Investment Officer

**Investment Officer - Transaction Advisory**

**Job #**:

- req33793

**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**:

- 7/23/2025 (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 Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Transaction Advisory Services (CTAPP) provides sell side financial advisory services and acts as Lead Transaction Advisor to governments to structure and implement PPP and privatization transactions, primarily for the provision of public services. Its aim is to increase access to basic infrastructure (electricity, water, transportation and telecommunications) and social services (health and education) as well as facilitate private investments. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience and over 120 staff across the globe, CTAPP is managing over 100 active client engagements. There are between 25 and 30 staff in Africa distributed in five regional hubs located in Johannesburg, Nairobi, Dakar, Cairo and soon to be in Abuja.

In addition to these activities, IFC Transaction Advisory Services also provides Corporate Finance Services (CFS), which include M&A (buy-side / sell-side transactions), debt advisory and restructuring work, as well as advice on equity transactions (eg: pre-IPO advisory services) including on cross border transactions, and capital raising services to address a financing gap that may exist post-IFC investment.

The CTAPP department is looking to recruit an experienced Investment Officer (IO) for Southern Africa (SA) team who will support the regional team and management with the whole PPP transaction process of IFC acting as Lead Transaction Advisor covering 10 countries. The IO will work under the supervision of the SA Hub Lead, with a focus on Southern Africa comprising 12 countries (Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Zimbabwe) and beyond in the wider region, depending on needs.

The team focuses on advising on the following types of transactions across all infrastructure sectors with a particular focus on energy, water and transport:

- Public-Private Partnerships e.g. BOT type concessions;
- Performance-based Management and lease contracts; and
- 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 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 and 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, transaction structuring, drafting bidding documents and managing bidding processes, supporting negotiations, as well as interacting with investors. Duties will include, but will not be limited to:

- Contribute to origination and marketing activities across the South 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;
- Understand the legal and regulatory impediments for private sector participation in the working countries and work closely with the other parts of the WBG to overcome these;
- 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 appr