IFC Country Officer Jobs 2023 – Uganda NGO Jobs. IFC Uganda looking for “Country Officer“. Applicants with a degree in Post-graduate degree may apply on or before March 09, 2023.
The International Finance Corporation is an international financial institution that offers investment, advisory, and asset-management services to encourage private-sector development in less developed countries. The IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States.
IFC Country Officer Jobs 2023
The IFC has published a job vacancy announcement on Feb. 24, 2023 for qualified Uganda’s to fill in the vacant post of Country Officer to be based in Kampala, Uganda.
| Recruiter | International Finance Corporation (IFC) |
| Position | Country Officer |
| Location | Kampala, Uganda |
| Country | Uganda |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | Post-graduate degree |
| Experience Required | Minimum Ten years |
| Application Deadline | March 09, 2023 |
IFC Job Vacancy 2023
Duties and Accountabilities:
- Assist the Kenya Cluster Country Manager and Resident Representative in overseeing IFC activities in the country and the smooth running of the office.
- Work with the Country Manager and Resident Representative to oversee implementation of IFC’s strategy in the country including preparation of business plan updates.
- Oversee the preparation of WBG strategy documents such as Country Strategies, Country Private Sector Diagnostics, and Country Partnership Frameworks.
- Develop and maintain a good understanding of the country and key economic and political issues.
- Work with investment, advisory, upstream, and WBG teams to continue to roll out the IFC 3.0 strategy and develop the project pipeline.
- Build and maintain strong high-level relationships with the private sector, relevant government officials, key development partners, and WBG colleagues to support business development and portfolio management.
- Participate in client selection and help ensure that IFC is working with the right sponsors.
- Assist in project structuring and implementation using local market intelligence.
- Track the project pipeline and assist in moving transactions forward.
- Help manage development partner relations to support the raising of funds for advisory and upstream projects.
- Track and oversee the preparation of visiting missions/trips to the country.
- Contribute to the preparation of board papers and other documents, as needed.
- Develop a good understanding of the portfolio, assist with resolving issues, and maintain good relationships with existing clients.
- Prepare/coordinate high-quality briefs for WBG senior management.
- Represent IFC externally and provide visibility for IFC through organizing/participating in high profile events (high-level visits, press interviews, seminars, and conferences).
- Ensure internal and external requests are addressed.
Position in Organization:
- Job #: req21426
- Organization: IFC
- Sector: Other
- Grade: GG
- Term Duration: 3 years 0 months
- Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment
- Location: Kampala, Uganda
- Required Language(s): English
- Closing Date: 3/9/2023 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Qualification:
- Post-graduate degree, preferably in finance, business administration, management, economics, or a similar field.
- 10+ years of relevant experience, preferably in areas such as investment or commercial banking, public-private partnerships, management consulting, or operational experience in an investment and/or advisory role.
- Experience and/or a strong interest in the Africa region is required, and experience in the country would be an advantage.
- Ability to assess the viability of business opportunities and risks.
- Ability to think creatively about potential investment opportunities, and to use business development skills to translate such opportunities into bankable projects.
- Strong analytical, finance, financial modeling, credit, and transaction structuring skills is an advantage.
- Good understanding of IFC’s investment and advisory business lines, their products, how they complement each other, and how they may be leveraged to match the long-term needs of clients and open new markets.
- Track record in developing and maintaining strong high-level relationships in the private sector, government, and development institutions.
- Ability to represent IFC externally with the private sector, government, development partners, media, and other stakeholders.
- Team management experience including supervising, mentoring, and training staff.
- Team player with strong leadership and influencing skills, and track record in working in a matrix structure.
- Strong client service orientation with an ability to resolve challenging issues.
- Excellent critical thinking, analytical and presentation skills, and ability to work with or supervise the use of data utilizing standard office software Excel, Word, PowerPoint; and,
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English is required.
How to Apply IFC Country Officer Jobs 2023
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://worldbankgroup.csod.com/ats/careersite/JobDetails.aspx?id=21426&site=1
The Closing Date: March 09, 2023.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Download |
| Official Website | www.ifc.org |
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