• The incumbent will be responsible for championing investment promotion and investment pipeline tracking and monitoring for the Eastern Cape province.
• The role entails driving and facilitating investments and projects within manufacturing, automotive, agro-industry, energy, ocean economy, tourism, digital economy, and related investment value chains; spearheading investment risk assessments for converting sector(s) opportunities into investable opportunities; and facilitating collaboration with other stakeholders to attract investment in support of the Eastern Cape economic development.
• The incumbent will also be expected to drive investment facilitation and project management over the projects life cycle; facilitate economic infrastructure in support of the designated sector projects; link identified industry value chain opportunities with prospective investors and develop project specific investment promotion interventions; oversee the development and maintenance of investment performance reporting tools; drive the design and development of monitoring and measurement plans to track qualitative and quantitative economic indicators of strategic investment projects and investment pipeline; build collaborative partnerships towards realisation of sector value chain opportunities aligned with the national and provincial investment strategies; and represent the ECDC at relevant industry and provincial sector platforms.
• Furthermore, the role will entail working with provincial, national and global players in profiling and attracting investment to the Eastern Cape as well as driving the initiatives relating to the Provincial Investment Council and the EC Film Fund.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS 

• A relevant bachelor’s degree in commerce as well as a postgraduate qualification (NQF8) in commerce or other relevant field.
• A minimum of 8 years working experience of which 5 years should be at middle management or senior consultant level within trade or investment management/facilitation environment.