Investment Officer

**Investment Officer**

Job #:
req30450
Organization:
IFC
Sector:
Investment
Grade:
GG
Term Duration:
3 years 0 months
Recruitment Type:
International Recruitment

**Location**:
Johannesburg,South Africa
Required Language(s):
English
Preferred Language(s):
Portuguese
Closing Date:
12/13/2024 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

IFC - a member of the World Bank Group - is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We work in more than 100 countries, using our capital, expertise, and influence to create markets and opportunities. Our mission is to leverage the power of the private sector to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet.

IFC's Transaction Advisory Services Department (CTA) is housed in the IFC Cross Cutting Solutions Vice Presidency (CCSVPU) and consists of two business lines:

- PPP Transaction Advisory (C3P) offers transaction advisory services to governments, designing and structuring PPP transactions in infrastructure with focus on electricity, water, transportation, telecommunications, etc. and social services such as health and education, to assist client governments to partner with the private sector in sustainable long-term projects providing high quality, affordable and efficient public and social services to economic agents and the population, in general.
- Corporate Finance Services (CFS) has three key product offerings: (1) M&A Advisory: advising on buy-side / sell-side transactions; (2) Equity Mobilization Program (EMP): supporting third party equity mobilization alongside IFC investment; (3) Asset monetization involving listed or listing public entities.

CTA mobilized $4.7B of private investment in FY24 and has a target of $5.9B for FY25 which translates into almost 25% of IFC's total core mobilization. Drawing on over 25 years of experience and over 120 staff across the globe, CTA manages currently over 100 active client engagements. Africa has 25 to 30 staff distributed in five regional hubs located in Johannesburg, Nairobi, Dakar, Cairo, and Abuja/Lagos. The CTA department is expected to continue playing a leading role in mobilizing private capital on behalf of the WBG.

The CTAPP department is looking to recruit an Investment Officer (IO) for the Eastern Africa (EA) hub who will support the regional team and management in the business development and the whole PPP transaction process of IFC acting as Lead Transaction Advisor. The IO will work under the supervision of the EA Hub Lead, with a focus on East Africa, and beyond in the wider region, depending on business needs. The sub-region comprises 9 countries: Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

The PPP team focuses on advising on the following types of transactions across all infrastructure sectors:

- Public-Private Partnerships e.g. BOT type concessions.
- Restructuring and privatization of state-owned enterprises.
- Corporate Finance type activities (equity raising, M&A, pre-IPO support).

Both origination activities and the preparation work of complex PPP transactions often require close collaboration with the World Bank to ensure consistent country strategies and, if needed, access to expertise in institutional and sector reforms, as well as development of legal and regulatory frameworks including tariff structures.

The position is based in Johannesburg, South Africa and reports to the Hub Lead South Africa for PPP Transaction Advisory Services, and the Regional Manager for PPP Transaction Advisory Services in Africa.

**Role & Responsibilities**:
The IO's work will involve the implementation of advisory mandates of a variety of types, including business development, interactions with clients, supervising consultant hiring, preparing and delivering presentations, overseeing financial modeling and due diligence, leading transaction structuring and the drafting of bidding documents, managing bidding processes, and interaction with investors towards closing deals. Duties will include, but will not be limited to:

- Contribute to origination and marketing activities across the Southern Africa region (SA), managing marketing activity in assigned countries/strategic areas, including collaborating with other WBG teams to identify opportunities based on country strategies and market creation potential;
- Develop new client relationships and project leads in SA region;
- As appropriate, undertake project scoping to assess feasibility of potential projects, and lead the origination and marketing activities, e.g. supervision of proposal preparation, mandate negotiation with clients, etc.;
- Lead the day-to-day management of project preparation leading teams working on sell-side PPP mandates, including review of legal and technical outputs, documentation and financial models;
- Prepare/review memos and documentation for internal approval, manage consultant procurement processes, and project b