Senior Investment Officer-Infrastructure Regional Industry Unit, West Africa

Senior Investment Officer-Infrastructure is expected to cover all infrastructure sectors and is based in Dakar ,Senegal. The selected candidate will report to the Regional Industry Manager Infrastructure, West Africa.

IFC is looking to recruit a Senior Investment Officer for its Africa Infrastructure department. The hiring group is responsible for sourcing, executing, and supervising investment transactions in the energy, transport, telecoms, and municipal & environmental infrastructure sectors in West Africa. IFC’s Investment Officers are responsible for the origination, negotiation, structuring, and subsequent supervision of IFC’s investment projects.

Duties and Accountabilities:

• Play a senior client leadership role for business development across all infrastructure sectors.
• Develop a strong pipeline of good quality investment opportunities, predominantly in West Africa, by anticipating market trends and employing sector/country knowledge.
• Work closely with IFC country representatives, World Bank, and MIGA colleagues including on developing client, country, and sector strategies.
• Review and analyze business opportunities, and synthesize information into internal reports for decision-making purposes.
• Evaluate, structure, negotiate, and close new debt and equity transactions, portfolio restructurings, capital increases, equity sales, etc.
• Develop innovative and appropriate financial structures for complex transactions.
• Lead negotiation/documentation teams; use strong negotiation skills to develop solutions and overcome impasses in straightforward and complex transactions.
• Work with colleagues across disciplines to achieve sustainable development goals.”
• Supervise a commensurate number of existing investments in the Africa region.
• Develop and nurture relationships with clients, private businesses, partners, and government officials to promote infrastructure development and investment opportunities.”
• Lead and manage project teams; coach and mentor junior staff.
• Collaborate with the World Bank and MIGA in developing sector and/or regional strategies and support related promotion work, including targeting potential investments and policy advisory work.

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Selection Criteria For Senior Investment Officer-Infrastructure:

• Master’s degree in finance or similar relevant education.
• At least 12 years of experience with a development finance institution, a commercial bank, an international financial institution or a private equity firm with tasks related to private sector infrastructure financing and development.
• Proven track record of sourcing, structuring, and closing private sector investment projects in infrastructure sectors, ideally including investments in the Africa region.
• Demonstrated strong technical and operational skills in infrastructure investment and project portfolio supervision.”
• Knowledge of the various infra core sectors (power, transportation, utilities, telecoms, natural resources); project and/or corporate finance experience.
• Strong equity and/or Telecom sector investment experience is a plus.
• Prior work experience in Africa and good knowledge of sector issues in the region is a plus.
• Ability to interact directly and independently with the senior management of clients, financial and technical partners as well as senior government officials.
• Strong track record of portfolio supervision of complex projects
• Willingness and ability to travel.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English; French  as a plus.
• Genuine commitment to sustainable development.

Term Duration: The term duration for this position is 3 years.

Closing Date: IFC of The world Bank has announced  Deadline for  this position is 16 October 2023. 

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