotiation situation.
• Can take the lead in a variety of sensitive negotiation situations requiring high levels of tact and diplomacy.
• Can place a discrete negotiation situation within the context of a broader long-term relationship and is not threatened by conceding ground to protect the longer-term interests of the IF.

Financial Acumen

• Makes sound financial decisions after having analysed their impacts on the organisation, partner agencies, and community.
• Effectively prepares budgetary submissions and forecasts for own department.
• Knows the internal and external factors that impact resource and asset availability.
• Can interpret management account reports in an operational/commercial context and take action as appropriate to maximise revenues and control costs.

Reporting

• Designs, reviews and improves reporting processes and provides guidance.
• Leads production of complex environment reports, takes an editorial role, determines content and level of detail, and ensures consistent messaging and branding.

Presentation Skills 

• Knows how to deliver arguments persuasively by employing a range of advanced presentation techniques (e.g. the appropriate use of body language, how to close a presentation so that the audience continues to think about the subject matter, etc.).
• Knows various feedback mechanisms to check levels of audience understanding.

Problem Solving

• While remaining guided by organisational values, identifies optimal solutions, thinking first in terms of possible approaches and flexibilities in the system vs. blind adherence to rules or procedures. 
• Implements solutions to complex problems, then evaluates the effectiveness and efficiency of solutions and identifies needed changes.

Deadline:1st September,2026

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Job Description    

• The Project Finance Structuring Specialist is responsible for providing expert financial structuring and advisory support for investment projects. This role drives informed investment decisions and project financial closure by designing innovative financing solutions and advising on multi-sector funding strategies.

Key Responsibilities    
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

Financial Structuring

• Develop and implement innovative and sustainable financial structuring solutions to unlock and accelerate development projects.
• Collaborate with project teams in the Unit to recommend suitable funding structures or financing mechanisms.
• Develop and implement innovative financing instruments, including blended finance, PPPs, guarantees, local currency funding, derivatives, and other financial solutions.
• Conduct detailed due diligence and appraisal of proposed transactions, including commercial, financial, risk, and institutional analysis.
• Provide input into the preparation and negotiation of contracts, with a focus on financial structuring and implications.

Transaction and Deal Support

• Review and provide input for financial structuring sections of agreements, progress reports, project planning management, project management, disbursements management, waivers and amendments and contract management.
• Facilitate project closure and provide strategic support to senior management as required.
• Test market readiness of the Projects with developers, investors, DFIs and OEMs.
• Facilitate engagements with project developers and financiers.
• Provide transaction structuring inputs to ensure bankability of Projects.
• Design of project finance models/structures.
• Map financing options across commercial, concessional, blended-finance and climate-finance sources.
• Design blended finance structures, combining concessional debt, commercial financing, grants, equity, and guarantees to de-risk the projects.
• Engage DFIs and climate funders, prepare concept notes and pitch materials, and support project sponsors in funder outreach.

Stakeholder Management

• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients at global, regional, and local levels, including businesses, banking and multilateral partners and government officials to further develop specific financing opportunities.
• Manage relationships at various levels with the relevant project stakeholders, partners, and lead promoters, in accordance with the project’s preparation objectives and products.
• Identify key stakeholders and develop a pipeline of potential funders, contributors and partners for programme development initiatives.
• Undertake other tasks as assigned by the line manager, from time to time.

Key Measurements of Outputs

• Number and quality of new innovative funding models and mechanisms designed
• Quality and effective financial models and solutions
• Number of projects successfully prepared (structured) and that reach financial close for implementation
• Value of infrastructure catalysed
• Value of Private & Public Sector partnerships and funding
• Management of relationships with new/existing clients and service providers

INTERNAL LIAISON RELATIONSHIP (The list is not exhaustive)

• Divisional Executives and Unit Heads
• DBSA Committees, e.g., Deal screen, Investment Committees
• Multidisciplinary project teams

EXTERNAL LIAISON RELATIONSHIP (The list is not exhaustive)

• National Government
• Provincial Government
• Local Government
• Investment partners – commercial, DFIs
• SMMEs
• Service providers

Expertise & Technical Competencies    
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Science, Finance, Engineering, Economics or related field.

Minimum Experience

• A minimum of 8 years’ experience in Project Finance or Infrastructure Finance environment, and the design and structuring of funding models and mechanisms.
• Experience in project finance and/or infrastructure finance, financial modelling and project finance/investment banking experience.
• Experience in successful investment, appraisal, analysis and implementation is required.
• In-depth knowledge of the financing of Infrastructure and Industrial Sector projects.
• Proven ability to negotiate and close infrastructure deals.

Desirable Requirements

• A post-graduate qualification/ honours degree in Finance, Business, Accounting, Engineering or Economics.
• Development finance experience.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Business Acumen

• Deep understanding of commercial drivers and can make decisions based on an assessment of alternatives concerning complex business situations.
• Deep understanding of economic priorities of South Africa and Africa and how they can be implemented to meet an organisation's strategic objectives.
• Deep understanding of the need to coordinate efforts with many government entities, the private sector, community groups and individuals to ensure effective implementation of new policies and regulations.
• Takes actions to fit business strategy.
• Assesses and links short-term tasks in the context of long-term business strategies or perspectives.
• Reviews own actions against the organisation's strategic plan; includes the big picture when considering possible opportunities or projects, or thinks about long-term applications of current activities.
• Anticipates possible responses to different initiatives.
• Understands the projected direction of the industry and how changes might impact the organisation.

Deal Structuring

• Uses credit enhancement techniques to structure deals and optimise pricing in terms of Basel principles.
• Has an in-depth and practical understanding of how to optimise the Capital Structure, collateral package, and debt repayment profile.
• Interrogates financial models, including those with a high degree of complexity, to develop an optimal structure.
• Identifies complex structural issues that need escalation and proposes appropriate bankable structures.
• Demonstrates knowledge on advanced structuring, including the use of derivatives, syndicated loans, synthetic loans, securitisations, inflation-linked debt, credit default swaps and subordinated debt.
• Prepares specialised or tailored reports relating to new innovative instruments, gathers information from a variety of sources, analyses and includes in a report to new product approval committees.
• Compiles comprehensive specialist reports as required for inclusion in credit committee submissions.

Financial Analysis

• Serves as subject matter expert.
• Evaluates and determines fiscal, operational, and service impacts; analyses and evaluates legislation; and implements and evaluates statistical models in their subject areas.
• Demonstrates in-depth technical and administrative knowledge of the rules and regulations in the subject area and to defend analyses, testimony, and recommendations relating to a variety of issues before management and commissions.

Financial Acumen

• Makes sound financial decisions after having analysed their impacts on the organisation, partner agencies, and community.
• Effectively prepares budgetary submissions and forecasts for own department.
• Knows the internal and external factors that impact resource and asset availability.
• Can interpret management account reports in an operational/commercial context and take action as appropriate to maximise revenues and control costs.

Project Preparation

• Demonstrates a sound understanding of limited recourse and balance sheet funding, the process required to prepare projects, and financing documentation required to present projects for investment decisions.
• Leads an internal team of sector specialists and analysts to appraise and present transactions to internal committees.
• Appoints and leads a team of external consultants/advisors (technical, environmental, financial and legal) to prepare and present the Project Information
• Memorandum (PIM) to prospective financiers.
• Analyses sponsors’ financial statements, understands and reviews financial models.
• Demonstrates a sound understanding of the water, transport and energy sectors to identify potential fatal flaws generally associated with these sectors in projects presented and key risks to be mitigated

Solution Focus

• Identifies broad, highly complex problems based on a multitude of factors, many of which are complex and sweeping in nature, difficult to define and often contradictory.
• Creates procedures to articulate the nature of problems and to identify and weigh alternate solutions.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of solutions using approaches tailored to the situation.

Financial Analysis

• Serves as subject matter expert.
• Evaluates and determines fiscal, operational, and service impacts; analyses and evaluates legislation; and implements and evaluates statistical models in their subject areas.
• Demonstrates in-depth technical and administrative knowledge of the rules and regulations in the subject area and to defend analyses, testimony, and recommendations relating to a variety of issues before management and commissions.

Risk Management

• Drives integration and standardisation of risk management processes across the organisation.
• Advises on the application of the organisation’s risk management policies, industry best practices and constructs organisation guidelines.
• Analyses trends in risk management and internal control, evaluates implications, defines, and implements organisation-wide response.

Negotiation

• Has an appreciation of cultural sensitivities and differences.
• Effectively employs a variety of advanced behavioural/interpersonal competencies to control the negotiation situation.
• Can take the lead in a variety of sensitive negotiation situations requiring high levels of tact and diplomacy.
• Can place a discrete negotiation situation within the context of a broader long-term relationship and is not threatened by conceding ground to protect the longer-term interests of DBSA.

Commercial Awareness

• Deep understanding of commercial drivers and can make decisions based on an assessment of alternatives concerning complex business situations.
• Deep understanding of DBSA economic priorities and how they can be implemented to meet DBSA's strategic objectives.
• Deep understanding of DBSA's core sector role in achieving DBSA's strategic objectives.
• Deep understanding of the need to coordinate efforts with many government entities, the private sector, community groups and individuals to ensure effective implementation of new policies and regulations.

Communication and Reporting

• Able to communicate complex problems or concepts by making them simple and understandable for others.
• Adapts language to the level of the audience to ensure that the message has a positive impact and is interesting to the audience.
• Is articulate, demonstrates a wide range of vocabulary, and is confident when talking to large/high-level audiences.
• Designs / customises reports to meet user needs.
• Prepares complex or tailored reports, gathers information from a variety of sources, analyses and includes in a report.
• Keeps standard reports under review and proposes improvements to meet user needs.

Presentation Skills

• Knows how to deliver arguments persuasively by employing a range of advanced presentation techniques (e.g., the appropriate use of body language, how to close a presentation so that the audience continues to think about the subject matter, etc.).
• Has knowledge of various feedback mechanisms to check levels of audience understanding.

Deadline:1st September,2026

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Job Description    

• The Financial Modelling Specialist is responsible for building robust financial models and providing advanced data analysis that support the development of infrastructure projects, validating technical and commercial assumptions, and structuring optimal solutions.

Key Responsibilities    
Financial Modelling

• Provide models that support preparation of feasibility assessments, concept studies, pre-feasibility studies, and bankable feasibility studies.
• Lead the financial modelling component of Bankable Feasibility Studies (BFS), ensuring alignment with project technical, environmental, social, regulatory, and commercial requirements.
• Collaborate with technical engineers and sector specialists to assess project feasibility, risks, and development readiness.
• Review, validate, and challenge technical and operational assumptions used within financial models.
• Support preparation of technical and investment documentation for internal decision-making committees and external stakeholders.
• Build, update, and maintain complex, dynamic financial models for infrastructure and project finance transactions.
• Conduct scenario, sensitivity, and stress testing to evaluate project resilience and identify key value and risk drivers.
• Assess financial performance indicators and recommend funding structures that align development impact with financial sustainability.
• Present financial modelling outputs, results, and recommendations to internal executives, project sponsors, investors, and partners.

Stakeholder Management and Reporting

• Present financial outcomes, valuation insights, and financial models to governance structures and external partners.
• Prepare investment committee submissions, memos, summaries, and model commentary for review by multidisciplinary project teams.
• Participate in negotiations and discussions with sponsors, advisors, lenders, and government entities.
• Undertake other tasks as assigned by the line manager, from time to time.

Key Measurements of Outputs

• Quality of financial models and mechanisms designed.
• Financial modelling insights.
• Quality and effective financial models and solutions.
• Number of projects successfully supported and that reach financial close for implementation.
• Management of relationships with new/existing clients and service providers

Expertise & Technical Competencies    
Minimum Qualification

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Business Science, Actuarial Science, Finance, Economics or related field.

Minimum Experience

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in financial modelling within project finance, investment banking, infrastructure development, or corporate finance.
• Advanced financial modelling capability.
• Strong understanding of project finance structures, capital allocation, cost of capital models, and risk allocation.
• Experience developing or supporting infrastructure or capital-intensive projects.
• Exposure to project feasibility studies, due diligence, and transaction structuring.
• Demonstrated understanding of the project preparation cycle and requirements to prepare bankable projects.

Desirable Requirements

• A post-graduate qualification/ honours degree in Finance, Business, Accounting or Economics.
• Development finance experience.
• Ability to interpret technical, engineering, regulatory, and commercial project data.
• Experience developing or supporting infrastructure projects.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Business Acumen

• Deep understanding of commercial drivers and can make decisions based on an assessment of alternatives concerning complex business situations.
• Deep understanding of the economic priorities of South Africa and Africa and how they can be implemented to meet an organisation's strategic objectives.
• Deep understanding of the need to coordinate efforts with many government entities, the private sector, community groups and individuals to ensure effective implementation of new policies and regulations.
• Takes actions to fit business strategy.
• Assesses and links short-term tasks in the context of long-term business strategies or perspectives.
• Reviews own actions against the organisation's strategic plan; includes the big picture when considering possible opportunities or projects, or thinks about long-term applications of current activities.
• Anticipates possible responses to different initiatives.
• Understands the projected direction of the industry and how changes might impact the organisation.

