DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (DBSA) VACANCIES

DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (DBSA)

HEAD: BUSINESS SUPPORT AND RECOVERIES

Details

Closing Date

2026/09/09

Reference Number

DBS260824-2

Job Title

Head: Business Support and Recoveries

Job Grade

Job Type Classification

Permanent

Location - Town / City

Midrand

Location - Province

Gauteng

Location - Country

South Africa

Job Profile (Downloadable)

Head Business Support and Recoveries _Job Profile August 2026 Final (1).docx.pdf (324.90 kb) - 8/24/2026 10:47:52 AM

Job Description

The Head: Business Support and Recoveries is responsible for providing strategic leadership in managing distressed and at-risk clients, thereby safeguarding the DBSA’s loan portfolio and long-term financial sustainability. The role is responsible for maximising recoveries from impaired and defaulted exposures, minimising losses and provisions and improving cash recoveries from legal and workout processes. The role drives early identification of potential distress, decisive intervention, and the design and execution of turnaround, contingency, restructuring, recovery and business rescue plans It evaluates client liquidity, advises on operational efficiency and margin enhancement, and assesses strategic and financial alternatives to restore viability and protect organisational value.

Key Responsibilities

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

1. Strategic Focus

Develop long-term and short-term business support and recoveries strategy, and execution plan aligned to DBSA’s strategic objectives and approved budgets.
Develop and implement turnaround/recovery management solutions in order to build a platform of swift recovery of DBSA loans.
Oversee the scanning of the environment, conducting research and benchmarking the DBSA to similar institutes to establish Industry best practice in terms of
Business Support & Recoveries.
Lead turnaround/recoveries management practices into the organisation to achieve competitive advantage.
Monitor that the Unit enforces the Bank’s policies and procedures, with no material audit findings and control deficiencies are timeously remedied.
Maintain a repository of post-mortem reviews, restructuring outcomes and lessons learnt, and use these insights
to improve origination, credit monitoring, risk appetite calibration and recoveries strategy across the Bank.

2. Business Support and Recoveries Operations

Conduct financial due diligence and portfolio reviews, preparation of asset valuations and disposal options when DBSA clients are in distress or potential distress and may not meet their loan obligations to the DBSA.
Lead and direct the recoveries team in providing a tailored, objective assessment of the situation and resources by rapidly and rigorously reviewing the financial performance, operating dynamics, asset deployment and management issues of the distressed or potentially distressed client.
Design and execute controlled exit plans where no alternative solutions exist, including wind-downs, asset sales, or business disposals, applying proven methodologies to optimise shareholder returns, mitigate obstacles, and minimise disposal costs.
Develop borrower-specific workout plans supported by collateral analysis, recovery waterfalls, valuation assumptions, scenario analysis, covenant remediation, risk-rating recommendations and clear approval routes through relevant governance structures.
Provide innovative and practical solutions and advice in instances of bankruptcy or developing voluntary arrangement through leading-edge methods enable creditors to maximise recoveries while helping businesses and institutions avoid a potentially disastrous slide into bankruptcy.
Prepare periodic reports on business support and recoveries, including lessons learnt, as required by Management or the Board.
Report on a regular basis to Management and relevant Committees on the progress of the management of distressed clients, potential defaults and turnaround/recoveries.
Coordinate with Legal, Finance, Credit, Portfolio Management, external counsel, valuers, restructuring advisors, business rescue practitioners and other creditors to structure, document and execute approved forbearance, amendment, restructuring, enforcement, settlement and collateral realisation strategies.

3. Technical Oversight, Monitoring & Reporting

Provide strategic advisory and technical guidance on operational practices, solutions, tools, and the resolution of complex or non-standard service requests.
Oversee the development of metrics, frameworks, policies, and reporting to governance forums, while monitoring non-performing loans and Stage 3 assets against the Bank’s risk appetite and tolerance levels.
Analyse data, monitor key performance metrics, and deliver accurate, actionable insights and reports to support strategic decision-making, performance improvement, and accountability.
Maintain watchlist, early-warning and problem-project review routines to ensure matters are escalated early, supported by clear action plans, accountabilities, timelines and committee reporting.
Oversee IFRS 9 staging inputs, expected credit loss assumptions, probability of default, loss given default, exposure at default, collateral haircuts and recovery assumptions for distressed and non-performing exposures, in collaboration with Finance and Credit Risk.

4. People Management

Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning to maximize individual and collective potential
Drive talent development initiatives, including coaching, performance management, and career pathing, to build and retain a skilled and motivated team
Promote DBSA values and a culture of high performance through implementing performance management in line with the planned strategic objectives, goals, quality standards and agreed key performance measures using sound performance management principles.
Contribute to building synergies & cooperation across functions in the DBSA.
Embed the DBSA values, ethics and culture.

5. Stakeholder Management

Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, including ExCo and divisional leadership, to embed risk management practices.
Engage with external stakeholders such as regulators, industry bodies, and development partners to align DBSA’s risk practices with best standards.
Represent DBSA in risk-related forums and contribute to shaping industry-wide risk management practices.
Engage with co-lenders, syndicate members, guarantors, development partners, insurers, business rescue practitioners, insolvency practitioners and external advisors to align recovery actions while protecting DBSA’s mandate, legal position and reputation.
Develop and maintain productive client, staff, management, and Board relationships through effective communication and engagement.

Key Measurements of Outputs

Maintain NPL ratio within approved risk appetite (NPL ratio % of total book).
Reduce overall distressed loan portfolio (NPL reduction year-on-year, % in value).
Improve portfolio quality and credit risk metrics (cure rate of distressed accounts).
Early identification and intervention on high-risk accounts (% of accounts reviewed within agreed timelines, number and value of accounts returned to performing status).
Achievement of targeted cash collections against annual budget.
Percentage of recoveries achieved through settlements and legal actions.
Reduction in impairment provisions and write-off reduction (% and value).
Quality and accuracy of client liquidity assessments and financial evaluations delivered to management and committees
Implementation of solutions that deliver sustainable client outcomes.
Stakeholder satisfaction and confidence in business support and recoveries interventions.
Compliance with legal, regulatory, and governance requirements in recoveries and restructuring processes.
Cost effectiveness of recovery actions.
Timeliness and quality of approved workout strategies, including completion of borrower action plans, collateral reviews, covenant remediation and recovery forecasts within agreed service levels.
Accuracy and audit-readiness of portfolio data, risk ratings, restructuring documentation, legal status updates and committee submissions.

Expertise & Technical Competencies

Minimum Qualification

A Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business-related equivalent.
A Postgraduate qualification or equivalent (preferably a CA or Legal qualification).

Minimum Experience

A minimum of 12 years of experience in restructuring and turnaround management, loan workouts and recoveries management, credit rehabilitation, specialised credit management or loan portfolio management, including project management experience.
A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a management position as well leadership experience in a comparable environment.
Proven track record in a financial institution of achieving recoveries and rehabilitating distressed clients.
Extensive knowledge of and skill in applying turnaround management strategies on behalf of distressed clients.
Experience in preparing restructuring memoranda, recovery plans, collateral valuation reviews, enforcement recommendations and committee submissions for distressed or non-performing exposures.
Exceptionally strong negotiation skills to deal with difficult clients.
Good legal knowledge and experience in the areas of business rescue, insolvency and liquidation processes, litigation and legal recovery strategies, and security and collateral enforcement and realisation.

Desirable Requirements

Experience in leading and conducting due diligence, financial analysis and modelling and restructuring for distressed clients.
Skill in collecting and analysing complex data, evaluating information and systems, and drawing logical conclusions.
Knowledge of relevant legislation, acts, policies and procedures including the PFMA Act, Municipal Finance Act, King IV-V, IFRS 9 and Expected Credit Loss frameworks etc.
Strong business acumen and strategic advisory experience.
Experience working with co-lenders, syndicates, public-sector counterparties, development partners and external advisors in complex restructurings, settlements or enforcement processes.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

a) Portfolio Monitoring (Existing Clients)

Provides oversight of existing client exposure through structured monitoring and review processes. Identifies portfolio trends and directs corrective actions to manage risk.

b) Financial and Equity Analysis

Conducts in depth financial analysis, including cash flow, capital structure, and equity exposure. Interprets complex data to inform risk strategies and portfolio decisions

c) Credit Governance and Compliance

Applies governance frameworks and regulatory standards to ensure effective oversight of the existing portfolio. Maintains integrity of risk processes across all segments

d) Expected Credit Loss Review

Performs analysis of provisioning and impairment under IFRS 9 and related frameworks. Provides insights into expected credit loss models and validates underlying assumptions.
Challenges and validates staging, collateral valuations, recovery rate assumptions, timing of recoveries and post-restructure performance indicators for distressed and non-performing exposures.
Restructuring, Workout and Recoveries Strategy
Designs and leads asset-specific recovery strategies, including financial restructuring, collateral enforcement, negotiated settlement, controlled exit, business rescue, sale or write-off recommendations, while balancing recovery value, development impact, governance and reputational risk.

e) Credit Risk Assessment

Applies structured methodologies to evaluate credit risk exposure across diverse clients and sectors. Provides evidence-based insights to support decision making and risk mitigation.

f) Financial acumen

Makes sound financial decisions after having analysed their impacts on the organisation, partner agencies, and community.
Effectively prepares budgetary submissions andforecasts for own department.
Knows the internal and external factors that impact on resource and asset availability.
Is able to interpret management account reports in an operational/commercial context and take action as appropriate to maximise revenues and control
costs.

g) Strategic Planning

Establishes challenging, attainable goals and objectives based on a customer focus perspective.
Looks to the future with a broad perspective.
Ensure performances measures are in place to monitor progress and assess accomplishments and achievement of strategic goals and objectives.
Develop initiatives to achieve goals and objectives.
Articulates the vision and plans to others.

