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Project Administrator

Closing Date	2024/09/13
Reference Number	DBS240826-3
Job Title	Project Administrator
Job Grade	12
Job Type Classification	Contract
Location – Town / City	Midrand
Location – Province	Gauteng
Location – Country	South Africa
Job Profile (Downloadable)	Job Profile Project Administrator Infrastructure Fund JUL2024 (Signed).pdf (433.32 kb) – 8/26/2024 1:49:50 PM

Job Description

The Infrastructure Fund (IF) announced by the President in September 2018 addresses the need for a dedicated blended financing facility for infrastructure programme projects. The IF aims to transform public infrastructure financial provisioning using “blended” finance – combining capital from the public and private sectors, and Development Finance Institutions (DFI’s)/ Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs). This will be dedicated to meeting the financing requirements for hybrid projects.
The mandate of the Infrastructure Fund has been captured in a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the National Treasury, Infrastructure South Africa (ISA), and the DBSA entered into on 17 August 2020.
The purpose of the Project Administrator is to provide the Infrastructure Division with project and team administration
support.

Key Responsibilities

Project Administration

Provide project administration support to the Infrastructure Fund Team.
Support the project sponsor/owner/lead with the following tasks:
developing a project plan from concept to completion using an appropriate project methodology (Pmbok, Prince);
ensuring project activities and meetings are scheduled;
taking minutes and drafting of action lists for each project;
follow-up on action list to ensure delivery;
confirming commissioning, hand over and sign-off of the projects;
monitor project progress in liaison with project sponsor/owner/lead;
validating invoices/claims submitted by contractors / vendors for payment; and
overall project accounting from the start to the finish of the project
In liaison with the project sponsor/owner/lead manage the programme budgets and costs.
Provide project sponsor/owner/lead with monthly project cost reports, including project variances of actuals vs. budgets, and updating forecasts.
Prepare project files for all projects according to best practice project management methodology/ies.
Assist with supply chain requirements; i.e. preparing requests for tender, sole source motivations, quotes, etc.
Processing of invoices through the supply chain processes and systems.
Facilitate compliance with relevant standards, policies and procedures for the relevant projects.
Create a project information library and manage ad-hoc and standard project information.
Monitor library to ensure required information and/or documentation are archived as per the project requirements.
Administer contracts under the guidance of the project sponsor/owner/lead (scheduling, project meetings, progress reporting)
Assist the project owner/sponsor/lead with project administration duties. These include, amongst others:
Prepare and update project plan documents
Develop weekly and monthly feedback reports or as required
Create and maintain performance dashboards per project / programme
Prepare various presentations and reports on project / programme performance updates for the various Steering Committees, Exco and Board.
Update scope change request register and applicable project documentation and registers.
Schedule meetings, consolidate information for meetings, maintain and disseminate minutes and ensure follow up of actions as per the minutes.
Assist with any project administration duties as assigned.
Team Administration

Maintain and manage the diary of CIO (IF) , Heads and Specialists. This would include scheduling of appointments, arranging meetings, collecting visitors from reception and organizing refreshments.
Attend to general queries made to the CIO (IF) / Heads and answer and screens incoming calls.
Responsible for document flow in and out of the CIO (IF) and Heads offices.
Develop and maintain advanced record keeping (manual / electronic) and filling systems for HC Team.
Performs high level administrative and secretarial duties including typing, editing of reports and preparing presentations.
Compilation of confidential correspondence and general documentation on behalf of the CIO (IF) and Heads.
Undertakes all administrative duties (i.e. filing, photocopying and minute taking).
Responsible for arranging of local and international travelling arrangements and the processing of claims.
Accountable for arranging various events for the Infrastructure Fund Division (strategy sessions, functions, etc.)
Undertake procurement administration on behalf of the CIO (IF) and Heads.
Assist in the coordination/preparation and alignment of performance scorecard/s, track and monitor implementation thereof.
Coordinate the preparation of the Infrastructure Fund budgets and monitors spend thereof together with the CIO (IF) and relevant Head.
Participate in meetings and interactions in order to ensure the recording of decisions and follow-up.
Coordinate Infrastructure Fund Audits and follow-up on action items.
Coordinate Risk Management requests and follow-up on action items.
Coordinate and assist in the preparation of reports and submissions to Project Committees, Steering Committees, Business Review, Management Committees, Ad hoc Resolutions from specific committees (secretariat).
Key Measurements of Outputs

Successful project administration of agreed projects, programmes and assignments.
Management of diaries and schedules
Management of office administration (budget, procurement, presentations, etc.)
Accuracy and quality of minutes. Effective follow-up of action lists.
Accurate record keeping.
Quality of documents, presentations and reports.
Clean audit

Expertise & Technical Competencies

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum qualification: a relevant advanced diploma in project management and administration or accounting.
• An administration/secretarial diploma or an equivalent qualification.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in a similar function.
• Demonstrated project administration experience.
• Considerable knowledge of standard administration practices and procedures is a necessity for this position.
• Excellent knowledge of protocol and etiquette.
• Demonstrated experience in working in a multi-disciplinary team.
• An understanding of organizational processes and group dynamics.
• Experience in supply chain management processes (preparing project tender documents, etc.).
• Demonstrated knowledge and use of project methodology such as PMBOK, Prince or similar.
• Demonstrable ability to use of the Microsoft Office (MS Projects, Excel, Powerpoint, Word & MS Outlook).
• Proven track record of preparing project/programme progress reports and presentations for various stakeholders (Programme Managers, Steering Committees, Exco and Board).

