Advisory Sector Lead Transport and Infrastructure

WSP is experiencing significant growth within our Infrastructure Advisory service offering across Africa. At the heart of it we are about connecting business strategy to assets and executing the important decisions well. You will join our Division to lead our Infrastructure Advisory aspirations where you will play an integral part in a team of highly skilled specialists that bring ideas to life for our clients across the education health local government transport water and future energy sectors. 

Key Role

You will be reporting into the Transport and Infrastructure (T&I) Division Executive Committee responsible for the leadership and growth of the Advisory sector across all operational disciplines. In addition you will be part of the Senior Leadership Team and as a collective be accountable for the performance and governance of the Division operating within the regional delegation of authority.

You will aspire to be a trusted partner to our preferred clients working across the whole infrastructure asset lifecycle advising on investments and decisions that drive value and proactively respond to disruptive change. 

Through a deep understanding of their challenges you will work with our clients to cocreate innovative solutions that help to shape the future withing the required return on investment. Its your knowledge of decision making projects and assets supported by the broader technical expertise of the business that will set WSP apart with your demonstrated people leadership and technical acumen.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and grow an advisory delivery team based in either Johannesburg (Waterfall) or Cape Town office.
• Leading the development of portfolio strategies business cases process optimization frameworks procurement strategies risk management approaches and assurance frameworks. 
• Maintaining and further developing relationships with a wide range of public and private sector clients and critical internal and external stakeholders. 
• Integrate crossfunctional and regional teams to deliver advisory services for our clients.
• Take a leading role in WSP T&I I Africa leadership team in the growth of this sector and working with our global network of advisory professionals and partner firms.
• Develop partnerships with third party vendors / partners to develop a flexible team providing solutions for client issues.
• Management of advisory project teams to deliver mediumlarge (or complex) client advisory engagements within a billable target as agreed in the budget cycle.
• Ensure business winning activities including opportunity identification and proposal development are carried out by assigned team members.
• Management of quality and risk on engagements.
• Client facing role for both business development and delivery including stakeholder engagement.
•  Liaise with technical teams on the client side and internal inter disciplinary teams to support project delivery.
• Ensure One Africa Advisory meeting is convened and actions acted upon.
• Develop service offerings that span the life cycle of infrastructure assets from design to decommissioning as an integrated service solution to our clients.

Health and Safety

• Role model standards for SHEQ performance and behaviour consistent with the companys health safety environmental and quality vision and policies by influencing those around you.
• Contributing to the identification of SHEQ risks and driving processes to achieve Zero Harm.
• Embracing displaying and promoting the company values and ensuring a safe working environment is maintained at all times.

Qualifications :

Qualifications and Experience Required

• A University degree in Engineering Science Law Commerce/Economics or similar
• Industry applicable professional registration is mandatory
• 15 years in technical and strategic advisory and master planning.
• 510 years experience leading teams working within the infrastructure sector ideally in procurement business cases process improvement risk and/or assurance.
• Demonstrated experience in business development and delivery in technical and strategic advisory in Africa
• Experience working with international finance institutions (e.g. World Bank/IFC/AFD) funds and private financial institutions
• Experience in advising clients on the feasibility and delivery models for infrastructure or assetintensive projects
• Broad understanding and interest in multiple infrastructure sectors

Key Competencies and Generic Skills

• Experience in advising clients on the feasibility and delivery models for infrastructure or assetintensive projects.
• Broad understanding and interest in multiple infrastructure sectors.
• Problem solver with the ability to navigate complex business challenges and secure stakeholder buyin.
• Excellent facilitation and communication skills (both written and verbal) ability in English Portuguese and or French would be beneficial.
• Ability to bring complex data analytics and technology concepts to life for nonspecialist audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple projects for multiple stakeholders and balance time across these appropriately ensuring required billability.
• Ability to engage with international funders.

Additional Information :

Whats in it for you

What if we can have worklife balance What if we can be rewarded in ways that support our individual needs What if we can be accepted for who we are Here at WSP we can!

WSP recognizes that work is only one part of our lives and making time for the other things in our life is important be that our families our friends or ourselves. So if working from home working parttime or having flexible start and finish time will help with this let us know as part of your application.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime