Investment Officer/Operations Officer East and Southern Africa at World Bank Group

Regional portfolio delivery and business development 

• The Program Officer is expected to deliver client projects and manage client relationships across the sub-region.
• Portfolio: Manage the delivery of existing portfolio projects in the E&SA region, ensuring provision of high-quality services to internal (industry/regional) and external clients and strong internal project governance.
• Accelerate Opportunities to include Gender and Inclusion Solutions: help sub-regional and industry leadership to identify and to embed gender and economic inclusion solutions in their existing and pipeline investment and advisory projects by supporting the screening of project pipeline and identifying opportunities. Work on implementing the defined gender solutions.  
• New Flagship Initiatives and Country Programs: Support in collaboration with IFC Industry teams the design and delivery of coordinated, country-level programs in E&SA that address gender barriers and deliver measurable gender outcomes.
• Manage the selection and performance of staff and consultants reporting to/assigned to the sub regional program to effectively deliver on program goals.
• Sub-Regional strategy, communications and partnerships:  
• Support IFC sub-regional and country management in E&CA on gender issues. 
• Coordinate and provide IFC sub-regional regional and country management in E&CA consistent inputs in sub-regional, country, and industry/sector projects, programs and strategies.
• Support the sub-regional communications team in E&CA and country management in E&CA on gender and economic inclusion topics externally, such as at regional events, with partners, and in the media.

Selection Criteria

• The candidate should be a seasoned candidate with in-depth experience working with the private sector and across institutional structures to deliver impactful solutions. S/he routinely leads staff, initiatives, programs, projects, and integrates the work of others (often multi-disciplinary). S/he confidently delivers quality output and can work and inspire others with a sense of urgency. S/he can proficiently interact with companies' senior management, development partners and communicate with senior government counterparts and other organizations with confidence on the topic at hand.

Minimum requirements

• Master's degree in economics, finance, business, or other relevant discipline required.
• At least eight years of professional experience in private sector development in emerging markets (required) with decision-making responsibility, ideally with a focus on gender and inclusion.
• Experience in structuring investment and advisory projects, including results frameworks to capture gender / inclusion outcomes and impacts.
• Broad experience across gender and economic inclusion topics and the demonstrated ability to engage with credibility and confidence. 
• Ability to self-manage, multitask, and work under time constraints.
• Successful record of managing staff/consultants/temporaries in a project, monitoring project issues and tasks, meeting deadlines and setting priorities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, sound business judgment to identify issues, and present creative and practical solutions.
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills in English, including strong ability to communicate ideas clearly and confidently, articulate issues and recommend solutions. Fluency in another language widely spoken in the sub-region such as Portuguese and Swahili is a plus. 
• Demonstrated commitment to IFC core values, including excellence, mutual respect, collegiality, teamwork, diversity and inclusiveness, integrity, innovation, transparency, and accountability.