Investment Program Assistant, Cote D'Ivoire

INTRODUCTION TO GGGI

The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is a treaty-based international, inter-governmental organization dedicated to supporting and promoting strong, inclusive and sustainable economic growth in developing countries and emerging economies. To learn more please visit about GGGI web page. 

CONTEXT

GGGI’s Green Investment Services (GIS) Global Practice supports emerging economies to bridge the sustainable development investment gap by developing bankable projects, national financing vehicles and risk reducing instruments to mobilize national and international climate finance. The GIS unit delivers its work by:

• Developing and maintaining a pipeline of bankable green growth projects;
• Performing the role of an “arranger”, that is, designing and structuring commercially viable projects that attract climate finance;
• Structuring financial solutions that blend public/ concessional finance and commercial/private finance in order to reduce risk and consequently help position public and private parties with commercially viable project structures;
• Designing innovative financial mechanisms often in the form of funds and instruments that reduce and possibly mitigate risks and overcome other barriers specific to green growth;
• Establishing dedicated vehicles (National Financing Vehicles) capable of blending international and domestic sources of capital for financing green growth;
• Prioritizing projects and instruments that are impactful and are catalytic, i.e. they mitigate risk sufficiently to pave the way for private investment in the sector;
• Designing innovative public finance instruments to help developing countries raise long-term concessional finance, including thematic bonds and debt for nature/climate swaps;
• Integrating social and environmental considerations into projects, valuing and monetizing natural assets where possible, and
• Advising partner countries on the development of their investment plans.

The GIS Africa Regional Office expects to expand its technical capacity and broaden intellectual base by hiring an Investment Programme Assistant for supporting activities related to program development and integrated delivery, particularly on bankable infrastructure projects.

The Investment Programme Assistant (IPA) will support the GIS Africa Regional Office (ARO) team in supporting in the development of guidelines, presentations and materials , arranging meetings with stakeholders as appropriate .. The Investment Programme Assistant will report to the Regional Investment Lead in Africa

PURPOSE

The Investment Programme Assistant plays a vital role in supporting the team in providing basic day-to day support in green investment projects. Specifically, the Assistant shall, among others:

• Support delivery of ongoing projects of the GGGI ARO
• Support the ARO team with overall project management, planning and monitoring of deliverables to ensure timely and quality delivery of the work
• Support the pipeline development of green projects
• collect the necessary information to support ongoing projects and
• Support the team in arranging meetings with key stakeholders and development partners
• Prepare documents, presentations, and reports to present information to a variety of audiences
• Support the review and development of financial models
• Track progress and update project documentation.
• Support the team through all steps of project development activities pre-financial close (concept, design, and financing phases).
• Assisting in transversal tasks undertaken by the team.

ENGAGEMENT

• Work closely with the regional teams as needed to support the development of documents related to green investments services.
• Work with national counterparts, other private sector stakeholders and other relevant parties that could support and facilitate GGGI's delivery, scalability, and impact at federal and subnational level.

DELIVERY

• Support engagement with stakeholders, including investor meetings, conferences and events.
• Assist in Monitoring and reports on project and workstream activities to ensure efficiency and consistency with established workplans to support project management
• Keep track of project cycles work to ensure that deliverables are provided on schedule and in accordance with the workplan.
• Collect data and contribute to maintain a project filing system online (using tools such as OneDrive and SharePoint) and safeguard standards of reporting/documentary quality according to GGGI and donor's procedures.
• Consolidate financial documentation for the project and ensure accuracy of project financial reporting.
• Assist with development of workshop/training materials, and logistics of local workshops/training sessions, and participating in national or local workshops as needed.
• Support the preparation of communications materials (media releases, news brief, press book, pitch deck etc.).
• Assist in Reviewing project documents and provide input to the Lead

REQUIREMENTS

QUALIFICATIONS

• BAC in as environmental economics, finance, engineering, international business, mathematics or other related disciplined to green growth and sustainable development
• At least two (2) years of professional experience with an understanding of climate finance
• Experience in organizing workshops/webinars on  inter-institutional programs
• Experience in working in Africa
• Experience in the renewable energy sector, agriculture sector, capacity building and multi-stakeholder engagement is advantage and ability to travel
• Understanding of Climate finance
• Willingness and ability to travel
• Oral and written fluency in English and French
• General understanding of infrastructure development, financial instruments, green/climate finance, especially within the context of Africa

FUNCTIONAL

• Team player, with result-oriented, creative, and mindset to solve problems
• Detail-oriented striving for quality and consistency in all outputs and communications.
• Output-oriented, demonstrating creativity, innovation, and an entrepreneurial drive.
• Highly organized and able to effectively and efficiently multi-task and prioritize.
• Comfortable working both in a team and independently.
• Excellent computer skills using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Power Point, SharePoint), Database, internet use, etc.
• Ability to establish priorities in a time-sensitive environment and meet deadlines with strong attention to detail

CORPORATE

• Understand and actively support GGGI’s mission, vision, and values.
• Promote an organizational culture of trust, transparency, respect and partnership.
• Processes and shares information easily and is excellent at problem-solving. Manage emotions and stress positively, build rapport, and resolve conflict easily.
• Strong ability to work independently and/or remotely, while maintaining productivity.

WORKING CONDITIONS

The Investment Programme Assistant is an X4 grade level in GGGI's local salary scale starting at USD 15297per annum. GGGI provides 15% of base salary towards retirement plan/long-term savings, 27 days of annual leave, flexible work arrangements and contribution towards private health insurance. The initial appointment is 24 months, renewable subject to satisfactory performance and budget availability. GGGI is committed to providing a work environment that is sufficiently flexible to accommodate diverse life-cycle challenges and assist Staff members to achieve a better balance between work commitments and personal and family commitments, including repercussions of post-COVID conditions, thus ensuring high performance, long-term productivity, and well-being of Staff members.