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E T Consultant - Senior Operations Officer
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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. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We work in more than 100 countries, using our capital, expertise, and influence to create markets and opportunities in developing countries. In fiscal year 2025, IFC committed a record $71.7 billion to private companies and financial institutions in developing countries, leveraging private sector solutions, and mobilizing private capital to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet. For more information, visit www.ifc.org . The WBG has recently established its first-ever in-country Resident Representation for EQG in the city of Malabo. This Country Office (CO) is headed by a WBG Resident Representative (RR) who covers four of the five institutions of the WBG. The RR is the Head of Office (HOO) and responsible for leading the WBG relationship with the Government of EQG. The WBG in Malabo is looking to recruit a Senior Operations Officer under an Extended Term Consultancy modality. This position will report to the WBG RR and aims to provide critical quasi-managerial office and program support to the Resident Representation and content-related support to WBG teams working on EQG. The role is of fundamental importance to help the HOO address the country’s development needs and global challenges with impact and at scale, through purposeful collaboration, coordination, and deployment of the WBG collective knowledge and services. Duties and Accountabilities: Country Office • Developing and maintaining a good understanding of the country’s key economic and political issues/ trends to be reported as relevant to the HOO. • Being the primary point of contact for operationalizing the WBG program in the country, by liaising regularly with the Government of EQG’s office supporting WBG missions and with all other critical development partners, including the private sector, other donors, and the CSOs. • Building partnerships with key public and private stakeholders, including new/existing clients, other development partners and key ministries relevant for our program. • Supporting the WBG EQG CO’s Assistant to the Resident Representation (ARR) in the preparation of visiting missions/trips to the country, including the preparation of briefs, and the organization of meeting and logistics, as per direct engagement with the different internal and external clients of the WBG. • Supporting the country and/or sector/industry teams in the update and the preparation of WBG strategy documents such as the Country Partnership Framework (CPF), Country Private Sector Diagnostics (CPSD), Climate Change and Development Report (CCDR), Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD); or any other core Analytical Services and Advisory (ASA) products from the World Bank and/or Upstream and Advisory (U A) products from IFC that involve sectoral/thematic Deep Dives. • Reviewing and preparing various reports, including time sheets and weekly activities progress updates; organizing meetings and workshops for specific advisory or investment engagements, as requested by the HOO. • Overseeing the preparation and/or direct supervision of all outgoing communication to clients to be signed by the HOO and taking the lead in assessing all incoming communication from clients to be responded by the HOO by proactively drafting such communications for HOO’s supervision. • Demonstrating and/or quickly acquiring a thorough understanding of the country, providing market intelligence and analysis, and developing strong business networks; • Maintaining an up-to-date and structured database of clients (internal and external) to the WBG, in direct coordination with the ARR. • Building strong relationships with government officials, portfolio clients, global and regional private businesses (in financial and real sectors), multilateral and bilateral partners, academia and civil society organizations to further develop technical assistance, financing and investment opportunities in economic sectors with high developmental impact. • Assisting the HOO with the overall strategy formulation for the WBG program with the country, ensuring to keep constant collaborative working relationships across the WBG institutions. • Provide in-country support, and subsequent
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