DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (DBSA) VACANCIES

DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (DBSA)

PRINCIPAL PROJECT PREPARATION OFFICER

Details

Closing Date

2026/09/28

Reference Number

DBS260423-1

Job Title

Principal Project Preparation Officer

Job Grade

Job Type Classification

Permanent

Location - Town / City

Midrand

Location - Province

Gauteng

Location - Country

South Africa

Job Profile (Downloadable)

Principal Project Preparation Officer _Job Profile.pdf (338.08 kb) - 4/23/2026 12:51:18 PM

Job Description

The purpose of this role is to lead the preparation of projects from the end of pre-feasibility through to the commitment of project preparation funding to increase the DBSA’s investment pipeline and disbursements in priority sectors in South Africa, the SADC Region and Selected African Countries in line with the approved Project Preparation Strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Project Preparation Planning

Contribute to the development of the strategic and operational direction to prepare projects in collaboration with Governments, State-Owned Entities (SOEs), Regional Economic Communities (e.g. SADC), the Private Sector and other Project Preparation Facilities.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop a pipeline of quality projects in priority sectors and focus countries:
Economic cost-benefit analysis.
Confirm the development impact of the project and structure accordingly.
Conduct innovative structuring of complex transactions.
Appropriate structuring of the project (project finance or corporate finance) to finance, own, operate and maintain the project.
Liaise with a multidisciplinary team to support programme implementation, identifying funding needs for the project development.
Provide inputs to prepare bankable feasibility data packs to enable financial modelling, investment appraisal, and structuring.

Project Preparation Implementation

Identify sectoral and product experts and specialists required to undertake the necessary project preparation work.
Conduct financial and commercial assessments to test project affordability, revenue models, commercial structures, and risk allocation frameworks.
Appraise accepted projects for the preparation facility by preparing early review reports and appraisal reports and present them to DBSA decision-making structures for approval consideration.
Verify the contents of the appraisal report, including the scope of work, terms of reference and outstanding preparation work needed to advance the project to bankability stages.
Negotiate with the sponsor on the preparation facility agreement and oversee the implementation of feasibility study activities in line with the preparation facility's implementation plan.
Prepare presentations and submissions for Investment Committees and transaction preparation governance structures.
Provide guidance and support to junior team members to ensure effective execution of their functions.

Due Diligence and Regulatory Compliance

Review projects for compliance with legislation impacting infrastructure development.
Coordinate with relevant specialists for Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIAs) and associated management plans in accordance with IFC/World Bank standards, local regulatory requirements, and climate-resilient development principles.
Validate and adhere to all legislative, sector policy, and regulatory conditions that are embedded into feasibility outputs.
Maintain a risk register covering commercial and execution risks and provide risk mitigation strategies.

Relationship Management and Stakeholder Relations

Facilitate continuous communication with clients/ projects that the DBSA has funded to adequately support the Division’s monitoring function.
Network and maintain relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to develop specific investment opportunities further.
Build and maintain strong relationships with clients at global, regional, and local levels, including businesses, banking and multilateral partners and government officials, to further develop specific project preparation opportunities.
Manage relationships at various levels with the relevant project stakeholders, partners, and lead promoters, in accordance with the project’s preparation objectives and products.
Undertake other tasks as assigned by the line manager, from time to time.

Key Measurements of Outputs

Number and quality of Project Preparation Appraisal Reports (PAR) submitted, approved and committed.
Quality loan book as represented by reduced non-performing loans.
% of the loan book in priority geographies and sectors.
Number of new clients and projects.
Number of potential projects worked on.
Management of clients.
Demonstration of thought coaching and or mentoring to transfer skills.
Clean Audit.

Expertise & Technical Competencies

Minimum Qualification

A Postgraduate Degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, Finance or related.

Minimum Experience

A minimum of 10 years’ experience in appraising, negotiating and committing project preparation in support of corporate finance, or structured finance transactions in a financial institution.
Understanding of international economic & financial relations, specific experience in doing business in South Africa and outside South Africa is a requirement.
Experience in dealing with development finance institutions at the various levels of government and business.
Demonstrated expertise in financial modelling and feasibility analysis.
In-depth experience in project finance, mergers and acquisitions, equity finance experience and or property finance structuring.
Understanding of infrastructure project development, feasibility and structuring.
Knowledge of regulatory frameworks and industry best practices.

Desirable Requirements

Experience in working with Development Finance Institutions.
A post-graduate qualification e.g. CA(SA), CFA or MBA.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Project Management

Ability to plan, initiate, execute, control and close projects related to a relevant function as well as to track and manage resources, timelines, costs, deliverables and performance, and implement contingency plans if necessary, to ensure projects are successfully.
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 multi-disciplinary 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 action by maintaining a respected profile with relevant external organisations and the research community in general.

Project Preparation

Demonstrates a sound understanding of limited recourse and balance sheet funding, the process required to prepare projects, and financing documentation required to present projects for investment decisions.
Leads an internal team of sector specialists and analysts to appraise and present transactions to internal committees.
Analyses sponsors’ financial statements, understands and reviews financial models.
Demonstrates a sound understanding of the infrastructure sector, including water, transport and energy sectors, to identify potential fatal flaws generally associated with these sectors in projects presented and key risks to be mitigated.