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Project Management

• Demonstrates a practical knowledge of project management principles and techniques.
• Plans, defines, and manages projects within a department or area.
• Identifies resources required and their appropriate role and skills.
• Assists in the management of projects where the objectives, milestones and time scales have been defined.

Solutions Focused

• Identifies standard problems based on a range of factors, most of which are clear.
• Identifies alternate solutions, considering applicable precedents.
• Identifies optimal solutions based on weighing the advantages and disadvantages of alternative approaches.
• After implementation, evaluates the effectiveness and efficiency of solutions.

Planning and Organising

• Uses time management procedures effectively.
• Can exercise independent judgement regarding all planning and organising issues.
• Uses specialised software to plan and manage own time.
• 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.

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

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

• 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 behavior and motivation and responds appropriately and professionally, adapting communication style as appropriate.
• Has knowledge of various feedback mechanisms to check levels of audience understanding.

Computer Skills

• Consistently uses relevant office software products such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Projects, Excel, Powerpoint presentations and email packages to an acceptable standard for the job.
• Has the ability to use standard and/or programme-specific the organisation databases, and merge / import data from one program to another.
• Adapts method of working to accommodate changes in the technological developments.

Required Personal Attributes

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

Customer Service Orientation

• Tries to understand the underlying needs of customers and matches these needs to available or customized products and services.
• Adapts processes and procedures to meet on-going customer needs.
• Utilises the feedback received by customers, in order to develop new and/or improve existing services / products that relate to their on-going needs.
• Thinks of new ways to align offerings with future customer needs.

Self-Awareness and Self Control

• Withholds effects of strong emotions in difficult situations.
• Keeps functioning or responds constructively despite stress.
• May apply special techniques or plan of time to manage emotions or stress.

Strategic and Innovative Thinking

• Experiments with new approaches, tests scenarios, questions assumptions and challenges conventional thinking.
• Creates new concepts that are not obvious to others, leveraging internal and external sources of information, to build incremental revenue and growth opportunities.

Driving Delivery of Results

• Sets challenging goals that will have a significant impact on the business or support the organisational strategy.
• Commits significant resources and/or time to ensure that challenging goals are achieved, while also taking action to mitigate risk.

Teamwork and Cooperation

• Acts to promote a friendly climate and good morale and resolves conflicts.
• Creates opportunities for cross-functional working.
• Encourages others to network outside of their own team/department and learn from their experience.

Programme Manager – GAS

Closing Date	2024/09/17
Reference Number	DBS240819-1
Job Title	Programme Manager – GAS
Job Type Classification	Contract
Location – Town / City	Centurion
Location – Province	Gauteng
Location – Country	South Africa
Job Profile (Downloadable)	Programme Manager GAS – Final 17.07.2024.pdf (276.68 kb) – 8/19/2024 5:44:09 PM

Job Description

To lead and manage the develeopment of specific energy programmes / projects related to Gas, while contributing to establishing long term business and programme objectives for sustainable success in implementing gas projects, in line with the overall IPP Office strategy. Deliver the required number of international standard procurement, projects and programme documentation within the time constraints set by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), including the support to the DMRE to manage the implementation of this programme

Key Responsibilities

Responsibilties include but are not limited to:

1.Strategic Programme Development and Management of large-scale energy or power projects

Prepare a realistic implementation plan for the programme
Develop and implement strategies to advance programmes of projects relating to the procurement and generation of energy
Manage the development and implementation of annual strategic action plans to release tenders on the open market
Formulate broad goals and deploy strategic plans to address new ways of addressing Programme challenges within the IPPO programmes, in partnership with all relevant IPP      functions and external parties
Incorporate the Department of Trade and Industry guidelines into draft of all Request-For-Proposals and oversee the release of the tenders into the market

2.Tactical Programme Execution for large power projects

Drive the execution of the Programme mandate through communicating with and tactically deploying the Programme team to achieve strategic outcomes
Plan, co-ordinate, oversee and manage the bid submission process
Implement the bid window to receive and categorise bids
Oversee and co-ordinate the bid receipt, categorisation and evaluation
Facilitate and ensure the procurement of a multi-sectoral internal matrix disciplinary team to appraise submitted bids (i.e. Legal, Economic Development, Financial, Technical and Economist support)
Appoint programme team of external consultants / transaction advisors consisting of a multi-disciplinary team of experts (i.e. Legal, Economic Development, Financial, Technical and Economist support)
Engage with government to facilitate and obtain a range of approvals (i.e. government support frameworks, generation licenses) in conjunction with the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, Department of Public Enterprise, NERSA and National Treasury
Manage and implement new high-level processes to maturity to facilitate the effective tactical execution of Programme Management

3.Relationship Management

Oversee all aspects of relationship management by:
o communicating changes in ownership levels
o facilitating negotiations to secure licenses
o entering discussions with respect to economic transformation
Advise and support both the Head of the IPP Office and the Head of Programmes on the compilation of presentation content regarding programmes