Required Personal Attributes

LEADERSHIP/BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

a) Strategic and Innovative Thinking

Understands connections and trade-offs of strategic choices to evaluate which ideas are practical and possible by considering business and/or scientific implications.
Develops innovative business and/or customer solutions that shape industry practices.

b) Driving Delivery of Results

Identifies and implements a business opportunity that will have a long-term impact on the business (which may include the organisation’s reputation or
brand image). Monitors progress and adapt the plan if necessary to ensure optimal benefit to the business.
Makes decisions, sets priorities, or chooses goals on the basis of inputs and outputs makes explicit considerations of potential profit, return on investment, or cost benefit analysis.
Based on the cost-benefit analysis, makes decisions of entrepreneurial risk nature.

c) Leading & Empowering Others

Identifies long-term goals for the team and communicates them to team members, ensuring their buy in.
Sets a good example by personally exercising desired behaviour, acts on values and beliefs.
Communicates a vision for the team and future success that inspires team members.
After assessing others’ competence, one delegates full authority and responsibility to others to do a task in their own way.
Ensures that competent employees are given opportunities to further their careers.

d) Impact & Influence

Uses chains of indirect influence or experts / third parties to influence. Uses an in-depth understanding of the interactions within a group to move toward a specific agenda.

e) Organisational Awareness

Recognises and/or addresses the reasons for ongoing organisational behaviour (internal & external).
Recognises underlying problems, opportunities, or external political forces affecting the organisation.

*The KPA’s, competencies and relationships listed in this document, is not exhaustive and the incumbent will be expected to undertake additional duties within their capacity to meet the needs of business and/or the business unit.

Policy

The Development Bank of Southern Africa will endeavour to make appointments in line with its Employment Equity Policy and Plan. Applications from suitably qualified designated groups, especially people with disabilities, are encouraged.

The DBSA corporate culture fit requires clear, logical and analytical thinking grounded in good interpersonal skills, a sense of urgency and results orientated execution of duties. The ability to work collaboratively and finding practical yet innovative solutions is critical to success in a work environment that demands emotional resilience, accountability and responsible risk taking and management.

The DBSA reserves the right to amend or remove vacancies in line with organisational requirements.

All vacancies can be viewed on the DBSA website (www.dbsa.org) under Careers.

PLEASE APPLY HERE

HEAD: CREDIT ORIGINATION

Details

Closing Date

2026/09/09

Reference Number

DBS260824-1

Job Title

Head: Credit Origination

Job Grade

Job Type Classification

Permanent

Location - Town / City

Midrand

Location - Province

Gauteng

Location - Country

South Africa

Job Profile (Downloadable)

Head Credit Origination_Job Profile August 2026.docx.pdf (329.77 kb) - 8/25/2026 12:33:25 PM

Job Description

The Head: Credit Origination is responsible for leading the origination and structuring of complex credit transactions across various sectors, e.g. infrastructure, sovereign, sub-sovereign, public sector projects for investment considerations in South Africa, the Rest of Africa and High Impact. This role is instrumental in ensuring that new transactions align with the DBSA’s mandate, risk appetite and strategic objectives. Applying technical and commercial expertise, and legal knowledge, the role supports decision-making by appraising new transactions, through conducting due diligence, credit assessment of financial and non-financial risks, financial modelling and well-structured credit risk mitigation strategies.

Key Responsibilities

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

1. Key Managerial Accountability and Responsibilities

Oversee the leadership and direction of the Credit Origination unit’s day-to-day activities.
Provide expertise and advisory to the Unit and business teams, ensuring that risk is balanced and in accordance with the Bank’s risk appetite framework.
Accountable for the sound governance of risk in the credit origination process, ensuring enforcement of the Bank’s credit-related policies and procedures.
Accountable for the development and training needs of the Unit, ensuring that the Unit possesses the necessary skills to perform their mandate.
Accountable for financial management of the Unit’s budget and responsible use thereof, ensuring adequacy of budgeting to fulfil duties and that the Unit does not incur UIFWe in its expenditure.
Make presentations to the various investment committees (EXCO and Board level) on the risks and mitigation strategies to support sound and rigorous decision-making.
Accountable for the deal implementation, post approval, to the extent that all approved transactions are contractually bound in accordance with approved terms and conditions.
Regular stakeholder engagement and collaboration both internally and externally representing the Bank, including involvement in special projects or in pursuit of establishing new product lines and appropriate forms of credit risk mitigation strategies.
Apply expertise in ensuring that the Unit adopts best practice and leading supporting tools to effectively execute on its mandate.
Define the Credit strategy of the Unit, ensuring that the Unit’s objectives align with the Bank’s corporate objectives and strategy.
Drive the evaluation of strategic transactions, ensuring credit policies support the achievement of developmental and financial objectives.
Contribute to innovative credit structuring solutions that enable greater access to finance while safeguarding sustainability.
Balance portfolio growth with prudent credit risk management to achieve long-term financial resilience.

2. Deal Origination and Structuring

Lead the Unit in the origination of complex credit transactions from a pipeline of potential projects sourced by the Business teams, assessing transactions against the Bank’s risk appetite.
Undertake in-depth credit and financial analysis and due diligence on prospective transactions.
Appraise, structure transactions to optimise risk-adjusted returns whilst achieving development impact.
Collaborate with business, legal, technical and ESG teams to ensure comprehensive transaction evaluation.
Contribute to due diligence activities, where required, including site visits, stakeholder interviews and due diligence data collection and synthesis.
In conjunction with the business Heads, engage internally with project teams and externally with borrowers, government entities, project sponsors, and other
Key risk-transfer / credit enhancing stakeholders to assess optimal financing needs and develop tailored solutions.
Prepare and/or review investment memos for new appraisals that succinctly communicates the overall credit opinion and recommended terms and conditions of the prospective transactions.
Provide credit advisory throughout the investment value chain.
Perform risk governance oversight during appraisal stage, deal implementation and financial close stages in pursuit of achieving the Bank’s key corporate and strategic objectives.
Drive an innovative culture within the Unit, by continuously scanning the environment to develop and adopt innovative risk mitigation structures (e.g. blended finance instruments, sustainable finance instruments, credit risk transfer and enhancement mechanisms).

3. Investment Risk Assessment, Financial Analysis and Risk Mitigation

Responsible for ensuring that the Unit delivers on timely and quality risk assessments for credit and equity investments, inculcating a culture of rigour, applying sound judgement and advanced risk methodologies.
Approve and/or recommend credit decisions within delegated authority levels to protect institutional capital.
Provide expert credit input into structuring, mitigating and pricing of transactions to balance growth and risk appetite.
Apply the Bank’s risk appetite framework, policies, procedures and credit risk mitigation strategies to ensure optimal credit risk transfer.
Build and/or review and challenge model assumptions in financial models for prospective transactions.
Review financial compliance of key financial terms and/or recommend and implement credit risk mitigants (e.g. conditions, covenants, collateral, guarantees), as required.
Identify, mitigate and manage key quantitative and qualitative risks facing a prospective transaction.
Apply and/or review credit rating methodologies aligned to underlying transaction structures to ensure that the credit profile is adequately encapsulated the risk-adjusted returns per policies.
Undertake in-depth financial and cash-flow analysis of portfolio companies, evaluating performance against initial projections and market benchmarks
Collaborate on initiation of portfolio performance reports, incorporating peer comparisons, sectors developments, and macroeconomic conditions affecting the Bank.
Assess amendments to credit terms and provides recommendations for restructuring, covenant waivers, or rescheduling proposals as required.

4. Portfolio Integration

Lead the Unit in the seamless transition of approved transactions into the Credit Portfolio Management unit.
Lead the Unit in ongoing monitoring of early-stage performance, emerging risks that warrant escalation and reporting within the Bank.
Maintain up-to-date credit ratings and internal loan classifications of new transactions, where required, prior to transition into portfolio management.
Participate in the maintenance and improvement of the credit value chain, identifying process inefficiencies and supporting enhancements to credit systems.

5. Strategic Engagement and Governance, Policy

Set, review, and enhance credit policies, frameworks, and risk assessment methodologies in line with regulatory and governance requirements.
Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and internal risk policies.
Provide thought leadership on credit risk trends, regulatory developments, and best practices.
Deliver high-quality, timely submissions and recommendations to investments and credit committees.
Responsible for maintaining a strong internal control environment, serving as the Unit’s risk owner for audit outcomes and consequences.
Ensure timely and accurate reporting of key performance indicators, risks, and progress against strategic objectives to relevant internal and external bodies.

6. Stakeholder Engagement and Business Partnering

Foster collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders to support effective deal structuring and decision-making.
Manage relationships with external stakeholders, including regulators, co-investors, and rating agencies, to promote confidence in the DBSA’s credit processes.
Facilitate clear and concise communication and build trust and credibility with internal and external stakeholders.
Focus on understanding the strategic goals and needs, advise on key decisions to support your stakeholders.
Leverage cross-functional and business data to inform strategic, operational and domain-specific decisions. Focus on value creation for the business, and functional stakeholders.

7. People Management

Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team, setting clear objectives, providing constructive feedback, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning to maximize individual and collective potential
Drive talent development initiatives, including coaching, performance management, and career pathing, to build and retain a skilled and motivated team.
Promote DBSA values and a culture of high performance through implementing performance management in line with the planned strategic objectives, goals, quality standards and agreed key performance measures using sound performance management principles.
Contribute to building synergies & cooperation across functions in the DBSA.
Live the DBSA values.

8. Digital Transformation

Champion and drive digital transformation initiatives, leveraging technology to enhance operational efficiency, improve service delivery, and unlock new value streams within the DBSA.
Foster a mindset of innovation, identifying opportunities to adopt emerging technologies and best practices to modernise processes and deliver impactful solutions.

Expertise & Technical Competencies

Key Measurement of Outputs

Enable successful fulfilment of the corporate disbursement targets, balancing risk and growth.
Satisfactory customer centricity for internal stakeholders and the Bank’s clients.
Maintenance of the asset quality within the Bank’s risk appetite and key risk indicators (e.g. NPL and credit loss ratio)
Financial management of the Unit’s operational expenditure and approved financial budget within agreed upon utilisation targets.
High quality due diligence and deal structuring in investment appraisals.
Managing credit concentration risk within the Bank’s risk appetite.
Sound risk governance and enforcement of the Bank’s policies and procedures, including contribution to the Bank wide governance and compliance targets.
Effective leadership of the Unit, strengthening team cohesion and high performance, in alignment with the Bank’s values and culture.
Management of performance outputs of staff using the performance management system and taking corrective action promptly and effectively.
Turnaround time on new transactions (ERR to First Disbursement).
Value and number of expired limits in the portfolio.
Timely identification of early warning indicators escalated and actioned for new transactions in appraisal or deal implementation stage.
Management of team performance, talent development, and succession planning using the performance management system.

Minimum Qualification

Postgraduate degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting or Credit / Risk Management or related field.