Solution Focus

Identifies broad, highly complex problems based on a multitude of factors, many of which are complex and sweeping in nature, difficult to define and often contradictory.
Creates procedures to articulate the nature of problems and to identify and weigh alternate solutions.
Evaluates the effectiveness of solutions using approaches tailored to the situation.

Financial Analysis

Serves as subject matter expert.
Evaluates and determines fiscal, operational, and service impacts; analyses and evaluates legislation.
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.

Risk Management

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.

Negotiation

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 DBSA.

Commercial Awareness

Deep understanding of commercial drivers and can make decisions based on an assessment of alternatives concerning complex business situations.
Deep understanding of DBSA economic priorities and how they can be implemented to meet DBSA's strategic objectives.
Deep understanding of DBSA's core sector role in achieving DBSA's strategic objectives.
Deep understanding of the need to coordinate efforts with many government entities, the private sector, community groups and individuals to ensure effective implementation of new policies and regulations.

Communication and Reporting

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.
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.

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.

Required Personal Attributes

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

Achievement Orientation

Focuses on new or more effective ways of improving own work and meeting targets.
Focuses on raising quality, customer satisfaction and revenues.
Makes specific changes to systems and processes to improve efficiency and quality.
Formulates own objectives and action plans to achieve a measurable improvement in the future.

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.

Conceptual thinking

Creates new concepts that are not obvious to others and not learned from previous education or experience to explain situations or resolve problems.
Looks at things in a significantly novel way, breakthrough thinking.

Strategic and Innovative thinking

Recognises opportunities or problems emerging in patterns and trends, and their impact on the business and profitability drivers.
Applies learning from previous situations and experiences.
Sees underlying causality in the current situation. Applies business acumen to make sound decisions.
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.
Restates complex knowledge in a way that makes it easier for others to understand.

Commercial Business Acumen

Understands business fundamentals.
Analyses and comprehends organisational goals and strategies.
Understands tactical business fundamentals in the public sector environment and incorporates them into decision-making.

Teamwork

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.

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

SENIOR INVESTMENT OFFICER (PROJECT FINANCE)

Details

Closing Date

2026/09/25

Reference Number

DBS260911-2

Job Title

Senior Investment Officer (Project Finance)

Job Grade

Job Type Classification

Permanent

Location - Town / City

Midrand

Location - Province

Gauteng

Location - Country

South Africa

Job Profile (Downloadable)

Senior Investments Officer Generic_Job Profile September 2025 v2.docx.pdf (317.84 kb) - 9/11/2026 10:34:31 AM

Job Description

The purpose of the Senior Investment Officer role is to generate deal flow and build a strong pipeline of prospective projects for development financing. This role is also responsible for structuring deals, as well as appraising, negotiating, and closing Project Finance, Corporate Finance, or Structured Finance transactions.

Key Responsibilities

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

1. Investment and Loan Transactions

Originate, identify, structure and execute infrastructure investment opportunities in key strategic sectors/investment themes.
Perform detailed analysis of investment opportunities, including commercial analysis, financial modelling and risk and institutional analysis.
Negotiate and review transaction agreements (including finance agreements) and project documents.
Facilitate deal closure by taking responsibility for optimal financial, institutional and legal structuring.
Provide innovative and flexible financial structures for complex transactions.
Prepare Investment Committee and Board papers on investment opportunities for consideration by management and committees (including the Board).
Manage relationships at various levels with the relevant project stakeholders, partners, and lead promoters, in accordance with the project’s development objectives.
Identify and report growth opportunities to enhance market presence and implement structured and targeted marketing strategies to promote services.

2. Transaction Execution and Credit Approval

Collaborate with the Treasury, Legal, and Loan Administration teams to structure and negotiate detailed term sheets, ensuring transaction approval.
Secure internal approvals and lead or participate actively in closing transactions through successful negotiations.
Manage the credit approval process from early review to final decision by the relevant committees.
Review proposals submitted to approval committees to ensure they are well-structured and documented for informed decision-making.
Resolve potential constraints in the lending value chain in collaboration with the Head of Transacting.
Implement risk management procedures across continent-wide financing functions, ensuring investment risks are appropriately structured and mitigated during operations.
Capture and apply learning opportunities post-transaction to drive continuous improvement and successful deal delivery.

3. Relationship Management and Business Development

Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, global and regional private businesses, banking and multilateral partners and government officials to further develop specific investment opportunities.
Undertake business development in South Africa and the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa and position DBSA as the preferred lender/investor/partner.
Ensure continuous communication with DBSA-funded project clients to support the division’s monitoring function.
Undertake other tasks as assigned by the line manager, from time to time.

Key Measurements of Outputs (The list is not exhaustive)

Number of transactions that are committed for DBSA funding to black-owned entities (50% shareholding and above) and fund managers.
Quality of signed agreements/mandates.
Clients and Stakeholders' service rating.
Number and quality of early review reports (ERR’s) submitted.
Revenue performance in terms of interest income and fees generated.
Percentage of the loan book in priority geographies and sectors.
Annual disbursements, commitments and approvals.
Management of relationships with new/ existing clients.

Key Measurements of Outputs (The list is not exhaustive)

Number of transactions that are committed for DBSA funding to black-owned entities (50% shareholding and above) and fund managers.
Quality of signed agreements/mandates.
Clients and Stakeholders' service rating.
Number and quality of early review reports (ERR’s) submitted.
Revenue performance in terms of interest income and fees generated.
Percentage of the loan book in priority geographies and sectors.
Annual disbursements, commitments and approvals.
Management of relationships with new/ existing clients.