Deal Structuring

• Uses credit enhancement techniques to structure deals and optimise pricing in terms of Basel principles.
• Has an in-depth and practical understanding of how to optimise the Capital Structure, collateral package, and debt repayment profile.
• Interrogates financial models, including those with a high degree of complexity, to develop an optimal structure.
• Identifies complex structural issues that need escalation and proposes appropriate bankable structures.
• Demonstrates knowledge on advanced structuring, including the use of derivatives, syndicated loans, synthetic loans, securitisations, inflation-linked debt, credit default swaps and subordinated debt.
• Prepares specialised or tailored reports relating to new innovative instruments, gathers information from a variety of sources, analyses and includes in a report to new product approval committees.
• Compiles comprehensive specialist reports as required for inclusion in credit committee submissions.

Financial Analysis

• Serves as subject matter expert.
• Evaluates and determines fiscal, operational, and service impacts; analyses and evaluates legislation; and implements and evaluates statistical models in their subject areas.
• Demonstrates in-depth technical and administrative knowledge of the rules and regulations in the subject area and to defend analyses, testimony, and recommendations relating to a variety of issues before management and commissions.

Financial Acumen

• Makes sound financial decisions after having analysed their impacts on the organisation, partner agencies, and community.
• Effectively prepares budgetary submissions and forecasts for own department.
• Knows the internal and external factors that impact resource and asset availability.
• Can interpret management account reports in an operational/commercial context and take action as appropriate to maximise revenues and control costs.

Project Preparation

• Demonstrates a sound understanding of limited recourse and balance sheet funding, the process required to prepare projects, and financing documentation required to present projects for investment decisions.
• Leads an internal team of sector specialists and analysts to appraise and present transactions to internal committees.
• Appoints and leads a team of external consultants/advisors (technical, environmental, financial and legal) to prepare and present the Project Information Memorandum (PIM) to prospective financiers.
• Analyses sponsors’ financial statements, understands and reviews financial models.
• Demonstrates a sound understanding of the water, transport and energy sectors to identify potential fatal flaws generally associated with these sectors in projects presented and key risks to be mitigated

Solution Focus

• Identifies broad, highly complex problems based on a multitude of factors, many of which are complex and sweeping in nature, difficult to define and often contradictory.
• Creates procedures to articulate the nature of problems and to identify and weigh alternate solutions.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of solutions using approaches tailored to the situation.

Financial Analysis

• Serves as subject matter expert.
• Evaluates and determines fiscal, operational, and service impacts; analyses and evaluates legislation; and implements and evaluates statistical models in their subject areas.
• Demonstrates in-depth technical and administrative knowledge of the rules and regulations in the subject area and to defend analyses, testimony, and recommendations relating to a variety of issues before management and commissions.

Risk Management

• Drives integration and standardisation of risk management processes across the organisation.
• Advises on the application of the organisation’s risk management policies, industry best practices and constructs organisation guidelines.
• Analyses trends in risk management and internal control, evaluates implications, defines, and implements organisation-wide response.

Negotiation

• Has an appreciation of cultural sensitivities and differences.
• Effectively employs a variety of advanced behavioural/interpersonal competencies to control the negotiation situation.
• Can take the lead in a variety of sensitive negotiation situations requiring high levels of tact and diplomacy.
• Can place a discrete negotiation situation within the context of a broader long-term relationship and is not threatened by conceding ground to protect the longer-term interests of DBSA.

Commercial Awareness

• Deep understanding of commercial drivers and can make decisions based on an assessment of alternatives concerning complex business situations.
• Deep understanding of DBSA economic priorities and how they can be implemented to meet DBSA's strategic objectives.
• Deep understanding of DBSA's core sector role in achieving DBSA's strategic objectives.
• Deep understanding of the need to coordinate efforts with many government entities, the private sector, community groups and individuals to ensure effective implementation of new policies and regulations.

Communication and Reporting

• Able to communicate complex problems or concepts by making them simple and understandable for others.
• Adapts language to the level of the audience to ensure that the message has a positive impact and is interesting to the audience.
• Is articulate, demonstrates a wide range of vocabulary, and is confident when talking to large/high-level audiences.
• Designs / customises reports to meet user needs.
• Prepares complex or tailored reports, gathers information from a variety of sources, analyses and includes in a report.
• Keeps standard reports under review and proposes improvements to meet user needs.

Presentation Skills

• Knows how to deliver arguments persuasively by employing a range of advanced presentation techniques (e.g., the appropriate use of body language, how to close a presentation so that the audience continues to think about the subject matter, etc.).
• Has knowledge of various feedback mechanisms to check levels of audience understanding.

Deadline:1st September,2026

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Job Description    

• Lead the integration and implementation of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles across the Bank’s investment activities by applying robust safeguard policies and procedures. The role is responsible for appraising, structuring, and monitoring transactions to ensure alignment with the Bank’s Environmental and Social Safeguard Standards (ESSS) and international best practice.
• It further supports the Bank and its partners in delivering sustainable infrastructure and financing solutions that drive longterm developmental impact, strengthen institutional governance, and contribute to inclusive and resilient economic growth.

Key Responsibilities    
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Advisory, Transaction Support and Oversight

• Support the development and implementation of sustainability policies, strategies, financing instruments, and products aligned with international best practice, sustainable infrastructure delivery, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• Ensure consistent application of the Bank’s Environmental and Social Safeguard Standards (ESSS) across the project lifecycle, from origination to exit.
• Lead ESG due diligence for investment transactions, including identification of environmental, social, governance, and climate-related risks and opportunities; define mitigation measures and value-creation actions.
• Present ESG findings and recommendations to internal decision-making structures (e.g., Investment Committees and Board Credit Committees), ensuring ESG considerations are embedded in investment decisions.
• Integrate cross-cutting priorities such as gender, climate resilience, biodiversity, and social inclusion into project appraisal through tools such as the Gender Marker System and climate risk screening methodologies.
• Provide ongoing portfolio monitoring of ESG compliance and performance, including tracking of covenants, action plans, and development outcomes; recommend corrective actions where required.
• Support clients and investees with ESG advisory services to strengthen environmental and social performance, institutional governance, and sustainable infrastructure delivery.
• Contribute to the structuring of sustainable finance solutions (e.g., green, social, sustainability-linked instruments) to enhance development impact and crowd in private capital.
• Conduct research and apply global best practices and emerging trends (e.g., climate finance, just transition, nature-based solutions) to continuously strengthen ESG integration.
• Mentor and support junior staff and graduates, building institutional ESG capability and technical depth.

Impact Measurement, Reporting & Portfolio Analytics

• Contribute to the development and implementation of the Bank’s Impact Framework, including indicators, methodologies, and tools to measure development effectiveness.
• Assess and track environmental, social, institutional, and governance outcomes of investments to evaluate overall development impact.
• Produce high-quality ESG and impact reports for internal governance structures and external stakeholders, including development partners and platforms such as the International Development Finance Club (IDFC).
• Monitor portfolio-level ESG risks, trends, and performance metrics; generate insights to inform strategic decision-making and portfolio optimisation.
• Ensure alignment of reporting with international frameworks and standards (e.g., impact measurement, climate disclosure, and sustainable finance taxonomies where applicable).
• Strengthen data quality, integrity, and consistency in ESG and impact reporting systems.
• Provide evidence-based recommendations to enhance sustainability integration in strategic and investment planning.

Bank-wide Capacity Building and Integration

• Design and deliver ESG and sustainability training programmes tailored to investment teams and operational units.
• Promote awareness and consistent application of ESG principles, safeguard standards, and sustainability frameworks across the Bank.
• Embed sustainability considerations into processes, tools, and decision-making frameworks to support a culture of responsible investing.
• Facilitate knowledge-sharing and learning initiatives to drive continuous improvement in ESG practices.
• Stay abreast of global developments in sustainability, climate finance, and regulatory frameworks, ensuring institutional relevance and thought leadership.

Stakeholder Engagement and Thought Leadership

• Build and maintain strategic partnerships with investors, lenders, development partners, and technical experts to strengthen ESG integration and co-financing opportunities.
• Represent the Bank in technical forums, industry platforms, and sustainability networks to promote thought leadership and collaboration.
• Support engagement with clients, regulators, and industry bodies on ESG-related matters, including policy alignment and best practice adoption.
• Contribute to positioning the Bank as a leader in sustainable infrastructure and development impact.

Key Measurements of Outputs

• Number of policies, financing products and services developed and applied to promote sustainable financing and GIIP.
• Quality and effectiveness of ESG due diligence including risk identification, mitigation, design and influence on investment decisions.
• Contribution to structuring bankable, sustainable transactions, including integration of climate, gender and impact considerations.
• Proportion of portfolio compliant with ESSS, effectiveness of monitoring, and resolution of ESG non-compliance issues.
• Measurable environmental, social, and institutional outcomes achieved across the portfolio, aligned with strategic targets.
• Number and quality of sustainability-linked products, instruments, or frameworks developed and implemented.
• Timeliness, accuracy, and credibility of ESG and impact reports aligned with international standards and stakeholder expectations.
• Quality of ESG data management, analysis, and insights generated to inform decision-making.
• Effectiveness in building strategic partnerships and contributing to co-financing and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Reach and effectiveness of training programmes and evidence of ESG integration across business units.
• Contribution to research, policy development, and positioning the Bank in sustainability and development finance discourse.

Expertise & Technical Competencies    
Minimum Qualification

• A relevant postgraduate qualification (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Environmental Science, Sustainability, Development Studies, Economics, Finance, Engineering, or a related field.

Minimum Experience

• A minimum of 8 years’ experience in preparing and appraising projects for investment, quantifying development outcomes, identifying and mitigating environmental, social/governance risks.
• The experience must include a minimum of 4 years’ experience in assessing climate-related risks at a transaction/investment level.
• Extensive experience in the development and/or infrastructure sectors (sustainable infrastructure, social infrastructure, biodiversity, water, energy, transport or similar).
• Demonstrate experience/ understanding in the application of good international industry practice principles in ESG, such as but not limited to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment, UN Global Compact, the IFC Performance Standards, the Equator Principles, and relevant national legislation such as the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the rule of law, justice, applicable environmental and social legislative requirements, and their application to investment processes in Africa.
• Demonstrate knowledge of corporate governance and its principles (particularly within a public sector, municipal and utilities context), ESG, and responsible investing.
• Working knowledge of BBBEE and gender considerations.
• Innovative approaches/experience on how to improve sustainability within development finance institutions and the financial services sector.
• Good knowledge of financial markets and ESG considerations in the development finance, financial services, and investment sector.
• Proven ability to undertake research, analyse, and synthesise diverse ESG-related data (especially climate-related) and information to deliver independent, high-quality professional reports.
• Proven ability to communicate ideas clearly and confidently, and present ideas to clients and industry partners.
• Must be able to travel for business purposes.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Understanding of ESG reporting requirements and frameworks such as TCFD, Sustainability frameworks/assessments, Green House Gas Protocol, etc.
• Basic knowledge of carbon footprinting, carbon footprinting tools and the ability to apply the tools
• Understanding of gender mainstreaming and grievance redress mechanisms.

Desirable Requirements

• Professional registration with a relevant professional body.
• Professional certifications in sustainability or ESG (e.g., ESG investing, environmental and social risk management, climate finance).

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Presentation Skills

• Can reinforce key presentation points with examples.
• Is able to translate technical terminology into language understandable to the audience.
• Has insight into the audience’s behaviour and motivation and responds appropriately and professionally, adapting communication style as appropriate.

Reporting

• Designs / customises reports to meet user needs.
• Prepares complex or tailored reports, gathers information from a variety of sources, analyses and includes in a report.
• Keeps standard reports under review and proposes improvements to meet user needs.

Problem Solving

• Identifies complex problems based on a broad range of factors, many of which are ambiguous or difficult to define.
• While remaining guided by organisational values, identifies optimal solutions, thinking first in terms of possible approaches and flexibilities in the system vs. blind adherence to rules or procedures.
• Implements solutions to complex problems, then evaluates the effectiveness and efficiency of solutions and identifies needed changes.

Planning and Organising

• Plans and manages multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Uses effectively advance time management processes to deal with high workload and tight deadlines.
• Organises, prioritises, and schedules tasks so they can be performed within budget and with the efficient use of time and resources.
• Achieves goals in a timely manner, despite obstacles encountered, by organising, reprioritising, and re-planning
• Can model a range of scenarios covering all potential business circumstances and highlight potential risks/opportunities.

Environmental, social & governance expertise

• Has an in-depth understanding of environmental and social science and law and can analyse reliable, relevant, and verifiable information, test hypotheses, and conclude.
• Knowledge on how to approach socio-institutional risk at the transactional/ investment level
• Ability to apply environmental, social and governance risk analysis to an investment scenario and propose mitigants to close investment deals.
• Knowledge of relevant environmental, social and governance tools and operating models applicable to the infrastructure sector and uses that knowledge to identify best practices.
• Able to draw on environmental, social and governance knowledge to identify unique opportunities to enhance business performance for potential DBSA clients.
• Has some knowledge around the Task Force for Climate Related Disclosures and/ or the Green House Gas Protocol/ Carbon accounting/ carbon footprinting
• Understands the application of GIIP with the infrastructure sector and can communicate this to clients and position the DBSA as a leader in green infrastructure financing.
• Ability to analyse and interpret financial information and unpack the ESG implications for transactions.

Research & Analysis

• Ability to propose investment solutions through analysis and solutioning.
• Proactively identifies the need for, initiates, plans and manages research projects as necessary.
• High level of skill in the use of advanced/complex analytical techniques, tools and models covering all potential business circumstances (such as GHG screening, resource utilisation and quantification) and highlighting potential risks/opportunities.
• Translates research reports into lucid and valid summaries and gives effective presentations of the findings.
• Able to translate findings into reports and present findings to key stakeholders and important meetings.
• Advises on the formulation and revision of policy in the light of research findings.