Minimum Experience

A minimum 12 years of experience in credit risk analysis, portfolio monitoring, or financial analysis within a wholesale/investment banking or development finance environment.
A minimum of 5 years in a senior leadership or management role within credit risk.
Demonstrated in credit assessments, financial modelling and analysis across South Africa and the African markets.
Strong capabilities in financial modelling and transaction structuring of complex and large exposures.
Strong expertise in credit analysis and working with high-risk clients.
Experience in applying strategic thinking in assessing and interpreting complex transactions.
In-depth understanding of ESG principles, sustainable finance and blended finance frameworks.
Demonstrated advanced credit analysis, reasoning and credit writing skills.
Demonstrated advanced financial analysis and risk assessment capability.
Sound knowledge of credit risk management principles and frameworks.
Demonstrated knowledge of loan lifecycle and credit value chain processes.
Familiarity with large and complex transactions in South Africa and the Rest of the African continent, including sovereign lending.
Familiarity with large and complex transactions in DBSA mandated sectors.

Desirable Requirements

Professional certification in Financial Risk Management, Chartered Financial Analysis or CA (SA) or equivalent.
Strong understanding and experience of sovereign risk, infrastructure finance, and public sector lending.
Demonstrated experience in working on bilateral, club or syndicated transactions with multilateral institutions, investment banks, government agencies and private sector sponsors in infrastructure.
Experience in Development Finance Institution, banking, or investment environment.
Sound knowledge, understanding and application with legislative frameworks applicable to investments.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

a) Financial and Equity Analysis

Conducts in depth financial analysis, including cash flow, capital structure, and equity exposure. Interprets complex data to inform risk strategies and portfolio decisions.

b) Credit Governance and Compliance

Applies governance frameworks and regulatory standards to ensure effective oversight of the existing portfolio. Maintains integrity of risk processes across all segments.

c) Expected Credit Loss Review

Performs analysis of provisioning and impairment under IFRS 9 and related frameworks. Provides insights into expected credit loss models and validates underlying assumptions.

d) Credit Risk Assessment

Applies structured methodologies to evaluate credit risk exposure across diverse clients and sectors. Provides evidence-based insights to support decision making and risk mitigation.

e) Financial acumen

Makes sound financial decisions after having analysed their impacts on the organisation, partner agencies, and community.
Effectively prepares budgetary submissions and forecasts for own department.
Knows the internal and external factors that impact on resource and asset availability.
Is able to interpret management account reports in an operational/commercial context and take action as appropriate to maximise revenues and control costs.

f) Strategic Planning

Establishes challenging, attainable goals and objectives based on a customer focus perspective.
Looks to the future with a broad perspective.
Ensure performances measures are in place to monitor progress and assess accomplishments and achievement of strategic goals and objectives.
Develop initiatives to achieve goals and objectives.
Articulates the vision and plans to others.

Required Personal Attributes

LEADERSHIP/BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

a) Strategic and Innovative Thinking

Understands connections and trade-offs of strategic choices to evaluate which ideas are practical and possible by considering business and/or scientific implications.
Develops innovative business and/or customer solutions that shape industry practices.

b) Driving Delivery of Results

Identifies and implements a business opportunity that will have a long-term impact on the business (which may include the organisation’s reputation or
brand image). Monitors progress and adapt the plan if necessary to ensure optimal benefit to the business.
Makes decisions, sets priorities, or chooses goals on the basis of inputs and outputs makes explicit considerations of potential profit, return on investment, or cost benefit analysis.
Based on the cost-benefit analysis, makes decisions of entrepreneurial risk nature.

c) Leading & Empowering Others

Identifies long-term goals for the team and communicates them to team members, ensuring their buy in.
Sets a good example by personally exercising desired behaviour, acts on values and beliefs.
Communicates a vision for the team and future success that inspires team members.
After assessing others’ competence, one delegates full authority and responsibility to others to do a task in their own way.
Ensures that competent employees are given opportunities to further their careers.

d) Impact & Influence

Uses chains of indirect influence or experts / third parties to influence. Uses an in-depth understanding of the interactions within a group to move toward a specific agenda.

e) Organisational Awareness

Recognises and/or addresses the reasons for ongoing organisational behaviour (internal & external).
Recognises underlying problems, opportunities, or external political forces affecting the organisation.

Policy

The DBSA reserves the right to amend or remove vacancies in line with organisational requirements.

All vacancies can be viewed on the DBSA website (www.dbsa.org) under Careers.

PLEASE APPLY HERE

HEAD: ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT

Details

Closing Date

2026/09/09

Reference Number

DBS260820-3

Job Title

Head: Enterprise Risk Management

Job Grade

Job Type Classification

Permanent

Location - Town / City

Midrand

Location - Province

Gauteng

Location - Country

South Africa

Job Profile (Downloadable)

Head Enterprise Risk Management_Job Profile August 2026 Final 02.docx.pdf (331.48 kb) - 8/21/2026 12:00:48 PM

Job Description

The Head: Enterprise Risk is accountable for designing, implementing and continuously improving an integrated enterprise risk management framework that supports DBSA’s mandate, strategy, governance and sustainable development impact. The role leads the Bank’s risk appetite framework, principal and emerging risk oversight, risk culture, operational resilience, business continuity, credit and market risk monitoring, scenario analysis, and risk reporting to executive and Board governance structures. It ensures that risks are identified, assessed, treated, monitored and communicated using reliable risk intelligence, clear ownership, agreed escalation thresholds and continuous improvement practices, so that risk exposures remain within approved appetite and support informed strategic decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Focus

Develop and maintain the short-, medium- and long-term Enterprise Risk strategy and execution roadmap, aligned to DBSA’s mandate, corporate strategy, risk appetite and approved budget.
Identify strategic priorities and deliverables for risk management, ensuring integration with organisational goals and regulatory requirements.
Provide guidance and oversight on execution of the ERM strategy to support organisational resilience and sustainability.
Lead communication, advocacy and adoption of ERM frameworks, policies, methodologies, standards and risk priorities across internal and external stakeholder groups.

Enterprise Risk Integration

Embed consistent risk identification, assessment, treatment, monitoring and communication practices across divisions, supported by fit-for-purpose tools, policies, procedures and clear risk ownership.
Facilitate development of risk management strategies for critical operational risks and ensure implementation of mitigation plans.
Work with business units to identify emerging risks and design proactive solutions to minimise exposure.
Promote a strong risk culture by integrating risk management principles into business planning and operational processes.
Facilitate enterprise-wide risk identification, assessment and reporting processes.
Maintain the strategic risk register, regularly reviewing the DBSA’s principal risks, emerging risks and near-misses.
Monitor adherence to the Board-approved Risk Appetite Framework, ensuring timely escalation of exposures outside appetite, allocation of accountable owners and tracking of remediation actions to closure.
Lead emerging risk, stress-testing and scenario analysis to assess interconnected risks, inform strategic choices and strengthen operational and financial resilience.
Conduct risk awareness and training programmes to enhance organisational capability in managing non-financial risks.

Risk Management, Reporting and Governance

Monitor and report on risk levels against approved risk appetite across the organisation.
Oversee timely, accurate and insight-led risk reporting to ExCo, Board Risk Committee and other governance forums, highlighting risk profile movements, appetite breaches, key risk indicators, emerging risks and management actions.
Develop dashboards and reporting tools to provide clear visibility of risk trends and mitigation progress.
Ensure policy compliance, effective control remediation and timely closure of material audit findings, with clear accountability and monitoring of control improvement actions.

Business Continuity Management

Design and oversee implementation of BCM processes, including disaster recovery, crisis management, and emergency response protocols.
Ensure business impact analyses, business continuity plans, crisis management arrangements and disaster recovery dependencies are reviewed, tested and updated in line with organisational, technology and external environment changes.
Coordinate crisis and incident management, recovery strategies and resilience programmes to minimise operational disruption and protect critical services.

Credit and Market Risk Monitoring

Establish policies and methodologies for effective counterparty monitoring and management of market and credit risk, including liquidity risk management.
Establish and maintain the DBSA prudential limit framework, including limit setting, monitoring, early-warning indicators, breach escalation, remediation tracking and governance reporting.
Regularly review limit setting against risk-adjusted changes in counterparties and obligors risk profiles.

Model Risk Management

Own and maintain the organisation’s Model Risk Management Framework, ensuring alignment with regulatory and governance standards.
Chair and lead the Model Governance Committee, driving oversight, accountability, and decision-making.
Provide independent oversight and challenge to strengthen governance and mitigate risk.
Manage the enterprise model inventory, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and compliance with governance requirements.
Oversee validation processes, track remediation actions, and ensure timely resolution of deficiencies.
Engage with regulators and ensure full compliance with model risk regulatory requirements.
Deliver structured reports to Executive Management and the Board, providing insights on model risk exposures and governance outcomes.
Establish governance for AI and advanced analytics models, ensuring ethical use, transparency, and risk mitigation.
Integrate model risk into enterprise risk (ER) processes to strengthen organisational resilience.
Drive continuous improvement of model risk practices, embedding innovation, efficiency, and best practice standards.

Stakeholder Management

Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, including ExCo and divisional leadership, to embed risk management practices.
Engage with regulators, industry bodies, shareholder representatives, development partners and external assurance providers to benchmark DBSA’s risk practices against applicable standards and emerging market practice.
Represent DBSA in risk-related forums and contribute to shaping industry-wide risk management practices.

Digital Transformation

Champion digital risk transformation, data quality, analytics, automation and dashboarding to improve risk visibility, early-warning capability and evidence-based decision-making.
Identify and adopt emerging technologies to modernise risk management practices and improve organisational resilience.

People Management

Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning to maximise individual and collective potential.
Drive talent development initiatives, including coaching, performance management, and career pathing, to build and retain a skilled and motivated team.
Provide direction and management to the Division, to enable strategy execution.
Attract, retain, develop talent and ensure succession planning and sufficient capacity and capability in all critical functions, supporting diversity strategies and initiatives as well.
Promote DBSA values and a culture of high performance through implementing performance management in line with the planned strategic objectives, goals, quality standards and agreed key performance measures using sound performance management principles.
Contribute to building synergies & cooperation across functions in the DBSA.
Embed the DBSA values, ethics and culture.

