Chief Investment Officer: 5 Year Fixed Term Contract

4 weeks ago


East London, South Africa Abantu Staffing Solutions Full time

**Employment Type **:Full Time

**Experience **:10 to 12 years

**Salary **:Negotiable

**Job Published **:20 January 2023

**Job Reference No. **:749468750

**Main Purpose of the job**
- To formulate, direct, and lead the implementation of the entity’s sound Investment Management, Trade and Investment Promotion strategies in order to optimise the realisation of investment and trade opportunities both locally and globally, to expand and create additional value for economic development in the province.

**The Key Performance Areas**

**Formulate the key strategic business plan, emphasising the consolidation of value for the entity and aggressive growth.**
- Lead the company’s vision, mission, and strategic objectives in relation to Trade, Investment and Promotion.
- Lead and oversee the implementation of TII’s long
- and short-term plans in accordance with the strategy.
- Formulate the appropriate corporate positioning of the entity as the implementer of the Investment Promotion interventions in the Eastern Cape Province
- Formulate, implement, and oversee Trade, Investment Promotion related policies and procedures opportunities.
- Identify Trade and Export Development and Investment Management and Investment Promotion that are aligned to the strategic objectives of the entity.
- Ensure that effective internal controls and management information systems are in place.
- Drive provincial government trade and investment policy to support investments in high potential sectors.

**Investment Management**
- Develop a system of identifying investment opportunities, packaging and linking it to investors or relevant institutions, provide information and assist municipalities with support services that lead to investment retention, identify large scale Investment projects, and package & market these for investment.
- Ensure project pipeline management from feasibility to transaction.
- Establish Knowledge Management Hub for Trade and Investment in the Eastern Cape using RAP as a Research instrument.
- Drive the value chain analysis and communicate results to stakeholders (e.g., livestock farming, meat production, Cannabis, Oceans Economy, Renewable Energy, Creative Economy, Tourism, Automotive, General Manufacturing and Digital Economy)
- Establish a Town & Urban Planning capacity for purposes of supporting municipalities in servicing investors (existing & new).
- Lobby for the development of an Eastern Cape incentive package to support investors/investments.
- Support the properties unit in strengthening the value proposition for the industrial parks, thus making them marketable to investors. In essence, creating a “plug and play” environment/ecosystem where investors can readily utilise the parks.
- Lead investment activation through utilising Business Platforms (with established companies) to support entrance by small enterprises (e.g. Cannabis, Aquaculture, fishing etc)

**Lead Trade and Investment promotions**
- Focus on the analysis and optimisation of the entity’s trade and investment segments, through effective modelling and assessment of the segment earnings, risk appetite and returns.
- Build sustainable solutions and supporting trade and investment tools through analysis and advise on resource consumption and optimisation opportunities.
- Build the multidimensional trade and investment model partnering with stakeholders across the government sphere.
- Create and promote a solid and validated Trade and Promotion project pipeline, promoting industry sectors with high potential and qualified projects within the province.
- Assess and monitor the impact of financial and non-financial changes in market and inform trade and investments decisions.
- Oversee the strategic positioning, resourcing, and management of the InvestSA facility.
- Work with market actors to identify and resolve the entity’s constraints and implement sustainable solutions through market-based trade and investment facilitation services.
- Boost capital and technology flows to South Africa from international countries, providing targeted trade facilitation.
- Work closely with regional governments and the Southern African Development Community on trade policy.
- Develop systems to evaluate risks and benefits, opportunities and possible risk mitigation plans and maximise benefits.
- Assess the emerging and dynamic markets as well as stable yet growing sectors through a variety of well proven methods.
- Monitor all the South African bilateral and multi-lateral trade initiatives.

**Establish, oversee, and manage projects and programs aligning them with the entity’s strategy.**
- Innovate and oversee Trade and Investment Promotion for major projects and programmes that address the company’s strategic goals.
- Lead and drive the implementation of growth sectors’ strategies.
- Lead and drive investment promotion strategies and projects.
- Direct and coordinate approved programmes, projects, and major activities in collaboration



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