E T Consultant: Senior Operations Officer - Country Advisory and Economics Eastern Africa

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The IFC 3.0 strategy aims to stimulate more investment activity across emerging markets, especially in Low Income Countries (LICs) and Fragile and Conflict affected States (FCS). Our goal is to create, deepen, and expand markets and design and develop impactful investment projects. This strategy is, in part, premised on improved country/sector diagnostic, strategic, and public sector engagement capabilities, which seek to: 1) resolve obstacles to private sector growth via diagnostic and strategic work that informs both IFC operations and relevant IBRD/IDA policy operations; and 2) overcome the shortage of investable projects in priority markets by proactively improving the private sector ecosystem at the country and regional level. The Country Advisory and Economics team for the Eastern and Southern Africa Region (CAEAE) supports the IFC regional team through provision of country economic analysis, country strategy, and private sector development priorities, in collaboration with economists throughout the World Bank Group.

Specifically, the team has four principal functions: • Producing both regional and country-level economic assessments to support IFC’s strategy and operations. • Collaborating with regional and industry colleagues to produce analytical products such as Country Private Sector Diagnostics (CPSDs) and IFC Country Strategies. • Supporting the implementation of IFC’s country strategy through Advisory projects that engage with governments, regulators, industry associations, development partners and other relevant stakeholders to reform markets and sectors to facilitate private sector investments and job creation. • Providing economic and strategic inputs to support IFC’s investment operations. CAEAE is hiring an Extended Term Consultant (ETC) as an Operations Officer to be based in Johannesburg, South Africa, working closely with IFC country, industry, and Upstream as well as World Bank teams, to support governments to address key policy and regulatory issues that constrain private sector investments. The ETC will report to the Country Advisory Economics Manager for Eastern Southern Africa. The position is based in South Africa but the roles and responsibilities are expected to include other countries in Southern Africa.

Duties and Accountabilities: The ETC will be responsible for delivering market-creating client solutions by leveraging local and regional resources. In this respect, the focus will be to ensure that CAE programs are responsive to IFC’s strategic priorities, and focused in countries and sectors to enable and create private investment opportunities. The ETC will be part of the sub-regional CAE leadership team and will work closely across all core functions of CAE. Client and Stakeholder Management: • Responsible for delivery of ongoing engagements as well as develop new business in line with country and market needs; lead analysis of key constraints and closely with all relevant stakeholders to support reform implementation through active public private dialogue and hands on technical advisory support. • Engage with senior levels of the Government and private sector; to identify and articulate the case for improvements to the business environment to unlock investment potential and promote, attract and sustain private investments – both domestic and foreign. • Provide technical oversight of the CAE programs in South Africa as well as other countries in the region for quality review and consistency of approach. • Work collaboratively with IFC’s Investment/Advisory Anchors across Industry teams to develop a pipeline of private investment opportunities and work with government to enhance the ena