Key expert 2: Development Financing expert

EU funded technical assistance project: Bridging inequalities through greener municipalities, South Africa

DAI is currently preparing a tender for the project in subject and is recruiting a Key expert 2: Development Financing expert with an expected input of 820 working days (of which maximum 120 working days can be home based) across 4 years of project implementation, starting indicatively on 1st October 2026.

The overall objective of the "Bridging inequalities through greener municipalities" project is to help four selected municipalities, one in each of the following provinces: Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal to transition toward inclusive, low-carbon and climate-resilient service delivery systems that improve equitable access to essential services, create green livelihood opportunities, and contribute to South Africa’s just transition and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

The specific objectives of this contract are as follows:

Objective 1: To enhance the performance/effectiveness and resilience of municipalities;

Objective 2: To facilitate municipal-level green investments by aiming at developing four (4) bankable, pipeline ready project concepts—covering water, energy, waste management, and sanitation;

Objective 3: To increase inclusive and gender-sensitive resilience and response capacity to Climate Change enhanced by community civic engagement and awareness on green social and economic benefits and opportunities

The Key expert 2: Development Financing expert candidate should comply with the following qualifications and general and specific professional experience criteria:

Qualifications and skills:

1) Educational Qualifications Required: Master’s degree in one of the following disciplines: Finance / Investment banking or Economics.

2) A bachelor’s degree with an additional 5 years general professional experience may replace the Master’s degree.

3) Proven knowledge of the technical finance expertise and understanding of the South African municipalities’ financial and legislative environment.

4) Fluency in English.

General professional experience:

5) A minimum of 8 years general professional experience acquired after the qualification in one of the following fields: finance/ investment banking or economics.

6) At least two experiences as a long-term expert providing technical expertise in developing bankable water/ energy/ waste projects that had a duration of at least 12 months.

7) At least 8 experiences in hosting a training and/or facilitating workshops related to development financing of bankable projects in water/energy/sanitation/waste management.

Specific professional experience:

8) At least 3 years’ experience working on assignments that are related to risk namely (public, commercial; financial, non-financial) analysis and assessment, rating methodology, risk pricing for finance products and structures; risk management and portfolio approaches for self-sustainable finance solutions; risk tranching/ layering/ water fall mechanisms; risk mitigation vs. risk-sharing.

9) Professional experience of minimum 5 years in financial management with a focus on Green Project Finance 4and Public Private Partnerships.

10) 4 experiences as a long term in leading projects in quasi-green financing of water/ energy/ sanitation/ waste management in the private and/or public sector would be an asset.

The interested candidates are invited to submit their CVs in English no later than 20th of June 2026!

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted!