Investment Officer, Transport(Based in beijing)

Description

The Investment Officer-Transport within PSC2 will be responsible for contributing to AIIB’s lending program in Region 2 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 Investment Officer will need to work closely with other departments in AIIB.

The Public Sector Clients Department, Region 2 (PSC2) is responsible for identifying, originating, preparing, executing, and investing in projects with public-sector clients in Pakistan and Afghanistan; Central, East, and West Asia; and Europe, North Africa, and Latin America across the range of AIIB-covered sectors through various financing instruments and solutions. PSC2 leads the coverage of public-sector clients, taking responsibility for project preparation, due diligence, and approval processes of projects and ensuring that 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.

• Ensure that 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.
• Carry out due diligence and institutional assessments on executing agencies, including implementation capacity assessments of project counterparts.
• Conduct project risk assessment of projects and programs, and advise project teams on mitigation strategies to manage such risks.
• Participate in dialogue with clients, cofinancing partners, and other stakeholders on strategic issues and the implementation of AIIB’s investment program.
• Undertake regular supervision and implementation support missions and site visits, as needed, to ensure that projects meet development objectives and to help borrowing governments and implementing agencies address any implementation issues.
• 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 overseeing the implementation of AIIB’s investment operations with the objective of enhancing quality and accelerating project implementation, with a focus on delivering results.
• Lead, co-lead, or assist other PTLs in the preparation and monitoring of implementation and evaluation of high-quality investment operations.
• Advise clients on the preparation of technical and feasibility studies and technical design of projects toward investment prioritization and cost-effective solutions to development projects.

Requirements

• Strong technical and analytical skills, particularly linked to engineering or economic analysis of transport infrastructure projects.
• 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, e.g., road, railway, port, aviation, and urban transport).
• Proficient oral and written communication skills in English. Knowledge of the language(s) of an AIIB member.
• 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 subsector.
• Strong organizational and project management skills to conduct the day-to-day management of a large and complex project portfolio.
• Experience working in transport operations or the management of transport/logistic projects in middle-income and/or developed countries and the introduction of state-of-the-art technology to countries in Asia. Experience in the planning and programming of investment and maintenance works in the transport sector and institutional reforms would be favorably considered.
• Experience working with multicultural teams.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance