National Investment Coordinator

The National Investment Coordinator will provide continuity and follow-up after the EU-Angola Business Forum, advance the corridor agenda, and interact regularly with national counterparts, the EU Delegation, partner institutions, and other UNIDO staff and experts. The role supports investment promotion, capacity building, and coordination activities under the Lobito Corridor and ACP Business Friendly projects in Angola.

Responsibilities

• Follow-up with selected project owners, investors, and partner institutions to support matchmaking, document leads and opportunities for continued engagement, supported via UNIDO investment promotion toolkit.
• Support matchmaking between project promoters and potential investors/financial institutions through offline and online activities.
• Provide post-forum technical assistance to improve bankability and conversion of leads into concrete investment discussions.
• Transposition of selected investment opportunities onto UNIDO DIPS and Investment Platform.
• Support UNIDO HQ in stakeholder engagement with main investment promotion decision makers and institutions in Angola, including Government Ministries, AIPEX, World Bank – IFC, and other Team Europe Initiatives linked to investment promotion and facilitation with focus on Lobito.
• Identify priority actions and potential programmatic actions linked to the Lobito Corridor and related investment opportunity pipelines and Master Plan.
• Provide ongoing technical assistance and capacity-building support to IPAs, IPIs, and Project Owners in Angola to strengthen preparation of investment opportunities based on UNIDO methodology.
• Evaluate applications against agreed criteria, with a shortlist and documented selection rationale.
• Develop and refine professional investment decks for selected opportunities aligned with investor expectations and agreed templates.
• Refine key messages and provide coaching to strengthen delivery for investor-facing events.
• Support implementation of the Austria-funded first window of the Lobito Corridor programme, including investment facilitation and clean energy planning activities.
• Contribute to formulation of the broader multi-country Lobito Corridor programme, including corridor diagnostic, in-country data gathering, and consultations with national counterparts, partners and investors.
• Support UNIDO’s coordination and engagement with corridor institutions and partners, including LCTTFA, AIPEX, EU Delegation, and other development partners.
• Represent UNIDO in relevant in-country meetings and working groups as delegated.
• Document and report consultations with national counterparts and partners to the PMU.
• Maintain regular engagement with corridor institutions and partners, sharing meeting records and follow-up actions with the PMU.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in economics, business, or finance, or other relevant discipline with a specialization in industrial development is required.
• Alternatively, a first level university degree or an advanced technical college diploma may be acceptable provided it is combined with additional 5 years of professional hand-on experience that is directly relevant to the expertise required by the specific assignment.
• A minimum of 5 (five) years of practical experience in the area of investment promotion in the context of technical cooperation activities/industrial development, financial analysis, and/or banking is required.
• The certification as a UNIDO Trainer on Project Appraisal with Application of COMFAR Software would be considered an important asset.
• Exposure to the needs, conditions, and problems in developing countries is desirable.
• Ability to work effectively in multi-cultural teams is desirable.
• Fluency in written and spoken Portuguese and English is required.

Skills

• Investment Promotion
• Industrial Development
• Financial Analysis
• Banking
• Project Appraisal
• COMFAR Software
• Technical Cooperation
• Capacity Building
• Multi-cultural Team Collaboration
• Portuguese
• English

Languages

Portuguese, English