Key Measurements of Outputs

Risk appetite framework, ER policies and methodologies reviewed, approved and embedded annually, with evidence of continuous improvement and alignment to DBSA’s strategy and governance requirements.
Risk and control self-assessments, key risk indicators, control adequacy reviews and action plans completed within agreed timelines and reported to relevant governance structures.
Business continuity framework, BIAs, crisis management plans, disaster recovery dependencies and BCM testing outcomes reviewed, tested and remediated within approved cycles.
Effective and timely monitoring and management of credit and market risk.
Timeous escalation and resolution of limit breaches against the appetite to ensure no undue concentration risk in the portfolio.
Effective and timely management of model risk management across the DBSA.
Successful integration of risk management into strategic planning and decision-making through risk awareness programs, risk maturity and culture assessments.
Risk reports to ExCo and Board Committees are timely, accurate, forward-looking and action-oriented, with clear articulation of trends, appetite breaches, emerging risks and mitigation progress.
Level of digital enablement in risk management processes and reporting
Management of team performance, talent development, and succession planning using the performance management system.
Management of the Unit’s budget, ensuring proper planning and cost management, no UIFW expenditure.
No material internal and external audit outcomes.

Expertise & Technical Competencies

Minimum Qualification

Postgraduate qualification in Risk Management, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Accounting or a related discipline.

Minimum Experience

A minimum 12 years’ experience in financial services, banking, development finance, investment management or related sectors, with at least 5 years in a management or senior risk leadership role.
In-depth working knowledge of enterprise risk management, risk appetite, prudential risk disciplines, Basel principles, ISO 31000, business continuity, operational resilience, governance and applicable South African regulatory frameworks.
Proven track record in developing and implementing enterprise risk frameworks, policies, and methodologies.
Strong experience in BCM and operational resilience planning.
Demonstrated ability to engage with executive committees, board subcommittees, and regulators on risk-related matters.
Experience in leading enterprise risk assessments and multidisciplinary teams.
Experience in embedding risk culture and delivering risk awareness programmes across diverse business units.

Desirable Experience

Master’s Degree or equivalent
Professional certification in risk management, financial risk, business continuity, corporate governance, internal control or information systems risk, such as FRM, PRM, IRM, CRISC, CBCI or equivalent.
Exposure to risk management in a DFI or similar regulated financial services organisation.
Exposure to infrastructure, project finance, structured finance or development lending.
Experience in integrating risk management with strategic planning and organisational performance frameworks.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Risk Management Policies and Procedures

Drives integration and standardisation of risk management processes across the organisation
Advises on the application of the organisation’s risk management policies, industry best practices and constructs organisation guidelines
Analyses trends in risk management and internal control, evaluates implications, defines and implements organisation-wide response.

Risk Response and Reporting

Develop innovative and strategic approaches to managing significant business risks across the organisation.
Interpret risk reporting and make effective decisions based on high-level understanding and expertise.

Risk Identification and Assessments

Advises on applicable aspects of risk identification and assessment.
Diagnoses significant, unusual and emerging risks to which the business is exposed.

Strategic Planning

Establishes challenging, attainable goals and objectives based on a customer focus perspective.
Looks to the future with a broad perspective.
Ensures performances measures are in place to monitor progress and assess accomplishments and achievement of strategic goals and objectives.
Develops initiatives to achieve goals and objectives.
Articulates the vision and plans to others.

Corporate Governance

The skills, knowledge, and abilities necessary to effectively guide, oversee, and regulate the management practices and strategic direction of an organisation, ensuring accountability, fairness, transparency, and ethical conduct.

Business Acumen

Takes actions to fit business strategy.
Assesses and links short-term tasks in the context of long-term business strategies or perspectives.
Reviews own actions against the organisation's strategic plan; includes the big picture when considering possible opportunities or projects or thinks about long-term applications of current activities.
Anticipates possible responses to different initiatives.
Understands the projected direction of the industry and how changes might impact the organisation.

Required Personal Attributes

LEADERSHIP/BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

Strategic & Innovative Thinking

Understands connections and trade-offs of strategic choices to evaluate which ideas are practical and possible by considering business and/or scientific implications.
Develops innovative business and/or customer solutions that shape industry practices.

Leading and Empowering Others

Identifies long-term goals for the team and communicates them to team members, ensuring their buy in.
Sets a good example by personally exercising desired behaviour, acts on values and beliefs.
Communicates a vision for the team and future success that inspires team members.
After assessing others’ competence, one delegates full authority and responsibility to others to do a task in their own way.
Ensures that competent employees are given opportunities to further their careers.

Leading and Managing Change

Anticipates the need for change when not obvious and influences others to gain support.
Builds sustainable business and organisational capacity to embrace and thrive on change.
Re-engineers and aligns structures, processes and practices to support and sustain the desired change.

Teamwork & Cooperation

Acts to promote a friendly climate and good morale and resolves conflicts.
Creates opportunities for cross-functional working.
Encourages others to network outside of their own team/department and learn from their experience.

Decisiveness

Makes timely decisions about complex issues even when some information is missing.
Makes decisions and stands by them even when they are controversial or unpopular.
Grasps critical business opportunities when they arise by making timely decisions.

Developing Others

Gives specific positive or mixed feedback for developmental purposes.
Gives negative feedback in behavioural rather than personal terms.
Reassures and/or expresses positive expectations for future performance when giving corrective feedback.
Gives individualised suggestions to individuals for their improvement.

Driving Delivery of Results

Identifies and implements a business opportunity that will have a long-term impact on the business (which may include the organisation’s reputation or brand image).
Monitors progress and adapts the plan if necessary to ensure optimal benefit to the business.
Makes decisions, sets priorities, or chooses goals on the basis of inputs and outputs makes explicit considerations of potential profit, return on investment, or cost benefit analysis.
Based on the cost-benefit analysis, makes decisions of entrepreneurial risk nature.

Organisational Awareness

Recognises and/or addresses the reasons for ongoing organisational behaviour (internal & external).
Recognises underlying problems, opportunities, or external political forces affecting the organisation.

Policy

The DBSA reserves the right to amend or remove vacancies in line with organisational requirements.

All vacancies can be viewed on the DBSA website (www.dbsa.org) under Careers.

PLEASE APPLY HERE

PROJECT MANAGER PARTNER-A-DISTRICT

Details

Closing Date

2026/09/09

Reference Number

DBS260826-1

Job Title

Project Manager Partner-A-District

Job Type Classification

Permanent

Location - Town / City

Midrand

Location - Province

Gauteng

Location - Country

South Africa

Job Profile (Downloadable)

Project Manager PAD_Job Profile Aug 2026.pdf (332.64 kb) - 8/26/2026 9:54:34 AM

Job Description

The Partner-A-District (PAD) Programme operationalises the Bank’s municipal strategy, focusing on transforming the M2/M3 municipal segment through an integrated, programmatic, and partnership-driven approach. It positions districts as strategic entry points for the DBSA to elevate the development impact in alignment with government policies. The role of the Project Manager is to manage and implement multiple projects on behalf of the PAD Programme.

Key Responsibilities

1. Project & Stakeholder Management

Implement large-scale infrastructure projects involving multiple stakeholders from cradle to completion.
Work with the Programme Manager to develop operational plan/s for several districts and a variety of PAD projects.
Manage allocated projects; the scope of work, delivery schedule, price and contractual conditions whilst building and maintaining relationships with clients, partners, key stakeholders, internal and external specialists.
Serve as a key link with the Programme Manager and district/municipality representative in terms of project coordination and implementation.
Facilitate and co-ordinate the efforts of all parties involved in the project, including professional service providers (consultants), programme partners, contractors, sub-contractors and labour.
Manage and coordinate project activities, ensuring that work is completed to high-quality standards and safety.
Identify and negotiate assignment of resources required for project delivery.
Develop and manage project schedules using MS Projects and other project management tools.
Manage relationships at various levels with the project stakeholders and partners in accordance with the PAD development objectives and stakeholder relations and communication strategy.
Establish and maintain strategic partnerships and alliances, enhancing the Bank’s development support role.

2. Project Planning & Implementation

Develop and implement project work plans and make revisions as and when needed.
Collaborate with architects, engineers, and other stakeholders to develop project plans and designs.
Confirm project activities for each project are scheduled and agreed with the Programme Manager.
Prepare and manage all project cost activities.
Engage and agree on all project milestones and deliverables with key stakeholders and clients.

3. Project Control: Cost, Time & Quality

Develop and manage project budgets and timelines,ensuring that projects are delivered on time and within budget for each allocated project.
Conduct regular progress and technical meetings with the relevant teams.
Conduct regular inspection visits at project site(s) to monitor that project activities follow the predetermined schedule and project milestones.
Manage project accounting, including budget management (contracts), approval of progress payments, tracking of team expenses and minimising the risk exposure.
Review, verify and submit invoices/claims of contractors and/or professional service providers to the Programme Manager for approval.
Maintain strict adherence to quality and safety standards.
Compile project risk register and proactively manage project risk and mitigate as necessary.
Manage changes to the project without unduly affecting the stated objectives and benefits.

4. Project Feedback & Reporting

Provide timely feedback to Exco, management, committees, clients, and key stakeholders.
Monitor and report on project progress, communicating regularly with project stakeholders to keep them informed.
Action site meeting minutes and action plans.
Conduct and compile project close-out reviews and lessons learned report.

5. Business Development

Collaborate on the execution of the origination strategy in the municipal sectors to drive infrastructure investment.
Identify and originate viable projects for preparation, scoping, feasibility studies, and business case development.
Build and maintain a robust pipeline of high-quality, bankable investment opportunities through proactive business development and sector expertise.

6. Project Contract Management

Develop and issue contract instructions in accordance with conditions of the contract (in consultation with Legal).
Monitor performance by identifying and resolving areas of concern.
Actively manage, measure progress against the contract’s performance and ensure adherence to the contract conditions and timelines.

7. Project Commissioning

Manage and facilitate the availability of all site handover documentation.
Coordinate the submission of as-built drawings and user specifications where applicable.
Manage and coordinate the close-out phase of the project and ensure compliance.
Manage audit and compliance queries from stakeholders.
Complete handover and ensure sign-off by client.

8. Project Health, Safety & Environmental

Implement the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act and any recommendations from audits carried out within the project environment.
Assure compliance with the project Environmental Approval (EA) conditions, develop a culture of safety and health within the project environment by promoting the aims and benefits of proactive safety and health interventions.
Conduct effective control, management and follow-up of incidents.
Advise and evaluate contractors on compliance with the approved safety plan and ensure that the Safety, Health & Environmental Standards are adhered to.

