Key Expert: Project Management (m/f/d)

• Provide high-level technical advice and analysis on regulatory, legal, and financial frameworks needed to implement South Africa’s Just Energy Transition.
• Support government counterparts in aligning legislation and policy instruments with JET-IP and JETP objectives, including regulatory reforms and enabling frameworks.
• Develop and review financing models, investment plans, and de-risking mechanisms that support public and private sector participation in energy transition initiatives.
• Identify regulatory and legal barriers to implementation and propose actionable policy and legal reforms.
• Contribute to capacity building of public institutions on energy regulation, green finance, and institutional governance.
• Work closely with other Key Experts to ensure an integrated, cross-sectoral approach to legal and financial advice under the TA Facility.
• Support stakeholder engagement processes, particularly with ministries, regulators, DFIs, and the private sector.

Qualifications and Skills:

• At least a Master’s degree in law, public policy, energy economics, finance, or a relevant field. (A Bachelor’s degree plus an additional 3 years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of a Master’s degree.)
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrated capacity to interpret complex legal, regulatory, and financial frameworks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; knowledge of local regulatory and legal terminology in South Africa is an asset.

General Professional Experience:

• Minimum 6 years of professional experience in the energy, legal, regulatory, or public finance sectors.
• At least 3 years of experience working on legal or regulatory reform, energy sector governance, or infrastructure/energy finance.
• Experience with donor-funded technical assistance projects or policy advisory roles at national or regional levels.

Specific Professional Experience:

• At least 6 years of experience working on energy sector regulation, public-private partnerships (PPPs), or financial instruments for low-carbon or energy transition projects.
• Proven experience advising on or designing legal and regulatory frameworks related to energy market reform, Independent Power Producers (IPPs), or grid integration of renewables.
• Demonstrated experience with climate finance, including mobilising or structuring investments from development finance institutions (DFIs), green bonds, or blended finance mechanisms.
• Familiarity with South Africa’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), National Energy Regulator (NERSA) regulations, and policies guiding the JET-IP and Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP).
• Experience working in South Africa or Southern Africa with national or provincial governments, regulatory bodies, or finance ministries is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of EU policies and instruments related to climate action, development cooperation, and green finance will be considered an asset.

The operational base for the project is Pretoria. The intended start date is 01/04/2026 and the project duration is 60 months.

This job is suited to a full time position and is allocated to band 4.

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Your professional and personal development is important to us. At GIZ, you will be offered global work opportunities and an atmosphere that is characterised by diversity, respect and genuine equal opportunities. Gender equality promotion is a matter of course for us. Our benefits are also impressive in terms of work-life balance and family friendliness. Flexible working hours that fit your life situation, comprehensive onboarding and internal health management are an integral part of our corporate culture, along with the opportunity to use childcare facilities and parent/child offices.

GIZ is a signatory of the Diversity Charter. Recognition, appreciation and inclusion of diversity in the company are important to us. All employees shall be valued - regardless of gender and gender identity, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, social background, age or sexual orientation.

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