Business Acumen

• Uses a methodical problem-solving approach to support effective decision-making, considering importance, urgency, and risk.
• Thorough and in-depth understanding of the business environment, reviews outputs of analysis to relate these to operational circumstances.
• Monitors the environment and continuously seeks opportunities to align DBSA operations with national, regional, and international GIIP and standards environment.
• Understands South African public and private stakeholder community issues/challenges and can build win-win relationships with them.
• Envisions, creates, and facilitates connections to develop and enhance partnerships, alliances and networks that advance shared interests.

Project Management

• Defines, plans and manages large and/or strategic projects, including those with a high degree of technical complexity, with impacts across the organisation and/or with national implications.
• Assembles and leads diverse and multidisciplinary teams, ensuring maximum effective resource utilisation.
• Successfully manages substantial project budgets, required SCM processes and reports directly to senior managers on the progress and results of projects.
• Identifies complex issues that need escalation and proposes appropriate corrective actions.

Risk Identification & Assessment skills

• Advises on applicable aspects of risk identification and assessment.
• Assesses and links short-term tasks in the context of long-term business strategies or perspectives.

Deadline:2nd September,2026

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Job Description    

• The Organisational Effectiveness Specialist is accountable for developing and implementing organisational effectiveness strategies, culture plans, performance management frameworks and change management methodologies, ensuring that these frameworks support the DBSA’s strategic objectives. The role is responsible for conducting and reporting on psychometric assessments in compliance with HPCSA requirements, providing evaluations and feedback to individuals, managers, and business units to enable evidence-based people decisions. The role drives the embedding of the DBSA’s intended organisational culture through targeted initiatives, diagnostics, and activation programmes that enhance employee engagement, capability, and organisational adaptability.

Key Responsibilities    
Organisation Effectiveness and Culture

• Translate the OE strategy into tangible initiatives and processes that support organisation’s strategic objectives and goals.
• Develop and implement culture and value alignment processes to improve cultural collaboration and the support of the DBSA mandate, strategy and goals.
• Design and implement culture initiatives and activation programmes that strengthen employee connection to DBSA’s values, purpose, and ways of working, tracking uptake and impact.
• Promote the integration of organisational effectiveness and change management across the business through stakeholder education, awareness, partnership and consultation.
• Contribute to the development and continuous refinement of the DBSA Organisational Effectiveness and Culture Strategy, ensuring alignment with the Bank’s mandate, strategic priorities, and operating context.
• Design and enable integrated culture strategies and plans, informed by organisational diagnostics, to embed desired values, behaviours, and ways of working.
• Leverage culture surveys, engagement data, performance insights, and broader HC metrics to identify trends and generate actionable organisational insights.
• Partner with business leaders to translate diagnostic findings into targeted interventions that enhance organisational effectiveness, employee engagement, and performance.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership by providing integrated OE insights that inform decision-making on organisational health and transformation priorities.

Organisation Design

• Develop fit-for-purpose operating models, structures, frameworks, systems and metrics that are best fit between the organisation and its context that will deliver maximum agility, flexibility and responsiveness, now and going into the future.
• Support the organisation to understand the current state and work towards an imagined or desired future state, identifying issues/constraints, opportunities, implications and effectively supporting and facilitating people, teams and the organisation through change putting the organisation on a suitable strategic trajectory.
• Translate the organisation’s strategic intent and business goals into focused work units (divisions, clusters or units); day-to-day workflows and modes of working and the requisite levels of work with well-defined work roles with clear distribution of responsibilities, accountabilities and authority.
• Integrate activities seamlessly between organisational units, teams and individuals, resulting in an integrated strategic thrust and response by the organisation.
• Create greater economies of scale and cost efficiencies through effective workforce planning.
• Enable optimal resource allocation and deployment.
• Continuously review the organisational and divisional strategies, understand and provide guidance on the organisational/structural implications required to deliver the strategies.
• Provide key advisory and support role to the Divisions/Units and Human Capital Team in the field of organisational diagnostics, organisational design and structures.

Performance and Talent Management

• Initiate and facilitate initiatives to enhance a purpose driven culture through interventions based on effective application of performance management system, talent and succession management process and development plans.
• Implement a performance management framework and embed processes for setting objectives, monitoring progress, and evaluating employee performance.
• Drive performance management effectiveness by delivering diagnostic insights, supporting calibration, and ensuring alignment with organizational culture and strategy.
• Implement processes to identify high-potential employees and critical skills gaps to build leadership pipelines and ensure organisational continuity.
• Provide accurate, timely insights on performance ratings, talent pools, and workforce readiness.

Psychometric Assessments and Reporting

• Coordinate or administer, score, and interpret psychometric assessments for selection, development, and organisational diagnosis purposes in compliance with HPCSA guidelines and applicable legislation.
• Provide psychometric assessment services to all employees including new entrants, ensuring structured onboarding feedback and development recommendations are communicated to the relevant business units.
• Produce insightful psychometric evaluation reports that support evidence-based decision-making for selection, placement, succession, and individual development planning.
• Provide structured feedback sessions to individuals and managers following assessments, ensuring findings are clearly explained and linked to practical development actions.
• Maintain a psychometric assessment register and ensure all practices remain aligned with HPCSA ethical guidelines, test publisher requirements, and DBSA policy.

Coaching Coordination

• Provide input into the design of mentoring and coaching frameworks aligned to OE, culture, and leadership priorities.
• Maintain and monitor alignment of coaching interventions to culture, leadership and transformation objectives.
• Use insights from coaching outcomes to inform organisation-wide OE interventions.
• Partner with Learning & Development / Talent functions for implementation and operations.

Change Management

• Develop and implement change management methodologies / frameworks to adopt a structured approach to change management of various corporate initiatives/projects in the organisation.
• Formulate change management approach(es) to evaluate the impact of the change(s) in the organisation.
• Facilitate the conducting of impact analyses and readiness assessments, change characteristics assessment, stakeholder analysis (including key stakeholder tracking) and develop a customised strategy and approach for identified bank-wide initiatives/projects.
• Provide the appropriate change management diagnostic tools to business to deliver each change initiative for their areas of responsibility means to ensure that the change is fully embedded as intended.
• Work with business to create broad-scale and targeted internal-based communications, training strategies and associated materials with the aim of conducting briefings and/or communicating new initiatives and systems and drive change management.
• Serve as a trusted advisor through integrated OE analytics, combining culture, engagement, performance, and workforce data to generate enterprise-level insights.

Project Management and Reporting

• Participate in the design and deployment of broader Human Capital Projects, amongst others, in the area of Organisational Design, Performance Management, HC Systems, Talent Management, Learning & Development, Recruitment, etc. in terms of the correlation / integration / development and alignment of Remuneration & Benefits.
• Prepare management proposals, presentations and reports for Human Capital, Divisions, Executive Committees, Boards & Stakeholders.
• Perform other Human Capital duties as assigned.

Key Measurements of Outputs

• Approved and successful implementation of organisational development and culture frameworks/strategies.
• Approved and successful implementation of organisational design and structures.
• Approved and successful implementation of change management methodology and tools for the DBSA.
• Embedded espoused culture of the DBSA in the organisation.
• Quality of documents, presentations and reports.
• Clean audit.

Expertise & Technical Competencies    
Talent Management

• Deep understanding of best practice on career and talent management.
• Able to diagnose and address workforce planning issues and gaps.
• Able to develop plans to resolve the most challenging gaps identified in talent forecasts.

Learning and Development

• Ability to analyse training/learning and development needs.
• Knowledge of key providers and able to liaise with them on provision, knowledge of policies and procedures and ability to advise managers and employees.
• Encourages staff to develop and apply their skills.
• Suggests to individuals ways of improving performance and competence.

Psychometric Assessment

• Competent in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of a range of psychometric instruments across cognitive, personality, and competency domains, in full compliance with HPCSA ethical and professional guidelines.
• Able to produce professional, insightful psychometric evaluation reports for selection, development, and succession purposes, translating technical findings into clear, actionable recommendations for decision-makers.
• Skilled in delivering structured, empathetic assessment feedback to individuals at all levels of the organisation, including new employees; able to contextualise results and support development planning.
• Knowledgeable in aggregate reporting of psychometric data to inform talent strategy, culture diagnostics, and organisational health indicators.

Coaching and Mentoring

• Knowledgeable in the design and governance of formal mentoring and coaching frameworks, including programme architecture, matching methodologies, and multi-level rollout across diverse employee segments.
• Able to identify, evaluate, and manage independent coaching and mentoring service providers, ensuring professional accreditation standards (e.g., ICF, COMENSA) and contractual performance are maintained.
• Able to measure and report on coaching and mentoring programme effectiveness, using outcome and satisfaction data to demonstrate development impact and drive continuous improvement.

Reporting & Communication

• Designs, reviews and improves reporting processes and provides guidance.
• Leads production of complex environment reports, takes an editorial role, determines content and level of detail, and ensures consistent messaging and branding.
• Is relied on by others to help them write complex technical and non-technical documents and briefs.
• Can determine which aspects of this knowledge area need to be transferred to others in order to achieve organisational goals.
• Coaches others and transfers communication skills and knowledge to others.
• Able to communicate complex problems or concepts, by making them simple and understandable for others.
• Adapts language to the level of the audience in order to ensure that the message has a positive impact and is interesting to the audience.
• Is articulate, demonstrates a wide range of vocabulary, and is confident when talking to large/high level audiences.

Business Acumen

• Reviews own actions against the organisation's strategic plan; includes the big picture when considering possible opportunities or projects or thinks about long-term applications of current activities.
• Understands the projected direction of the industry and how changes might impact the organisation.
• Deep understanding of commercial drivers and can take decisions based on an assessment of alternatives concerning complex business situations.
• Deep understanding of DBSA economic priorities and how they can be implemented to meet DBSA's strategic objectives.
• Deep understanding of DBSA's core sector role in achieving DBSA's strategic objectives.
• Deep understanding of the need to coordinate efforts with many government entities, private sector, community groups and individuals to ensure effective implementation of new policies and regulations.

Project Management

• Ability to plan, initiate, execute, control and close projects related to a relevant function as well as to track and manage resources, timelines, costs, deliverables and performance, and implement contingency plans if necessary, to ensure projects are successfully.
• Defines, plans and manages large and/or strategic projects, including those with a high degree of technical complexity, with impacts across the organisation and/or with national implications.
• Assembles and leads diverse and multidisciplinary teams, ensuring maximum effective resource utilisation.
• Successfully manages substantial project budgets and reports directly to senior managers on the progress and results of projects.
• Identifies complex issues that need escalation and proposes appropriate corrective actions.

Strategic Planning

• Ability to analyse business trends, implications and options to devise holistic and long-term strategic plans as well as execute the required change is essential to meet DBSA's objectives and future goals.
• Develops long-term objectives, strategies, and goals. Orients to longer terms than day-to-day activities; determines long-term issues, problems or opportunities. Develops and establishes broad scale, longer-term objectives, goals, or special projects (e.g., affecting a department, several departments or DBSA).
• Develops a business strategy; assesses and links short-term, day-to-day tasks in the context of long-term business strategies or a long-term perspective; considers whether short-term goals will meet long-term objectives.
• Ability to analyse complex economic trends and their impact on organisational strategy.

Solutions Focused

• Identifies complex problems based on a broad range of factors, many of which are ambiguous or difficult to define.
• While remaining guided by organisational values, identifies optimal solutions, thinking first in terms of possible approaches and flexibilities in the system vs. blind adherence to rules or procedures.
• Evaluates the effectiveness and efficiency of solutions after they have been implemented and identifies needed changes.

Presentation Skills

• Understands how to present objectives in a compelling manner and maintain the interest of the audience.
• Knows how to deliver presentations appropriately (e.g., maintaining eye contact, the appropriate use of hand gestures, etc.) and at the correct pace.
• Knows how to clarify and confirm people’s feelings, concerns and needs.

Minimum Qualification

• A Masters Degree in Industrial Psychology and industrial psychologist designation.
• Professional membership with the Health Professional Council of South Africa (HPCSA).

Minimum Experience

• A minimum of 8 years’ relevant experience as a Senior Organisational /Effectiveness/Development Specialist or similar function.
• Proven experience in a strategic HC advisory capacity, partnering with senior leadership to align human capital practices to organisational strategy.
• Demonstrated experience in administering, scoring, interpreting, and reporting on psychometric assessments, including provision of individual and group feedback, in compliance with HPCSA guidelines.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing culture strategies and culture plans, with measurable impact on organisational culture and employee engagement.
• Experience working with senior leadership in medium to large size companies.
• Demonstrated experience of a similar role gained in a related industry preferably in the Banking/Financial Sector.
• Demonstrated experience in leading culture and change management initiatives in an organisation.
• Demonstrated knowledge and use of project management methodologies.
• Good understanding of South African employment legislation.
• Experience in preparing OE/OD reports and presentations for various stakeholders (Units, Divisions, Steering Committees, Exco and Board).

Desirable Requirements

• Working knowledge of HC information systems (HC SAP SuccessFactors).
• Broad generalist Human Capital experience spanning the full employee lifecycle, including talent, performance, and HC operations.
• Proven experience in organisational design, job analysis, job evaluation and grading.
• A Change Management certification.

