Operations Officer - Advisory Services

The Operations Officer - Advisory Services will lead and contribute to business and project development, implementation, and client engagement in North Africa and Horn of Africa. The role involves providing technical advice, managing advisory projects, and fostering collaboration across the World Bank Group to unlock investment and improve private sector development.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contributed to selective business and project development in line with client and market needs while working collaboratively across WBG.
• Lead and contributed to the implementation of projects by participate in senior level client meetings to provide technical advice and monitor progress in implementing relevant reforms to unlock investment.
• Support client in implementing recommendations and help trouble shoot as needed.
• Ensure high quality of project supervision and completion documents and provide quality control over client deliverables.
• Lead and contribute to the engagement with the relevant teams at the World Bank and IFC for reforms needed to unlock new markets and work collaboratively with Upstream teams.
• Ensure adequate portfolio management of advisory projects.
• Lead and contribute to the engagement with the Government officials and private sector to improve the visibility of IFC.
• Organize knowledge sharing sessions across the region.
• Lead and contribute to research and diagnostics relevant to our clients and stakeholders and to push our knowledge frontier on policy dialogue.
• Manage resources – budget, STCs, etc... for effective project implementation.
• Develop technical capabilities of the broader practice group team through mentoring, coaching, and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics.
• At least 10 years’ experience in private sector development, with a focus on delivering private sector oriented reform projects in delivering advisory engagements.
• Strong track record of having successfully negotiated and implemented reforms.
• Experience in Egypt and other Horn of Africa is a plus.
• Understanding of IFC and WBG products/ instruments and where there are opportunities for cross-organizational collaboration. Demonstrable experience working on IFC and WBG products will be an advantage.
• Ability to design, negotiate and lead efforts to develop client offerings that reflect in-depth knowledge of thematic area and understanding of business case for how thematic focus will help client to improve their business.
• Ability to conceptualize and conduct research and analytical projects that could ultimately lead to the opening of new markets and/or reframe thinking on thematic approaches to better meet IFC and WBG mandates.
• Excellent knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and aptitude to learn new systems is a must.
• Ability to use project management systems is a plus.
• Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills plus fluency in English is must.

Skills

• Private Sector Development
• Advisory Services
• Project Implementation
• Reform Negotiation
• Client Engagement
• IFC Products
• World Bank Group Products
• Cross-Organizational Collaboration
• Business Case Development
• Research and Analysis
• Market Development
• Thematic Approach Design
• Word
• Excel
• Power Point
• Project Management Systems
• Technical Advice
• Presentation Skills
• Written Communication
• Verbal Communication

Languages

English, Arabic, French