Investment Specialist / Senior Investment Specialist - Infrastructure (5827)

The Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF) is an initiative designed to promote high-quality connectivity and infrastructure investments in developing countries through partnerships. MCDF works in the transport, energy, ICT, and cross-border water management sectors.

MCDF is comprised of a Finance Facility and a Collaboration Platform. The MCDF Finance Facility is overseen and directed by the MCDF Governing Committee (GC). It provides grants to support funding proposals for project preparation and capacity building funding proposals presented by accredited MCDF Implementing Partners. The Collaboration Platform is overseen by the MCDF Coordination Committee (CC) and aims to promote communication and collaboration among its member International Financing Institutions (IFIs).

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) serves as the Administrator for MCDF and hosts the MCDF Secretariat. The MCDF Secretariat is headed by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and provides operational support to MCDF. It is administratively established by, but functionally independent from, AIIB. The MCDF Secretariat is accountable to the GC for its substantive activities while remaining accountable to the Administrator for complying with AIIB’s administrative rules and procedures.

Working with MCDF Implementing Partners, the MCDF Program Team (PGT) is in charge of producing and monitoring a sustainable and robust pipeline of activities funded by the MCDF Finance Facility. The PGT ensures the monitoring and reporting of achievements consistent with the MCDF Results Framework. Led by the Program Team Head reporting to the CEO, the PGT is also responsible for developing programming and monitoring policies compliant with the MCDF Operations Manual.

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Program Team Head, the Senior Investment Specialist (Infrastructure)/Investment Specialist (Infrastructure) has the following responsibilities:

1. Support the MCDF Program Team with the assessment of technical assistance proposals submitted by Implementing Partners for the purpose of project preparation (for sovereign, public-private partnerships (PPPs), or private sector projects), capacity building, or the creation of special knowledge products.
2. Oversee and maintain the MCDF pipeline, in coordination with Implementing Partners, and match the pipeline with available resources from the MCDF Finance Facility.
3. Support the Program Team with the monitoring of, and reporting on, approved technical assistance proposals. Prepare pipeline reviews and reports for submission to MCDF Governing Bodies.
4. Prepare for review and approval by MCDF Governing Bodies programming and monitoring policies, operational modalities, proposals for funding priorities, and project selection criteria and reporting formats to be used by MCDF Implementing Partners.
5. Assist the Program Team with relationship management of developing country clients, Implementing Partners and their co-financiers (MCDF New Partners), private sector companies, public sector agencies, and other stakeholders.
6. Assist with the accreditation of candidate MCDF Implementing Partners, in compliance with the MCDF accreditation framework.
7. Chair consultations, workshops, and information exchange among MCDF Implementing Partners, with a view to strengthening the MCDF pipeline. Support the organization of investment facilitation events cohosted with MCDF partners.
8. Compile annual work programs for the Program Team, in coordination with other teams of the MCDF Secretariat.
9. Other duties, as assigned by the Program Team Head or CEO of the MCDF Secretariat.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree or higher in engineering, science, physics, chemistry, environment, business administration, finance, economics, or related fields from a reputable university.
• Minimum of 10 - 12 years of relevant professional experience in infrastructure project design, planning, feasibility assessment, and implementation. Experience in strategy development and results monitoring would be a plus.
• Evidence of direct experience in originating and structuring infrastructure projects and/or PPP transactions.
• Experience in leveraged finance/blended finance approaches, particularly in the infrastructure context of developing countries.
• Experience working in multilateral development banks (MDBs). Adequate knowledge of at least one MDB’s internal processes and products is required.
• Experience working in developing countries in one of the following sectors: transport, energy, or information and communication technology.
• Demonstrable experience leading teams is required.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English are required. French, Arabic, or Spanish language skills are an added advantage.