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The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) promotes sustainable and equitable transport worldwide. ITDP is a nonprofit organization headquartered in New York City with offices in Africa, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and the United States. ITDP’s programs focus on bus rapid transit, non-motorised transport, travel demand management, and other sustainable mobility solutions.
We are seeking a Manager, Transport Finance to join our Africa programme team. This is a full-time position.
About the position
The Manager, Transport Finance will be a new and critical addition to ITDP Africa’s programme team, providing independent technical and strategic leadership to advance the organisation’s work on sustainable transport financing and investment mobilisation across African cities. The Manager will strengthen national and subnational frameworks for sustained transport funding and work with governments, multilateral development banks (MDBs), development finance institutions, national development banks, and other financing partners to mobilise investment for public transport, electrification, walking, cycling, and other sustainable mobility solutions.
Working at the intersection of transport planning, public finance, development finance, and climate policy, the Manager will help governments identify and structure appropriate financing mechanisms, strengthen the financial and institutional readiness of priority projects, and connect well-designed transport programmes with public, concessional, climate, and private capital. This is a strategic regional role focused on translating policy and planning priorities into funded, investment-ready programmes that can move to implementation.
The Manager, Transport Finance will report to the Africa Programme Director, working closely with the Transport Systems, Public Transport & Electrification, and Transport Policy, as well as ITDP's global finance and development teams.
Formation / Diplômes
A PhD or Master's degree in transport economics, development finance, infrastructure finance, public finance, transport planning, urban economics, or a closely related field.
Experience
At least ten years of relevant professional experience in transport finance, infrastructure financing, or development finance, including direct experience in financial modelling, investment structuring, or development bank project preparation.
Demonstrated experience working on large-scale transport infrastructure projects (BRT, rail, ebus, or similar) in a financial advisory, project finance, or technical assistance capacity.
Direct working knowledge of the regulatory, fiscal and institutional conditions that shape transport investment in Sub-Saharan Africa, normally gained through prior work in the region.
Expert-level financial modelling skills, including advanced experience building BRT or transit business models, PPP financial structures, and cost-benefit analysis frameworks.
Strong understanding of development finance instruments, blended finance structures, and PPP frameworks as applied to transport infrastructure.
Proficiency in Excel for transport demand and financial scenario modelling.
Fluency in English is required.
Method of Application
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