E T Consultant Upstream & Advisory, MAS Sector, LAC Region

E T Consultant Upstream & Advisory, MAS Sector, LAC Region

Description

At the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives. In fiscal year 2026, IFC committed a record $105.6 billion to private companies and financial institutions in developing countries. For more information, visit www.ifc.org. 

IFC has embarked on an ambitious new growth strategy (IFC 3.0) to create, deepen, and expand markets and to imagine, design and implement investment projects. It requires understanding the regional and local market environments as well as sector- and firm- specific challenges which may include regulatory bottlenecks that prevent the flow of private capital into productive investment and addressing these challenges through WBG engagement at the country and sector level. Upstream & Advisory Teams implement this strategy in close cooperation with colleagues from IFC and the wider WBG.

IFC is offering a position in the Upstream and Advisory team in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) with a focus on Manufacturing sectors. In particular, job creation, energy transition, resource efficiency, value addition to supply chains and digitalization are key themes relevant to the sectors, with applications ranging from heavy industry, to biofuels and fertilizers, to upgrading of production supply chains to the digitalization of manufacturing processes and production systems. This position will be based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. 

Duties and Accountabilities

This position comprises the following tasks:

•  Support business development, pipeline management and transaction execution;
•  Provide research and analysis on relevant sectors, markets, and companies, including market mapping, comparator analysis, and sector and company financial projections/models; analyses are expected to include opportunities for decarbonization and digitalization where possible;
•  Extract data from internal and external databases, manipulate and present data for various audiences and update/maintain information in relevant databases;
•  Review, screen, and prepare relevant documents and reports;
•  Draw up materials for external presentation to (potential) clients and IFC partners and prepare documentation for IFC internal processes;
•  Support the preparation and processing of project documentation throughout the project lifecycle, including concept notes, implementation plans, engagement letters, monitoring frameworks, and supervision and completion reports;
•  Coordinate with clients, consultants, and internal IFC and World Bank Group stakeholders,  including industry, environmental and social, gender, legal, finance, and results measurement teams, to support project implementation, budget and timeline monitoring, and portfolio supervision.

Selection Criteria

•  Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Economics, Science, Engineering, or another related field;
•  Strong written and verbal communications skills in English are required. Proficiency in Portuguese strongly preferred. Proficiency in Spanish a plus;
•  Advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint;
•  A minimum of 3 years of experience in financial institutions, consulting, or companies active in manufacturing;
•  Experience with project and/or program development, executing against implementation plans, and managing stakeholders;
•  Experience in monitoring and reporting on a portfolio of projects, programs, and/or initiatives;
•  Strong organizational skills and proven ability to work on several assignments simultaneously is required;
•  Outstanding and demonstrated history of analytical, creative problem solving and critical thinking skills is required;
•  In addition to the degree requirement stated above, successful candidates should fulfil at least four of the criteria listed below and describe related experiences
-  Experience in working with multinational teams;
-  Dynamic, independent, and highly organized professional with an ability to work effectively and independently in a fast-paced environment;
-  Strong interest in learning about different countries and markets within the manufacturing sector;
-  Strong qualitative, quantitative, and analytical skills to gather and prioritize information and resources, compile data and prepare statistics, and to synthesize knowledge from diverse sources of information;
-  Demonstrated ability to work flexibly on a range of assignments and prioritize a variety of complex evolving tasks while paying excellent attention to detail and quality.

WBG Culture Attributes:

1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

As per WBG policy, an Extended Term (ET) appointment is subject to a lifetime maximum of three (3) years. Former and current ET staff who have completed or are in the process of completing their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.

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