Deadline:27th August,2026

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Job Description    

• The purpose of this role is to provide an entry-level role for graduates who have completed the DBSA graduate programme, as a stepping-stone into other career opportunities. The incumbent will be provided with further practical on-the-job training and be expected to perform functions aligned to the requirements of the division.

Key Responsibilities    
Key Performance Areas:

Deal Origination and Assessment

• Liaise with clients to provide or request information, to assist in the deal execution and/or gather critical information for the bank.
• Research clients, their business, operations and performance, as well as trends in their specific industries.
• Conduct due diligence for infrastructure finance operations and provide recommendations on raising new funding and debt restructurings.
• Evaluate the feasibility of investment opportunities/project transactions to assess the commercial viability for debt financing and alignment with the DBSA’s strategy and mandate.
• Compile and analyse information regarding sales activity and 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.
• Conduct periodic review 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.
• Assist in the development of new business opportunities in climate change adaptation, resilience and mitigation activities in line with relevant country strategies

Project/ Programme Administration

• Prepare and update project plan documents and assist in the preparation of the project 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 the 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 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.

Investment Research and Screening

• Conduct in-depth market, sector, and client research to support the development of a robust trade finance pipeline.
• Research trade flows, market trends, and sector developments.
• Analyse trade and structured finance gaps and opportunities in target regions or sectors.
• Support pipeline development through data-driven insights.
• Analyse macroeconomic trends, trade flows, and sector-specific developments to inform transaction strategy and opportunity identification.
• Assist in the early-stage screening of potential transactions by evaluating alignment with institutional mandate, risk appetite, and strategic priorities.

Financial Modelling and Reporting

• Assist in the assessment and structuring of trade finance deals (e.g., letters of credit, guarantees, receivables finance).
• Develop and maintain financial models for trade finance transactions, including cash flow projections, pricing scenarios, and sensitivity analyses.
• Compile and analyse data to support the preparation of internal reports, dashboards, and presentations for management and stakeholders.
• Monitor data quality and reporting accuracy, identifying gaps and engaging the team to address inconsistencies.
• Assist in the preparation of materials for pipeline reviews, portfolio updates, and strategic planning sessions.

Key Measurements of Outputs:

• Annual client plans– number and quality.
• Quality due diligence reports with accurate assessments.
• Successful project administration of agreed projects, programmes and assignments.
• Turnaround time for financial analysis and modelling deliverables.
• Quality transaction documents prepared.
• Timeliness and completeness of condition precedent documentation.
• Number of risk assessments and pricing analyses supported.
• Data quality improvement rate in reporting outputs.

Expertise & Technical Competencies    
Qualifications and Experience:

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.

Minimum Experience

• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in banking, trade finance, investments or corporate/project finance.
• Exposure to trade finance transactions, including financial modelling and documentation preparation.
• Exposure to financial analysis of Financial Institutions and non-banking financial institutions
• Experience supporting transaction processes, including pricing, rate risking, and condition precedent clearance.
• Familiarity with trade finance instruments such as guarantees, letters of credit, supply chain finance, and receivables financing.
• Experience in preparing reports, dashboards, and presentations to support team engagements and decisionmaking.

Technical Competencies:

Financial Modelling

• Demonstrating expertise in developing, analysing, and interpreting complex financial models to support strategic decision-making and business planning. This involves creating accurate and reliable models that forecast financial performance, assess business scenarios, and evaluate investments or projects.

Financial Analysis

• Basic general knowledge of applicable statutes, regulations, entity/company practices and concepts.
• Interprets and applies laws and regulations, analyses information and evaluates the impact of policies/procedures and practices.
• Accumulates data; summarises information into pertinent, understandable, and presentable form; discerns valid from invalid comparisons of data; and seeks an explanation for variations in the data. Initiates and maintains working relationships with stakeholders.

Data Collection and Analysis

• Based on knowledge of the reasons behind the analysis, can define the most appropriate means of data collection.
• Can develop formats for data collection.
• Can define the most appropriate internal and external data/information sources.
• Identifies key facts in an array of data, recognises when pertinent facts are incorrect, missing, or require supplementation or verification.
• Breaks down data into parts to understand the nature and relationship of the parts.
• Has a broad knowledge of statistical data-handling techniques.
• Can undertake more comprehensive analysis of data/information, but is not required to conclude.

Reporting

• Prepares both standard and non-standard reports to time and quality standards.
• Collate and analyse readily available data for inclusion in a report.

Written Communication

• Technically experienced and fully competent writer: can write independently various technical and nontechnical documents.
• Uses a clear and easily understood writing style when communicating technical information to nontechnical employees or individuals.

Presentation Skills

• Understands how to present objectives compellingly and maintain the interest of the audience.
• Knows how to deliver presentations appropriately (e.g. maintaining eye contact, the appropriate use of hand gestures, etc.) and at the correct pace.
• Knows how to clarify and confirm people’s feelings, concerns and needs.

Deadline:1st September,2026

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Job Description    

• The Accountant is responsible for providing end-to-end financial management, reporting, and project accounting support within the infrastructure delivery environment by applying sound financial controls, accurate reporting, and strategic financial insight to enable effective project execution and programme sustainability.

Key Responsibilities    
Programme and Agency Financial Management

• Conduct detailed reviews of programme budgets and agency agreements to identify recoverable costs and management fees.
• Calculate management fees and programme profitability based on programme type, including time-based and cost-of-work models.
• Prepare management fee calculations covering subsistence, travel disbursements, and recoverable costs for billing purposes.
• Create and maintain programme account codes, cost structures, and budget uploads on the project management system.
• Review and approve project disbursement requests, purchase orders, and payment submissions to confirm correct financial allocation.
• Monitor open commitments by tracking outstanding purchase orders and following up on unresolved items. Prepare project and programme financial reports, cost reports, cash flow statements, and close-out reports.
• Manage project and programme financial close-out processes in line with organisational policies. Authorise transfers of expenses into and out of project-related accounts where required.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of accounting standards, construction industry practices, project accounting methodologies, and financial systems to support effective financial management.
• Interpret financial and project information to translate technical data into practical insights for operational and programme teams.

Budgeting and Forecasting

• Facilitate the development of annual project, programme, and operational budgets aligned to approved business and construction plans.
• Compile forecasts and cash flow projections to support proactive financial planning and funding decisions.
• Analyse actual expenditure against budgets and forecasts to identify variances, cost overruns, or underspending trends.
• Provide variance analysis and financial commentary to support corrective action and strategic decision-making.

Transactional Processing and General Ledger Management

• Oversee accounts payable, receivable, payroll-related transactions, and project-related disbursements to support operational continuity and healthy cash flow.
• Maintain accurate general ledger records as the foundation for reliable financial reporting and compliance. Perform monthly reconciliations, journal entries, and balance sheet reviews to maintain data integrity and detect errors or irregularities.
• Review transactional postings to confirm correct allocation to projects, programmes, cost centres, and accounts.

Financial Reporting and Compliance

• Prepare accurate and timely inputs to the financial statements in line with IFRS, statutory requirements, and organisational reporting standards.
• Apply regulatory and tax requirements, including SARS compliance, to all financial transactions and reports.
• Maintain audit readiness by compiling supporting documentation and responding to internal and external audit queries.
• Prepare accurate, timely reports on recoveries, variances, and fee income for management and stakeholders.
• Review financial records and supporting schedules to promote transparency, credibility, and consistency in financial reporting.

Internal Control and Risk Management

• Implement and monitor financial control processes to safeguard assets and promote data accuracy.
• Identify financial risks related to projects, programmes, and operational activities and recommend mitigation actions.
• Apply governance frameworks, delegated authorities, and compliance standards across all financial activities.
• Review expenditure patterns and financial practices to detect potential control weaknesses or process gaps.

Stakeholder Management and Reporting

• Provide programme leads, project managers, and business performance teams with relevant financial information to support planning and control.
• Respond promptly to financial queries from internal stakeholders and management.
• Prepare management reports to support oversight of performance, risks, and opportunities.
• Produce financial and project reports to support informed operational and strategic decision-making.

Key Measurements of Outputs

• Accuracy, quality and timeliness of quarterly and annual accounts.
• Effective execution and quarterly updates of financial processes.
• Budget and forecast accuracy: precision in balance sheet and cash flow projections.
• Management of client relationships and key internal and external Stakeholders.
• Timeliness of financial reports (e.g., number of reports submitted on time).
• Accuracy rate of financial statements (e.g., number of audit adjustments).
• Variance between actuals and budget (e.g., deviations).
• Risk mitigation actions implemented.

Expertise & Technical Competencies    
Financial Acumen

• Possesses sufficient expertise to establish and manage income and expenditure monitoring systems for their own area of the business.
• Understands cost/revenue drivers within own area and can take actions to control resources and expenditure to meet financial targets.
• Understands basic management accounting reports and the processes by which financial resources are identified, obtained, allocated, managed, and accounted for.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical accounting positions clearly to both finance and non-finance audiences.

Financial Accounting

• Thorough understanding of relevant accounting principles for DBSA and ability to guide others in their application.
• Implements controls for and monitors accounting transactions to ensure legal/regulatory compliance, and accuracy and timeliness of accounting information.
• Ability to apply credit/collection concepts independently, and able to adapt or develop new procedures as needed within DBSA and
• professional guidelines.
• Identifies bottlenecks and areas for improvement within the organisation’s Financial Services with respect to efficiency and accuracy of the existing financial systems and processes.

Stakeholder Management

• The skills, knowledge, and abilities required to establish, maintain, and enhance effective collaborative relationships between an organisation and its internal or external partners. This is essential for driving strategic alignment, fostering innovation, and achieving mutual goals through synergistic partnerships.

Financial Analysis

• Interprets, analyzes and/or evaluates compliance with applicable legislation, sound regulatory practices and procedures, generally accepted accounting principles, and other such rules and regulations.
• Analyses or interprets financial records and develops program procedures, financial models and databases.
• Demonstrates a thorough knowledge and understanding of applicable regulations, rules, entity/company practices, concepts, and industry issues.
• Demonstrates a thorough knowledge or experience working with legal and regulatory issues in their subject area.
• Develops and maintains effective working relationships with regulated industries, government officials, administrators, and civic leaders.

Costing and Budgeting

• Sets, maintains and updates the budgeting control process/methodologies.
• Reviews and monitors budget to ensure that the required financial procedures are adhered to and all monies are accounted for.
• Able to verify that monthly close procedures have been followed and identify anomalies.
• Significant experience in the analysis of variance reports to identify underlying operational trends.
• Can collate budget inputs from across the organisation and analyse bids to determine consistency with DBSA overall cost/revenue targets.
• Able to prepare company-wide budget reports and manuals.
• Develops options and recommendations for budget targets.

Minimum Qualification

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or a related discipline.
• Completion of auditing articles at an audit or TOPP (training outside public practice) firm.

Minimum Experience

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in financial accounting in a complex organisation with the built environment, working on programme development or a large to medium complex organisation with multidimensional businesses.
• Working experience in taxation computations and SARS e-filing submissions (value-added tax and PAYE).
• Experience in working with financial management systems, e.g. SAP.
• Strong understanding of and a strong commitment to good corporate governance and specifically international reporting standards, including IFRS, Basel, GAAP and other regulatory requirements, including the PFMA.
• Excellent accounting and reconciliation skills.
• Experience in a corporate, public sector, or audit environment.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and South African tax laws.

Desirable Requirements

• A Postgraduate qualification in Accounting.
• Strong advanced Microsoft Excel modelling skills.
• Knowledge of SAP FICO and BI.
• Experience in fund accounting, restricted fund management, or development finance environments.

Deadline:1st September,2026

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Job Description    

• The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is mandated by the National Water Act, 1998 and Water Services Act 1997 to be responsible for national water resource infrastructure and supporting municipalities with the provision of water services. To support the implementation of the National Water & Sanitation Masterplan, DWS has designed and implemented the National Water Partnerships Programme (NWPP) comprising of several sub-programmes within the water sector that will address specific challenges facing the sector.

The DWS has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the South African Local Government (SALGA) and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) to jointly implement the programme. To give effect to the NWPP, the parties have established the Water Partnerships Office (WPO) which includes the following:

• The development of a standardised programme for the preparation, funding and implementation of projects within the water sector
• Providing support to municipalities and water boards to prepare, fund and implement projects according to a standardised approach
• The development of innovative and blended finance funding solutions, that will unlock and enable private sector investment in the water sector
• Facilitating partnerships with the private sector and other key stakeholders
• The role of the Programme Manager: Non-Revenue Water (NRW) is to manage the development of a pipeline of municipal NRW projects to be prepared, financed and implemented.

