Team Leader / Principal Strategic Advisor

About the job

As part of the Inga-3 Project Development Programme (PDI3), the Agency for the Development and Promotion of the Grand Inga Project (ADPI-RDC) will receive support from a strategic advisory firm in preparing the Inga-3 project. The project aims to develop a new phase of the hydroelectric potential at the Inga site and establish the technical, financial, legal and institutional foundations necessary for its structuring, particularly through a public-private partnership.

GOPA Tech is seeking a Team Leader / Principal Strategic Advisor, who will also serve as the Project Structuring Lead.

What you will do

• Coordinate a multidisciplinary team of technical, financial, legal, commercial, environmental and social experts.
• Lead the strategic analyses required to select a preferred configuration for Inga-3.
• Integrate analyses relating to bankable demand, electricity offtake arrangements, financial viability, fiscal sustainability and project structuring.
• Develop strategic recommendations for ADPI-RDC and public-sector decision-makers.
• Support the assessment of project structuring options, including public-private partnerships (PPP), independent power producer (IPP) models, concessions, joint ventures and hybrid models.
• Oversee market sounding with investors, developers, lenders, development finance institutions, export credit agencies and strategic offtakers.
• Ensure the quality, consistency and traceability of deliverables.
• Facilitate knowledge transfer and support capacity building within ADPI-RDC.

Your qualifications

• At least 20 years of relevant professional experience.
• Proven experience leading advisory assignments for major infrastructure projects, ideally in the hydropower or energy sector.
• Demonstrated experience in project structuring, particularly PPPs, IPPs, concessions or other models of public-private participation.
• Strong knowledge of project finance, bankability, risk allocation, power purchase agreements and engagement with investors and financing institutions.
• Significant experience supporting decision-making processes within governments, public agencies or development institutions.
• Experience in emerging markets; experience in Sub-Saharan Africa, ideally in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Central Africa, would be an advantage.
• Excellent coordination, drafting, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Full professional proficiency in French and English, both written and spoken.

Offer details

Start date: February/March 2027 Duration: Up to 30 months Duty station: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, with occasional missions