Development Financing Expert: "Bridging Inequalities Through Greener Municipalities”

EU funded "Bridging Inequalities Through Greener Municipalities" Project: The objective of this project is to support four selected municipalities in South Africa in transitioning towards greener, more inclusive, climate-resilient, and sustainable service delivery systems. The project aims to strengthen municipal governance and institutional capacity, facilitate green investments in key sectors such as water, energy, waste management, and sanitation, and enhance community resilience through gender-responsive and participatory approaches. Through technical assistance, capacity building, and investment facilitation, the action will contribute to South Africa’s Just Energy Transition and climate commitments while improving equitable access to essential municipal services.

Key expert 2: Development Financing expert (about 820 days)
Qualifications and skills
1) Educational Qualifications Required: Master’s degree in one of the following disciplines: Finance / Investment banking or Economics.
2) A bachelor’s degree with an additional 5 years general professional experience may replace the Master’s degree.
3) Proven knowledge of the technical finance expertise and understanding of the South African municipalities’ financial and legislative environment.
4) Fluency in English.
General professional experience
5) A minimum of 8 years general professional experience acquired after the qualification in one of the following fields: finance/ investment banking or economics.
6) At least two experiences as a long-term expert providing technical expertise in developing bankable water/ energy/ waste projects that had a duration of at least 12 months.
7) At least 8 experiences in hosting a training and/or facilitating workshops related to development financing of bankable projects in water/energy/sanitation/waste management.

Specific professional experience
8) At least 3 years’ experience working on assignments that are related to risk namely (public, commercial; financial, non-financial) analysis and assessment, rating methodology, risk pricing for finance products and structures; risk management and portfolio approaches for self-sustainable finance solutions; risk tranching/ layering/ water fall mechanisms; risk mitigation vs. risk-sharing.
9) Professional experience of minimum 5 years in financial management with a focus on Green Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships.
10) 4 experiences as a long term in leading projects in quasi-green financing of water/ energy/sanitation/ waste management in the private and/or public sector would be an asset.