Deadline: 19 December, 2020

Location: Pretoria, South Africa

African Development Bank (AfDB) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Principal Public-Private Partnership Value Chain Officer.

AfDB’s mission is to spur sustainable economic development and social progress in its regional member countries (RMCs).

Responsibilities

• Provide support and technical expertise in the development or upgrading of priority of value chains, agro-poles, corridors and rural infrastructure (roads, energy, water, storage facilities and markets) linking smallholder farmers to markets within the overall bank infrastructure pipeline
• Formulate public and private investment proposals in agriculture value chain development and promote an enabling environment by the public sector for private sector investment and involvement in agriculture (agro-industrial parks)
• Identify public-private partnership for agro-poles/parks and rural infrastructure investment opportunities within key value chains
• Invest in strategic private sector clients, financial institutions and commercial banks, private equity funds, investment and impact funds to finance agropoles and key rural infrastructure along the 18 key priority agricultural value chains
• Partner with other IFIs, investors, including venture capital, private equity firms and strategic investors with a particular focus on public private partnerships for agropoles and rural infrastructure (at the country and regional level) to engage stakeholders in alignment of sustainable socio-economic development goals
• Create a pipeline and manage a strong portfolio of existing and potential agro-poles/parks and rural infrastructure investors along key value chains and achieve sustainable development impact
• Evaluate, structure, negotiate, and close debt and equity transactions, using strong negotiation skills to develop solutions
• Lead support and origination of non-sovereign operations with solutions to reach smallholder farmers, productive enterprises (particularly women and youth)
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline of potential on value chains through new debt and equity investments
• Follow up on new business opportunities, and liaise extensively with potential clients in the region
• Monitor and report on the implementation of the financial instruments and their contribution to Feed Africa and action plan
• Develop and implement performance monitoring and evaluation systems and report activities (including KPIs) to enable transparent assessment of agropoles and rural infrastructure outcomes and impacts, both for internal and external circulation

Requirements

• Master’s degree or its equivalent in Finance, Agribusiness or a closely related field
• Six years, minimum, of relevant professional experience in the area of investment banking, consulting or private equity/venture capital focusing on agribusiness
• Sound experience with debt and/or equity investments in developing markets, venture investing and emerging countries including a satisfactory knowledge of their operational policies and procedures
• Proven leadership in matters relating to negotiating and structuring debt and equity transactions, technical review of reports and consultation with other financiers, among others
• Knowledge of Africa and the rural development needs, opportunities, development challenges and possible solutions
• Comprehensive understanding of project structures, including project planning, risk management strategy, communication management strategy, lessons learnt and handover, and other critical success factors, strategies, policies, procedures and practices of other similar institutions
• Acute knowledge and understanding of the elements essential for the effective delivery and measurement of development impacts through agricultural investments in Africa
• Highly developed negotiation skills proven to yield positive outcomes with senior counterparts, both internal and external
• Knowledgeable in the execution and structuring of debt and equity investments in the assigned sector projects and programmes
• Communicate and write effectively in Portuguese and/or French, with a good working knowledge of English
• Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office applications
• Knowledge of SAP (desirable)

To apply and for more information, click here.

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