National Consultant - Pipeline Management Lead (PVAC) at the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: National Consultant - Pipeline Management Lead (PVAC)

Job No: 579713
Location: Abuja
Contract type: Consultant
Level: P-5
Categories: Health
Duration: 12 Months

Background

• The Pipeline Management Lead will play a pivotal role in achieving PVAC's mission by identifying, structuring, and securing financing for high-impact healthcare transactions in Nigeria.
• This strategic role is essential for attracting investments into Nigeria’s healthcare sector, fostering innovation, and expanding access to essential healthcare services and products.
• Given the complexity of healthcare financing and the need for substantial investment in the sector, this role requires a senior professional with deep expertise in financial transactions, investment management, and stakeholder engagement within the healthcare domain.

How can you make a difference?

• Strategy Development for Opportunity Origination: Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to identify and originate investment opportunities aligned with PVAC’s strategic objectives for Nigeria's healthcare sector.
• Team Leadership in Transaction Management: Lead a team of transaction specialists focused on identifying, evaluating, and securing investment opportunities across various healthcare sub-sectors, including therapeutics, consumables, vaccines, diagnostics, and healthcare provision.
• Due Diligence and Compliance Oversight: Oversee due diligence processes, ensuring potential transactions meet financial viability, regulatory standards, and PVAC's investment principles.
• Deal Structuring and Negotiation: Manage the structuring and negotiation phases of transactions, collaborating with internal and external legal teams to secure favorable terms for the secretariat and its partners.
• Stakeholder Relationship Management: Build and maintain a network of potential investors, including domestic and international private equity firms, venture capitalists, and development finance institutions, to foster long-term investment relationships.
• Inter-Secretariat Collaboration: Coordinate with other secretariat teams (e.g., Healthcare Enabling Team) to address regulatory issues and ensure a supportive environment for investments.
• Market Research and Trend Analysis: Track industry trends and prepare periodic market insight reports, identifying emerging investment opportunities within the healthcare sector.

Work Assignment:

• Develop a proactive investor relations strategy to enhance PVAC’s engagement with existing and potential investors, fostering long-term partnerships and aligning investor interests with PVAC’s goals.
  • Deliverable/Output: Investor Relations Strategic Plan.
• Develop and implement a strategy to identify, assess, and originate new high-impact investment opportunities in alignment with PVAC’s strategic priorities in Nigeria’s healthcare sector.
  • Deliverable/Output: Opportunity Origination Strategy Document.
• Lead a team of transaction specialists in identifying, evaluating, and securing investment opportunities across healthcare sub-sectors, ensuring a steady pipeline of impactful transactions.
  • Deliverable/Output: Transaction Management Workflow Pipeline Report.
• Identify and cultivate partnerships with organizations and networks that can provide PVAC with access to high-quality deal flows, co-investment opportunities, and thought leadership on healthcare investment in emerging markets.
  • Deliverable/Output: Partnership Network Map and Partner Engagement Strategy Document.
• Oversee the due diligence process to ensure that potential investment opportunities are financially viable, meet regulatory standards, and align with PVAC's impact and financial objectives.
  • Deliverable/Output: Due Diligence Checklist and Protocol Document.
• Oversee the performance of PVAC’s portfolio transactions, ensuring that investments meet their objectives and contribute positively to the healthcare ecosystem.
  • Deliverable/Output: Portfolio Performance Report and Portfolio Review Summary.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have

• An advanced university degree in Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.
• A minimum of five (5) years of relevant professional experience in investment banking, private equity, or a related financial services sector, with a proven track record in healthcare sector transactions.
• Demonstrated expertise in originating, structuring, and closing complex transactions within healthcare or similar sectors.

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

• Financial and Analytical Skills: Strong understanding of transaction structuring, financial modeling, and investment due diligence processes.
• Negotiation and Communication Skills: Excellent abilities in negotiation and managing communications with diverse stakeholders.
• Leadership and Team Management: Experience in leading transaction teams and managing high-stakes investment projects.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Skilled in relationship-building with investors, regulatory bodies, and healthcare providers.
• Strategic Vision: Ability to develop and implement a sector-specific origination strategy with a focus on sustainable impact.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency contexts is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Application Closing Date
3rd February, 2025 (W. Central Africa Standard Time).