Project Manager

Looking for a role where your infrastructure project development experience can be used to reduce poverty and to support economic and sustainable development?

Does joining a team who collectively identify, evaluate and develop critical infrastructure projects in developing countries from feasibility to implementation sound like your next calling?

Swedfund are looking for an experienced project manager with exposure to emerging markets and developing infrastructure projects within the energy sector.

Aside from taking on responsibilities for ensuring smooth project progression alongside your colleagues and project owner partners, you will also be tasked with the following,

• Supporting the project owner to take projects through the project development stages and to help develop terms of reference for specific project development studies such as feasibility studies, environmental and social impact assessments.
• Ensuring productive and strong key stakeholder relationships with various public and private agencies
• Enhancing the local project owner's capacity to procure and develop sustainable solutions aligned with Swedlund's guidelines
• Ensure successful project implementation via coordinating the engagement and involvement of various technical advisors and project owners
• Manage complex dialogues regarding projects with both local and foreign partners
• Develop and improve internal project tools and systems

The position is located in the office in Stockholm; however, the position involves regular international travel comprising around about 4-6 trips per year of 5 day's duration per trip.

Your profile?

Relevant candidates will have more than 5 years of relevant work experience which should include experience from energy sector infrastructure project development and management from role(s) in utility companies, international industrial companies or technical consulting roles This alongside interest and, preferably, experience in international development will ensure success in the role. Exposure to infrastructure project financing is preferable.

Qualifications 

What's needed?

• Academic degree in Economics, Engineering or Social sciences.
• At least 5–10 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in energy sector infrastructure project development and project management
• International experience
• Experience in project development and financing within infrastructure projects, preferably in projects that have been run in a Team Sweden context
• Professional levels of English

What's preferred?

• Experience with sustainability issues and how these can be addressed within the framework of feasibility studies
• Experience from developing countries
• Experience of collaborating with development banks and other financiers
• Experience and understanding of publicly funded activities

About Swedfund
Swedfund, established in 1979, is a state-owned company managed by the Swedish Ministry of Finance. Swedfund is Sweden's development finance institution with the mission of fighting poverty through sustainable investments in developing countries. Through their work, they contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement. They share the same goal as Swedish development cooperation - a world without poverty - but they use different tools.

Swedfund implements sustainable investments in the private sector and work on technical feasibility studies and capacity building in relation to public actors.  The operations are financed by reflows from the portfolio and through capital injections from the development cooperation budget, for which the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs is responsible.

Swedfund's business model is centred on generating results within three pillars: impact on society, sustainability, and financial viability. Swedfund invests in four sectors to reduce poverty: Energy & Climate, Financial Inclusion, Sustainable Enterprises and Food Systems. Climate, decent work, gender and digitalisation are issues that permeate all activities, regardless of the choice of instrument, geography, or sector.

Questions and contact

This role is based in Stockholm and final candidates will be subjected to background screening. Interviews and selection are conducted on an ongoing basis and selected candidates will be subjected to a background control.

We are looking forward to receiving your application asap. If you have any questions regarding the recruitment, kindly contact

Applications are open until November 30th, shortly thereafter we will update applicants on the status of their application.

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