Associate Investment Officer

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Overview

Join UNCDF as an Associate Investment Officer to support clean cooking solutions in Tanzania.

You have:

• Working experience on project finance, financing investments through development finance, commercial debt, public private partnerships and capital markets.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and financing commercially viable investments.
• Demonstrated knowledge of developing and defending investment recommendations for review and approval by investment committees of a fund, lender or investor.
• Demonstrated experience in the development of investment projects through the entire project development life cycle and the financing stages.
• Demonstrated knowledge and/or experience in preparation of project financial analysis and creation/evaluation of advanced and complex financial models.
• Demonstrated experience in project proposals evaluation and assessment of economic and technical feasibility for private sector funding.
• Demonstrated ability to engage across multiple stakeholders, including project sponsors, government partners and financial institutions.
• Keeps abreast of new developments in development finance, public infrastructure and project management.
• Demonstrated comprehensive knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments.

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) makes public and private finance work for the poor in the world’s 46 least developed countries (LDCs). UNCDF offers “last mile” finance models that unlock public and private resources, especially at the domestic level, to reduce poverty and support local economic development.

UNCDF is a Fund Manager and main implementing partner of the Clean Cooking Solutions Project (the “CookFund”), which is a key component of the Integrated Approach to Sustainable Cooking Solutions Programme in Tanzania, established by the Government of Tanzania in collaboration with the Delegation of European Union (EU). The CookFund Project aims to reduce climate change impact by increasing the proportion of the population using clean cooking solutions in Tanzania.

Under this context, UNCDF is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic UNV Associate Investment Officer to join its CookFund Programme team for project development and financing. The Associate will focus on implementation side of the CookFund under the direct supervision of the CookFund Programme Manager based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Under the direct supervision of CookFund Programme Manager the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: 1. Organization and facilitation of key programme activities related to commercially viable investments, project development, transaction structuring, and financing 50%. 2. Investment process execution and portfolio management 25%. 3. Capacity development of key stakeholders of the programme in the areas of commercially viable investments 25%.

1. Organization and facilitation of key programme activities related to commercially viable investments, project development, transaction structuring and financing 50% • Support the process of investments identification, data analysis and preparation of basic information memorandum for the Senior Investment Officers’ review and project structuring. • Build, own, and operate high quality financial models for renewable energy, SMEs and public and private infrastructure projects across the portfolio. • Produce analyses from those models to optimize returns, financial viability, support decision making in the development team, and facilitate financing. • Provide project development support to project sponsors identified.
   • Pro-actively seek improvements in the UNCDF project financing and structuring. • Prepare and facilitate technical missions for investment projects validation and pipeline development. • Liaise closely with other teams from UNCDF responsible for measurement of transformative impact of investment projects, including in climate change, food security, women’s economic empowerment and local economic development. Exchange data and information to ensure that selected projects meet the criteria for transformational. • Other duties as assigned.

2. Investment process execution and portfolio management 25% • Support the team in planning and execution of the CookFund Programme. • Support development of programme progress reporting on weekly basis, and as when necessary. • Support timely planning, budgeting, and reporting in accordance with UNCDF guidelines. • Assist the Programme Manager to establish and maintain an effective and efficient project monitoring system providing regular feedback on the project performance and to update regularly risk and issue logs. • Document and monitor development impact of the investment in addition to financial viability criteria.

3. Capacity development of key stakeholders of the programme in the areas of commercially viable investments. 25% • Assist in capacity development and training to ensure programme knowledge generation and dissemination. • Support the programme activities related to delivery of CookFund training and workshops. • Provide basic inputs in the development and application of the investment management processes and tools to assist senior investment officers in developing facilitate knowledge transfer, training, and development of capacities of local stakeholders in the public and private sectors.

Results and expectations • Client Orientation • Building Partnerships • Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment. • Self-development, initiative-taking • Acting as a team player and facilitating teamwork • Facilitating and encouraging open communication in the team, communicating effectively • Creating synergies through self-control • Managing conflict • Learning and sharing knowledge and encourage the learning of others. Promoting learning and knowledge management/sharing is the responsibility of each staff member. • Informed and transparent decision making.

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to: • Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day). • Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country. • Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities. • Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc. • Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly arrived UN Volunteers. • Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.

• Accountability • Adaptability and flexibility • Creativity • Commitment to Continuous Learning • Ethics and Values • Planning and organizing • Professionalism • Self-management • Working in Teams

• Working experience on project finance, financing investments through development finance, commercial debt, public private partnerships and capital markets.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and financing commercially viable investments. • Demonstrated knowledge of developing and defending investment recommendations for review and approval by investment committees of a fund, lender or investor. • Demonstrated experience in development of investment projects through the entire project development life cycle and the financing stages for investments through single purpose investment vehicles (SPVs). • Demonstrated knowledge and/or experience in preparation of project financial analysis and creation/evaluation of advanced and complex financial models. • Demonstrated experience in project proposals evaluation and assessment of economic and technical feasibility for private sector funding. • Demonstrated ability to engage across multiple stakeholders, including project sponsors, government partners and financial institutions. • Applies a broad knowledge of best investment and management practices. • Keeps abreast of new developments in development finance, public infrastructure and project management, and seeks to develop him/herself personally. • Demonstrated comprehensive knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments.

The living condition in Dar es Salaam and Tanzania in general is satisfactory and the duty station is classified at level B by the UN International Civil Service Commission.

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