Key Responsibilities    
Programme Development and Management

• Develop strategies and plans for the execution of the programme and to optimise the support provided to municipalities and water boards.
• Maintain the NRW Programme as a standardised programme within the WPO, to support municipalities to address and reduce their nonrevenue water.
• Develop and maintain a “toolbox” of standardised documentation, best practice approaches, methodologies, models and mechanisms to support the preparation, funding and implementation of projects.
• Engage with municipalities and water boards to introduce the programme and the Unit/Team as the “centre of excellence” for municipal NRW interventions in the country.
• Conduct a needs analysis to identify project opportunities and develop a pipeline of projects to be prepared, financed and implemented.
• Identify sources of project preparation funding for NRW projects and work with the Head: WPO to secure the funding.
• Manage the preparation, design, development and structuring of projects according to the clients and funders agreements.
• Design and review the implementation of projects / programmes including:
• The preparation estimates and detailed programme plans for all phases of the programme.
• Implementation plans with outputs, activities, responsibilities and time frames.
• Programme budget and report against budget.
• Resource plan and allocate responsibilities.
• Manage, coordinate and monitor a portfolio of NRW infrastructure projects and programmes involving multiple stakeholders from cradle to completion in line with the overarching policies, frameworks and master plans in the Local Government structures and the Department of Water and Sanitation’s strategy.
• Facilitate project costing and cost control methodologies and procedures to ensure that projects are completed within budget.
• Map key programme dependencies and the interfaces between projects and facilitate cohesive project interfaces and collaboration.
• Manage challenges, risks and programme change requests and implement risk mitigating measures to prevent adverse impact on the project deliverables.
• Provide status reporting regarding programme milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership and identified stakeholders.
• Develop and support the implementation including improvement of project management methodologies, tools and standards.
• Provide inputs to contracts, agreements and other legal documents with partners/ service providers and manage the enforcement of agreements.
• Monitor the implementation of safety, health and environmental standards by contractors in compliance to the requirements and guidelines of the DBSA.
• Prepare monthly progress reports that is required by the WPO (for purposes of reporting to the Oversight Committee as well as to the DBSA)

Procurement

• Establish and maintain service provider panels to ensure there are adequate resources to achieve programme objectives in planned timeframes.
• Procure, appoint and manage service providers for the preparation, funding and implementation of projects.
• Support the procurement of contractors and operators for the implementation and operation and maintenance of projects, potentially on a Performance Based Contracting model.

Stakeholder Management

• Establish parentships with private sector role players in the NRW environment.
• Build and manage relationships at various levels with the project stakeholders, partners in accordance with the NWPP and NRW Programme development objectives and stakeholder relations and communication strategy.
• Coordinate efforts and work with the NRW teams within the DWS, City Support Programme, SALGA, Water Research Commission) WRC, Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA) and others.
• Participate in structures created to support the NRW Programme such as a NRW Programme committee, NRW Community of Practice, etc.
• Effectively providing key stakeholders/partners comfort that their investment on agreed projects / programmes will be successfully and timeously completed.

People Management

• Establish, lead and manage a team of specialist resources in the NRW Unit/Team
• Provide direction and guidance to the direct reports to enable the execution and management of their portfolios and responsibilities effectively.
• Facilitate team development while holding teams accountable for their commitment to ensure strong team delivery.
• Conduct performance management for all direct reports, managing their performance in relation to quality standards and agreed benchmarks and objectives, in line with sound performance management principles.
• Provide transferable skills, frameworks and toolkits to promote empowerment of the team.
• Promote DBSA values and a culture of High Performance within the areas of responsibility.
• Manage, coach and mentor project management resources.
• Perform other strategic, operational and other duties as assigned.

Key Measurements of Outputs

• Successful maintenance of the NRW Programme and Unit/Team within the WPO
• Approved NRW Programme short-, medium- and long-term plan/s
• Number of NRW projects identified, prepared/developed and implemented
• Value of funding sourced for the design, preparation and implementation of the NRW Programme from relevant and applicable local and international institutions
• Number of catalysed opportunities resulting in a robust pipeline of bankable projects
• Successful oversight, management and implementation of agreed NRW projects:
• Percentage of performance targets met as per business plan
• Quality of delivery of projects / programmes
• Investor satisfaction of invested NRW projects / programmes
• Quality of presentations and reports
• Accuracy and quality of presentations and reports
• Effective performance management and strong culture of performance and delivery in NRW Unit/Team
• Good governance and ethical behaviour
• A clean audit

Expertise & Technical Competencies    
Minimum Qualifications

• A Degree in Engineering (preferably Civil Engineering) or Finance

Minimum Experience

• A professional engineering registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) if the candidate is an Engineer
• A minimum of 10 years demonstrated technical work experience (planning, design, implementation) in the field of municipal NRW (including advanced metering infrastructure, innovative technology, etc.) both Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) and Operation & Maintenance (O&M)
• A minimum of 5 years’ post-accreditation experience in a similar job function as well as the skills and experience to manage teams of professionals
• Experience and understanding of the project preparation cycle and requirements to prepare bankable projects
• Knowledge and understanding of all legislation relevant to the business of DBSA/WPO as well as the water sector (i.e., PFMA, MFMA, PPPFA, NWA, WSA, etc.)
• Strong knowledge and experience in working with local government planning cycle and processes
• A strong knowledge and experience in Public Private Partnerships (PPP) and PBCs
• A strong knowledge and experience of climate change
• Demonstrable track record of working with high level government stakeholders
• Comprehensive knowledge of the complex regulatory environments of municipalities / metros, state-owned enterprises and other government entities in South Africa
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex strategic initiatives and projects to successful completion

Desirable Requirements

• A qualification in Project/Programme Management.
• Experience in Performance Based Contracting (PBC) for NRW.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Business Acumen

• Reviews own actions against the organisation's strategic plan; includes the big picture when considering possible opportunities or projects or thinks about long-term applications of current activities.
• Understands the projected direction of the industry and how changes might impact the organisation.
• Deep understanding of commercial drivers and can take decisions based on an assessment of alternatives concerning complex business situations.
• Deep understanding of DBSA/WPO economic priorities and how they can be implemented to meet DBSA's/WPO’s strategic objectives.
• Deep understanding of DBSA's/WPO’s core sector role in achieving DBSA's/WPO’s strategic objectives.
• Deep understanding of the need to coordinate efforts with many government entities, private sector, community groups and individuals to ensure effective implementation of new policies and regulations.

Project Management

• Ability to plan, initiate, execute, control and close projects related to a relevant function as well as to track and manage resources, timelines, costs, deliverables and performance, and implement contingency plans, if necessary, to ensure projects are successfully.
• Defines, plans and manages large and/or strategic projects, including those with a high degree of technical complexity, with impacts across the organisation and/or with national implications.
• Assembles and leads diverse and multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring maximum effective resource utilisation.
• Successfully manages substantial project budgets and reports directly to senior managers on the progress and results of projects.
• Identifies complex issues that need escalation and proposes appropriate corrective action by maintaining a respected profile with relevant external organisations and the research community in general.

Solutions Focused

• Identifies complex problems based on a broad range of factors, many of which are ambiguous or difficult to define.
• While remaining guided by organisational values, identifies optimal solutions, thinking first in terms of possible approaches and flexibility in the system vs. blind adherence to rules or procedures.
• Evaluates the effectiveness and efficiency of solutions after they have been implemented and identifies needed changes.

Planning and Organising

• Coaches’ others on advanced planning and organising skills.
• Plays a role in transferring advanced planning and organising skills and knowledge to others.
• Identifies and acts on opportunities to partner with other units in the department to achieve desired results.
• Develops partnership agreements that ensure win-win outcomes for all parties.
• Develops integrated plans for the work unit and others that interfaces with the function’s budget.
• Uses effectively advance time management processes to deal with high workload and tight deadlines.
• Organises, prioritises and schedules tasks so they can be performed within budget and with the efficient use of time and resources.
• Achieves goals in a timely manner, despite obstacles encountered, by organising, reprioritising and re-planning

Detailed Oriented

• Quickly identifies relevant and irrelevant information to support accurate decision making.
• Maps out all the logistics and details of a situation to ensure smooth and flawless implementation.
• Consistently identifies all relevant details that are not obvious in complex situations.
• Requires the highest standards for accuracy and quality for their work.
• Establishes processes to ensure accuracy and quality of services delivered by the team.

Reporting & Communication

• Designs, reviews and improves reporting processes and provides guidance.
• Leads production of complex environment reports, takes an editorial role, determines content and level of detail, and ensures consistent messaging and branding.
• Is relied on by others to help them write complex technical and non-technical documents and briefs.
• Can determine which aspects of this knowledge area need to be transferred to others in order to achieve organisational goals.
• Coaches’ others and transfers communication skills and knowledge to others.
• Able to communicate complex problems or concepts, by making them simple and understandable for others.
• Adapts language to the level of the audience in order to ensure that the message has a positive impact and is interesting to the audience.
• Is articulate, demonstrates a wide range of vocabulary, and is confident when talking to large/high level audiences.

Presentation Skills

• Knows how to deliver arguments persuasively by employing a range of advanced presentation techniques (e.g., the appropriate use of body language, how to close a presentation so that the audience continues to think about the subject matter etc.).
• Has knowledge of various feedback mechanisms to check levels of audience understanding.

Deadline:2nd September,2026

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Job Description    

• The Head: Legal, a member of the IPPO Executive Management Committee (Exco), serves as the IPPO’s General Counsel and legal authority, leading the Legal function and providing independent, commercially informed legal advice across the full lifecycle of energy and transmission programmes. The role develops and executes the Legal Strategy in alignment with the IPPO Strategy, DEE priorities, the Integrated Resource Plan, the Gas Master Plan and relevant stakeholder mandates.
• The role safeguards the legality, integrity, bankability and defensibility of procurement and implementation programmes across renewable energy, battery storage, gas-to-power, hybrid and flexible generation, transmission and emerging technologies. It enables procurement, financial close, legal assurance, risk management and dispute resolution while supporting security of supply, investment mobilisation, transformation, localisation and a just energy transition.

Key Responsibilities    
Develop and execute the Legal Strategy aligned with the IPPO and DEE strategic mandate

• Develop and maintain the Legal Strategy, annual plan, budget, workforce plan, policies, systems and service standards aligned to IPPO and DEE priorities.
• Integrate legal priorities across procurement, implementation, monitoring, contract management, advisory services and transmission programmes.
• Maintain regulatory horizon scanning and ensure legal advice supports security of supply, affordability, investment mobilisation, transformation and a just transition.

Lead legal governance, assurance, compliance and enterprise legal risk

• Maintain risk-based legal-assurance frameworks, review gates, policies, controls and the enterprise legal-risk register.
• Provide independent advice, protect privilege, manage conflicts and escalate material legal, regulatory, procurement, contractual and litigation risks.
• Oversee legal clearances, external legal service providers, budgets, records, technology and service-delivery standards.

Provide transaction structuring, project-finance and financial-close legal leadership

• Lead legal due diligence, transaction structuring, risk allocation and bankability advice for generation, storage, gas, transmission and other energy-infrastructure programmes.
• Draft, review, negotiate and clear procurement, project, financing, security, direct agreement and government-support documents.
• Track legal issues and conditions precedent, support preferred-bidder milestones and financial close, and update standard documentation and precedents.

Ensure procurement integrity, legality and administrative-law defensibility

• Provide legal assurance that procurement is lawful, fair, transparent, competitive, cost-effective and compliant with applicable requirements.
• Advise on procurement documents, evaluation governance, bidder communications, probity, conflicts, confidentiality, complaints and administrative records.
• Manage legal strategies for bidder challenges, judicial reviews and procurement disputes, and update procurement controls for legislative changes.

Lead contract lifecycle management, claims, disputes and enforcement

• Provide post-financial-close legal oversight of amendments, waivers, refinancing, change in law, force majeure, defaults, lender consents, step-in, termination and other material events.
• Maintain registers for obligations, claims, disputes and legal decisions, with clear ownership, escalation and reporting.
• Lead dispute strategies and external counsel management, using lessons learned to strengthen future documentation and controls.

Provide legal leadership for electricity-market reform, transmission and grid-access programmes

• Advise on electricity market reform, SAWEM, Market Code, TSO/NTCSA interfaces, open network access, licensing, grid access, connection, curtailment and wheeling.
• Provide legal leadership for independent transmission and grid-expansion procurement, financing, construction, operation, concession and availability-payment models.
• Coordinate complex legal issues with government, regulators, utilities, DFIs, lenders, investors and advisers, and update legal positions as reforms evolve.

Embed transformation, localisation, socio-economic development and just-transition outcomes in legal frameworks

• Translate transformation, localisation, industrialisation, socio-economic development and just-transition priorities into enforceable procurement and contractual obligations.
• Balance developmental outcomes with procurement law, competition considerations, affordability, value for money, deliverability and bankability.
• Advise on community participation, benefit-sharing, grievance mechanisms, blended finance and development safeguards.

Build and maintain strategic stakeholder partnerships

• Build relationships with DEE, National Treasury, DBSA, regulators, NTCSA, Eskom, government entities, IPPs, sponsors, lenders, DFIs, investors, advisers and affected stakeholders.
• Represent the Legal function in executive, governance, industry and stakeholder forums while protecting the IPPO’s legal and institutional interests.
• Use stakeholder engagement to resolve cross-institutional issues, identify emerging risks and strengthen market confidence.

Enable people and build capability within the Legal function

• Lead a high-performance, collaborative, ethical and professionally independent Legal function.
• Develop workforce, succession, scarce-skills and continuing-legal-education plans aligned to the IPPO portfolio.
• Set performance expectations, coach and mentor staff, manage resources and maintain knowledge-management, precedent and lessons-learned systems.

Expertise & Technical Competencies    
Minimum qualification and experience

• LLB degree at NQF Level 8, or equivalent legal qualification recognised for admission as a legal practitioner in South Africa.
• Admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa, in good standing.
• Minimum 12 years’ post-admission experience, including infrastructure, public-sector procurement, commercial transactions or large-capital projects, preferably in energy.
• Minimum 5 years at senior management or executive level, leading a legal or transaction-advisory function in energy, project finance or investment.
• Mandatory: at least 5 years’ cumulative embedded DFI or government-owned institutional-investor experience with direct responsibility for infrastructure or energy transactions, legal due diligence, approvals, structuring, financing, risk allocation, financial close, monitoring or restructuring.
• Demonstrated experience in utility-scale energy or infrastructure projects, project finance, procurement law, regulatory compliance, contract management, claims, disputes and managing external legal advisers.
• Relevant postgraduate qualification in project finance, commercial law, energy law, public law, infrastructure finance, business administration or a related field will be advantageous.

