Investment Officer – Transport(Base in Beijing)

Description

The Investment Officer - Transport within PSC1 will be responsible for contributing to AIIB’s lending program in Region 1 by supporting the planning, design, preparation, and implementation of projects/programs in the transport sector. The specific responsibilities of this position cover all aspects of origination, execution, and client relationship management in relation to the products being offered. As a result, the Officer will need to work closely with other departments in AIIB.

The Transport Unit within PSC1 is tasked with carrying out the department’s mandate within the transport sector across Region 1. In addition, the unit is responsible for developing client relationships and managing project teams in the more incipient sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa. These sectors are health, education, digital, and other productive sectors linked to infrastructure.

The Public Sector Clients Department, Region 1 (PSC1) is responsible for identifying, originating, preparing, executing, and investing in projects with public-sector clients in South Asia (except Afghanistan and Pakistan), South East Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Sub-Saharan Africa across the range of AIIB-covered sectors through various financing instruments and solutions. PSC1 leads the coverage of public-sector clients, taking responsibility for project preparation, due diligence, and approval processes of projects, ensuring key economic, commercial, financial, and legal issues are considered and incorporated in the financing structure and legal documentation and followed through during the implementation phase.

Join in AIIB’s mission to promote sustainable infrastructure investments and to improve social and economic outcomes in Asia and beyond.

• Support business development and implementation support activities, as needed, for other sectors in Region 1 (specifically during mission trips) in close coordination with the sector head.
• Support business development activities in public infrastructure sector projects by interacting with clients, governments, other institutions (commercial banks, multilateral agencies, NGOs, consulting firms, contractors, intermediaries, etc.), gathering information on the ground, and building business relationships.
• Participate in dialogue with clients, cofinancing partners, and other stakeholders on strategic issues and the implementation of AIIB’s investment program.
• Advise clients on the preparation of technical and feasibility studies and technical design of projects, leading to investment prioritization and cost-effective solutions to development projects.
• Undertake regular supervision and implementation support missions and site visits, as needed, to ensure that projects will meet development objectives and to help members and implementing agencies address any implementation issues they might be facing.
• Conduct project risk assessment of projects and programs, and advise project teams on mitigation strategies to manage such risks.
• Participate in overseeing the implementation of AIIB’s investment operations with the objective of enhancing quality and accelerating project implementation, with a focus on delivering results.
• Carry out due diligence and institutional assessments on executing agencies, including the implementation capacity assessments of project counterparts.
• Ensure key economic, financial, technical, legal, environmental, and social issues are considered and mitigants are incorporated in the financing structure and legal documentation during project preparation.
• Co-lead or assist other PTLs in the preparation, implementation monitoring, and evaluation of high-quality investment operations in an efficient and timely manner.

Requirements

• Strong technical and analytical skills, particularly linked to engineering or economic analysis of transport infrastructure projects.
• An understanding of the challenges facing the Asian transport sector, familiarity with various modes of transport activities and development in general, and in-depth knowledge of at least one sub-sector.
• Proficient oral and written communication skills in English. Knowledge of a language(s) of an AIIB member would be an advantage.
• Experience working with multicultural teams.
• Strong organizational and project management skills to conduct day-to-day management of a large and complex project portfolio.
• Minimum 5-8 years of relevant working experience in transport planning or engineering and undertaking economic feasibility studies for transport investments, urban transport development planning, and/or traffic management/analysis.
• Master’s degree or equivalent in transport engineering or other transport-related fields, including economics, transport planning, traffic management, and transport engineering (for all modes of transport, such as road, railway, port, aviation, and urban transport).
• Experience in transport operations; management of transport/logistic projects in middle-income and/or developed countries; introduction of state-of-the-art technology/expertise to countries in Asia; planning and programming of investment and maintenance works in the transport sector; and institutional reforms would be favourably considered.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance