Acting as a project team leader, the recruited candidate will be responsible for preparation, appraisal, negotiation, and approval of investments projects in key areas of NDB operations as defined by the General Strategy, in particular: water and sanitation, transport, urban development, social infrastructure etc.

This position will focus on sovereign, sovereign guaranteed operations and operations with subnational governments without sovereign guarantee.

Specific responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Conduct appraisal of operations in technical, fiscal, financial, economic, institutional, implementation and fiduciary aspects.
• Lead the team work on drafting concept note and project document to the board (and other project related documents), interfacing with other departments and divisions in the Bank for their inputs (environmental and social, procurement, governance, legal, risk, treasury, strategy, research, etc), negotiating with the borrower, preparing project documents for approval, and undertaking initial project monitoring activities until the first disbursement of the loan and its handover to Regional Offices and Centers.
• Provide technical inputs into the design of projects, incorporate sectorial, operational, and country lessons learned in the project preparation, and maximize NDB\xe2\x80\x99s value addition throughout the processing stage.
• Build and develop sector knowledge, draft sector knowledge reports.
• Conduct missions for project preparation, appraisal, and negotiation of transaction documents.
• Advise clients on the preparation of the feasibilities studies, technical design, institutional capacity building with the focus on relevance, sustainability and problem-solving.
• Support the Regional Offices and Centers in project origination and supervision of implementation.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable policies, guidelines, systems and process
• effectively for delivery of the lending and investment program in line with the Bank\xe2\x80\x99s General Strategy.
• Keep abreast of the market developments, trends, opportunities and challenges in
• infrastructure landscape and long term financing and provide inputs to relevant
• stakeholders on operations strategy, policies, budgets, business plan, etc.
• Other duties and responsibilities assigned from time to time.

Position requirements:

• Minimum 7 years of relevant professional experience in financial institutions, consulting companies or research centres working in the areas of NDB operations, out of which at least 5 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience in multilateral development banks on positions focused on appraisal of sovereign guaranteed loans for investment projects and programs.
• Proven expertise in project financing and implementing in one or several sectors: water, waste and sanitation; transport; urban development, environment protection and energy efficiency; health and education.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent knowledge of economic analysis of investment projects.
• Good knowledge of financial analysis of companies and subnational governments.
• Good proficiency of MS Excel.
• Master\xe2\x80\x99s Degree or equivalent in a relevant field from a reputed university. Degree in engineering or public finances is an advantage.

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