(Associate) Operations Officer

Build a career with impact. Working at the World Bank Group (WBG) provides a unique opportunity to help countries solve their greatest development challenges. As one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries, the WBG is a unique partnership of five global institutions dedicated to ending poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, the WBG works with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges.

Under its 2030 strategy, IFC is mobilizing private capital at scale to create more and better jobs, with a particular focus on low-income countries and fragile and conflict-affected states. The strategy centers on four pillars: enhancing origination and mobilization of investments, adopting a new approach to equity, expanding support for micro, small, and medium enterprises, and transforming ways of working and skills across the institution. By concentrating on sectors with the greatest potential for job creation—such as infrastructure, agribusiness, healthcare, manufacturing, and tourism—and fostering innovation, inclusion, and climate action, IFC aims to deliver sustainable impact and drive development in the world’s most challenging markets. The IFC’s Country Advisory and Economics unit for Europe (CEUAE) is seeking to recruit an (Associate) Operations Officer to be based in Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina and reporting to its manager - based in Paris.

The CEUAE team is responsible for: • Producing both regional and country-level economic assessments to support IFC’s strategy and operations. • Leading/Contributing to WBG country engagement, including analytical and strategic products such as Country Partnership Framework (CPF), Country Private Sector Diagnostics (CPSDs), Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDR), as well as IBRD/IDA lending operations; and with World Bank Group (WBG) colleagues to produce analytical products such as and IFC Country Strategies. • Putting WGB country strategy and diagnostic recommendations into practice through Advisory projects that engage governments, regulators, civil society, development partners and other relevant stakeholders to reform markets and sectors and address key bottlenecks to private sector development Duties and Accountabilities: The selected candidate will develop market-driven client solutions using local and regional resources. They will ensure CAE programs align with IFC’s strategic priorities and foster private investment opportunities. The Operations Officer will collaborate across all CAE functions. He/She will be responsible for: • Contributing to the operationalization of key strategic and diagnostic recommendations through the design and implementation of client-facing Advisory Services projects that support reform implementation and investment facilitation in line with IFC’s strategic priorities. • Contributing to IFC’s engagement collaborating with other IFC and World Bank teams to help advance selecting private sector reform priorities through IFC’s upstream and advisory work and the World Bank operations (including policy-based lending and investment lending) and align advisory efforts with private sector opportunities. • Conducting sector diagnostics with clients and collaborating with economists and industry specialists. • Leveraging partnerships to design and execute reform initiatives. • Integrating global best practices and lessons learned to enhance client solutions. • Ensuring high-quality project execution, resource efficiency, and client support.