UNDP Southern Africa Investment Specialist Jobs 2022 – Zambia NGO Jobs. UNDP Zambia looking for “Southern Africa Investment Specialist“. Applicants with a degree in Master’s Degree may apply on or before August 25, 2022.
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UNDP Southern Africa Investment Specialist Jobs 2022
The UNDP has published a job vacancy announcement on August 13, 2022 for qualified Zambia’s to fill in the vacant post of Southern Africa Investment Specialist to be based in Lusaka, Zambia.
| Recruiter | United Nations Development Programme |
| Position | Southern Africa Investment Specialist |
| Location | Lusaka, Zambia |
| Country | Zambia |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | Master’s Degree |
| Experience Required | Minimum Six years |
| Application Deadline | August 25, 2022 |
UNDP Job Vacancy 2022
Duties and Responsibilities:
Summary of key functions:
- Sourcing and Screening of Investment Opportunities.
- Due diligence and capital deployment.
- Matchmaking with commercial capital and structuring.
- Support to RCs/UNCTs and UNDS member entities.
- Advocacy and knowledge management
Detailed Description of Job Roles and Responsibilities
Sourcing and Screening of investment opportunities
- Work with a range of UN agencies (including UNCDF) and other development partners in different countries of the Southern Africa region to identify innovative revenue-generating projects across their programmatic operations that require additional investment to grow and have a greater impact.
- If and where needed, initiate new specific sourcing activities such as requests for proposals, challenge funds, market scans, etc..
Position in Organization:
- Job Identification: 5229
- Locations: Lusaka, Zambia
- Posting Date: 08/11/2022, 04:57 AM
- Apply Before: 08/25/2022, 09:29 AM
- Job Schedule: Full time
- Agency: UNCDF
- Grade: IB
- Vacancy Type: International Personnel Service Agreement
- Practice Area: Inclusive Growth
- Contract Duration: 1 Year with Possibility for extension
- Education & Work Experience: Master’s Degree – 7 year(s) experience
- Other Criteria: Bachelor’s Degree – 9 year(s) experience
- Required Languages: English
- Desired Languages: Working proficiency in French and Knowledge of any other local/regional languages
- Vacancy Timeline: 2 Weeks
Qualification:
- Master’s Degree in Economics, Finance, or Business Administration or Bachelor’s degree in the relevant field with 2 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of Master’s Degree will be taken in to consideration.
- Minimum 7 years (Master’s degree) or 9 years (Bachelor’s degree) relevant work experience in either the financial sector or the private sector or a mix, preferably with investment and/or business management expertise.
- Experience working in venture capital and/or banking within an international financial environment, preferably in development finance institution, impact investor or similar, is highly preferable.
- Experience in private credit and/or equity for investments with a social mission in emerging/frontier markets, is highly preferable.
- Experience in project preparation and/or in development of investment opportunities, especially for investment projects with social objective in developing countries.
- Experience from fund management, preferably a fund with both financial and impact targets.
How to Apply UNDP Southern Africa Investment Specialist Jobs 2022
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://estm.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/requisitions/job/5229
The Closing Date: August 25, 2022.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Download |
| Official Website | www.undp.org |
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