Key Measurements of Outputs

Successful origination, management and implementation of allocated projects:
Percentage of performance targets met as per the PAD execution plan.
Quality of delivery of projects.
Risks monitored and mitigated.
Stakeholder/Partners' satisfaction with agreed projects.
Compliance with Health & Safety legislation and protocols.
Quality of presentations and reports.
Clean audit.

Expertise & Technical Competencies

a) Project Management

Defines, plans, and manages large and/or strategic projects, including those with a high degree of technical complexity, with impacts across the organisation and/or with national implications.
Assembles and leads diverse and multidisciplinary teams, ensuring maximum effective resource utilisation.
Successfully manages substantial project budgets and reports directly to senior managers on the progress and results of projects.
Identifies complex issues that need escalation and proposes appropriate corrective actions.

b) Business Acumen

Takes actions to fit business strategy.
Assesses and links short-term tasks in the context of long-term business strategies or perspectives.
Reviews own actions against the organisation's strategic plan; includes the big picture when considering possible opportunities or projects, or thinks about longterm applications of current activities.
Anticipates possible responses to different initiatives.
Understands the projected direction of the industry and how changes might impact the organisation.

c) Business Development

Identifies lucrative market opportunities through an excellent understanding and interpretation of sector analyses, including market structure, supply and demand aspects, competitor environment, gap analysis.
Actively participates in formulating, developing, and implementing the business development strategy/ies to generate new investment opportunities in the public and private sector (delivery of infrastructure services).
Constructs business plan of bankable multidimensional projects, using standard and/or customised templates and processes.
Assesses Project/ Programme Feasibility through interrogation of resource requirements (including financing, capacity, capability, and related issues).
Coordinates, controls, and manages the activities and efforts required for the implementation of the plan.

d) Detailed Oriented

Quickly identifies relevant and irrelevant information to support accurate decision making.
Maps out all the logistics and details of a situation to ensure smooth and flawless implementation.
Consistently identifies all relevant details that are not obvious in complex situations.
Requires the highest standards for accuracy and quality for their work.
Establishes processes to ensure accuracy and quality of services delivered by the team.

e) Planning & Organising

Coaches’ others on advanced planning and organising skills.
Plays a role in transferring advanced planning and organising skills and knowledge to others.
Identifies and acts on opportunities to partner with other units in the department to achieve desired results.
Develops partnership agreements that ensure win-win outcomes for all parties. Develops integrated plans for the work unit and others that interfaces with the function’s budget.

f) Reporting & Communication

Designs, reviews, and improves reporting processes and provides guidance.
Leads production of complex environment reports, takes an editorial role, determines content and level of detail, and ensures consistent messaging and branding.
Is relied on by others to help them write complex technical and non-technical documents and briefs.
Can determine which aspects of this knowledge area need to be transferred to others to achieve organisational goals.
Coaches’ others and transfers communication skills and knowledge to others.
Able to communicate complex problems or concepts, by making them simple and understandable for others.
Adapts language to the level of the audience to ensure that the message has a positive impact and is interesting to the audience.
Is articulate, demonstrates a wide range of vocabulary, and is confident when talking to large/high level audiences.

g) Negotiation

Understands and can apply basic negotiating skills and techniques, e.g., obtaining a full understanding of the other party's agenda and needs before disclosing one's own perspectives.
Possesses an understanding of various unspoken communications from other parties and can decipher hidden agendas.
Is able to successfully conclude negotiations that require the development of an emotional as well as factual argument.
Is able to develop mutually beneficial potential solutions.

h) Presentation Skills

Knows how to deliver arguments persuasively by employing a range of advanced presentation techniques (e.g., the appropriate use of body language, how to close a presentation so that the audience continues to think about the subject matter etc.).
Has knowledge of various feedback mechanisms to check levels of audience understanding.

i) Problem Solving

Identifies complex problems based on a broad range of factors, many of which are ambiguous or difficult to define.
While remaining guided by organisational values, identifies optimal solutions, thinking first in terms of possible approaches and flexibilities in the system vs. blind adherence to rules or procedures.
Implements solutions to complex problems, then evaluates the effectiveness and efficiency of solutions and identifies needed changes.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Civil Engineering.
Registration as a Project Management Professional (PMP) with the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Minimum Experience

A minimum of 8 years’ demonstrated work experience as a Project Manager or similar role.
Demonstrated technical experience with Project Management tools such as Microsoft Project and Planner.
Proven track record in managing engineering/ construction projects/built environment in various disciplines.
Sound knowledge of the JBCC, NEC, GCC and other relevant building contracts.
Knowledge and understanding of all legislation relevant to the business of DBSA (i.e. PFMA, MFMA, PPPFA, etc.).
Demonstrated ability to lead complex strategic projects to successful completion.
Strong understanding government planning cycle and processes.
Demonstrable track record of working with high-level government stakeholders.
Understanding of complex regulatory environments of municipalities/metros, state-owned enterprises, and other government entities in South Africa.

Desirable Requirements

A relevant postgraduate qualification: Postgraduate qualification in Engineering/ Project Management/ Business Management or a Master’s degree.
Professional Registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) or the South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP).
Strong knowledge and experience in local government and complex regulatory environment, and track record of working with high-level government stakeholders, the municipal planning cycle and processes.
Projects in Controlled Environments (PRINCE), and South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP).
A project management qualification at an NQF Level 6.
Supply Chain Management and Processes.

The KPA’s, competencies and relationships listed in this document are not exhaustive, and the incumbent will be expected to undertake additional duties within their capacity to meet the needs of business and/or the business unit.

Required Personal Attributes

a) Analytical Thinking

Identifies multiple elements of a problem and breaks down each of those elements in detail, showing. causal relationships between them.
Uses several analytical techniques to identify several solutions and weighs the value of each.

b) Information Seeking and Analysis

Analyses relationships among several parts of a problem or situation.
Anticipates obstacles and thinks ahead about next steps in detail.

c) Leading and Empowering Others

Identifies long-term goals for the team and communicates them to team members, ensuring their buy-in.
Sets a good example by personally exercising desired behaviour, acts on values and beliefs.
Communicates a vision for the team and future success that inspires team members.
After assessing others’ competence, one delegates full authority and responsibility to others to do a task. in their own way.
Ensures that competent employees are given opportunities to further their careers.

d) Leading and Managing Change

Anticipates the need for change when not obvious and influences others to gain support.
Builds sustainable business and organisational capacity to embrace and thrive on change.
Re-engineers and aligns structures, processes, and practices to support and sustain the desired change.

e) Strategic and Innovative Thinking

Understands connections and trade-offs of strategic choices to evaluate which ideas are practical and possible by considering business and/or scientific implications.
Develops innovative business and/or customer solutions that shape industry practices.

Policy

The DBSA reserves the right to amend or remove vacancies in line with organisational requirements.

All vacancies can be viewed on the DBSA website (www.dbsa.org) under Careers.

PLEASE APPLY HERE

PROGRAMME MANAGER (PSP PROGRAMME) FIXED TERM CONTRACT UNTIL 13 MAY 2030

Details

Closing Date

2026/09/06

Reference Number

DBS260826-4

Job Title

Programme Manager (PSP Programme) Fixed Term Contract until 13 May 2030

Job Grade

Job Type Classification

Contract

Location - Town / City

Midrand

Location - Province

Gauteng

Location - Country

South Africa

Job Profile (Downloadable)

PSP Programme_Programme Manager_August 2026 Signed.pdf (1.13 Mb) - 8/27/2026 7:51:37 PM

Job Description

The Programme Manager is responsible for leading, coordinating, and managing the successful planning, implementation, monitoring, and delivery of Public Sector Participation (PSP) programmes. The role ensures that PSP initiatives are delivered within approved scope, timelines, budgets, governance requirements, and strategic objectives. The Programme Manager provides oversight across the full project lifecycle, including project identification, planning, procurement coordination, contract management, stakeholder engagement, risk management, financial oversight, and reporting.

Key Responsibilities

1. Programme Identification and Planning

Contribute to the identification, assessment, and confirmation of viable PSP projects and programme opportunities.
Facilitate the development, review, agreement, and approval of programme and project charters and implementation plans.
Oversee the accurate registration and maintenance of approved projects within the PSP Programme project management system and databases.
Coordinate project planning activities to ensure alignment with programme objectives, governance requirements, and stakeholder expectations.
Support the development of project schedules, delivery frameworks, milestones, and implementation roadmaps.

2. Programme Design and Implementation

Develop and manage comprehensive PSP projects/programmes implementation plans, support frameworks, and delivery schedules.
Coordinate projects/programmes initiation, mobilisation, handover, execution, and closure activities across the programme lifecycle.
Oversee that projects/programmes implementation is aligned with the approved scope, strategic objectives, budgets, and timelines.
Monitor project delivery performance and facilitate corrective actions where required.
Support the integration of multidisciplinary technical, financial, legal, and stakeholder inputs into project execution processes.

3. Contract and Performance Management

Coordinate the appointment and contracting of professional service providers, consultants, technical experts, and project personnel in collaboration with procurement and relevant support functions.
Monitor the performance of project managers, consultants, contractors, and service providers against contractual obligations and deliverables.
Manage contract compliance, performance issues, and escalation processes where required.
Adhere to service delivery standards, contractual milestones, and reporting obligations are achieved.
Support procurement planning and contract administration activities across PSP projects.

4. Programme Monitoring, Reporting, and Risk Management

Monitor projects/programmes progress, implementation schedules, budgets, risks, and overall programme performance.
Prepare and submit accurate and timely project progress reports, expenditure reports, governance submissions, and risk reports.
Maintain project risk registers and ensure appropriate mitigation strategies are implemented for identified risks and issues.
Track project performance indicators and ensure effective project/programme governance and reporting practices are maintained.
Escalate critical project risks, delays, or budget deviations to management where necessary.

5. Stakeholder Engagement and Coordination

Coordinate stakeholder engagements, project/programme meetings, workshops, presentations, and decision-making forums.
Facilitate collaboration and communication between internal business units, government institutions, project teams, consultants, and external stakeholders.
Support stakeholder management and communication activities in collaboration with the Stakeholder Engagement and Communications function.
Manage stakeholder expectations, resolve concerns and project/programme dependencies are effectively managed throughout the project lifecycle.
Prepare stakeholder engagement materials, presentations, meeting records, and progress updates.