4.Stakeholder Negotiations

Coordinate all stakeholder engagements
Negotiate with the Department of Trade and Industry on programme / project pricing and supporting guarantees
Facilitate non-resolution of negotiations between interested parties (i.e. Eskom, NERSA, and IPP’s)
Liaise with manufacturers to obtain optimal pricing for programme procurement items
Liaise and build a strong relationship with Eskom to discuss the logistics behind:
o location of power connection
o method of power connection
o issuance of budget quotes
o estimated Scheduled Commercial Operating Date (SCOD)

5.Effective self- management and teamwork

Actively and consistently maintain high standards of professionalism in all aspects of personal presentation and delivery
Apply knowledge of the organizational systems, structures, policies and procedures to achieve results
Demonstrate initiative in follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained
Provide appropriate resolution for tasks or deadlines not met
Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
Manage own and other’s disruptive emotions, staying calm and focused in situations of stress and pressure

Expertise & Technical Competencies

Minimum required qualifications and experience:

Bachelors’ Degree in Finance / Economics / Engineering or Project Management. Relevant Post Graduate Qualification required.
At least 10 years’ relevant experience as a programme and/or project manager for large infrastructure procurements.
At least 5 years’ experience in dealing with multidisciplinary teams is required.
At least 5 years of experience of working on projects in the gas industry

General knowledge and understanding of the following required for the role:

In-Depth knowledge of the policies and integrated resource plan for South Africa
Demonstrable knowledge and insight on the opportunities, challenges and future potential for GAS to Power projects in the Southern African infrastructure finance market
Sound knowledge of GAS regulatory frameworks within the South African government
Knowledge and understanding of National Treasury, Development Bank and ESKOM, other Public Sector bodies and relevant standardisation bodies
Knowledge and understanding of the energy sector and various generation methods with a specific focus on gas to power.

Required Personal Attributes

Strong Critical and Conceptual Thinking Skills
Strong Business Analytics Skills
Strong Project Management Skills
High level of proficiency in MS Project, Word and Powepoint
Strong Programme Management Skills
Strong Time Management Skills
Strong Presentation and Facilitation Skills
Strong Negotiation Skills
Strong Interpersonal Skills
Strong Communication Skills
Strong Leadership Skills

Ability to Influence
Ability to Work Under Pressure
Ability to Work Within Cross-Disciplinary Project Teams
Analytical Acumen
Assertiveness
Attention-to-Detail
Business Acumen
Excellence Orientation
Focus
Integrity
Investigative Orientation
Planning and Prioritising
Strategic Leadership

Project Manager

Closing Date	2024/09/19
Reference Number	DBS240306-1
Job Title	Project Manager
Job Type Classification	Contract
Location – Town / City	Centurion
Location – Province	Gauteng
Location – Country	South Africa
Job Profile (Downloadable)	Project Manager Final 17.09.2020.pdf (91.53 kb) – 6/30/2023 6:12:28 PM

Job Description

The Project Manager role is a project management function located within the Independent Power Producer Office (IPPO).  The IPPO was established in 2010 to provide rapid solutions to South Africa’s severe electricity supply constraints, by procuring new energy generation capacity from Independent Power Producers (IPPs).  The IPPO was created as a project office hosted by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) under a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), National Treasury and the DBSA.  The mandate of the IPP Office is to provide specialised services to government, including a) IPP Energy Procurement Management, b) Monitoring, Evaluation and Contract Management, and c) Professional Advisory Services.  The IPPO’s skills, expertise and success in mobilising and delivering on time is recognised domestically and globally.

The role has been necessitated firstly for the purpose of effectively managing and delivering various power producing projects including, Renewable Energy, Battery Energy Storage, Gas to Power, Coal, and Hybrid energy facilities; a number of which are in various stages of the project life-cycle.

Reporting to the IPPO Programme Manager, the Project Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day management of procurement programmes including, but not limited to, planning, organising, execution and completion.

The Project Manager will further identify, mobilise and manage the appropriate personnel, project resources, ensure appropriate governance is maintained throughout, and manage all stakeholder relation expectations.

Key Responsibilities

The Project Manager will be responsible for:

• Managing project execution (conceptualisation, design of procurement process, bidding documentation preparation, evaluation and appointment of Bidders and close out reports);
• Managing project administrative processes and procedures within the framework of the procurement plan, implementation plan, action plan and allocated budget;
• Managing and maintaining stakeholder expectations through appropriate project governance;
• Identifying, mobilising and managing appropriately skilled project resources;
• Effective self-management and teamwork;

Details of the Key Responsibilities are outlined in the Job Profile annexed in advert.

Expertise & Technical Competencies

Degree or relevant project management qualification.  Applicable post graduate experience an advantage.

Experience in the management of Project Finance transactions in particular on infrastructure projects in the energy or water sectors.

Experience in managing and coordinating a multi-sectoral team of experts (Financial, Technical, Environmental, Legal, etc.)

Experience and knowledge in providing guidance to a multi-sectoral project team throughout the lifecycle of the project from origination, through procurement to implementation.

At least 10 years direct experience in managing successful projects.