Professional registration

• Admission as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa, in good standing.

Knowledge

• IPPO mandate, operating model and programme lifecycle across procurement, financial close, implementation, monitoring, contract management and advisory services.
• South African energy policy, market reform, transmission, grid access and regulatory frameworks, including DEE priorities, IRP, Gas Master Plan, SAWEM, TSO and NTCSA reforms.
• Public-sector governance, constitutional procurement, administrative law, project finance, bankability, risk allocation and infrastructure contracting.
• Contract lifecycle, financing and security documentation, regulatory compliance, claims, disputes, transformation, localisation and socio-economic development requirements.

Skills

• Strategic legal strategy, governance, assurance and enterprise legal-risk leadership.
• Strategic commercial, project-finance, procurement, regulatory and transaction advisory capability.
• Advanced drafting, negotiation, due diligence, risk allocation, bankability assessment and dispute management.
• Senior communication, stakeholder influence, people leadership, planning and external legal-service management.

Strategic, policy, legislative and regulatory knowledge applicable to the IPPO, including:

• Constitutional, public-finance, procurement, administrative-justice, access-to-information and supply-chain-management requirements.
• Electricity, energy, environmental, climate, competition, companies, privacy, financial-sector and anti-money-laundering legislation relevant to infrastructure and project finance.
• Energy-market, grid, licensing, connection, curtailment, transmission, gas, renewable-energy, storage and just-transition policy frameworks.
• IPP procurement and contracting frameworks, including PPAs, implementation agreements, direct agreements, government-support instruments and standardised programme documentation.
• Development-finance, blended-finance, credit-enhancement, guarantee, environmental and social safeguard, and development-impact requirements.

Required Personal Attributes    
Behaviours

• Independent judgement, integrity, ethics and accountability.
• Commercial pragmatism, solution orientation and delivery focus.
• Analytical rigour, resilience, discretion and sound judgement.
• Collaborative, inclusive and stakeholder-oriented leadership.

Deadline:7th September,2026

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Job Description    

• The Head: Programmes is a member of the IPPO Executive Management Committee (Exco) and is accountable for the integrated planning, development and delivery of IPPO energy-infrastructure procurement programmes, including generation, storage, gas-to-power, transmission and related initiatives. The role provides senior engineering and programme-delivery leadership across the full lifecycle, from mandate, concept and procurement through to preferred-bidder appointment, financial close, implementation readiness, handover and benefits realisation.
• The incumbent integrates technical, legal, financial, commercial, procurement, environmental, regulatory, socio-economic and stakeholder workstreams to ensure programmes are system-aligned, bankable, affordable, investable and executable. The role also leads portfolio governance, engineering assurance, stage-gate controls, programme controls, reporting, knowledge transfer and delivery continuity in support of security of supply, investment mobilisation, affordability, industrialisation, localisation, transformation, socio-economic development and a just energy transition.

Key Responsibilities    
Executive strategy, portfolio planning and contribution

• Contribute to IPPO executive strategy, institutionalisation, governance, performance and enterprise decision-making.
• Develop and maintain the Programmes Strategy and integrated portfolio delivery plan aligned to national energy priorities, mandates, resources and the APP.
• Translate priorities into a sequenced programme pipeline with clear outcomes, benefits, dependencies, milestones, resources and funding needs.
• Provide executive advice on delivery feasibility, system constraints, risk, timing, market capacity and corrective interventions.

Institutionalise the Programmes function and lead operating-model transition

• Lead the Programmes workstream of IPPO institutionalisation and implement the approved operating model, governance, delegations and accountability arrangements.
• Protect delivery continuity, governance integrity, institutional credibility and records completeness during transition.
• Embed end-to-end processes, role clarity, assurance, document control, quality standards, knowledge transfer and capability building.

Establish and operate enterprise PMO and portfolio controls

• Establish and lead an enterprise PMO as the single source of truth for scope, schedule, cost, resources, risks, decisions, dependencies and performance.
• Maintain integrated schedules, stage gates, readiness reviews, programme registers, dashboards and management information systems.
• Direct capacity planning, adviser deployment, budgets, standards, templates, governance calendars and continuous improvement of programme maturity.

Lead programme design, engineering readiness and procurement preparation

• Convert mandates into programme business cases, delivery options, feasibility assessments, pro-curement strategies and implementation road maps.
• Lead engineering basis, specifications, system requirements, grid-readiness, permitting, stakeholder approvals and programme dependencies before procurement milestones.
• Integrate technical, commercial, financial, legal, procurement, regulatory, environmental and socio-economic requirements into bankable procurement frameworks.

Direct procurement execution, preferred-bidder and financial-close delivery

• Direct integrated bid-process planning, data-room readiness, bidder interfaces, evaluations, govern-ance submissions, preferred-bidder appointment and close planning.
• Maintain fair, transparent and defensible procurement processes with Legal and Procurement, including records, confidentiality and conflicts management.
• Coordinate preferred-bidder and financial-close plans, resolve dependencies, escalate constraints and ensure structured handover to implementation and contract-management functions.

Provide engineering, grid-integration, implementation and operational-readiness assurance

• Provide executive engineering assurance across generation, storage, gas, transmission, grid con-nection, system integration and emerging technologies.
• Assure design maturity, constructability, interfaces, safety, quality, climate resilience, commission-ing, testing and operational readiness at programme gates.
• Monitor implementation readiness and key delivery milestones, resolve material dependencies and capture lessons for future procurement windows.

Lead portfolio risk, performance, governance and reporting

• Maintain integrated risk, issue, opportunity and performance frameworks across technical, grid, schedule, cost, procurement, market, regulatory, environmental, social, financial and stakeholder risks.
• Provide concise, decision-useful reports, forecasts, dashboards and recommendations to IPPO, DEE, DBSA and governance structures.
• Ensure programmes remain compliant, audit-ready and aligned to approved scope, schedule, cost, quality, benefits and strategic outcomes.

Drive transformation, industrialisation, socio-economic development and just-transition outcomes

• Translate transformation, localisation, industrialisation, skills, socio-economic development and just-transition priorities into programme requirements, evaluation criteria and contractual deliverables.
• Balance development outcomes with competition, affordability, bankability, value for money and delivery feasibility.
• Monitor portfolio-level delivery of commitments, address underperformance and use lessons to strengthen future procurement windows.

Build strategic partnerships and maintain market and investor confidence

• Build trusted relationships with government, regulators, DBSA, NTCSA, Eskom, municipalities, IPPs, sponsors, lenders, DFIs, investors, advisers, industry bodies and communities.
• Maintain clear governance, information, decision and escalation arrangements for inter-institutional dependencies.
• Lead market engagement while protecting procurement integrity, confidentiality, equal access to information and market confidence.

Enable people and build organisational capability

• Create an ethical, accountable, inclusive and collaborative delivery culture across staff, secondees, advisers and matrixed teams.
• Implement workforce and capability plans covering role clarity, succession, recruitment, retention, professional development, mentoring and coaching.
• Institutionalise knowledge management, standard methods, lessons learned and structured capabil-ity transfer from external advisers to internal teams.

Expertise & Technical Competencies    
Minimum Requirements: 

• Bachelor of Engineering or BSc Engineering degree at NQF Level 8 in a relevant engineering discipline, or equivalent qualification recognised by ECSA.
• Professional registration with ECSA as Pr Eng, and a recognised programme or project management qualification, are added advantages.
• Relevant postgraduate qualification at NQF Level 9 in engineering, energy systems, programme or project management, infrastructure finance, business administration or a related field is advantageous.
• Minimum 15 years' post-qualification experience in engineering, programme or project management and delivery of large-scale infrastructure programmes.
• At least 10 years' experience in complex energy or infrastructure programmes, including generation, storage, gas, transmission, grid infrastructure or comparable project-financed assets.
• Minimum five years at senior management or executive level, with accountability for multidisciplinary teams, governance, budgets, advisers, outcomes and senior stakeholder relationships.
• Proven leadership of a multi-programme portfolio, enterprise PMO or major infrastructure delivery office across the full programme lifecycle.
• Demonstrated experience in IPP, PPP or infrastructure finance environments, including engagement with sponsors, lenders, DFIs, institutional investors, advisers, regulators and government decision-makers.
• Advanced experience in scheduling, cost and resource control, risk, change, technical assurance, quality, governance reporting and recovery of delayed or distressed programmes.
• Experience in public-sector governance, institutional transition, ESG, climate resilience, transformation, localisation, industrialisation and socio-economic outcomes in infrastructure delivery.

Professional Registration 

• ECSA Pr Eng registration and a recognised programme/project-management credential (e.g. PMP, PRINCE2) are both an added advantage, not mandatory.

Knowledge

• IPPO mandate, operating model and full programme lifecycle, including procurement, delivery, monitoring and contract interfaces.
• National energy policy, planning and market frameworks, including DEE Strategy, IRP, TDP, SAREM, Gas Master Plan and just-transition priorities.
• Power-system engineering, grid integration, generation, storage, gas, transmission and emerging energy technologies.
• IPP, PPP, infrastructure procurement, project finance, bankability, risk allocation and investor requirements.
• Portfolio governance, enterprise PMO design, stage gates, readiness reviews, programme controls, assurance and benefits realisation.
• Public-sector governance, procurement, regulatory, environmental, ESG, transformation, localisation and socio-economic development requirements.
• Institutional landscape and stakeholder roles, including DEE, National Treasury, DBSA, NERSA, Eskom, NTCSA, municipalities, IPPs, lenders, DFIs and advisers.

Skills

• Executive strategy, portfolio priori-tisation and benefits management.
• Advanced programme, project and PMO management, including scope, cost, schedule, risk, change and quality control.
• Engineering assurance, multidisci-plinary integration and technical decision-making.
• Procurement design, transaction management, preferred-bidder management and financial-close coordination.
• Commercial, project-finance and value-for-money analysis.
• Management and Executive reporting, analytics, dashboards, issue resolution and evidence-based decision-making.
• Negotiation, facilitation, stakeholder management, people leadership and capability building.

South African public-domain Acts, frameworks and policies applicable to the IPPO:

• Constitution of the Republic of South Africa; PFMA; Treasury Regulations and Instructions.
• PAJA; PAIA; PPPFA and Regulations; Public Procurement Act 28 of 2024.
• Electricity Regulation Act; Electricity Regulation Amendment Act 38 of 2024; National Energy Regulator Act; National Energy Act.
• South African Grid Code; Market Code; SAWEM framework; NERSA licensing and registration frameworks.
• NEMA; Climate Change Act; OHSA; Construction Regulations; environmental, water, heritage, land-use and permitting frameworks.
• B-BBEE Act and Codes; Competition Act; transformation, localisation, industrialisation and socio-economic development policies.
• DEE Strategic Plan; IRP; Gas Master Plan; Transmission Development Plan; SAREM; Just Energy Transition plans.
• IPP Procurement Programme frameworks and standard public-domain procurement documentation.
• National Treasury infrastructure-delivery, PPP and procurement frameworks.
• Engineering Profession Act; ECSA regulatory framework; applicable SANS and NRS standards.

Required Personal Attributes    
Behaviours

• Integrity, accountability and public-interest orientation.
• Strategic, systems and whole-of-portfolio thinking.
• Professional judgement, deci-siveness and resilience under pressure.
• Delivery discipline, urgency and attention to detail.
• Collaborative, inclusive and cross-disciplinary leadership.
• Political and organisational acu-ity, diplomacy and stakeholder orientation.
• Learning agility, innovation and continuous improvement.

Deadline:7th September,2026

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Job Description    

• The Head: Enterprise Risk is accountable for designing, implementing and continuously improving an integrated enterprise risk management framework that supports DBSA’s mandate, strategy, governance and sustainable development impact. The role leads the Bank’s risk appetite framework, principal and emerging risk oversight, risk culture, operational resilience, business continuity, credit and market risk monitoring, scenario analysis, and risk reporting to executive and Board governance structures. It ensures that risks are identified, assessed, treated, monitored and communicated using reliable risk intelligence, clear ownership, agreed escalation thresholds and continuous improvement practices, so that risk exposures remain within approved appetite and support informed strategic decisionmaking.

Key Responsibilities    
Strategic Focus

• Develop and maintain the short-, medium- and long-term Enterprise Risk strategy and execution roadmap, aligned to DBSA’s mandate, corporate strategy, risk appetite and approved budget.
• Identify strategic priorities and deliverables for risk management, ensuring integration with organisational goals and regulatory requirements.
• Provide guidance and oversight on execution of the ERM strategy to support organisational resilience and sustainability.
• Lead communication, advocacy and adoption of ERM frameworks, policies, methodologies, standards and risk priorities across internal and external stakeholder groups.