6. Financial Management

Develop and manage project/programme budgets in alignment with approved scope, delivery plans, and implementation schedules.
Monitor and control project/programme expenditure to ensure all remain within approved budget parameters.
Prepare financial forecasts, expenditure tracking reports, and budget variance analyses.
Support financial governance, compliance, and audit requirements associated with PSP projects and programmes.
Ensure accurate financial reporting throughout the project lifecycle.

7. Resource Management

Coordinate administrative, operational, and logistical support for project/programme teams, consultants, and contract personnel.
Develop and manage project/programme resources and staffing plans to support successful programme delivery.
Oversee the allocation, utilisation, and performance management of project/programme resources.
Support onboarding, coordination, and performance monitoring of project/programme personnel and service providers.
Ensure adequate resourcing to meet programme delivery requirements and project timelines.

8. Information and Knowledge Management

Maintain accurate, complete, and up-to-date project/programme documentation, records, and programme information systems.
Manage the centralised repository and document library for all PSP Programme project records, reports, contracts, and governance documentation.
Ensure compliance with audit, governance, reporting, and record-keeping requirements.
Support knowledge management initiatives through the documentation of lessons learned, case studies, and best practices.
Facilitate information sharing and institutional learning across PSP Programme initiatives.

9. People Management

Manage internal and external teams, ensuring effective task allocation, supervision, and quality assurance.
Lead mentor, and develop a high-performing team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning to maximise individual and collective potential.
Provide leadership and guidance to the Infrastructure Finance team and multidisciplinary project teams.
Drive talent development initiatives, including coaching, performance management, and career pathing, to build and retain a skilled and motivated team.
Identify training needs and support professional development initiatives to ensure staff are equipped to meet evolving demands.
Drive a culture of innovation and continuous improvement across the agency to support strategic agility.

Expertise & Technical Competencies

Minimum Qualifications

A post-graduate qualification in Project Management, Engineering (Civil or Transport), Business Administration, Commerce or related field.
Professional project management certification: PMP, PRINCE2, SACPCMP,PMBOK or equivalent project/programme management certification

Minimum Requirements

A minimum of 10 years demonstrable experience in programme management in the capital projects environment and managing multiple projects in the transport and rail sector, with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in supervising or managing teams.
In-depth experience in programme and project management software, methodologies and tools, and project budget management and resource management.
Experience working on large-scale and complex infrastructure or capital-intensive projects to successful completion.
Strong understanding of governance, procurement, and infrastructure project delivery processes.
Knowledge of South African policies, legislation and regulatory environment related to the transport sector in general and the rail sector in specific, and public-private partnerships.
Demonstrated knowledge of legislation, regulations, policies, processes and procedures governing the infrastructure planning and development in South Africa (e.g. PFMA).
Extensive experience in programme reporting and to various stakeholders including multidisciplinary teams and senior stakeholders.

Desirable Requirements

Experience in the public sector engaging senior-level stakeholders.
Experience in African infrastructure markets or emerging market contexts.
Extensive experience working with projects in Public Private Partnerships (PPPs).

Technical Competencies

a) Strategic Planning

Develops long-term objectives, strategies, and goals. Oriented to longer terms than day-to-day activities; determines long-term issues, problems or opportunities. Develops and establishes broad-scale, longer-term objectives, goals, or special projects (e.g., affecting a department, several departments or DBSA).
Develops a business strategy; assesses and links short-term, day-to-day tasks in the context of long-term business strategies or a long-term perspective; considers whether short-term goals will meet long-term objectives.
Ability to analyse complex economic trends and their impact on organisational strategy.

b) Business Development

Identifies lucrative market opportunities through an excellent understanding and interpretation of sector analyses, including market structure, supply and demand aspects, competitor environment, and gap analysis.
Actively participates in formulating, developing and implementing the business development strategy/ies to generate new investment opportunities in the public and private sector (delivery of infrastructure services).
Constructs business plan of bankable multi-dimensional projects, using standard and/or customised templates and processes.
Assesses Project/ Programme Feasibility through interrogation of resource requirements (including financing, capacity, capability and related issues).

c) Reporting

Designs / customises reports to meet user needs.
Prepares complex or tailored reports, gathers information from a variety of sources, analyses and includes in a report.
Keeps standard reports under review and proposes improvements to meet user needs.

d) Project Management

Initiates project plans and secures resources for projects that span area or department boundaries.
Uses estimating techniques and develops project risk management approaches.
Has an in-depth and practical understanding of how to maximise the effectiveness of project teams.

e) Quality Management

Ability to develop quality management plans and inspection protocols. Implements systems and processes to ensure quality is built into the design and planning stages, and conducts audits and reviews to verify compliance with standards.

f) Business Acumen

Takes actions to fit business strategy.
Assesses and links short-term tasks in the context of long-term business strategies or perspectives.
Reviews own actions against the organisation's strategic plan; includes the big picture when considering possible opportunities or projects, or thinks about long-term applications of current activities.
Anticipates possible responses to different initiatives.
Understands the projected direction of the industry and how changes might impact the organisation.

Required Personal Attributes

a) Strategic and Innovative Thinking

Recognises opportunities or problems emerging in patterns and trends, and their impact on the business and profitability drivers.
Recognises opportunities or potential problems, before they become obvious, by seeing the connections in a range of sources of information, including insights from outside DBSA.
Experiments with new approaches, tests scenarios, questions assumptions and challenges conventional thinking.
Develops innovative business and/or customer solutions that shape industry practices.

b) Driving Delivery of Results

Identifies a business opportunity or a barrier to performance and takes action to address it.
Reviews and makes changes to plans, offerings, etc. to get better results, thereby improving business performance.
Sets challenging goals that will have a significant impact on the business or support the organisational strategy.
Identifies and implements a business opportunity that will have a long-term impact on the business (which may include the organisation’s reputation or brand image). Monitors progress and adapts the plan if necessary to ensure optimal benefit to the business.

c) Leading and Empowering Others

Clarifies roles and responsibilities; makes needs and requirements clear to the people of the team.
Creates the conditions that enable the team to perform at its best (e.g., setting clear direction, providing appropriate structure, getting the right people, and obtaining needed resources).
Supports the team publicly by demonstrating confidence in the team to others; recognises and rewards superior individual effort, and does not take personal credit for the team’s success.
Sets a good example by personally exercising desired behaviour; acts on values and beliefs.

d) Organisational Awareness

Recognises and/or uses the formal structure or hierarchy of an organisation (internal & external).
Recognises key actors, decision-influencers, etc. and applies this knowledge when formal structure does not work as well as desired.
Recognises and/or uses the corporate culture (language, etc.) that will produce the best response.
Recognises underlying problems, opportunities, or external political forces affecting the organisation.

e) Customer/Business Service Orientation

Gains the trust of customers by maintaining clear, two-way communication regarding mutual expectations and satisfaction with service.
Requests ongoing feedback from customers and takes action in response to it; manages to retain and capitalise on existing customers.
Utilises the feedback received by customers to develop new and/or improve existing services/ products that relate to their ongoing needs.
Takes time to understand the customer’s business and medium to long-term objectives; provides information and recommends approaches.

Policy

The DBSA reserves the right to amend or remove vacancies in line with organisational requirements.

All vacancies can be viewed on the DBSA website (www.dbsa.org) under Careers.

PLEASE APPLY HERE

LEAD: PROJECT FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE (PSP PROGRAMME) FIXED TERM CONTRACT UNTIL 13 MAY 2030

Details

Closing Date

2026/09/06

Reference Number

DBS260826-3

Job Title

Lead: Project Finance Infrastructure (PSP Programme) Fixed Term Contract until 13 May 2030

Job Grade

Job Type Classification

Contract

Location - Town / City

Midrand

Location - Province

Gauteng

Location - Country

South Africa

Job Profile (Downloadable)

PSP Programme_Lead Project Finance (Infrastructure)_August 2026_Signed.pdf (1.22 Mb) - 8/27/2026 8:30:37 PM

Job Description

The role is responsible for leading and guiding the structuring, development, execution, and implementation of infrastructure finance transactions and sustainable financing solutions that support economic development and infrastructure delivery. The role is responsible for leading transaction teams, driving innovative financing initiatives, mobilising public and private sector funding, supporting strategic infrastructure investments, and providing specialist advisory services to internal and external stakeholders in alignment with the PSP Programme’s mandate and strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities

1. Infrastructure Finance Modelling and Transactions

Lead the preparation, structuring, negotiation, and execution of complex infrastructure finance transactions, investment operations, and financing solutions under the PSP Programme.
Direct advanced financial analysis and modelling within multidisciplinary project teams to support the design of complex financial structures and credit enhancement mechanisms that mobilise commercial capital for infrastructure and development finance purposes.
Provide strategic advisory services to internal and external stakeholders on the development and implementation of sustainable public and private sector infrastructure investments within the PSP Programme.
Contribute as an integral member of project and programme teams conducting due diligence, feasibility assessments, commercial evaluations, and financial structuring activities for infrastructure finance projects.
Drive the progression of infrastructure projects to bankability through effective transaction structuring, risk mitigation, due diligence, and stakeholder engagement.
Lead credit approval processes and negotiate detailed transaction terms in collaboration with Treasury, Legal, Portfolio Management, and other key stakeholders.
Support the development and expansion of the PSP Programme pipeline, including identification and advancement of viable infrastructure financing opportunities.

2. Financial Structuring and Financing Solutions

Develop and implement financial advisory solutions for the PSP Programme, including mandated lead arranger (MLA) services and associated technical, financial, environmental, insurance, and banking solutions.
Lead the design and implementation of innovative and sustainable financing instruments to accelerate infrastructure delivery.
Structure advanced financing solutions for PSP Programme clients, including blended finance structures, Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), B-BBEE funding structures, local currency financing, guarantees, and derivative hedging instruments.
Develop and implement complex financing instruments, including project bonds, green bonds, CPI-linked debt, bridging facilities, working capital facilities, construction performance bonds, and project preparation facilities.
Conduct financial modelling, sensitivity analysis, scenario testing, and transaction analytics to support investment decision-making and transaction execution.
Support funding mobilisation initiatives through engagement with financial markets, development finance institutions, commercial banks, investors, and strategic partners.
Provide integrated financial advisory services across technical, financial, environmental, insurance, and banking dimensions within infrastructure finance transactions.
Facilitate access to financial markets to support PSP Programme investments and operations, contributing to sustainable economic development and infrastructure expansion.