Required Personal Attributes

The successful applicant will have:

Presentation skills
Facilitation skills
Negotiation skills
Interpersonal skills
Networking skills
Financial and business analytic skills
Knowledge of the PFMA and public sector procurement processes
Knowledge and understanding of Project Management disciplines & methodologies
Knowledge and understanding of the public sector
Knowledge and understanding of the energy sector and various generation methods
Knowledge, understanding and experience in the multi-disciplinary facets of Project Finance and PPP finance transactions
Knowledge and understanding of the Infrastructure Development and Finance Sector
Knowledge and understanding of government procurement
Knowledge and understanding of PPPFA

Senior Investment Officer (Green Fund)

Closing Date	2024/09/20
Reference Number	DBS240906-2
Job Title	Senior Investment Officer (Green Fund)
Job Grade	16
Job Type Classification	Contract
Location – Town / City	Midrand
Location – Province	Gauteng
Location – Country	South Africa
Job Profile (Downloadable)	Job_Profile_Senior_Investment_Officer_Green_Fund_(AUG2024).pdf (381.07 kb) – 9/6/2024 11:11:49 AM

Job Description

Reporting to the Head Climate and Environmental Finance, the role of the Senior Investment Officer will be the
screening, appraisal, analysis and assessment of all Green Fund project proposals. The role also includes post
investment management of projects, which includes re-scoping of projects that are not performing according to
expectations.

Key Responsibilities

Technical outputs.
1. Appraisal of the investment and non-investment proposals (early stage screening and due diligence.
2. Preparing and appraising reports for submission to the investment manager.
3. Credit risk analysis (for loans) and performing detailed analysis of investment opportunities including 
commercial analysis, financial modelling and analysis and institutional analysis.
4. Negotiating term sheets with clients
5. Overseeing disbursements to projects as well as monitoring the progress of post-investment
6. Ensuring deal closure by taking responsibility for optimal financial, institutional and legal structuring
7. Advise the fund on project screening and assessment criteria
8. Liaise with DBSA stakeholders
9. Undertake tasks as determined by the investment manager from time to time.

Key Measures of Outputs
1. Quality of input into project appraisal reports
2. Optimal financial, institutional and legal structuring
3. Consistency in monitoring the progress of post-investment activities

Key Internal Liaison Relationships

1. Project Preparation
2. IDKC Manco and Board
3. Green Fund ManCom

Key External Liaison Relationships

1. Green Fund Clients
2. Department of Environmental Affairs
3. Various Government Departments

Expertise & Technical Competencies

Minimum Requirements:
1. An Honours degree in Finance, Business, Accounting, Engineering, or Economics.
2. A post-graduate qualification such as a CA, CFA or MBA would be a strong advantage.
3. Previous Investment management experience in green or climate related environment will be an advantage. 
4. Minimum of 5 to 7 years’ experience in appraising, negotiating and closing Project Finance, Corporate Finance, or Structured Finance transactions in a financial institution.
5. Experience in successful investment, appraisal, analysis and implementation is required.
6. Experience in using Financial models.

Technical Competencies:
1. Written & Verbal Communication 
a. Is relied on by others to help them write complex technical and non-technical documents and briefs.
b. Is able to determine which aspects of this knowledge area need to be transferred to others in order to 
achieve organisational goals.
c. Able to communicate complex problems or concepts, by making them simple and understandable for 
others.
d. 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.

2. Financial Analysis
a. Develops and maintains effective working relationships with regulated industries, government officials, 
administrators, and civic leaders.
b. Serves as subject matter expert and leads work teams for more complex issues. 
c. Evaluates and determines fiscal, operational, and service impacts; analyzes and evaluates legislation; and 
implements and evaluates statistical models in their subject areas. 

3. Business Acumen
a. Develops and establishes broad scale, longer-term objectives, goals or projects (e.g., affecting a business, 
department, or organisation).
b. Takes actions to fit business strategy.
c. Assesses and links short-term tasks in the context of long-term business strategies or perspectives.

2. Strategic Planning
a. Establishes challenging, attainable goals and objectives based on a customer focus perspective. 
b. Looks to the future with a broad perspective. 
c. Ensures performances measures are in place to monitor progress and assess accomplishments and 
achievement of strategic goals and objectives. 
d. Develops initiatives to achieve goals and objectives. 

4. Investment / Deal Screening 
a. Conducts project identification, conceptualisation and preliminary structuring of projects structuring and 
value preposition for DBSA.
b. Applies analytical skills to understand the technical, environmental, institutional, financial and legal 
components of projects to present a structure to prepare the project.
c. Understands the regulatory and policy environments and offers advice in preparing/structuring of 
projects.
d. Ability to analyse financial statements and conduct financial modelling.
e. Must be familiar with, and have the ability to negotiate complex financial transactions.
f. Strong credit and risk analysis skills.

Required Personal Attributes

Behavioural Competencies:
1. Teamwork and cooperation
a. Acts to promote a friendly climate and good morale, and resolves conflicts
b. Creates opportunities for cross-functional working.
c. Encourages others to network outside of their own team/department and learn from their experience.

2. Decisiveness
a. Makes timely decisions about complex issues even when some information is missing.
b. Makes decisions and stands by them even when they are controversial or unpopular.
c. Grasps critical business opportunities when they arise by making timely decisions.

3. Driving delivery of results
a. Identifies and implements a business opportunity that will have long term impact on the business. 
Monitors progress and adapts the plan if necessary to ensure optimal benefit to the business.
b. Makes decisions, sets priorities, or chooses goals on the basis of inputs and outputs: makes explicit 
considerations of potential profit, return on investment, or cost benefit analysis.
c. Based on cost benefit analysis, makes decisions of entrepreneurial risk nature

4. Leading and Empowering Others
a. Identifies long-term goals for the team and communicates them to team members, ensuring their buy in.
b. Sets a good example by personally exercising desired behavior; acts on values and beliefs.
c. Communicates a vision for the team and future success that inspires team members.
d. After assessing others competence, one delegates full authority and responsibility to others to do the 
task in their own way.
e. Ensures that competent employees are given opportunities to further their careers.

