Business Specialist (m/f)

Description

• PSI seeks a Business Specialist who will serve as key personnel to support the Chief of Party in the design, implementation and management of activities under an anticipated 4-year USAID-funded project with PSI Mozambique.The project anticipates supporting the increase of sustainable access to sanitation services in Mozambique, focusing on small towns and peri-urban areas. The overall strategic goal is to improve communities' well-being, especially women and girls in Mozambique, by ensuring increased use and sustainable management of sanitation services via the two interrelated objectives: 1) Availability of water and sanitation services expanded; 2) Adoption of key WASH behaviors accelerated

Duties

• The Business Specialist should have relevant experience to be responsible for strengthening local markets for sanitation products and services
• Our ideal candidate has deep experience with WASH projects in developing countries, a passion for knowledge sharing and capacity building, and a positive and action-oriented attitude

Requisites

• Master’s degree in development economics, finance, business or a relevant social science, or in a water and sanitation related field
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience working as a business development services advisor, preferably in the Souther Africa Development Community (SADC) region and in energy, water, and/or health sectors
• Demonstrated experience facilitating access to capital markets with a combination of project preparation and investment feasibility assessments, financial and economic analysis, risk analysis, or financial structuring, with a solid understanding of key challenges associated with such transactions
• Experience engaging beneficiaries in intervention design and development
• Knowledge and understanding of USAID relevant policies, goals, and strategies
• Excellent diplomatic, oral/written skills and presentation abilities
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English are required, Portuguese is preferred
• Strong preference for a citizen of Mozambique
• References will be required

Notes

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted