Public-Private Partnership Specialist

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Background

The overall goal of the Coastal City Adaptation Project (CCAP) is to increase climate resilience in selected Mozambican coastal cities. To do so, CCAP will assist vulnerable coastal cities to incorporate climate change projections into their planning processes and to undertake adaptive measures. This will be achieved using an approach that is consistent with the programmatic and management objectives described throughout this section. Direct beneficiaries will include municipal and government authorities, local communities, civic organizations, and academic institutions. CCAP has three integrated objectives: (1) Improve the provision of climate-resilient urban services by municipalities; (2) increase adoption of climate resilience measures by communities, civic, and community organizations, including civil society, nongovernmental, and faith-based organizations and universities; and (3) increase local awareness of economic risk-management tools for at-risk urban infrastructure and livelihoods.

General Objective

The PPP Specialist will assist CCAP integrate private public partnership (PPP) models within municipal service delivery to ensure meaningful impacts and sustainable results of the CCAP. The Specialist will assist the municipality and CCAP team to identify potential PPPs, and developing preparatory documents for identified PPPs. She/he will be based in the Maputo project office, but will also provide support as needed to the municipal Team Leaders and their embedded municipal advisors. She/he will travel to the offices of the participating CCAP municipalities as required.

Duties

• Assist with identification of potential PPP projects
• Prepare an institutional and individual capacity building plan for municipalities and assist in its implementation, to prepare municipalities to identify, plan and manage viable PPPs
• Assist municipal counterparts and embedded advisors with the preparation of concept notes, pre-feasibility studies and initial technical assessments once potential projects have been identified and agreed to by municipalities;
• Assist with the preparation of materials for presentations that may be needed to promote specific types of projects to senior municipal officials and the private sector
• Assist municipal counterparts and embedded advisors with drafting PPP agreements for municipal services as needed

Deliverables

• Plan to incorporate PPPs in CCAP’s intervention, with specific project targets
• A mission report detailing the level of readiness within CCAP municipalities to identify, develop, promote and bid out viable PPPs
• Institutional and individual capacity building plan to prepare CCAP municipalities to identify, develop, promote and manage viable PPPs
• Implementation of at least X numbers of PPPs through mentoring municipal staff members

Requisites

• Master’s Degree in International Affairs, Urban Development, International Business Administration, Economics, or related field and ten years of experience
• Relevant experience on USAID-funded grants or contracts is required
• Prior experience with municipal and local government, communities, civic organizations, and academic institutions with climate change issues
• Experience working in Mozambique
• Exceptional organizational, follow-through, and time management skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills

Notes

• To apply please email cover letter and resume highlighting relevant experience to global@icma.org with the job title as the subject line
• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
• This position will require travel to the municipalities
• ICMA is an EOE