5. Leading & Managing Change
a. Gives teams responsibility to analyse, impact and execute change and to sustain it independently
b. Anticipates the need for change when not obvious and influences others to gain support.
c. Builds sustainable business capacity to embrace and thrive change.

6. Strategic and Innovative Thinking
a. Creates new concepts that are not obvious to others, leveraging internal and external sources of information, to build incremental revenue and growth opportunities.
b. Understands connections and trade-offs of strategic choices to evaluate which ideas are practical and possible by considering business and/or scientific implications.
c. Develops innovative business and/or customer solutions that shape industry practices.

Principal Investment Officer

Closing Date	2024/09/18
Reference Number	DBS240906-1
Job Title	Principal Investment Officer
Job Grade	17
Job Type Classification	Permanent
Location – Town / City	Midrand
Location – Province	Gauteng
Location – Country	South Africa
Job Profile (Downloadable)	Principal Investment Officer SOE Sovereigns Corporate_Job Profile August 2024.docx.pdf (427.78 kb) – 9/6/2024 6:49:48 AM

Job Description

The Principal Investment Officer is responsible for formulating and executing the strategic objectives of the business in 
collaboration with the Transacting Head whilst generating deal flow and building a robust pipeline of prospective projects 
for development financing bankability.

Key Responsibilities

1. Transaction Assessments

Evaluate the feasibility of investment opportunities and project transactions to ensure they are commercially viable and align with the DBSA’s strategic objectives and mandate.
Enhance the bankability of transactions by identifying and mitigating key risks, collaborating closely with the Chief Investment Office and Financing Operations Team, including Sector Specialists, Country Risk Specialists, and Financial Analysts.
Provide technical expertise on transactions for the benefit of clients and the organisation through innovative approaches and strategic thinking.
Develop and prepare early-stage review proposals and related documentation in the specified format.

2. Transaction Execution and Credit Approval

Collaborate with the Head of Transacting to structure and negotiate detailed deal terms with Treasury, Legal, and Loan Administration teams, ensuring transaction approval.
Secure internal approvals and lead or participate actively in closing transactions through successful negotiations.
Actively manage the transaction unit to drive the credit approval process in its entirety from early review to the relevant approval committees.
Manage the credit approval process from early review to final decision by the relevant committees.
Review proposals submitted to approval committees to ensure they are well-structured and documented for informed decision-making.
Manage the preparation of complex multi-jurisdictional documentation and ensure compliance with procedures, laws, and regulations for transaction implementation.
Resolve potential constraints in the lending value chain in collaboration with the Head of Transactions.
Implement risk management procedures across continent-wide financing functions, ensuring investment risks are appropriately structured and mitigated during operations.
Manage financial capital responsibly, ensuring efficient utilisation and stewardship of capital under management.
Capture and apply learning opportunities post-transaction to drive continuous improvement and successful deal delivery.

3. Lead Transaction Execution Functions

Lead transaction teams in conducting assessments, executing deals, and driving the credit approval process.
Act as a key advisor to Senior and Investment Officers, guiding them toward achieving transaction bankability.
Coach and mentor Senior and Investment Officers to enhance their skills and performance.
Monitor client performance and record country/industry/client performance i.e. revenues

4. Business Development

Undertake business development in Africa and position DBSA as the preferred lender/investor/partner.
Initiate and develop new business strategies and opportunities to create a pipeline of development impact projects.
Identify opportunities to initiate viable projects, and project origination through the facilitation of project preparation, scoping, feasibility studies, and business plans to close investment deals.
Develop strategies to attract concessional funding for projects and reconstruction efforts to improve Africa’s infrastructure.
Increase client base in allocated countries and secure revenue streams that provide the impetus for sustainable profit growth, increased client contact, and building of sustainable long-term relationships on multiple levels.
Devise structured and targeted marketing strategies for the DBSA service offering, where growth opportunities have been identified.
Offer a broad range of advisory and consulting services to private and public sector investors, businesses, and client-country governments. These services amongst others include:
o Broadening access to finance.
o Provide investment promotion intermediaries in Africa to receive technical assistance to build institutional capacity in areas such as strategic planning, investor marketing, and sector targeting to improve responsiveness to investor needs through information services.
o Assist clients in developing and implementing targeted investor outreach campaigns on a country and/or
regional basis.
o Undertake continuous research and provide recommendations on significant developments, emerging opportunities and challenges in areas of responsibility.
o Provide information to potential clients and document the same to provide information on customer requirements/ areas of interest.

