Investment Officer/Operations Officer – West and Central Africa at International Finance Corporation (IFC)

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) a sister organization of the World Bank and member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in developing countries. The Bank Group has set two goals for the world to achieve by 2030: end extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity in every country.

Job Title: Investment Officer/Operations Officer – West and Central Africa

Job ID: req32970

Location: Lagos

Sector: Operations

Grade: GG
Term Duration: 3 years 0 months
Recruitment Type: International Recruitment

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

• Sub-Regional portfolio delivery and business development
• The IO/OO is expected to deliver client projects and manage client relationships across the sub-region.
• Portfolio: Manage the delivery of existing portfolio projects in the West and Central Africa 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 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 program goals.
• Sub-Regional strategy, communications and partnerships:
• Support IFC sub-regional and country management on gender issues.
• Coordinate and provide IFC sub-regional regional and country management consistent inputs in sub-regional, country, and industry/sector projects, programs and strategies.
• Support the sub-regional communications team and country management on gender and economic inclusion topics externally, such as at regional events, with partners, and in the media.

Profile 

• The candidate should be a seasoned professional 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.

Selection Criteria

• 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.

Application Closing Date
13th May, 2025 at 11:59pm UTC.

How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should Click here to apply online