World Bank Resident Representative Jobs 2022 – Uganda NGO Jobs. World Bank Uganda looking for “Resident Representative”. Applicants with a MBA may apply on or before 14 September 2022.
The World Bank Group (WBG) is one of the world’s largest sources of funding and knowledge for development solutions – providing loans, grants, equity investments and guarantees to its members and private businesses. The vision of the World Bank Group (WBG) is the eradication of extreme poverty and the promotion of shared prosperity by fostering income growth of the bottom 40 percent in each country.
World Bank Resident Representative Jobs 2022
The World Bank has published a job vacancy announcement on 31 August 2022 for qualified Uganda’s to fill in the vacant post of Resident Representative to be based in Kampala, Uganda.
| Recruiter | World Bank |
| Position | Resident Representative |
| Location | Kampala, Uganda |
| Country | Uganda |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | MBA |
| Experience Required | 12+ years |
| Application Deadline | 14 September 2022 |
World Bank Job Vacancy 2022
Job Purpose: The IFC is seeking to recruit a Resident Representative for Rwanda and Uganda, based in Kigali. The position reports to the Country Manager based in Nairobi, Kenya.
As part of the Rwanda country team, the Resident Representative will play a critical role in operationalizing IFC 3.0/Creating Markets strategy and enabling the Cascade at a country level. He/she will be responsible, in close collaboration across the WBG, for developing operational country strategies and action plans and for driving their implementation. He/she will oversee the portfolio and leads business development for investment, upstream and advisory services. He/she will establish and maintain strong relationships with high-level representatives of the Rwandan Government, global and regional businesses, banking and multilateral partners as well as other non-governmental organizations, to maximize the impact of IFC’s interventions and to contribute to the overall development of the country and its industries. He/she leads the coordination with World Bank Group institutions and, contribute to the design and implementation of the Joint Implementation Plans (JIPs) and other forms of proactive collaboration to enhance business delivery at the country level.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Oversee all IFC’s investment and advisory activities in Rwanda.
- In conjunction with the country manager and in collaboration with the World Bank, develop and implement a strategy for IFC’s Investment, Upstream and Advisory activities in all streams with a focus on the key areas as per the regional strategy.
- Coordinate the development of a client engagement strategy for key clients existing or targeted.
- Establish, develop and maintain IFC’s relationships with the Government of Rwanda, both at the working and ministerial levels and represent IFC at key government and multilateral functions.
- Work across all the sectors especially mining, infrastructure, financial sector, agribusiness and manufacturing and services to complete sponsor checks and due diligence, support IFC’s project development activities, provide support during transaction execution and portfolio management.
- Develop a strong pipeline of investment opportunities based on market trends and sector/country knowledge and provide innovative and flexible financial structures for complex transactions.
- Share accountability for the quality and performance of the country portfolio; work jointly with the country manager to meet scorecard targets (Client Satisfaction, Productivity, and Development Impact and People metrics).
- Facilitate advisory services project identification and design as well as client and partner engagement strategies.
- Set standards for thoroughness in quality control and make recommendations to strengthen transactions.
- Coordinate closely with social, environmental and technical assistance colleagues to add value to clients’ businesses.
- Propose pragmatic solutions to specific industry challenges to achieve sustainable development impact.
- Lead and manage the Rwanda team staff ensuring the team is high-performing and well-motivated with clear deliverables committed to the success of IFC in Rwanda.
- Mentor and develop junior staff.
- Manage operations of IFC’s office in Kigali including budget, logistics, etc. and ensuring strong cohesion in the office.
- Maintain a good working knowledge of current investment and advisory operations in Rwanda and respond to queries from HQ, Regional management and staff.
- Facilitate and provide guidance to visiting missions.
Qualification & Experience:
- MBA with 12+ years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to work in the matrix environment as an integral part of the Regional Department, meet objectives and deliver high quality work within deadlines.
- Ability to deliver in a fragile and difficult working environment.
- Proven track record in screening and assessing investment opportunities for IFC.
- Strong experience in building and maintaining very strong and successful relationships at the highest level of government and private sector.
- Significant experience in areas of expertise, and sound understanding of business issues and experience with full range of IFC products and services.
- Significant Investment/Advisory sector transaction experience with proven success in developing client relationships and processing quality investments.
- Proven ability to effectively plan, direct, organize and administer diverse activities to ensure effective delivery of work program.
- Demonstrated leadership skills, strong teamwork and communications skills in a highly diverse, virtual environment.
- Ability to plan and manage staff to achieve high quality results and encourage innovation in an open team-based environment, inspiring trust and influencing and resolving differences across organizational boundaries.
- Excellent people management skills and openness to feedback, new ideas and ability to coach and guide staff to solve problems.
- Strong written and verbal communications skills in English.
- Prior successful professional exposure to a similar country is desired.
Other Details
- Contract Type: Full Time
- Selection Process: Interview
- Salary: negotiable
- Application Process: Online
How to Apply World Bank Resident Representative Jobs 2022
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The Closing Date: 14 September 2022
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Download |
| Official Website | www.worldbank.org |
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