Project description

The MENA Energy and Clean Tech Facility will aim to strengthen the technical capacity of partner countries in the MENA region to design and implement policies and regulations that encourage private sector investments in renewable energy, energy efficiency and clean tech.

The support of the MENA Energy and Clean Tech Facility is expected to consist of

1) specific technical support in areas identified jointly with partner countries through policy dialogue;

2) Triangular Cooperation such as the organisation of study tours or technical assistance exchanges to facilitate technical knowledge or policy transfer between countrie;

3) support dialogue through the organisation of conferences, seminars and workshops to exchange experiences and approaches and

4) support EU development cooperation projects through short-term demand-driven interventions.

Job description

Indicative responsibilities:

Translating policy and regulatory improvements into investable opportunities, by identifying financing barriers, analysing effects on finance costs, improving bankability conditions, and supporting tools and processes that facilitate private and EU business investment in renewable energy, EE and clean tech across the target region. Conduct investment barrier and cost-of-capital analysis, bankability screening, investor engagement strategy, structuring of project pipeline support tools, mapping financing instruments, coordination with DFIs/IFIs and development banks.

Qualifications

Qualifications and skills:

• At least a Master's degree in finance, economics, business, energy economics, or another discipline directly relevant to project finance and investment facilitation;
• Language Skills: Advanced English language skills of at least C1 (understanding, speaking, writing in accordance with CEFR) required. A good command of French on level C1 (understanding, speaking, writing in accordance with CEFR). 
  

General professional experience: 

• At least 12 years of general professional experience in energy finance, investment facilitation, or project investment & bankability advisory;
• Experience in complex advisory assignments involving multiple public and private stakeholders;
• Experience in multi-country or regional assignments would be highly relevant

Specific professional experience:  

• 8+ years of experience in facilitating investment in renewable energy, EE or other clean-energy infrastructure;
• Experience in preparing investment-oriented analytical outputs, such as bottleneck assessments, bankability analyses, financing-gap assessments, or investment facilitation recommendations;
• Experience engaging with investors, financial institutions, public authorities, and/or donor or IFI actors in support of energy-sector investments;
• Familiarity with blended finance, guarantees, investment platforms, or similar mobilisation instruments would be a strong advantage;
• Experience in the Mediterranean / MENA region, or in comparable emerging-market investment environments, would be highly advantageous.

Contact person

  Barbara Muratori