5. Relationship Management and Stakeholder Relations

Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, global and regional private businesses, banking and multilateral partners and government officials to further develop specific investment opportunities.
Manage relationships at various levels with the relevant project stakeholders, partners, and lead promoters, following the project’s development objectives.
Maintain communication with clients and manage client relations; ensure that they submit all the Bank’s requirements to facilitate the appraisal process; Provide feedback on the status of their application timeously and advise them on the bank’s processes and procedures, and in liaison with Finance, resolve payment and / repayment related issues.
Ensure continuous communication with clients/ projects that the DBSA has funded to adequately support the division’s monitoring function.
Identify clients’ pain points together with the front-line divisions and coordinate DBSA’s solution offerings to address them.
Network and maintain relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to develop specific investment opportunities further.
Provide value to the Division for the benefit of and/or the client through knowledge of the subject, innovation, and lateral thinking.
Undertake other tasks as assigned by the line manager, from time to time.

Key Measurements of Outputs

1. Revenue performance in terms of Interest Income and Fees generated.
2. Delivery on the agreed Operations Mandate; these include:
3. Growth rate in assets of loan book:
   o Annual disbursements, commitments and approvals
   o Quality of loan book
   o % of loan book in priority geographies and sectors
   o Number of new clients
   o Number of potential deals/ pipeline
4. Management of client relationships and key stakeholders.

Key Internal Liaison Relationships

1. GE: Transacting and Unit Heads
2. DBSA Committees, e.g., Deal screen, Investment
   Committees, Asset/Liability Committee
3. Client Coverage, Transacting, IDD, Project Preparation,
   Risk, Treasury, Finance, Financing Operations

Key External Liaison Relationships

1. Government: National, Provincial, Local
   Government, Sovereigns
2. Knowledge partners – Universities, think tanks,
   local/international organisations
3. Private Companies
4. SMME’s
5. Service providers

Expertise & Technical Competencies

Minimum Requirements
1. A Post-Graduate Qualification/ Honours Degree in Finance, Business, Accounting, Engineering or Economics.
2. A minimum of 10-12 years’ experience of relevant work experience in appraising, negotiating and closing project finance, corporate finance, or structured finance transactions in a financial institution.
3. Experience in leading, initiating and developing new business strategies and opportunities to create a pipeline of development impact projects ensuring deal flow and bankability.
4. Experience in securing infrastructure investment deals in relevant sectors/geographies in SA and/or Africa and doing business across Africa. 
5. Comprehensive knowledge of the complex financial and regulatory environments across Africa.
6. Proven experience in working with senior stakeholders in highly political environments in South Africa and the rest of Africa.
7. Successful track record in leading project teams with high-level stakeholders and qualified professionals.                                                   

8. Strong credit, financial, analytical, and modelling skills.
9. Experience in financial analysis and/or financial modelling.
10. Strong networks and relations with clients, global and regional private investors and banks to identify and source viable                                  projects/investments.
11. In-depth knowledge and understanding of the infrastructure market, financial markets and the macro landscape.
12. Demonstrable experience in identifying client challenges and playing an active part in finding innovative solutions.
13. The role requires flexibility to be deployed to other business units within the Coverage division if required
14. Ability to mentor junior members of the team

Desired requirements
15. A postgraduate qualification or equivalent in Business or Finance (CA or CFA), or Engineering, or Economics.

TECHNICAL
a) 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 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 actions.

b) 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 of 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, analyse and include in a report to new products approval committees.
• Compiles comprehensive specialist reports as required for inclusion into credit committee submissions.

c) 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.

d) 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.

e) 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.

f) Attention to detail

• 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.

g) 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.

h) Commercial Awareness

• 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.

i) Research 

• Demonstrates expert skill levels in strategic and operational research techniques, including process analysis, modeling, and forecasting.
• Adapts, creates, and designs new research techniques to meet the organisation requirements.
• Provides specialist coaching and guidance to researchers and other the organisation employees.
• Promotes the professional reputation of the organisation by maintaining a respected profile with relevant external organisations and the research community in general.

j) 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 / customizes 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.

k) Innovation

• Develops innovative business solutions that shape industry practices.

l) 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.

Required Personal Attributes

BEHAVIOURAL
a) Achievement Orientation

• Focuses on new or more effective ways of improving own work and meeting targets.
• Focuses on raising quality, customer satisfaction and revenues.
• Makes specific changes to systems and processes to improve efficiency and quality.
• Formulates own objectives and action plans to achieve a measurable improvement in the future.

b) Analytical Thinking

• Identifies multiple elements of a problem and breaks down each of those elements in detail, showing causal relationships between them.
• Uses several analytical techniques to identify several solutions and weighs the value of each.

c) Conceptual thinking

• Creates new concepts that are not obvious to others and not learned from previous education or experience to explain situations or resolve problems.
• Looks at things in a significantly novel way breakthrough thinking.

d) Strategic and Innovative thinking

• Recognizes opportunities or problems emerging in patterns and trends, and their impact on the business and profitability drivers.
• Applies learning from previous situations and experiences.
• Sees underlying causality in the current situation. Applies business acumen to make sound decisions.
• Recognizes opportunities or potential problems, before they become obvious, by seeing the connections in a range of sources of information, including insights from outside DBSA.
• Restates complex knowledge in a way that makes it easier for others to understand.

e) Commercial Business Acumen

• Understands business fundamentals.
• Analyses and comprehends organisational goals and strategies.
• Understands tactical business fundamentals in the public sector environment and incorporates them into decision-making.

f) Teamwork

• Acts to promote a friendly climate and good morale and resolves conflicts.
• Creates opportunities for cross-functional working.
• Encourages others to network outside of their own team/department and learn from their experience.

