IFC’s PPP transaction advisory services are delivered through the Public Private Partnership (PPP) division of the Transaction Advisory Services Department (CTA). The division’s advisory offering provides transaction advisory services to governments to structure and implement PPPs while balancing investors’ interests effectively, public policy considerations, and community needs.

By structuring successful PPPs, infrastructure and public services may be expanded and improved cost-effectively, benefiting from private-sector expertise, management, and finance. The PPP Division has an active global portfolio of 115+ projects covering different sectors, of which power, transport, education, health, and ICT are strategic priorities. It focuses on advising on transactions across all infrastructure sectors, covering a broad range of PPP models, such as:

•  Public-Private Partnerships, e.g., BOT-type concessions
•  Operation & Maintenance, Management and lease contracts
•  Restructuring and privatization of state-owned assets

In the previous fiscal year, CTA mobilized close to US$5 billion in private-sector financing in emerging markets. This is an exciting time for CTA to play a critical role in shaping IFC 3.0 strategy. To pursue these efforts, CTA’s Middle East, Central Asia, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (MCT) regional team is seeking a high-performing (Associate) Investment Officer (A/IO) with relevant market and transaction experience to support its PPP program primarily in the Middle East, and in other areas that may be requested from time to time by the MCT Manager. The MCT region has four main hubs: Amman for the Levant region, Dubai for GCC countries, Tashkent for Central Asia, and Karachi for Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The selected candidate will support the regional team, management, and specific transaction teams in processing and implementing PPP mandates, where IFC acts as the Lead Transaction Advisor to government clients. The A/IO will be based in Amman, Jordan, and report to the MCT Regional Manager and Head for PPP Transaction Advisory Services.

Roles and Responsibilities

The selected candidate will work closely with the Levant Hub Leader and project team leaders as part of project teams to assist in the origination, due diligence, structuring, negotiations, and bidding of PPP projects in the MCT region. This includes the following:

•  Working with governments in various countries across MCT (with a focus on the Middle East) in identifying and developing PPP transactions for infrastructure projects
•  Contributing to origination and marketing activities, including preparation of pitchbooks and PPP advisory proposals, market analysis, early-stage project assessments, and client presentations
•  Preparing memos and documentation needed for internal approval and governance processes
•  Supporting the team with administrative tasks such as reporting, filing, clients’ integrity due diligence
•  Performing financial analysis and building or reviewing financial models
•  Assisting project team leaders in project management, including preparing terms of reference, procurement, and coordination of external consultants’ work
•  Assisting in reviewing due diligence reports, including in data collection and analysis, and the review of legal, commercial, environmental, social, and technical outputs and documentation
•  Supporting the project team leader with the articulation of a PPP structure and recommendation to the client and with drafting a transaction structure report
•  Assisting in preparing information memorandums and reviewing pre-qualification, tender documents, and PPP contracts
•  Assisting in marketing PPP transactions to potential investors, conducting roadshows and international competitive tenders, and facilitating commercial/financial closure
•  Participating in meetings and negotiations with government clients and investors
•  Assisting in other projects or CTA, IFC, and WBG strategy-related activities as needed (research, internal notes, etc.)