3. Stakeholder and Partnership Management

Develop and maintain strategic relationships with government institutions, development finance institutions, private sector investors, commercial banks, and infrastructure stakeholders.
Support public sector institutions in structuring and financing Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) and strategic infrastructure programmes aligned to
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Represent the PSP Programme in stakeholder engagements, negotiations, industry forums, and strategic partnership discussions.
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to identify investment opportunities, unlock funding, and facilitate infrastructure development initiatives.

4. Governance and Strategic Support

Comply with governance frameworks, investment mandates, risk management requirements, and regulatory obligations throughout the transaction lifecycle.
Prepare and review investment memoranda, transaction reports, governance submissions, Board papers, and Executive Committee reports.
Support long-term financial planning, portfolio strategy, and infrastructure financing initiatives in collaboration with Treasury and Finance teams.
Contribute to the development and implementation of strategic initiatives, financing frameworks, and infrastructure development programmes under the PSP Programme.
Perform additional strategic and operational duties as required by the Head of Division.

5. People Management

Manage internal and external teams, ensuring effective task allocation, supervision, and quality assurance.
Lead mentor, and develop a high-performing team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning to maximise individual and collective potential.
Provide leadership and guidance to the Infrastructure Finance team and multidisciplinary project teams.
Drive talent development initiatives, including coaching, performance management, and career pathing, to build and retain a skilled and motivated team.
Identify training needs and support professional development initiatives to ensure staff are equipped to meet evolving demands.
Drive a culture of innovation and continuous improvement across the agency to support strategic agility.

Key Measurements of Outputs

Quality, accuracy, and robustness of financial models and financing solutions developed.
Value and number of project approvals, commitments, financial closes, and disbursements achieved.
Value of infrastructure investment and development catalysed through financing initiatives.
Value of public and private sector partnerships and funding mobilised.
Percentage of projects progressed to bankability and successful implementation.
Effectiveness of transaction structuring, due diligence, and risk mitigation processes.
Timeliness and quality of investment analysis, governance submissions, and transaction reporting.
Compliance with governance, regulatory, and credit approval requirements.
Stakeholder satisfaction with advisory support, financing solutions, and transaction execution.
Achievement of clean audit outcomes and effective resolution of audit findings.

Expertise & Technical Competencies

Minimum Qualifications

A postgraduate qualification in Development Finance, Finance, Business, Engineering or Economics.

Minimum Requirements

A minimum of 10 years demonstrable experience in infrastructure, development or project finance at a professional level, with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in supervising a team.
Proven track record in end-to-end transaction execution, including structuring, financial modelling, negotiation, and financial close
Extensive experience working with projects in Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), blended finance and development finance structures, as well as debt and equity structuring
Familiar with the credit analysis and investment approval processes.
Extensive exposure to engaging with DFIs, commercial banks, and institutional investors
Experience in investing in infrastructure in emerging markets, ideally in the transport sector.
Proven experience in project risk identification, management and mitigation.
Demonstrable experience in assessing investment transaction opportunities and projects from early review to bankable debt financing deals.
Experience with working with deal teams and assigning resources to conclude transactions.
Proven ability to provide value to transactions for the benefit of and/or the client through knowledge of the subject, innovation and lateral thinking.
Sound experience in private and public sector investments.
Demonstrated knowledge of legislation, regulations, policies, processes and procedures governing the infrastructure planning and development in South Africa (e.g. PFMA).

Desirable Requirements

Experience in infrastructure, transport, logistics or public-private partnership programmes
Professional certifications: CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst), CA(SA) or equivalent accounting qualification
Financial modelling, infrastructure finance, or PPP certifications

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

a) Risk Identification & Assessment Skills

Advises on applicable aspects of risk identification and assessment.
Assesses and links short-term tasks in the context of long-term business strategies or perspectives.

b) Business Development

Initiates, reviews, and interprets competitor environment reviews.
Formulates and modifies market approaches based on competitor analyses.
Generates new business opportunities in the public and private sector delivery of infrastructure.
Identifies and develops new markets, products and clients.
Builds capacity to conduct project origination exercises.

c) Business Acumen

Takes actions to fit business strategy.
Assesses and links short-term tasks in the context of long-term business strategies or perspectives.
Reviews own actions against the organisation's strategic plan; includes the big picture when considering possible opportunities or projects, or thinks about long-term applications of current activities.
Anticipates possible responses to different initiatives.
Understands the projected direction of the industry and how changes might impact the organisation.

d) Deal Origination

Formulate and develop new and alternative financing mechanisms and concepts that can be replicated elsewhere within and outside SA.
Conceptualise and develop innovative funding instruments (equity, venture capital, mezzanine, debt, securitisation of projects, etc.) to finance infrastructure that would otherwise not be possible, relying on the market only to develop and propose these investment opportunities.
Proactively develop impact concepts to take to the market.
Formulate new products.

e) Deal Structuring

Uses credit enhancement techniques to structure deals and optimise pricing in terms of Basel principles.
Has a good and practical understanding of how to optimise the Capital Structure, collateral package, and debt repayment profile.
Builds and interrogates financial models, including those with a high degree of complexity, to develop an optimal structure.
Identifies complex structural issues that need escalation and proposes appropriate bankable structures.
Demonstrates knowledge on advanced structuring, including the use of derivatives, syndicated loans, synthetic loans, securitisations, inflation-linked debt, credit default swaps and subordinated debt.
Prepares specialised or tailored reports relating to new innovative instruments, gathers information from a variety of sources, analyses and includes in a report for new product approval committees.
Compiles comprehensive specialist reports as required for inclusion into credit committee submissions.

f) Financial modelling

Develop, build and maintain complex, integrated project finance models to support investment decision-making, transaction structuring and execution.
Lead financial modelling for transactions, including scenario, sensitivity and stress testing to assess bankability, risk allocation and financial viability.
Translate technical, legal and commercial inputs into robust financial models that accurately reflect project risks, funding structures and cash flow dynamics.
Interrogate and validate financial models (internal and external) to ensure accuracy, consistency and alignment with transaction assumptions and market standards.
Apply advanced modelling techniques to optimise capital structures, funding strategies and pricing of financial instruments.
Support negotiations and Financial Close through real-time model updates, analysis and interpretation of key financial metrics (e.g. IRR, DSCR, LLCR).

g) Negotiation Skills

Has an appreciation of cultural sensitivities and differences.
Effectively employs a variety of advanced behavioural/interpersonal competencies to control the negotiation situation.
Can take the lead in a variety of sensitive negotiation situations requiring high levels of tact and diplomacy.
Can place a discrete negotiation situation within the context of a broader long-term relationship and is not threatened by conceding ground to protect the longer-term interests of the IF.

h) Financial Acumen

Makes sound financial decisions after having analysed their impacts on the organisation, partner agencies, and community.
Effectively prepares budgetary submissions and forecasts for own department.
Knows the internal and external factors that impact resource and asset availability.
Can interpret management account reports in an operational/commercial context and take action as appropriate to maximise revenues and control costs.

i) Reporting

Designs, reviews and improves reporting processes and provides guidance.
Leads production of complex environment reports, takes an editorial role, determines content and level of detail, and ensures consistent messaging and branding.

j) Presentation Skills

Knows how to deliver arguments persuasively by employing a range of advanced presentation techniques (e.g. the appropriate use of body language, how to close a presentation so that the audience continues to think about the subject matter, etc.).
Knows various feedback mechanisms to check levels of audience understanding.

k) Problem Solving

While remaining guided by organisational values, identifies optimal solutions, thinking first in terms of possible approaches and flexibilities in the system vs. blind adherence to rules or procedures.
Implements solutions to complex problems, then evaluates the effectiveness and efficiency of solutions and identifies needed changes.

Required Personal Attributes

BEHAVIOURAL /LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES

a) Customer Service Orientation

Tries to understand the underlying needs of customers and matches these needs to available or customised products and services.
Adapts processes and procedures to meet ongoing customer needs.
Utilises the feedback received by customers to develop new and/or improve existing services/ products that relate to their ongoing needs.
Thinks of new ways to align DBSA’s offerings with future customer needs.

b) Self-awareness and Self Control

Withholds effects of strong emotions in difficult situations.
Keeps functioning or responds constructively despite stress.
May apply special techniques or plan ahead of time to manage emotions or stress.

c) Strategic and Innovative Thinking

Experiments with new approaches, tests scenarios, questions assumptions and challenges conventional thinking.
Creates new concepts that are not obvious to others, leveraging internal and external sources of information, to build incremental revenue and growth opportunities.

d) Driving delivery of results

Sets challenging goals that will have a significant impact on the business or support the organisational strategy.
Commits significant resources and/or time to ensure that challenging goals are achieved, while also taking action to mitigate risk.

e) Teamwork & Cooperation

Acts to promote a friendly climate and good morale and resolves conflicts.
Creates opportunities for cross-functional working.
Encourages others to network outside of their own team/department and learn from their experience.

*The KPA’s, competencies and relationships listed in this document are not exhaustive, and the incumbent will be expected to undertake additional duties within their capacity to meet the needs of business and/or the business unit.

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LEAD: TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE (PSP PROGRAMME) FIXED TERM CONTRACT UNTIL 13 MAY 2030

Details

Closing Date

2026/09/06

Reference Number

DBS260826-2

Job Title

Lead: Transport Infrastructure (PSP Programme) Fixed Term Contract until 13 May 2030

Job Grade

Job Type Classification

Contract

Location - Town / City

Midrand

Location - Province

Gauteng

Location - Country

South Africa

Job Profile (Downloadable)

PSP Programme_Lead Transport Infrastructure_August 2026.Signed.pdf (1.13 Mb) - 8/28/2026 1:58:17 PM

Job Description

The Lead: Transport Infrastructure is responsible for providing strategic and technical leadership on rail and intermodal transport planning in support of the PSP Programme. The role drives the integration of transport planning, infrastructure strategy, and policy alignment to support sustainable and bankable Public Sector Participation (PSP) initiatives. The role further contributes to the development of innovative transport planning methodologies, analytical tools, and policy frameworks, while incorporating emerging transport technologies and global best practices to strengthen evidence-based decision-making and integrated transport systems planning.