Enterprise Risk Integration

• Embed consistent risk identification, assessment, treatment, monitoring and communication practices across divisions, supported by fit-for-purpose tools, policies, procedures and clear risk ownership.
• Facilitate development of risk management strategies for critical operational risks and ensure implementation of mitigation plans.
• Work with business units to identify emerging risks and design proactive solutions to minimise exposure.
• Promote a strong risk culture by integrating risk management principles into business planning and operational processes.
• Facilitate enterprise-wide risk identification, assessment and reporting processes.
• Maintain the strategic risk register, regularly reviewing the DBSA’s principal risks, emerging risks and near-misses.
• Monitor adherence to the Board-approved Risk Appetite Framework, ensuring timely escalation of exposures outside appetite, allocation of accountable owners and tracking of remediation actions to closure.
• Lead emerging risk, stress-testing and scenario analysis to assess interconnected risks, inform strategic choices and strengthen operational and financial resilience.
• Conduct risk awareness and training programmes to enhance organisational capability in managing non-financial risks.

Risk Management, Reporting and Governance

• Monitor and report on risk levels against approved risk appetite across the organisation.
• Oversee timely, accurate and insight-led risk reporting to ExCo, Board Risk Committee and other governance forums, highlighting risk profile movements, appetite breaches, key risk indicators, emerging risks and management actions.
• Develop dashboards and reporting tools to provide clear visibility of risk trends and mitigation progress.
• Ensure policy compliance, effective control remediation and timely closure of material audit findings, with clear accountability and monitoring of control improvement actions.

Business Continuity Management

• Design and oversee implementation of BCM processes, including disaster recovery, crisis management, and emergency response protocols.
• Ensure business impact analyses, business continuity plans, crisis management arrangements and disaster recovery dependencies are reviewed, tested and updated in line with organisational, technology and external environment changes.
• Coordinate crisis and incident management, recovery strategies and resilience programmes to minimise operational disruption and protect critical services.

Credit and Market Risk Monitoring

• Establish policies and methodologies for effective counterparty monitoring and management of market and credit risk, including liquidity risk management.
• Establish and maintain the DBSA prudential limit framework, including limit setting, monitoring, early-warning indicators, breach escalation, remediation tracking and governance reporting.
• Regularly review limit setting against risk-adjusted changes in counterparties and obligors risk profiles.

Model Risk Management

• Own and maintain the organisation’s Model Risk Management Framework, ensuring alignment with regulatory and governance standards.
• Chair and lead the Model Governance Committee, driving oversight, accountability, and decision-making.
• Provide independent oversight and challenge to strengthen governance and mitigate risk.
• Manage the enterprise model inventory, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and compliance with governance requirements.
• Oversee validation processes, track remediation actions, and ensure timely resolution of deficiencies.
• Engage with regulators and ensure full compliance with model risk regulatory requirements.
• Deliver structured reports to Executive Management and the Board, providing insights on model risk exposures and governance outcomes.
• Establish governance for AI and advanced analytics models, ensuring ethical use, transparency, and risk mitigation.
• Integrate model risk into enterprise risk (ER) processes to strengthen organisational resilience.
• Drive continuous improvement of model risk practices, embedding innovation, efficiency, and best practice standards.

Stakeholder Management

• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, including ExCo and divisional leadership, to embed risk management practices.
• Engage with regulators, industry bodies, shareholder representatives, development partners and external assurance providers to benchmark DBSA’s risk practices against applicable standards and emerging market practice.
• Represent DBSA in risk-related forums and contribute to shaping industry-wide risk management practices.

Digital Transformation

• Champion digital risk transformation, data quality, analytics, automation and dashboarding to improve risk visibility, early-warning capability and evidence-based decision-making.
• Identify and adopt emerging technologies to modernise risk management practices and improve organisational resilience.

People Management

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning to maximise individual and collective potential.
• Drive talent development initiatives, including coaching, performance management, and career pathing, to build and retain a skilled and motivated team.
• Provide direction and management to the Division, to enable strategy execution.
• Attract, retain, develop talent and ensure succession planning and sufficient capacity and capability in all critical functions, supporting diversity strategies and initiatives as well.
• Promote DBSA values and a culture of high performance through implementing performance management in line with the planned strategic objectives, goals, quality standards and agreed key performance measures using sound performance management principles.
• Contribute to building synergies & cooperation across functions in the DBSA.
• Embed the DBSA values, ethics and culture.

Key Measurements of Outputs

• Risk appetite framework, ER policies and methodologies reviewed, approved and embedded annually, with evidence of continuous improvement and alignment to DBSA’s strategy and governance requirements.
• Risk and control self-assessments, key risk indicators, control adequacy reviews and action plans completed within agreed timelines and reported to relevant governance structures.
• Business continuity framework, BIAs, crisis management plans, disaster recovery dependencies and BCM testing outcomes reviewed, tested and remediated within approved cycles.
• Effective and timely monitoring and management of credit and market risk.
• Timeous escalation and resolution of limit breaches against the appetite to ensure no undue concentration risk in the portfolio.
• Effective and timely management of model risk management across the DBSA.
• Successful integration of risk management into strategic planning and decision-making through risk awareness programs, risk maturity and culture assessments.
• Risk reports to ExCo and Board Committees are timely, accurate, forward-looking and action-oriented, with clear articulation of trends, appetite breaches, emerging risks and mitigation progress.
• Level of digital enablement in risk management processes and reporting
• Management of team performance, talent development, and succession planning using the performance management system.
• Management of the Unit’s budget, ensuring proper planning and cost management, no UIFW expenditure.
• No material internal and external audit outcomes.

Expertise & Technical Competencies    
Minimum Qualification

• Postgraduate qualification in Risk Management, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Accounting or a related discipline.

Minimum Experience

• A minimum 12 years’ experience in financial services, banking, development finance, investment management or related sectors, with at least 5 years in a management or senior risk leadership role.
• In-depth working knowledge of enterprise risk management, risk appetite, prudential risk disciplines, Basel principles, ISO 31000, business continuity, operational resilience, governance and applicable South African regulatory frameworks.
• Proven track record in developing and implementing enterprise risk frameworks, policies, and methodologies.
• Strong experience in BCM and operational resilience planning.
• Demonstrated ability to engage with executive committees, board subcommittees, and regulators on risk-related matters.
• Experience in leading enterprise risk assessments and multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience in embedding risk culture and delivering risk awareness programmes across diverse business units.

Desirable Experience

• Master’s Degree or equivalent
• Professional certification in risk management, financial risk, business continuity, corporate governance, internal control or information systems risk, such as FRM, PRM, IRM, CRISC, CBCI or equivalent.
• Exposure to risk management in a DFI or similar regulated financial services organisation.
• Exposure to infrastructure, project finance, structured finance or development lending.
• Experience in integrating risk management with strategic planning and organisational performance frameworks.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Risk Management Policies and Procedures

• Drives integration and standardisation of risk management processes across the organisation
• Advises on the application of the organisation’s risk management policies, industry best practices and constructs organisation guidelines
• Analyses trends in risk management and internal control, evaluates implications, defines and implements organisation-wide response.

Risk Response and Reporting

• Develop innovative and strategic approaches to managing significant business risks across the organisation.
• Interpret risk reporting and make effective decisions based on high-level understanding and expertise.

Risk Identification and Assessments

• Advises on applicable aspects of risk identification and assessment.
• Diagnoses significant, unusual and emerging risks to which the business is exposed.

Strategic Planning

• Establishes challenging, attainable goals and objectives based on a customer focus perspective.
• Looks to the future with a broad perspective.
• Ensures performances measures are in place to monitor progress and assess accomplishments and achievement of strategic goals and objectives.
• Develops initiatives to achieve goals and objectives.
• Articulates the vision and plans to others.

Corporate Governance

• The skills, knowledge, and abilities necessary to effectively guide, oversee, and regulate the management practices and strategic direction of an organisation, ensuring accountability, fairness, transparency, and ethical conduct.

Business Acumen

• Takes actions to fit business strategy.
• Assesses and links short-term tasks in the context of long-term business strategies or perspectives.
• Reviews own actions against the organisation's strategic plan; includes the big picture when considering possible opportunities or projects or thinks about long-term applications of current activities.
• Anticipates possible responses to different initiatives.
• Understands the projected direction of the industry and how changes might impact the organisation.

Deadline:9th Setember,2026

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Job Description    

• The Head: Credit Origination is responsible for leading the origination and structuring of complex credit transactions across various sectors, e.g. infrastructure, sovereign, sub-sovereign, public sector projects for investment considerations in South Africa, the Rest of Africa and High Impact. This role is instrumental in ensuring that new transactions align with the DBSA’s mandate, risk appetite and strategic objectives. Applying technical and commercial expertise, and legal knowledge, the role supports decision-making by appraising new transactions, through conducting due diligence, credit assessment of financial and non-financial risks, financial modelling and well-structured credit risk mitigation strategies.

Key Responsibilities    
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

Key Managerial Accountability and Responsibilities

• Oversee the leadership and direction of the Credit Origination unit’s day-to-day activities.
• Provide expertise and advisory to the Unit and business teams, ensuring that risk is balanced and in accordance with the Bank’s risk appetite framework.
• Accountable for the sound governance of risk in the credit origination process, ensuring enforcement of the Bank’s credit-related policies and procedures.
• Accountable for the development and training needs of the Unit, ensuring that the Unit possesses the necessary skills to perform their mandate.
• Accountable for financial management of the Unit’s budget and responsible use thereof, ensuring adequacy of budgeting to fulfil duties and that the Unit does not incur UIFWe in its expenditure.
• Make presentations to the various investment committees (EXCO and Board level) on the risks and mitigation strategies to support sound and rigorous decision-making. 
• Accountable for the deal implementation, post approval, to the extent that all approved transactions are contractually bound in accordance with approved terms and conditions.
• Regular stakeholder engagement and collaboration both internally and externally representing the Bank, including involvement in special projects or in pursuit of establishing new product lines and appropriate forms of credit risk mitigation strategies.
• Apply expertise in ensuring that the Unit adopts best practice and leading supporting tools to effectively execute on its mandate.
• Define the Credit strategy of the Unit, ensuring that the Unit’s objectives align with the Bank’s corporate objectives and strategy.
• Drive the evaluation of strategic transactions, ensuring credit policies support the achievement of developmental and financial objectives.
• Contribute to innovative credit structuring solutions that enable greater access to finance while safeguarding sustainability.
• Balance portfolio growth with prudent credit risk management to achieve long-term financial resilience.

Deal Origination and Structuring

• Lead the Unit in the origination of complex credit transactions from a pipeline of potential projects sourced by the Business teams, assessing transactions against the Bank’s risk appetite.
• Undertake in-depth credit and financial analysis and due diligence on prospective transactions.
• Appraise, structure transactions to optimise risk-adjusted returns whilst achieving development impact.
• Collaborate with business, legal, technical and ESG teams to ensure comprehensive transaction evaluation.
• Contribute to due diligence activities, where required, including site visits, stakeholder interviews and due diligence data collection and synthesis.
• In conjunction with the business Heads, engage internally with project teams and externally with borrowers, government entities, project sponsors, and other
• Key risk-transfer / credit enhancing stakeholders to assess optimal financing needs and develop tailored solutions.
• Prepare and/or review investment memos for new appraisals that succinctly communicates the overall credit opinion and recommended terms and conditions of the prospective transactions.
• Provide credit advisory throughout the investment value chain.
• Perform risk governance oversight during appraisal stage, deal implementation and financial close stages in pursuit of achieving the Bank’s key corporate and strategic objectives.
• Drive an innovative culture within the Unit, by continuously scanning the environment to develop and adopt innovative risk mitigation structures (e.g. blended finance instruments, sustainable finance instruments, credit risk transfer and enhancement mechanisms).

Investment Risk Assessment, Financial Analysis and Risk Mitigation

• Responsible for ensuring that the Unit delivers on timely and quality risk assessments for credit and equity investments, inculcating a culture of rigour, applying sound judgement and advanced risk methodologies.
• Approve and/or recommend credit decisions within delegated authority levels to protect institutional capital.
• Provide expert credit input into structuring, mitigating and pricing of transactions to balance growth and risk appetite.
• Apply the Bank’s risk appetite framework, policies, procedures and credit risk mitigation strategies to ensure optimal credit risk transfer.
• Build and/or review and challenge model assumptions in financial models for prospective transactions.
• Review financial compliance of key financial terms and/or recommend and implement credit risk mitigants (e.g. conditions, covenants, collateral, guarantees), as required.
• Identify, mitigate and manage key quantitative and qualitative risks facing a prospective transaction.
• Apply and/or review credit rating methodologies aligned to underlying transaction structures to ensure that the credit profile is adequately encapsulated the risk-adjusted returns per policies.
• Undertake in-depth financial and cash-flow analysis of portfolio companies, evaluating performance against initial projections and market benchmarks
• Collaborate on initiation of portfolio performance reports, incorporating peer comparisons, sectors developments, and macroeconomic conditions affecting the Bank.
• Assess amendments to credit terms and provides recommendations for restructuring, covenant waivers, or rescheduling proposals as required.

Portfolio Integration

• Lead the Unit in the seamless transition of approved transactions into the Credit Portfolio Management unit.
• Lead the Unit in ongoing monitoring of early-stage performance, emerging risks that warrant escalation and reporting within the Bank.
• Maintain up-to-date credit ratings and internal loan classifications of new transactions, where required, prior to transition into portfolio management.
• Participate in the maintenance and improvement of the credit value chain, identifying process inefficiencies and supporting enhancements to credit systems.

Strategic Engagement and Governance, Policy

• Set, review, and enhance credit policies, frameworks, and risk assessment methodologies in line with regulatory and governance requirements.
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and internal risk policies.
• Provide thought leadership on credit risk trends, regulatory developments, and best practices.
• Deliver high-quality, timely submissions and recommendations to investments and credit committees.
• Responsible for maintaining a strong internal control environment, serving as the Unit’s risk owner for audit outcomes and consequences.
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of key performance indicators, risks, and progress against strategic objectives to relevant internal and external bodies.