INTERNAL LIAISON RELATIONSHIP (The list is not exhaustive)

Executive Management and applicable Board & Management committees (BCIC and Investment Committee)
Project Preparation, Origination, Risk, Strategy, Finance and Infrastructure Delivery Divisions

EXTERNAL LIAISON RELATIONSHIP (The list is not exhaustive)

Service Providers
DBSA stakeholders and clients
National & Provincial Government
Municipalities
Governments and government departments
Public utilities
Private sector
SMMEs’ communities

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

A Post-Graduate Degree in Finance, Business (such as an MBA), Accounting, Engineering or Economics.
A minimum of 8 years’ in relevant work experience in appraising, negotiating, undertaking due diligence and closing municipal finance, State Owned
Enterprises finance, project finance, corporate finance, or structured finance transactions in a financial institution.
Experience in leading, initiating and developing new business strategies and opportunities to create a pipeline of development impact projects, ensuring deal flow and bankability.
Experience in securing infrastructure investment deals in the public sector/municipalities.
Comprehensive knowledge of the complex public sector financial and regulatory environments including PFMA and MFMA.
Proven experience in working with senior stakeholders in Government in South Africa.
Successful track record in leading project teams with high-level stakeholders and qualified professionals.
Strong credit, analytical, and financial modelling skills.
Strong networks and relations with clients, global and regional private investors and banks to identify and source viable projects/investments.
In-depth knowledge and understanding of the infrastructure market, financial markets and the macro landscape.
Demonstrable experience in identifying client challenges and playing an active part in finding innovative solutions.
Ability to mentor junior members of the team.

Expertise & Technical Competencies

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 multi-disciplinary 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 Development

Takes overall lead for proactive business development at the national and international level.
Initiates, reviews, and interprets competitor environment reviews and takes actions accordingly.
Formulates and modifies market approaches based on competitor analyses.
Leads the formulation, development and implementation of the business development strategy to generate new business opportunities in public and private sector delivery of infrastructure.
Identifies and develops new markets, products and clients.
Leads the participation and presentation of an organisation at investment conferences and roundtable discussions.
Coordinates business activities to ensure that investment initiatives are in support of government BEE strategies, broader national and regional economic development strategies.

c) Solution Focus

Identifies broad, highly complex problems based on a multitude of factors, many of which are complex and sweeping in nature, difficult to define and often contradictory.
Creates procedures to articulate the nature of problems and to identify and weigh alternate solutions.
Evaluates the effectiveness of solutions using approaches tailored to the situation.

d) 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, analyse and include in a report for new product approval committees.
Compiles comprehensive specialist reports as required for inclusion in credit committee submissions.

e) Financial Analysis

Serves as subject matter expert.
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 to defend analyses, testimony, and recommendations relating to a variety of issues before management and commissions.

f) 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.

g) Attention to detail

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.

h) Negotiation

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 DBSA.

i) Commercial Awareness

Deep understanding of commercial drivers and can make decisions based on an assessment of alternatives concerning complex business situations.
Deep understanding of DBSA economic priorities and how they can be implemented to meet DBSA's strategic objectives.
Deep understanding of DBSA's core sector role in achieving DBSA's strategic objectives.
Deep understanding of the need to coordinate efforts with many government entities, the private sector, community groups and individuals to ensure effective implementation of new policies and regulations.
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.

j) Research

Demonstrates expert skill levels in strategic and operational research techniques, including process analysis, modelling, and forecasting.
Adapts, creates, and designs new research techniques to meet the organisation's requirements.
Provides specialist coaching and guidance to researchers and other organisation employees.
Promotes the professional reputation of the organisation by maintaining a respected profile with relevant external organisations and the research community in general.

k) Communication and Reporting

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.
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.

l) 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.

Required Personal Attributes

BEHAVIOURAL 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) Integrity

Acts consistent with basic values of openness and honesty.
Acts consistent with values and beliefs.
Acts on values when it is not easy to do so.
Acts on values when a significant cost or risk is associated with doing so.

c) 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.

d) Achievement Orientation

Undertakes challenging assignments and strives to complete them.
Sets priorities and chooses goals based on calculated costs, anticipated benefits and improvement of performance.
Aims at exceptional performance; setting out to achieve a unique standard.
Constantly analyses outcomes to ensure the achievement of business goals.
Identifies short-term opportunities or potential problems, aiming to achieve better outcomes.

e) 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.

f) Conceptual thinking

Creates new concepts that are not obvious to others and not learned from previous education or experience to explain situations or resolve problems.
Looks at things in a significantly novel way, breakthrough thinking.

g) 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.
Recognises opportunities or problems emerging in patterns and trends, and their impact on the business and profitability drivers.
Applies learning from previous situations and experiences.
Sees underlying causality in the current situation. Applies business acumen to make sound decisions.
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.
Restates complex knowledge in a way that makes it easier for others to understand.

h) Commercial Business Acumen

Understands business fundamentals.
Analyses and comprehends organisational goals and strategies.
Understands tactical business fundamentals in the public sector environment and incorporates them into decision-making.

i) 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.

j) Teamwork

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.