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Advisory on Rail and Intermodal Transport Planning

Provide strategic and technical advisory services on rail, freight, passenger, and intermodal transport planning in support of PSP initiatives.
Lead the integration of intermodal transport considerations into PSP Programme strategies, project design, and infrastructure investment planning.
Oversee the alignment of PSP projects with long-term national, regional, and sectoral transport strategies and infrastructure master plans.
Advise on transport network optimisation, corridor development, logistics integration, and multimodal connectivity opportunities.
Provide transport planning expertise to project feasibility studies, infrastructure assessments, and strategic investment initiatives.

2. Alignment with Transport Policies and Regulatory Frameworks

Assess and ensure that PSP Programme initiatives are aligned with national transport policy objectives, regulatory frameworks, and sector legislation.
Interpret and apply transport policies, planning frameworks, and regulatory requirements within the context of evolving transport systems and PSP models.
Provide strategic input into transport policy development and regulatory reform processes relevant to PSP initiatives.
Support compliance with governance, environmental, and planning requirements applicable to transport infrastructure projects.

3. Integration of Emerging Transport Trends and Innovation

Monitor, analyse, and assess technological advancements and global trends in rail, freight, logistics, and intermodal transport systems.
Provide strategic guidance on the application of emerging technologies and innovative transport solutions within PSP Programme projects.
Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, sustainability, resilience, and integration across transport modes.
Support the incorporation of smart mobility, digital infrastructure, data analytics, and sustainability principles into transport planning initiatives.
Promote innovative approaches to transport infrastructure planning and service delivery.

4. Project Development and Strategic Planning Support

Provide technical planning input into the development, assessment, and implementation of transport PSP projects and programmes.
Support the preparation and review of feasibility studies, transport demand analyses, infrastructure assessments, and strategic planning reports.
Contribute practical insights and lessons learned from PSP initiatives into broader transport policy and planning processes.
Collaborate with government institutions, transport authorities, and policy-making entities to strengthen integrated transport planning frameworks.
Support the identification and prioritisation of transport investment opportunities and infrastructure development pipelines.

5. Standardisation and Decision-Support Tools

Lead the refinement and enhancement of methodologies, planning frameworks, and analytical tools used in evaluating transport PSP opportunities.
Support the development and implementation of data-driven planning and decision-support tools to improve transport investment analysis and project prioritisation.
Promote standardisation, consistency, and innovation in transport planning and evaluation methodologies.
Contribute to the development of transport modelling approaches, scenario analyses, and performance assessment frameworks.
Apply evidence-based planning principles and best practices across PSP Programme initiatives.

6. Stakeholder Engagement and Partnership Management

Develop and maintain strategic relationships with government departments, transport authorities, regulators, development finance institutions, private sector participants, and industry stakeholders.
Represent the PSP Programme in stakeholder engagements, technical forums, industry working groups, and strategic planning discussions.
Facilitate collaboration between transport sector stakeholders to support integrated infrastructure planning and PSP implementation.
Support stakeholder consultations and engagement processes associated with transport planning initiatives and PSP projects.

7. Knowledge Sharing and Capacity Building

Promote knowledge sharing on transport planning methodologies, policy developments, emerging trends, and PSP best practices.
Mentor and provide technical guidance to internal stakeholders, project teams, and specialists on transport planning and PSP-related matters.
Contribute to institutional learning by documenting and disseminating insights, lessons learned, and best practices from transport PSP projects.
Support capability development initiatives aimed at strengthening transport planning and PSP expertise within the organisation.

8. People Management

Manage internal and external teams, ensuring effective task allocation, supervision, and quality assurance.
Lead mentor, and develop a high-performing team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning to maximise individual and collective potential.
Provide leadership and guidance to the Infrastructure Finance team and multidisciplinary project teams.
Drive talent development initiatives, including coaching, performance management, and career pathing, to build and retain a skilled and motivated team.
Identify training needs and support professional development initiatives to ensure staff are equipped to meet evolving demands.
Drive a culture of innovation and continuous improvement across the agency to support strategic agility.

Key Measurements of Outputs

Quality and strategic relevance of transport planning advisory reports and recommendations delivered for PSP projects.
Percentage of PSP Programme projects incorporating intermodal transport integration principles.
Percentage of transport PSP initiatives aligned with applicable transport policies and regulatory frameworks.
Timely delivery of technical transport planning input into project development and decision-making processes.
Number of innovative transport solutions or emerging technology recommendations incorporated into PSP projects.
Quality and effectiveness of transport planning methodologies, frameworks, and decision-support tools developed or refined.
Contribution to the identification and advancement of viable transport infrastructure investment opportunities.
Stakeholder satisfaction with transport planning and technical advisory support provided.
Effectiveness of multidisciplinary coordination across rail, marine, GIS, structural, traffic, and rail safety functions.
Number and quality of knowledge-sharing, mentorship, and capacity-building initiatives delivered.

Expertise & Technical Competencies

Minimum Qualifications

A postgraduate qualification in Engineering (Civil or Transport), Transport Economics, Commerce or related field.

Minimum Requirements

A minimum of 10 years demonstrable experience in the transport and rail sector, with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in supervising a team.
Knowledge of South African policies, legislation and regulatory environment related to the transport sector in general and the rail sector in specific, and public-private partnerships
Strong analytical and research skills and ability to influence at a senior level with a range of stakeholders, including the private sector and government bodies
Extensive experience working with projects in Public Private Partnerships (PPPs)
Experience working on large-scale infrastructure or capital-intensive projects
Proven ability to provide value to transactions for the benefit of and/or the client through knowledge of the subject, innovation and lateral thinking.
Sound experience in private and public sector investments.
Demonstrated knowledge of legislation, regulations, policies, processes and procedures governing the infrastructure planning and development in South Africa (e.g. PFMA).

Desirable Requirements

Experience in an advisory role in infrastructure, transport or rail.
Experience in African infrastructure markets or emerging market contexts.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Sector Expertise

Demonstrates global thought leadership, including speaking at international conferences, sharing work via knowledge management, documenting business cases, white papers, and articles.
Understands the dynamics of other sectors and uses that knowledge to draw comparisons and insights about the given sector.
Foresees trends in the given sector industry at a global level and actively communicates/publishes opinions and insights.
Understands sector industry dynamics, trends and key players at the global level and uses that knowledge to position DBSA as an economic policy authority of repute within the global market.

Deal Origination

Formulate and develop new and alternative financing mechanisms and concepts that can be replicated elsewhere within and outside SA.
Conceptualise and develop innovative funding instruments (equity, venture capital, mezzanine, debt, securitisation of projects, etc.) to finance infrastructure that would otherwise not be possible, relying on the market only to develop and propose these investment opportunities.
Proactively develop impact concepts to take to the market.
Leads and mentors project teams.
Formulate new products.

Deal Structuring

Uses credit enhancement techniques to structure deals and optimise pricing in terms of Basel principles.
Has an in-depth and practical understanding of how to optimise the Capital Structure, collateral package, and debt repayment profile.
Interrogates financial models, including those with a high degree of complexity, to develop an optimal structure.
Identifies complex structural issues that need escalation and proposes appropriate bankable structures.
Demonstrates knowledge on advanced structuring, including the use of derivatives, syndicated loans, synthetic loans, securitisations, inflation-linked debt, credit default swaps and subordinated debt.
Prepares specialised or tailored reports relating to new innovative instruments, gathers information from a variety of sources, analyses and includes in a report to new product approval committees.
Compiles comprehensive specialist reports as required for inclusion into credit committee submissions.

Negotiation

Has an appreciation of cultural sensitivities and differences.
Effectively employs a variety of advanced behavioural/interpersonal competencies to control the negotiation situation.
Is able to take the lead in a variety of sensitive negotiation situations requiring high levels of tact and diplomacy.
Is able to place a discrete negotiation situation within the context of a broader long-term relationship and is not threatened by conceding ground to protect the longer-term interests of DBSA.

Financial Analysis

Serves as subject matter expert and leads work teams for more complex issues.
Evaluates and determines fiscal, operational, and service impacts; analyses and evaluates legislation; and implements and evaluates statistical models in their subject areas.
Demonstrates in-depth technical and administrative knowledge of the rules and regulations in the subject area and can defend analyses, testimony, and recommendations relating to a variety of issues before management and commissions.

Required Personal Attributes

LEADERSHIP/BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

Strategic & Innovative Thinking

Understands connections and trade-offs of strategic choices to evaluate which ideas are practical and possible by considering business and/or scientific implications.
Develops innovative business and/or customer solutions that shape industry practices.

Leading and Empowering Others

Identifies long-term goals for the team and communicates them to team members, ensuring their buy-in.
Sets a good example by personally exercising desired behaviour, acts on values and beliefs.
Communicates a vision for the team and future success that inspires team members.
After assessing others’ competence, one delegates full authority and responsibility to others to do a task in their own way.
Ensures that competent employees are given opportunities to further their careers.

Leading and Managing Change

Anticipates the need for change when it is not obvious and influences others to gain support.
Builds sustainable business and organisational capacity to embrace and thrive on change.
Re-engineers and aligns structures, processes, and practices to support and sustain the desired change.

Teamwork & Cooperation

Acts to promote a friendly climate and good morale and resolves conflicts.
Creates opportunities for cross-functional working.
Encourages others to network outside of their own team/department and learn from their experience.

Decisiveness

Makes timely decisions about complex issues even when some information is missing.
Makes decisions and stands by them even when they are controversial or unpopular.
Grasps critical business opportunities when they arise by making timely decisions.

Developing Others

Gives specific positive or mixed feedback for developmental purposes.
Gives negative feedback in behavioural rather than personal terms.
Reassures and/or expresses positive expectations for future performance when giving corrective feedback.
Gives individualised suggestions to individuals for their improvement.

Driving Delivery of Results

Identifies and implements a business opportunity that will have a long-term impact on the business (which may include the organisation’s reputation or brand image).
Monitors progress and adapts the plan if necessary to ensure optimal benefit to the business.
Makes decisions, sets priorities, or chooses goals based on inputs and outputs: makes explicit considerations of potential profit, return on investment, or cost-benefit analysis.
Based on the cost-benefit analysis, make decisions of an entrepreneurial risk nature.

Policy

The DBSA reserves the right to amend or remove vacancies in line with organisational requirements.

All vacancies can be viewed on the DBSA website (www.dbsa.org) under Careers.

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