Young Professional, Public Sector

Shanghai

  • Organization: NDB - New Development Bank
  • Location: Shanghai
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  • Closing Date: 2025-11-07

Closing on: November,7 2025 at 11:59pm (China Standard Time)

Duty Station: Shanghai, China

Target Market: Global Recruitment

Duty StationShanghai, China

Young Professional, Public Sector (Investment Appraisal)

Position Objective

The Public Sector Department, under the Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, is responsible for leading the appraisal and negotiation of operations with sovereign guarantees, applying sectoral expertise related to areas such as energy, transport, information and communications, technology, water and sanitation, social and urban infrastructure and sustainability. The Department is also responsible for operations with sub-national governments, including those that do not involve a sovereign guarantee. It supports the regional offices in supervising the implementation of operations, with the aim of gathering lessons for improving the preparation of future operations.

The Young Professional, Public Sector is a project team member responsible for the processing and initial analysis of one or several project structuring and appraisal aspects.  The assessment focuses on the technical, financial, economic, institutional, and implementation aspects of projects, ensuring alignment to Bank priorities and stakeholder needs. The provision of analysis is critical to the sustained relevance of the Bank’s project portfolios and the capacity of the organization to adapt its projects to the needs of its stakeholders. 

  • Analyze technical, financial, economic, institutional and implementation aspects of investment projects to determine feasibility, mitigate risk, and ensure alignment with the Bank’s General Strategy.
  • Implement components of projects from concept review to the first disbursement to ensure smooth turnover of projects to Regional Offices/Centers.
  • Advise and make project team leaders aware of issues and challenges related to the processing of public sector transactions to strengthen project development and appraisal processes.
  • Collaborate with other project team members during project appraisal and peer reviews to increase efficiency of project processing and jointly achieve project objectives.
  • Deliver concept notes, analysis, knowledge reports, and project documents, as part of the project team and in support of higher-level team members and activities, to the Board in line with the Bank’s project processing cycles.
  • Assess relevance and sustainability of investment projects/instruments in addressing developmental challenges in member countries to help refine project approaches.

Requirements

  • Master’s Degree in areas relevant to NDB mandate (e.g., Economics, Finance, etc.)
  • Minimum 3 years of relevant professional experience in financial institutions or consulting companies working in the areas of NDB operations, on positions focused on appraisal of investment projects and programs.
  • Proven expertise in project financing and implementing in one or several sectors: water, waste and sanitation; transport; urban development, environment protection and energy efficiency; health and education.
  • Knowledge of economic analysis of investment projects.
  • Knowledge of financial analysis of companies, subnational and national governments.
  • Fluency in English essential to communicate in writing and speaking.
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