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

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT OFFICER: PROJECT FINANCE

Details

Closing Date

2026/09/25

Reference Number

DBS260910-1

Job Title

Principal Investment Officer: Project Finance

Job Grade

Job Type Classification

Permanent

Location - Town / City

Midrand

Location - Province

Gauteng

Location - Country

South Africa

Job Profile (Downloadable)

Principal Investment Officer Project Finance .docx (1) (2).pdf (271.75 kb) - 9/10/2026 3:36:59 PM

Job Description

The Principal Investment Officer is responsible for formulating and executing the strategic objectives of the business in collaboration with the Transacting Head, whilst generating deal flow and building a robust pipeline of prospective projects for development financing bankability.

Key Responsibilities

Transaction Assessments

Evaluate the feasibility of investment opportunities with a view to ensure they are commercially viable and align with the DBSA’s strategic objectives and mandate.
Enhance the bankability of transactions by identifying and mitigating key risks, collaborating closely with Credit Risk, Country Risk Specialists, and other Divisions/Units in the Bank.
Provide financial structuring expertise on transactions for the benefit of clients and the organisation through innovative approaches and strategic thinking.

Transaction Execution and Credit Approval

Collaborate with the team to structure and negotiate detailed term sheets with Treasury, Legal, and Loan Administration teams, ensuring transaction approval.
Secure internal approvals and lead or participate actively in closing transactions through successful negotiations.
Manage the credit approval process from early review to final decision by the relevant committees.
Review proposals submitted to approval committees to ensure they are well-structured and documented for informed decision-making.
Resolve potential constraints in the lending value chain in collaboration with the Head of Transactions.
Implement risk management procedures across financing functions, ensuring investment risks are appropriately structured and mitigated during operations.
Capture and apply learning opportunities post-transaction to drive continuous improvement and successful deal delivery.
Contribute to and lead input into certain strategic initiatives that are driven for the benefit of the organisation

Lead Transaction Execution Functions

Lead transaction teams in conducting assessments, executing deals, and driving the credit approval process.
Coach and mentor Senior Investment Officers and Investment Officers, guiding them toward achieving transaction bankability and to enhance their skills and performance.

Relationship Management and Stakeholder Relations

Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, global and regional private businesses, banking and multilateral partners and government officials to further develop specific investment opportunities.
Manage relationships at various levels with the relevant project stakeholders, partners, and lead promoters, following the project’s development objectives.
Maintain communication with clients and manage client relations; ensure that they submit all the Bank’s requirements to facilitate the appraisal process.
Provide feedback on the status of their application timeously and advise them on the bank’s processes and procedures.
Ensure continuous communication with clients/ projects that the DBSA has funded to adequately support the division’s monitoring function.
Identify clients’ pain points to coordinate DBSA’s solution offerings to address them.
Network and maintain relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
Undertake other tasks as assigned by the line manager, from time to time.

Key Measurements of Outputs

*The list is not exhaustive

Revenue performance in terms of Interest Income and Fees generated.
Delivery on the agreed Operations Mandate; these include:
Growth rate in assets of the loan book:
Annual disbursements, commitments and approvals
Quality of loan book
% of loan book in priority geographies and sectors
Number of new clients
Number of potential deals/ pipelines
Management of client relationships and key stakeholders.

Expertise & Technical Competencies

Minimum Requirements

A postgraduate qualification or equivalent in Business (such as an MBA) or Finance (CA or CFA), or Engineering, or Economics.
A minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience in appraising, negotiating, due diligence and closing project finance, corporate finance, or structured finance transactions in a financial institution.
Experience in leading, initiating and developing new business strategies and opportunities to create a pipeline of development impact projects, ensuring deal flow and bankability.
Experience in securing infrastructure investment deals in relevant sectors/geographies in SA and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Comprehensive knowledge of the complex financial and regulatory environments.
Proven experience in working with senior stakeholders in highly political environments in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Successful track record in leading project teams with high-level stakeholders and qualified professionals.
Strong credit, financial, analytical, and financial modelling skills.
Strong networks and relations with clients, global and regional private investors and banks to identify and source viable projects / investments.
In-depth knowledge and understanding of the infrastructure market and financial markets.
Demonstrable experience in identifying client challenges and playing an active part in structuring innovative solutions.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

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 multi-disciplinary 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.

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 of 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.

Solution Focus

Identifies broad, highly complex problems based on a multitude of factors, many of which are complex and sweeping in nature, difficult to define and often contradictory.
Creates procedures to articulate the nature of problems and to identify and weigh alternate solutions.
Evaluates the effectiveness of solutions using approaches tailored to the situation.

Financial Analysis

Serves as subject matter expert.
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 to defend analyses, testimony, and recommendations relating to a variety of issues before management and commissions.

Risk Management

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.

Attention to detail

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.

Negotiation

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 DBSA.

Commercial Awareness

Deep understanding of commercial drivers and can make decisions based on an assessment of alternatives concerning complex business situations.
Deep understanding of DBSA economic priorities and how they can be implemented to meet DBSA's strategic objectives.
Deep understanding of DBSA's core sector role in achieving DBSA's strategic objectives.
Deep understanding of the need to coordinate efforts with many government entities, the private sector, community groups and individuals to ensure effective implementation of new policies and regulations.

Research

Demonstrates expert skill levels in strategic and operational research techniques, including process analysis, modelling, and forecasting.
Adapts, creates, and designs new research techniques to meet the organisation's requirements.
Provides specialist coaching and guidance to researchers and other organisation employees.
Promotes the professional reputation of the organisation by maintaining a respected profile with relevant external organisations and the research community in general.