Head: SCM Lending

Closing Date	2024/09/14
Reference Number	DBS240903-1
Job Title	Head: SCM Lending
Job Grade	17
Job Type Classification	Permanent
Location – Town / City	Midrand
Location – Province	Gauteng
Location – Country	South Africa
Job Profile (Downloadable)	Job Profile Head SCM Lending_August 2024 1.docx.pdf (387.24 kb) – 9/3/2024 7:28:40 PM

Job Description

The role is responsible for tactical and operational supply chain planning, sourcing, and category management. Oversees governance and risk management, as well as execution and delivery. Develops capabilities to effectively plan and lead supply chain operations and excellence, supporting the development and implementation of appropriate supply chain practices, enablers, and measurement tools. Manages and mitigates commercial risks associated with the tender award and contract management process, maintaining oversight of an estimated pipeline of work.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Planning and Standards

Formulate, review and implement the lending strategy, framework, policies and procedures in line with applicable legislation and regulations.
Conduct operations assessments with auditors and other regulatory bodies and recommend improvement opportunities to optimise SCM operations.
Manage research on emerging best practices, methodologies and tools and benchmark against industry leaders to enable optimisation of the DBSA practices.
Develop and enhance standards and templates for effective SCM and Procure to Pay operations.
Establish appropriate procurement metrics and targets.
Implement and promote awareness of procurement policies, procedures, processes, templates, delegations, and performance metrics.
Negotiate and implement service-level timelines with different transaction types, including clear role definitions and control requirements.
Provide relevant business information and intelligence to inform business planning and sourcing strategies.
Value Management

Contribute to achieving departmental targets for goods/services, ensuring business continuity, value for money, competitiveness, and service levels.
Liaise with internal customers to determine business requirements and develop the sourcing pipeline.
Embed robust demand planning and management practices to inform sourcing pipeline and category management plans.
Research market conditions relative to business requirements and support business unit decision-making with credible market research and industry practices.
Collaborate with Finance Heads and Business Unit Heads to understand budget statuses and savings.
Assist business units in drafting specifications/requirements for tenders.
Support and participate in the SCM Committees as needed.
Promote the supply chain operating model and strategy within the organization, highlighting its benefits and value.
Demand and Performance Management

Draft the annual procurement plan and develop SCM key performance indicators and track progress on deliverables.
Provide input to the development of a demand management plan that includes all commodities procured in the business and transversal contracting.
Provide input to the supplier performance management plan, monitor implementation and report on supplier performance.
Guide the development and utilisation of status dashboards related to SCM performance and provide monthly reports to track progress on the demand and performance management.
Procurement Execution

Manage the procurement of goods and services to meet user requirements and agreed service levels (RFI, RFPs, RFQs, Orders), including expediting and managing order fulfilment.
Ensure management of service levels as per the SLA.
Incorporate supplier performance management practices across the organization and with contract owners.
Oversee the development of item masters (catalogue and supplier).
Address non-conformances in procurement processes.
Monitor price increases and communicate changes as necessary.
Facilitate integration and support to internal Business Units, decentralized operations, and related partners/agencies.
Build positive relationships with internal customers and suppliers.
Ensure effective system functionality and fit, particularly with SAP, to enable smooth transactional performance.
Maintain full compliance with Procurement policies and procedures.
Implement, monitor, report, and manage the attainment of procurement metrics.
Deliver service levels as per the SLA.
Manage effectively supply chain governance, sourcing, and commercial risks.
Implement and oversee sound contract management practices.
Governance and Reporting

Manage the SCM audit process by liaising with internal and external auditors and consolidating responses to audit queries and findings.
Institute preventative and corrective action when irregularities within the tender process are identified.
Report process performance against SLA.
Provide updates on open lead-time (Requisitions, Orders, and Payment).
Generate monthly reports on procurement metrics (divisional scorecard).
Prepare reports for the SCM Committees.
Issue exception reports to the governance structure.
People Management

Provide direction and management to direct reports to enable them to execute their functions effectively – managing deadlines, team workload and the work of outsourced providers.
Manage the performance management for all direct reports, managing their performance in relation to quality standards and agreed benchmarks and objectives, focusing on all aspects of sound people management.
Develop the skills and abilities of all team members, with the result that they perform to at their highest potential and optimize their current and future job performance.
Promote DBSA values and a culture of High Performance within the team.
Conduct career discussions and identify opportunities for future development and continuous improvement.
Identify employees with high potential and develop career paths in line with the succession plan.
Build team capability through on-the-job opportunities, talent acquisition, training and facilitating skills and knowledge transfer.
Key measurements of outputs

Approved strategy and policies implemented and kept relevant to corporate strategy.
Management of SCM performance in line with agreed SLA’s with Business.
Risk management status and performance.
Overall contract management accountability i.e. performance management of all suppliers in line with set objectives and agreed SLA’s.
Improved supplier and commercial arrangements for the DBSA.
Effective individual and team performance.
Compliance with BBBEE initiatives and objectives.
Compliance with regulations, policies and processes that govern DBSA supply chain activity.
Improved management information and master data management and practices.
Technology platforms enabled to automate processes and make available real-time customer, planning and production data.
Clean Audit.

