The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) is an inter-governmental organization initiated and led by the Nile riparian countries to promote joint development, protection, and management of the common Nile Basin water resources. NBI has a Shared Vision, namely: ‘to promote sustainable socioeconomic development through the equitable utilization of, and benefit from, the common Nile Basin water resources. The NBI provides a unique forum for the countries of the Nile Basin to move toward a cooperative process to realize tangible benefits in the basin and build a solid foundation of trust and confidence under NBI designed to contribute towards the realization of the NBI Shared Vision. NBI has three Centres: Nile-SEC based in Entebbe, Uganda, NELSAP-CU based in Kigali, Rwanda and ENTRO based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Job Purpose/Role:
The Nile-SEC intends to employ the services of a Regional Coordinator/Investment Expert for the Nile River Basin Investment Program (NR-BIP) who shall provide the the regional BIP Coordinator/Investment Expert shall be based within the Nile Secretariat at Entebbe, Uganda and will be responsible for management of the NR-BIP activities within the NBI with support from the NR-BIP Task Team covering the period July 2022 to June 2025. Specific responsibilities for the NR-BIP Coordinator are:
- Management of the BIP Task within the BWP/Nile-Sec, including preparation of annual work plans and budgets as well as progress monitoring and reporting
- Provide secretariat services to the NR-BIP Task Team and Regional Technical Working Group including the preparation of meetings, documentation of proceedings, development, and monitoring of joint annual program of work, support member RECs+LRBOs in reporting to their respective governance meetings, monitoring of the NR BIP acti
- Coordinate the BIP portfolio development, including compiling candidate projects, developing, and applying methods for project selection
- Develop communication of the BIP e.g., through BIP documents, advocacy and marketing materials, web and social media communication and other suited approaches.
- Develop and implement strategy for resource mobilization support for the projects included in the BIP with the respective project implementing agencies, such as.
- Develop lead multilateral bank partnership for the BIP, such as through AfDB, ICA, etc.
- Maintaining an information system for the NR-BIP based on the African Infrastructure Database (AID) and web-dashboard of the NR-BIP.
- Produce the annual state of the BIP investment portfolio report
- Manage capacity building on topics related to the BIP for member countries.
Academic /Professional Qualifications & Experience
- At least a Masters’ degree in a relevant academic field such as economics, investment banking, financial management or water/energy infrastructure engineering.
Minimum Experience Required
- Ten (10) years working experience (5 of which are post master’s degree experience) in areas of infrastructure development, infrastructure financing and program management.
- Five (5) years of work experience in infrastructure development in Africa working on transboundary water or energy resources projects in a regional context e.g. working with RECs, L/RBOs, AU (including NEPAD-AUDA) or regional development banks.
- Demonstrable experience of working in projects funded by multilateral development banks/international financial institutions
- Proven track record of the coordination and facilitation of high-level political processes at REC/RBO level or on the African continent
- Experience with the Nile Basin cooperation process is an added advantage
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills in English
- Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office, internet research, web and social media, other digital tools)
Duration
The duration of the employment shall initially be 2.5 years (with a six months’ probation period) renewed annually based on satisfactory performance.
Interested and suitably qualified individuals are invited to visit the NBI website to download the full job description/TORs for the position and should submit their application letter and Curriculum Vitae electronically to the Executive Director . Your application/cover letter should clearly indicate the title of the position applied for and should be in the subject of the email and reach the Executive Director not later than 5th January 2023 at 5:00pm Local Time in Entebbe, Uganda.
Your CV should clearly indicate full contacts of Three (3) referees and two (2) former employers excluding the current employer. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted, and women candidates are encouraged to apply.