Communication and Reporting

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.
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.

Innovation

Develops innovative business solutions that shape industry practices.

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.

Required Personal Attributes

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

Achievement Orientation

Focuses on new or more effective ways of improving own work and meeting targets.
Focuses on raising quality, customer satisfaction and revenues.
Makes specific changes to systems and processes to improve efficiency and quality.
Formulates own objectives and action plans to achieve a measurable improvement in the future.

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.

Conceptual thinking

Creates new concepts that are not obvious to others and not learned from previous education or experience to explain situations or resolve problems.
Looks at things in a significantly novel way, breakthrough thinking.

Strategic and Innovative thinking

Recognises opportunities or problems emerging in patterns and trends, and their impact on the business and profitability drivers.
Applies learning from previous situations and experiences.
Sees underlying causality in the current situation. Applies business acumen to make sound decisions.
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.
Restates complex knowledge in a way that makes it easier for others to understand.

Commercial Business Acumen

Understands business fundamentals.
Analyses and comprehends organisational goals and strategies.
Understands tactical business fundamentals in the public sector environment and incorporates them into decision-making.

Teamwork

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.

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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PRINCIPAL PROJECT DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST

Details

Closing Date

2026/09/24

Reference Number

DBS260908-1

Job Title

Principal Project Development Specialist

Job Grade

Job Type Classification

Permanent

Location - Town / City

Midrand

Location - Province

Gauteng

Location - Country

South Africa

Job Profile (Downloadable)

Principal Project Development Specialist _Job Profile November 2025 Final Aug 26.docx.pdf (330.21 kb) - 9/8/2026 4:04:35 PM

Job Description

The Principal Project Development Specialist is responsible for leading the execution of technical project development from early-stage preparation through to bankable feasibility, ensuring projects meet the technical, environmental, social, regulatory, and commercial requirements for investment decision-making and financial close.

Key Responsibilities

Project Development and Technical Execution

Provide technical inputs in the development of project development strategies to unlock infrastructure projects in South Africa, SADC and select African Countries through project preparation.
Design projects that support the annual disbursement target and the division's strategic objectives.
Lead the technical, engineering, and environmental components of project preparation to achieve bankable feasibility.
Develop detailed project development workplans and schedules covering feasibility studies, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), technical designs, grid and geotechnical studies, and permitting processes.
Define scope, technical specifications, quality standards, milestones, deliverables, and resource requirements for project development activities
Lead the preparation of pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, including engineering designs, cost estimates, implementation models, scheduling and risk assessments.
Oversee development of preliminary and detailed design work, including capacity sizing, layout planning, technology selection, and constructability evaluations.
Ensure technical solutions are aligned to appropriate technology standards, lifecycle cost considerations, operational performance requirements, and sustainability principles.
Provide technical guidance to the project development team, ensuring maintenance of quality standards and a standardised approach.

Procurement and Management of Technical Service Providers

Draft the Terms of Reference (ToR) and technical procurement specifications for external consultants, engineers, and technical advisors.
Lead the procurement process in line with DBSA procurement governance.
Manage, oversee, and quality-assure outputs of technical service providers, ensuring deliverables meet technical and bankability standards.

Due Diligence and Regulatory Compliance

Review projects for compliance with legislation impacting infrastructure development.
Coordinate with relevant specialists for Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIAs) and associated management plans in accordance with IFC/World Bank standards, local regulatory requirements, and climate-resilient development principles.
Engage with regulators, utilities, municipalities, and line ministries to secure required permits, licenses, environmental approvals, water use rights, grid connection approvals, etc.
Validate and adhere to all legislative, sector policy, and regulatory conditions that are embedded into feasibility outputs.
Maintain a risk register covering technical, environmental, commercial and execution risks and provide risk mitigation strategies.

Financial and Commercial Assessment Support

Liaise with a multidisciplinary team to support programme implementation, identifying funding needs for the project development.
Provide technical inputs to prepare bankable feasibility data packs to enable financial modelling, investment appraisal, and structuring.
Work closely with financial specialists to test project affordability, revenue models, commercial structures, and risk allocation frameworks.

Bankable Feasibility Report Development

Consolidate all technical, environmental, social, regulatory, commercial and cost data into a bankable feasibility report suitable for due diligence, financial modelling, structuring, and investment decision-making.
Validate accuracy, completeness and technical defensibility for financial appraisal.
Prepare presentations and submissions for Investment Committees and transaction preparation governance structures.

Relationship Management and Stakeholder Relations

Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, global and regional private businesses, banking and multilateral partners and government officials to further develop specific investment opportunities.
Facilitate continuous communication with clients/ projects that the DBSA has funded to adequately support the Division’s monitoring function.
Network and maintain relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to develop specific investment opportunities further.
Identify clients’ pain points and coordinate DBSA’s solution offerings to address them.
Undertake other tasks as assigned by the line manager, from time to time.

Key Measurements of Outputs

Value of bankable projects developed
Value and number of projects approved and committed.
Value of infrastructure catalysed.
Reduction in impairments through de-risking technical and commercial risk aspects of projects
Management of client relationships and key stakeholders
Quality of signed agreements/mandates.
Clean Audit.