Expertise & Technical Competencies

Minimum Requirements:

• Postgraduate degree in Supply Chain Management or Finance or relevant.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in supply chain/procurement, which includes a minimum of 5 years of managerial-level experience within the supply chain unit leading strategy formulation and implementation.
• Working experience with SAP Procurement module or a similar ERP system.
• Strong understanding of and a strong commitment to good corporate governance, SCM regulations and laws and other regulatory requirements including the PFMA.
• Knowledge of procurement best practices including sourcing strategies and the different mechanisms for procurement in various categories.
• In-depth working knowledge of the PPPFA, and supply chain regulations from the National Treasury and BBBEE.
• Demonstrate thought leadership with the ability to drive, lead, and manage organisational change and effectively engage with stakeholders in a demanding and complex business environment.

Desirable Requirements:

• Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply(CIPS).
• Strong technical expertise in Finance.
• Qualification or certification in Risk and Compliance (Governance), Financial Management and Data Analytics.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Project Management

• Demonstrates a practical knowledge of project management principles and techniques.
• Plans, defines and manages projects within a department or area. Identifies resources required and their appropriate role and skills.
• Assists in the management of projects where the objectives, milestones and time scales have been defined.

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.

Financial Acumen

• Possesses sufficient expertise to establish and manage income and expenditure monitoring systems for own area of the business.
• Understands cost/revenue drivers within own area and is able to 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.

Negotiation

• Understands and can apply basic negotiating skills and techniques, e.g. obtaining a full understanding of the other party’s agenda and needs before disclosing own perspectives.
• Possesses an understanding of various unspoken communications from other parties and can decipher hidden agendas.
• Is able to successfully conclude negotiations which require the development of an emotional as well as factual argument.
• Is able to develop mutually beneficial potential solutions.

Procurement Services

• Based upon a thorough understanding of user requirements, can research alternative sources that will fulfil internal customer needs with favourable commercial terms.
• Identifies the needs of the user departments and advise on appropriate sourcing and selection approaches and processes.
• Articulates and prepares requirement documents and related elements of the procurement request including terms and conditions for the sourcing, selection and award process.
• Receives, safeguards, opens, records, tracks, assesses compliance with terms, and summarises bids/quotations.
• Evaluates bids including identifying and resolving mistakes, and award contracts.
• Develops relationships by effective resolution of complaints and concerns.

Knowledge of Contracts

• Through a broad and deep understanding of contracting best practice, is able to define DBSA contracting policy.
• Develops contract award documents ensuring DBSA’s interests are protected.
• Drafts, monitors and ensures performance of special terms of contract.
• Ability to apply remedy to protect DBSA’s rights.
• Ability to enforce compliance.
• Monitors contractor compliance to identify, document and resolve potential or actual problems.
• Determine which contractual remedy, if any, applies and employ that remedy.
• Conducts post-award orientation, monitors contract performance and takes necessary action related to delays in contract performance.
• Analyses and negotiates modification and termination of contracts.
• Evaluates the impact of selected issues to determine the need for top management involvement.

Data Management

• Studies the organisational data management requirements and plans accordingly.
• Recommends policies, procedures and standards relating to organisation’s data management.
• Defines an overall file management policy with file storage procedure and policy.
• Defines a backup strategy and related policies.
• Ensures compliance by users with file storage procedures.
• Ensures regular data backup and storage.
• Tests the backed data and assures backup quality.

Risk Identification and Assessments

• Diagnoses significant, unusual and emerging risks to which the business is exposed.

Risk Response and Reporting

• Develop and implement appropriate risk mitigation for significant and unusual risks to which the business is exposed.
• Provide advice on business continuity management mechanisms, define appropriate risk responses for reasonably foreseeable emergency scenarios and events.
• Design and implement risk reporting systems and communicate to executive management risk processes and results including recommendations for improvement.

Required Personal Attributes

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

Teamwork and cooperation

• Promotes a friendly climate and good morale, and resolves conflicts
• Creates opportunities for cross-functional working.
• Encourages others to network outside of their own team/department and learn from their experience.

Decisiveness

• Makes timely decisions about complex issues even when some information is missing
• Makes decisions and stands by them even when they are controversial or unpopular
• Grasps critical business opportunities when they arise by making timely decisions

Driving delivery of results

• Identifies and implements a business opportunity that will have long term impact on the business
• Monitors progress and adapts plans if necessary to ensure optimal benefit to the programme
• Makes decisions, sets priorities, or chooses goals on the basis of inputs and outputs, makes explicit considerations of potential profit, return on investment, or cost benefit analysis.
• Based on cost benefit analysis, makes decisions of entrepreneurial risk nature

Leading and Empowering Others

• Identifies long-term goals for the team and communicates them to team members, ensuring their buy in
• Sets a good example by personally exercising desired behaviour, acts on values and beliefs
• Communicates a vision for the team and future success that inspires team members
• After assessing others competence, delegates full authority and responsibility to others to do the task in their own way
• Ensures that competent employees are given opportunities to further their careers

Leading & Managing Change

• Gives teams responsibility to analyses, impact and execute change and to sustain it independently
• Anticipates the need for change when not obvious and influences others to gain support
• Builds sustainable business capacity to embrace change

Strategic and Innovative Thinking

• Creates new concepts that are not obvious to others, leveraging internal and external sources of information, to build incremental revenue and growth opportunities
• Understands connections and trade-offs of strategic choices to evaluate which ideas are practical and possible by considering business and/or scientific implications
• Develops innovative business and/or customer solutions that shape industry practices

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