Private Sector Infrastructure Finance Specialist (Water and Sanitation)

Position: Private Sector Infrastructure Finance Specialist (Water and Sanitation)

Job Information

• Reference Id:
• Company: Asian Development Bank
• Position name: Private Sector Infrastructure Finance Specialist (Water and Sanitation)
• Job location: Bangkok
• Non-Thais allowed: Yes
• Job type: Contract
• Vacancy: 1
• Experience: Over 5 years
• Education: degree in business administration, finance, engineering, economics or other relevant subject (advanced degree desirable)
• Monthly salary range: [USD3,300]+insurance
• Apply here from 1-15 February 2024 on https://selfservice.adb.org/OA_HTML/adb/xxcrs/jsp/ADBCsrnFwd.jsp?sel=195385

About ADB:

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) envisions a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty in the region. Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members—49 from the region. ADB assists its members, and partners, by providing loans, technical assistance, grants, and equity investments to promote social and economic development. ADB maximizes the development impact of its assistance by facilitating policy dialogues, providing advisory services, and mobilizing financial resources through cofinancing operations that tap official, commercial, and export credit sources.

ADB Website: https://www.adb.org/

Job description

POSITION TITLE : Private Sector Infrastructure Finance Specialist (Water and Sanitation)
POSITION LOCATION : Thailand
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT : Contract with possibility of contract extension.

Objective and Purpose of the Assignment

ADB is increasing its focus on water and sanitation sector as part of its operational priorities under the ADB’s Strategy 2030, which includes focus on making cities more livable (by providing affordable, safe, and effective water and sanitation services). Strategy 2030 also supports the objective to expand the role of private sector operations and mobilize additional resources on top of ADB’s own financing.

The Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund (SFPTF) under the Water Financing Partnership Facility (WFPF) aims to support identification, testing, and pilot implementation of innovative sanitation solutions – new policies, regulatory framework, business models, and technologies – to increase support for non-networked sanitation. The Fund also focuses on accelerating a more holistic approach through the citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) framework to increase access to appropriate sanitation systems.

To support business development activities relating to the identification, preparation, and processing of a pipeline of private sector projects in the water and sanitation sector, ADB requires the services of private sector infrastructure finance specialist, herein referred to as “the Consultant”.

Detailed Tasks and/or Expected Output

The Consultant will be responsible for overall financial and market analysis activities in cooperation with ADB’s private sector infrastructure finance team based in Bangkok to support sourcing, developing, assessing and processing a pipeline of financing and investment projects focused on the water and sanitation sector.

The Consultant will be responsible for the following tasks and/or outputs:

1. Assist in the evaluation, assessment, and processing of PSOD water and sanitation sector activities and objectives in the Southeast Asian developing member countries of ADB, especially Viet Nam, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Thailand.
2. Provide a comprehensive market / industry analysis of the water and sanitation sector, with a focus on private sector opportunities (including sub-sovereign and SOE opportunities), including financial analysis, including building of financial models, regulatory and institutional assessments and other required support to support and shape PSOD’s water and sanitation sector investment strategy to support innovative sanitation solutions and the identification of opportunities in the region.
3. Produce and prepare reports and documentation to support processing of PSOD water and sanitation sector investment opportunities within ADB.
4. Assist with applications to third party funds where ‘blending’ of ADB and third party capital can help water and sanitation transactions reach financial close.
5. Support sourcing, developing, and preparing a pipeline of projects aligned with PSOD’s water and sanitation sector investment activities and objectives in the region, including attending (where appropriate), conferences, presentations and workshops relating to the identification and preparation of investment opportunities.
6. Support the monitoring of the existing PSOD portfolio of water and sanitation sector investments in the region.
7. Coordinate with the Global Water and Sanitation Centre (GWSC) at AIT - Bangkok on activities related to increasing private sector participation in sanitation projects.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

The position requires the following qualifications: demonstrated experience in the investment banking, financial or consulting industries. In addition, the candidate should have:

1. A degree in business administration, finance, engineering, economics or other relevant subject (advanced degree desirable)
2. Minimum 5 years work experience in the investment banking, financial or consulting industries.
3. Experience in appraising and originating infrastructure (preferably water and sanitation) transactions in the Southeast Asian region.
4. Strong financial analysis and modelling skills.
5. Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
6. Good team player, self-starter, with the ability to work under minimum supervision and to develop and maintain good relationships.

General Considerations

The selected candidate is appointed for an initial term of 1 year, renewable.

ADB seeks to ensure that everyone is treated with respect and given equal opportunities to work in an inclusive environment. ADB encourages all qualified candidates to apply regardless of their racial, ethnic, religious and cultural background, gender, sexual orientation or disabilities. Women are highly encouraged to apply.