Expertise & Technical Competencies

Minimum Requirements

A Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and/or in the Built Environment (Civil, Construction Management or Quantity Surveying)

Minimum Experience

A minimum of 10 years’ experience in infrastructure project development/preparation in the built environment, public sector management, advisory service or consulting experience.
Experience in dealing with development finance institutions at the various levels of government and business.
Demonstrated expertise in financial modelling and feasibility analysis.
Extensive experience in structuring project finance deals.
Successful track record in business development and stakeholder management.
Understanding of infrastructure project development, feasibility and structuring.
Understanding of financial modelling and project finance structuring.
Knowledge of regulatory frameworks and industry best practices.

Desirable Requirements

Project Management professional with one of the following qualifications: Project Management Institute (PMI), Projects in Controlled Environments (PRINCE) and South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP).

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

a) Business Acumen

Deep understanding of commercial drivers and can make decisions based on an assessment of alternatives concerning complex business situations.
Deep understanding of economic priorities of South Africa and Africa and how they can be implemented to meet an organisation's strategic objectives.
Deep understanding of the need to coordinate efforts with many government entities, the private sector, community groups and individuals to ensure effective
implementation of new policies and regulations.
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.

b) Project Management

Ability to plan, initiate, execute, control and close projects related to a relevant function as well as to track and manage resources, timelines, costs, deliverables and performance, and implement contingency plans if necessary, to ensure projects are successfully.
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 multi-disciplinary 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 action by maintaining a respected profile with relevant external organisations and the research community in general.

c) Project Preparation

Demonstrates a sound understanding of limited recourse and balance sheet funding, the process required to prepare projects, and financing documentation required to present projects for investment decisions.
Leads an internal team of sector specialists and analysts to appraise and present transactions to internal committees.
Appoints and leads a team of external consultants/advisors (technical, environmental, financial and legal) to prepare and present the Project Information
Memorandum (PIM) to prospective financiers.
Analyses sponsors’ financial statements, understands and reviews financial models.
Demonstrates a sound understanding of the water, transport and energy sectors to identify potential fatal flaws generally associated with these sectors in projects presented and key risks to be mitigated.

d) Solution Focus

Identifies broad, highly complex problems based on a multitude of factors, many of which are complex and sweeping in nature, difficult to define and often contradictory.
Creates procedures to articulate the nature of problems and to identify and weigh alternate solutions.
Evaluates the effectiveness of solutions using approaches tailored to the situation.

e) Financial Analysis

Serves as subject matter expert.
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 to defend analyses, testimony, and recommendations relating to a variety of issues before management and commissions.

f) Risk Management

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.

g) Negotiation

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 DBSA.

h) Commercial Awareness

Deep understanding of commercial drivers and can make decisions based on an assessment of alternatives concerning complex business situations.
Deep understanding of DBSA economic priorities and how they can be implemented to meet DBSA's strategic objectives.
Deep understanding of DBSA's core sector role in achieving DBSA's strategic objectives.
Deep understanding of the need to coordinate efforts with many government entities, the private sector, community groups and individuals to ensure effective implementation of new policies and regulations.

i) Communication and Reporting

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.
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.

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.).
Has knowledge of various feedback mechanisms to check levels of audience understanding.

Required Personal Attributes

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

a) Achievement Orientation

Focuses on new or more effective ways of improving own work and meeting targets.
Focuses on raising quality, customer satisfaction and revenues.
Makes specific changes to systems and processes to improve efficiency and quality.
Formulates own objectives and action plans to achieve a measurable improvement in the future.

b) 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.

c) Conceptual thinking

Creates new concepts that are not obvious to others and not learned from previous education or experience to explain situations or resolve problems.
Looks at things in a significantly novel way, breakthrough thinking.

d) Strategic and Innovative thinking

Recognises opportunities or problems emerging in patterns and trends, and their impact on the business and profitability drivers.
Applies learning from previous situations and experiences.
Sees underlying causality in the current situation. Applies business acumen to make sound decisions.
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.
Restates complex knowledge in a way that makes it easier for others to understand.

e) Commercial Business Acumen

Understands business fundamentals.
Analyses and comprehends organisational goals and strategies.
Understands tactical business fundamentals in the public sector environment and incorporates them into decision-making.

f) Teamwork

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.

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

PROCUREMENT OFFICER

Details

Closing Date

2026/09/23

Reference Number

DBS251027-1

Job Title

Procurement Officer

Job Grade

Job Type Classification

Permanent

Location - Town / City

Midrand

Location - Province

Gauteng

Location - Country

South Africa

Job Profile (Downloadable)

Job profile Procurement Officers.pdf (0.86 Mb) - 10/27/2025 2:08:07 PM

Job Description

The role is responsible for managing the procurement cycle through delivering effective and efficient procurement of goods and services (new requirements, contracted and non-contracted). Monitor and manage compliance with procurement policies, procedures and agreements in place. Facilitate the DBSA procurement objectives and targets through compliance with strategy and application of policies and procedures.

Key Responsibilities

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:

1. Planning and Standards

Disseminate procurement policies, procedures, processes, templates, delegations, and performance metrics to build awareness and promote understanding.
Train and equip business units to effectively manage or participate in procurement processes, including quotation and tendering activities.
Engage Business Managers to identify upcoming work and determine support requirements from the Supply Chain Management (SCM) Unit.
Plan and coordinate work schedules and timelines to align with sourcing and business demands.
Collaborate with business units to identify and plan for non-contracted spend through the RFQ/RFP process.
Conduct detailed analysis of procurement transactions (spend data) to identify trends, off-contract spend, policy deviations, and compliance gaps for improved planning, risk management, and reporting.
Support the SCM Unit in contributing to the successful delivery of the Division’s financial strategy and operational objectives.