Stakeholder Engagement and Business Partnering

• Foster collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders to support effective deal structuring and decisionmaking.
• Manage relationships with external stakeholders, including regulators, co-investors, and rating agencies, to promote confidence in the DBSA’s credit processes.
• Facilitate clear and concise communication and build trust and credibility with internal and external stakeholders.
• Focus on understanding the strategic goals and needs, advise on key decisions to support your stakeholders.
• Leverage cross-functional and business data to inform strategic, operational and domain-specific decisions. Focus on value creation for the business, and functional stakeholders.

People Management

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team, setting clear objectives, providing constructive feedback, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning to maximize individual and collective potential
• Drive talent development initiatives, including coaching, performance management, and career pathing, to build and retain a skilled and motivated team.
• Promote DBSA values and a culture of high performance through implementing performance management in line with the planned strategic objectives, goals, quality standards and agreed key performance measures using sound performance management principles.
• Contribute to building synergies & cooperation across functions in the DBSA.
• Live the DBSA values.

Digital Transformation

• Champion and drive digital transformation initiatives, leveraging technology to enhance operational efficiency, improve service delivery, and unlock new value streams within the DBSA.
• Foster a mindset of innovation, identifying opportunities to adopt emerging technologies and best practices to modernise processes and deliver impactful solutions.

Expertise & Technical Competencies    
Key Measurement of Outputs

• Enable successful fulfilment of the corporate disbursement targets, balancing risk and growth.
• Satisfactory customer centricity for internal stakeholders and the Bank’s clients.
• Maintenance of the asset quality within the Bank’s risk appetite and key risk indicators (e.g. NPL and credit loss ratio)
• Financial management of the Unit’s operational expenditure and approved financial budget within agreed upon utilisation targets.
• High quality due diligence and deal structuring in investment appraisals.
• Managing credit concentration risk within the Bank’s risk appetite.
• Sound risk governance and enforcement of the Bank’s policies and procedures, including contribution to the Bank wide governance and compliance targets.
• Effective leadership of the Unit, strengthening team cohesion and high performance, in alignment with the Bank’s values and culture.
• Management of performance outputs of staff using the performance management system and taking corrective action promptly and effectively.
• Turnaround time on new transactions (ERR to First Disbursement).
• Value and number of expired limits in the portfolio. 
• Timely identification of early warning indicators escalated and actioned for new transactions in appraisal or deal implementation stage.
• Management of team performance, talent development, and succession planning using the performance management system.

Minimum Qualification

• Postgraduate degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting or Credit / Risk Management or related field.

Minimum Experience

• A minimum 12 years of experience in credit risk analysis, portfolio monitoring, or financial analysis within a wholesale/investment banking or development finance environment.
• A minimum of 5 years in a senior leadership or management role within credit risk.
• Demonstrated in credit assessments, financial modelling and analysis across South Africa and the African markets.
• Strong capabilities in financial modelling and transaction structuring of complex and large exposures.
• Strong expertise in credit analysis and working with high-risk clients.
• Experience in applying strategic thinking in assessing and interpreting complex transactions.
• In-depth understanding of ESG principles, sustainable finance and blended finance frameworks.
• Demonstrated advanced credit analysis, reasoning and credit writing skills.
• Demonstrated advanced financial analysis and risk assessment capability.
• Sound knowledge of credit risk management principles and frameworks.
• Demonstrated knowledge of loan lifecycle and credit value chain processes.
• Familiarity with large and complex transactions in South Africa and the Rest of the African continent, including sovereign lending.
• Familiarity with large and complex transactions in DBSA mandated sectors.

Desirable Requirements

• Professional certification in Financial Risk Management, Chartered Financial Analysis or CA (SA) or equivalent.
• Strong understanding and experience of sovereign risk, infrastructure finance, and public sector lending.
• Demonstrated experience in working on bilateral, club or syndicated transactions with multilateral institutions, investment banks, government agencies and private sector sponsors in infrastructure.
• Experience in Development Finance Institution, banking, or investment environment.
• Sound knowledge, understanding and application with legislative frameworks applicable to investments.

Deadline:9th Setember,2026

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Job Description    

• The Head: Business Support and Recoveries is responsible for providing strategic  leadership in managing distressed and at-risk clients, thereby safeguarding the DBSA’s loan portfolio and long-term financial sustainability. The role is responsible for maximising recoveries from impaired and defaulted exposures, minimising losses and provisions and improving cash recoveries from legal and workout processes. The role drives early identification of potential distress, decisive intervention, and the design and execution of turnaround, contingency, restructuring, recovery and business rescue plans It evaluates client liquidity, advises on operational efficiency and margin enhancement, and assesses strategic and financial alternatives to restore viability and protect organisational value.

Key Responsibilities    
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

Strategic Focus

• Develop long-term and short-term business support and recoveries strategy, and execution plan aligned to DBSA’s strategic objectives and approved budgets.
• Develop and implement turnaround/recovery management solutions in order to build a platform of swift recovery of DBSA loans.
• Oversee the scanning of the environment, conducting research and benchmarking the DBSA to similar institutes to establish Industry best practice in terms of Business Support & Recoveries.
• Lead turnaround/recoveries management practices into the organisation to achieve competitive advantage.
• Monitor that the Unit enforces the Bank’s policies and procedures, with no material audit findings and control deficiencies are timeously remedied.
• Maintain a repository of post-mortem reviews, restructuring outcomes and lessons learnt, and use these insights to improve origination, credit monitoring, risk appetite calibration and recoveries strategy across the Bank.

Business Support and Recoveries Operations

• Conduct financial due diligence and portfolio reviews, preparation of asset valuations and disposal options when DBSA clients are in distress or potential distress and may not meet their loan obligations to the DBSA.
• Lead and direct the recoveries team in providing a tailored, objective assessment of the situation and resources by rapidly and rigorously reviewing the financial performance, operating dynamics, asset deployment and management issues of the distressed or potentially distressed client.
• Design and execute controlled exit plans where no alternative solutions exist, including wind-downs, asset sales, or business disposals, applying proven methodologies to optimise shareholder returns, mitigate obstacles, and minimise disposal costs.
• Develop borrower-specific workout plans supported by collateral analysis, recovery waterfalls, valuation assumptions, scenario analysis, covenant remediation, risk-rating recommendations and clear approval routes through relevant governance structures.
• Provide innovative and practical solutions and advice in instances of bankruptcy or developing voluntary arrangement through leading-edge methods enable creditors to maximise recoveries while helping businesses and institutions avoid a potentially disastrous slide into bankruptcy.
• Prepare periodic reports on business support and recoveries, including lessons learnt, as required by Management or the Board.
• Report on a regular basis to Management and relevant Committees on the progress of the management of distressed clients, potential defaults and turnaround/recoveries.
• Coordinate with Legal, Finance, Credit, Portfolio Management, external counsel, valuers, restructuring advisors, business rescue practitioners and other creditors to structure, document and execute approved forbearance, amendment, restructuring, enforcement, settlement and collateral realisation strategies.

Technical Oversight, Monitoring & Reporting

• Provide strategic advisory and technical guidance on operational practices, solutions, tools, and the resolution of complex or non-standard service requests.
• Oversee the development of metrics, frameworks, policies, and reporting to governance forums, while monitoring non-performing loans and Stage 3 assets against the Bank’s risk appetite and tolerance levels.
• Analyse data, monitor key performance metrics, and deliver accurate, actionable insights and reports to support strategic decision-making, performance improvement, and accountability.
• Maintain watchlist, early-warning and problem-project review routines to ensure matters are escalated early, supported by clear action plans, accountabilities, timelines and committee reporting.
• Oversee IFRS 9 staging inputs, expected credit loss assumptions, probability of default, loss given default, exposure at default, collateral haircuts and recovery assumptions for distressed and non-performing exposures, in collaboration with Finance and Credit Risk.

People Management

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning to maximize individual and collective potential
• Drive talent development initiatives, including coaching, performance management, and career pathing, to build and retain a skilled and motivated team
• Promote DBSA values and a culture of high performance through implementing performance management in line with the planned strategic objectives, goals, quality standards and agreed key performance measures using sound performance management principles.
• Contribute to building synergies & cooperation across functions in the DBSA.
• Embed the DBSA values, ethics and culture.

Stakeholder Management

• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, including ExCo and divisional leadership, to embed risk management practices.
• Engage with external stakeholders such as regulators, industry bodies, and development partners to align DBSA’s risk practices with best standards.
• Represent DBSA in risk-related forums and contribute to shaping industry-wide risk management practices.
• Engage with co-lenders, syndicate members, guarantors, development partners, insurers, business rescue practitioners, insolvency practitioners and external advisors to align recovery actions while protecting DBSA’s mandate, legal position and reputation.
• Develop and maintain productive client, staff, management, and Board relationships through effective communication and engagement.

Key Measurements of Outputs

• Maintain NPL ratio within approved risk appetite (NPL ratio % of total book).
• Reduce overall distressed loan portfolio (NPL reduction year-on-year, % in value).
• Improve portfolio quality and credit risk metrics (cure rate of distressed accounts).
• Early identification and intervention on high-risk accounts (% of accounts reviewed within agreed timelines, number and value of accounts returned to performing status).
• Achievement of targeted cash collections against annual budget.
• Percentage of recoveries achieved through settlements and legal actions.
• Reduction in impairment provisions and write-off reduction (% and value).
• Quality and accuracy of client liquidity assessments and financial evaluations delivered to management and committees
• Implementation of solutions that deliver sustainable client outcomes.
• Stakeholder satisfaction and confidence in business support and recoveries interventions.
• Compliance with legal, regulatory, and governance requirements in recoveries and restructuring processes.
• Cost effectiveness of recovery actions.
• Timeliness and quality of approved workout strategies, including completion of borrower action plans, collateral reviews, covenant remediation and recovery forecasts within agreed service levels.
• Accuracy and audit-readiness of portfolio data, risk ratings, restructuring documentation, legal status updates and committee submissions.

Expertise & Technical Competencies    
Minimum Qualification

• A Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business-related equivalent.
• A Postgraduate qualification or equivalent (preferably a CA or Legal qualification).

Minimum Experience

• A minimum of 12 years of experience in restructuring and turnaround management, loan workouts and recoveries management, credit rehabilitation, specialised credit management or loan portfolio management, including project management experience.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a management position as well leadership experience in a comparable environment.
• Proven track record in a financial institution of achieving recoveries and rehabilitating distressed clients.
• Extensive knowledge of and skill in applying turnaround management strategies on behalf of distressed clients.
• Experience in preparing restructuring memoranda, recovery plans, collateral valuation reviews, enforcement recommendations and committee submissions for distressed or non-performing exposures.
• Exceptionally strong negotiation skills to deal with difficult clients.
• Good legal knowledge and experience in the areas of business rescue, insolvency and liquidation processes, litigation and legal recovery strategies, and security and collateral enforcement and realisation.

Desirable Requirements

• Experience in leading and conducting due diligence, financial analysis and modelling and restructuring for distressed clients.
• Skill in collecting and analysing complex data, evaluating information and systems, and drawing logical conclusions.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, acts, policies and procedures including the PFMA Act, Municipal Finance Act, King IV-V, IFRS 9 and Expected Credit Loss frameworks etc.
• Strong business acumen and strategic advisory experience.
• Experience working with co-lenders, syndicates, public-sector counterparties, development partners and external advisors in complex restructurings, settlements or enforcement processes.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Portfolio Monitoring (Existing Clients)

• Provides oversight of existing client exposure through structured monitoring and review processes. Identifies portfolio trends and directs corrective actions to manage risk.

Financial and Equity Analysis

• Conducts in depth financial analysis, including cash flow, capital structure, and equity exposure. Interprets complex data to inform risk strategies and portfolio decisions

Credit Governance and Compliance

• Applies governance frameworks and regulatory standards to ensure effective oversight of the existing portfolio. Maintains integrity of risk processes across all segments

Expected Credit Loss Review

• Performs analysis of provisioning and impairment under IFRS 9 and related frameworks. Provides insights into expected credit loss models and validates underlying assumptions.
• Challenges and validates staging, collateral valuations, recovery rate assumptions, timing of recoveries and post-restructure performance indicators for distressed and non-performing exposures.
• Restructuring, Workout and Recoveries Strategy
• Designs and leads asset-specific recovery strategies, including financial restructuring, collateral enforcement, negotiated settlement, controlled exit, business rescue, sale or write-off recommendations, while balancing recovery value, development impact, governance and reputational risk.

Credit Risk Assessment

• Applies structured methodologies to evaluate credit risk exposure across diverse clients and sectors. Provides evidence-based insights to support decision making and risk mitigation.

Financial acumen

• Makes sound financial decisions after having analysed their impacts on the organisation, partner agencies, and community.
• Effectively prepares budgetary submissions andforecasts for own department.
• Knows the internal and external factors that impact on resource and asset availability.
• Is able to interpret management account reports in an operational/commercial context and take action as appropriate to maximise revenues and control costs.

Strategic Planning

• Establishes challenging, attainable goals and objectives based on a customer focus perspective.
• Looks to the future with a broad perspective. 
• Ensure performances measures are in place to monitor progress and assess accomplishments and achievement of strategic goals and objectives.
• Develop initiatives to achieve goals and objectives.
• Articulates the vision and plans to others.

Deadline:9th Setember,2026