Operations Analyst

International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in developing countries by financing investment, advisory services to businesses and governments and mobilizing capital in the international financial markets.
IFC has embarked on an ambitious new growth strategy (IFC 3.0) to stimulate more investment activity in priority countries and sectors. This strategy calls for generating our own opportunities by proactively working “upstream” to create, deepen, and expand markets and to imagine, design and implement investment projects. It requires a “developer mindset” to identify investment opportunities and develop and structure viable projects in difficult markets and imperfect regulatory environments. In other cases, it requires taking a systematic approach to resolving regulatory and sector bottlenecks through World Bank Group engagement and policy reforms.

To support the management of projects in the private sector development area and to help develop the county program, the IFC Ghana team is seeking a highly qualified and motivated candidate, based in Accra, Ghana. The individual will support the IFC Senior Country officer and Country team in executing IFC’s strategy in Ghana.

Under the direct supervision of the Senior Country Officer, the UN Youth Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

Operational support to the IFC Ghana country team, based in Accra on business development and portfolio activities in Ghana. Duties may include, but will not be limited to, the following:
Strategy
• Support the implementation of IFC’s strategy in Ghana and the preparation of business plan updates as needed;
• Support the preparation of WBG strategy documents such as Country Strategies, Country Private Sector Diagnostics, and Country Partnership Frameworks;
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Business development
• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of the country's economic, political, and business environment context, and stay informed about key pertinent issues relevant to the WBG operations
• Support the local team’s work with investment, advisory, upstream and relevant WBG teams to continue to roll out the IFC 3.0 strategy and develop the project pipeline;
• Support business development efforts and liaise with IFC investment and advisory teams to help conduct due diligence, monitor the performance of projects and solve potential problems;
• Support IFC country teams in handling client relationships, identifying, analyzing and helping address key country and sponsor reputation risks;
• Support the country team with raising funds for advisory/upstream projects;
• Support the preparation/participation in field missions
• Contribute to the preparation of Concept notes, Implementation plan, board papers, presentations and other documents, as needed.

Operations management
• Develop a good understanding of the investment portfolio by liaising with colleagues across investment and advisory teams, assist with resolving issues and maintain good relationships with existing clients;
• Assist the Country Team in conducting advisory operations and supervising the overall planning, preparation and implementation of activities including drafting TORs/other relevant documents, quality control of deliverables contracted consultants, developing action plans, timelines, budgets and manpower plans and other project planning work etc;
• Assist the country team on the preparation/execution of technical support/supervision missions and project reviews;
• Help prepare high-quality briefing materials for WBG senior management visits, annual/spring meetings etc;