2. Technical Support and Value Management

Support the financial division in delivering on the key business imperatives pertaining to cost containment, innovation, productivity and business relevance.
Work with the appropriate business unit managers to understand their operational plans, sourcing requirements, budgets, service standards and targets (cost, transformation, etc.).
Develop and maintain the demand pipeline and sourcing plan for the business.
Conduct relevant research and maintain business intelligence to support effective solutions, advice and decision making for business.
Lead and guide decisions on consolidation, rationalisation and relevance of services in line with changing business requirements and alignment to strategic imperatives such as cost containment.
Support business units with drafting specifications/requirements for quotes and tenders.
Support the tender unit and business with analysis of quotes and tender documentation/submissions
Negotiate prices, terms and conditions with suppliers and deliver savings targets to the Bank.
Provide integration and support to internal business units, decentralised operations and related partners/agencies pertaining to supply chain activities.
Facilitate training and awareness sessions for staff involved in supply chain processes to ensure understanding, compliance, and effective participation.
Support the SCM team and division during peak demand periods, staff shortfalls and ad-hoc project-related requirements.
Support the Bank and the SCM team in delivering innovative solutions to improve productivity, service levels and contribute to cost containment.

3. Procurement Execution

Procure goods and services to meet user requirements as per agreed service levels.
Manage and administer Request for Quotation process in line with policy, delegations and SLA
Manage and administer end-to-end Request for Proposal process in line with policy, delegations and SLA.
Manage and administer the order process in line with policy, delegations and SLA.
Manage and administer Order expediting and fulfilment.
Communicate contract award and impact to BU (stakeholders and change management).
Liaise and support with Legal and other relevant officials for the purposes of negotiation and contracting.
Maintain accurate records and files (manual & electronic) of all the quotation/tender data.
Maintain full compliance with defined policies, procedures, regulations and standards.
Address transactional queries, gaps in information, incorrect postings, GL, Material Groups, etc., when review and releasing PR and PO's.
Monitor transactional data for the purposes of identifying and expediently resolving deviations and risks to business and policy compliance.
Prepare analysis, comparative schedules and recommendations to RFQ/RFPs for business unit consideration and decision making.
Guide and assist business unit decision-making and solutions supported by credible market research and industry practices.
Prepare quality reports and documentation for SCM consolidation and reporting.
Support supplier performance management by tracking the level of compliance with orders placed with suppliers.
Monitor supplier performance data with business units.
Assess and resolution of supplier queries.
Resolve errors on requisitions and purchase orders as required.
Investigate and address supply non-conformances - administering product defects and recalls.
Review and action open Requisitions and Purchase Orders as per the SLA.
File/archive all source documents about each transaction (these must be complete, accurate and accessible).
Monitor price increases and communicate changes as necessary.
Contribute to items master development (catalogue and supplier).
Ensure compliance with Procurement policies and procedures.
Implement, monitor, report and manage attainment of procurement metrics / SLA.
Support the team and Division with accessing and making available information timeously to Auditors and management in the correct format, content, completeness and accuracy.

4. Reporting

Report process performance against SLA and on procurement lead times.
Open Requisition lead-time (weekly).
Open Order lead-time (weekly).
Open GRV’s (weekly).
Supplier payment lead times (weekly).
Report on deviations (weekly):
retrospective transactions.
deviations from the process.
single source.
Provide a monthly report on RFQ’s and closed tenders.
Maintain trend analysis on procurement transactions (spend information) – report on non-contract spend, spend off contract and include recommendations to inform sourcing pipeline.
Prepare reports (SCM dashboard) for discussion with Business Units (Divisions) - as per the SCM
Dashboard (monthly).

Key Measurement Outputs

Procurement of quality goods and services at the best possible price and with policies.
Timely and accurate reporting.
Effective and efficient procurement and expediting of goods and services as per the service level agreement.
Performance management as per the service level agreement.
Supporting the transformation strategy.
Effective compliance with all governance requirements.
Effective, accurate and complete records management for audit purposes.
Clean audit.

KEY INTERNAL LIAISON RELATIONSHIPS:

Other Professionals in the SCM Unit.
Internal Clients and their representatives.
Technical Specialists.
Legal Unit – contracting, contract administration.
Internal Audit – governance.
Finance Unit - financial risk analysis, supplier payments.

KEY EXTERNAL LIAISON RELATIONSHIPS:

DBSA Clients - management of SCM performance against MOU.
Office of the AG – audits and governance.
DBSA suppliers and service providers
National Treasury – reporting and governance.

Expertise & Technical Competencies

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering or Supply Chain Management related discipline with strong procurement/sourcing expertise.
A minimum of 5 years’ experience in tender management and/ or infrastructure procurement.
Experience in professional service providers' procurement for construction and allied industries.
Exposure to supply chain management within the government environment is a minimum requirement, subject to the experience of the candidate.
A strong career track record in managing the supply chain management function within a large, complex organisation with multidimensional businesses for a minimum period of 3 to 5 years.
Strong understanding of and commitment to good corporate governance, supply chain management regulations and laws and other regulatory requirements, including the PFMA.
Working experience with the SAP Procurement module or a similar ERP system.
Detailed working knowledge of the PPPFA, supply chain regulations from the National Treasury, and BBBEE
MS Office proficient.

Desired Requirements:

Member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) Level 4.
Experience in Construction/Infrastructure procurement.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

a) Written communication

Understands that different writing styles are required for different documents or audiences.
Write effective correspondence, prepare questions and reports, statements of circumstance and briefing notes.
Review others’ documents for clarity and impact.
Has a solid mastery of writing principles such as grammar, sentence construction, etc.

b) Presentation skills

Can reinforce key presentation points with examples.
Is able to translate technical terminology into language understandable to the audience.
Has insight into the audience’s behaviour and motivation and responds appropriately and professionally, adapting communication style as appropriate.

c) 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.
Solution and deadline oriented with the ability to manage bottlenecks effectively.
Ability to ensure all governance and compliance requirements are met with the aim of eliminating potential inappropriate and corrupt practices.

d) Stakeholder Management

Actively engages partners and encourages others to build relationships that support DBSA objectives.
Understands and recognises the contributions that staff at all levels make to delivering priorities.
Proactively manages partner relationships, preventing or resolving any conflict.
Adapts style to work effectively with partners, building consensus, trust and respect.
Delivers objectives by bringing together diverse stakeholders to work effectively in partnership.

e) Data Collection and Analysis

Skilled in the use of advanced/complex analytical techniques.
Is able to use judgment to decide upon the most appropriate analytical techniques according to the situation.
Recognises underlying principles, patterns, or themes in an array of related information, and determines whether additional information would be useful or necessary.
Through an in-depth understanding of the business environment, reviews outputs of analysis to identify anomalies and concludes, relating these to operational circumstances.
Can model a range of scenarios covering all potential business circumstances and highlight potential risks/opportunities.

f) 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.

g) Planning and Organising

Plans and manages multiple priorities and deadlines.
Is relied on to help others plan and organise their workload.
Uses advanced time management processes effectively to deal with high workloads and tight deadlines.
Organises, prioritises and schedules tasks so they can be performed within budget and with the efficient use of time and resources.
Achieves goals in a timely manner, despite obstacles encountered, by organising, reprioritising and replanning

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.
Is able to interpret management account reports in an operational/commercial context and take action as appropriate to maximise revenues and control costs.

Required Personal Attributes

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

a) Achievement Orientation

Delivers work on time and quality and follows through on agreed commitments.
Views new work experiences as an opportunity for growth.
Reacts immediately to overcome setbacks/or obstacles in order to meet goals. Recognises and acts upon current opportunity.
Make specific changes to systems and processes in order to improve efficiency and quality.
Formulates own objectives and action plans in order to achieve a measurable improvement in the future.
Implies an intention to persuade, convince, influence, or impress others (individuals or groups) in order to get them to go along with or to support own agenda.
The ability to adapt to and work effectively within a variety of situations, and with various individuals or groups. Flexibility entails understanding and appreciating different and opposing perspectives on an issue, adapting one’s approach as the requirements of a situation change, and changing or easily accepting changes in the job requirements or DBSA as a whole.

b) Attention to details

Double-checks the accuracy of information or work.
Ensure that the work produced doesn’t contain any errors.
Reflects a concern for monitoring and checking work or information for correctness/quality.

c) Conceptual and Analytical thinking

Uses knowledge of theory or of different past situations to look at the current situation.
Applies learned concepts across various situations.
Understanding a situation, issue, problem, etc. by breaking it into smaller pieces, or tracing the implications of a situation in a step-by-step way.

d) Customer service orientation

Makes self fully available, especially when the customer is going through a critical period.
Requests ongoing feedback from customers and takes action in response to it; manages to retain and capitalise on existing customers.
Takes the ‘extra step” to resolve customer issues appropriately, even in cases where they do not fall under their own area of responsibility.
Is aware of the level of service offered by the competition and provides more for customers than they expect.
Anticipating, meeting and exceeding the needs and expectations of customers. This implies working together with customers to build long-term relationships and focusing one’s efforts on delivering increased customer value. A customer may be an external customer or an internal customer/colleague within DBSA.

e) Decisiveness

Acts promptly to address urgent needs, taking quick decisions which need to be taken.
Assesses available information to reach a clear view of key options and selects the best option at the time.
Thinks on their feet when necessary.
Has the confidence and ability to take timely and appropriate decisions to further business objectives. It includes investing a level of effort which is appropriate to the decision at hand and ranges from taking routine decisions promptly to making decisions which may be risky or unpopular and require the use of judgment.

f) Integrity

Publicly admits having made a mistake.
Speaks out when it may hurt a trust relationship.
Ability to ensure all governance and compliance requirements are met to eliminate potential inappropriate and corrupt practices.

g) Self-awareness and self-control

Feels an impulse to do something inappropriate and resists it.
Resists temptations to act immediately without thinking, but does not take positive action.
Feels strong emotions 9such as anger, extreme frustration, or high stress) and holds them back.
Does not do anything but restrain feelings (does not act to make things better).

h) Strategic and Innovative thinking

Feels an impulse to do something inappropriate and resists it.
Resists temptations to act immediately without thinking, but does not take positive action.
Feels strong emotions such as anger, extreme frustration, or high stress) and holds them back. Does not do anything but restrain feelings (does not act to make things better).
Does not do anything but restrain.

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

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