Associate Country Officer, Chile

IFC — a member of the World Bank Group — is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We work in more than 100 countries, using our capital, expertise, and influence to create markets and opportunities. Our mission is to leverage the power of the private sector to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet. For more information, visit www.ifc.org.

The World Bank Group (WBG) Chile office is seeking a senior and experienced professional as a Country Officer to join the team that leads, oversees, and monitors the performance of the IFC, World Bank and MIGA programs in Chile and help build the World Bank Group’s activities across all sectors and industries, with a particular focus on IFC activities and projects. The Country Officer will work in close collaboration and as an integral part of the joint WBG team based in Santiago and will report to the Country Manager in Chile. The country officer is expected to build deep relationships with counterparts, clients and the market in Chile to help deepen IFC’s impact, pipeline and portfolio in the country, and to help identify joint World Bank Group initiatives and projects.

Duties and Accountabilities

WBG Strategy
•  Work with the Country Manager and the Chile team to oversee the formulation, development, and implementation of WBG strategy in Chile, with a special focus on private sector development. 
•  Support the preparation of WBG strategy documents, including Country Private Sector Diagnostics (CPSD 2.0), Country Partnership Frameworks (CPF), and other key documents and joint WBG activities.
•  Work closely with IFC investment, advisory, upstream, and other relevant WBG teams to roll out the WBG’s strategy in Chile. 
•  Participate in designing approaches and interventions to create upstream markets and identifying needed market and regulatory reforms in Chile.

IFC Investment and Advisory/Upstream Operations
•  Oversee integration and delivery of IFC’s investment and advisory and Upstream activities in Chile to ensure client's needs and objectives of IFC and the WBG are met.
•  Identify, evaluate, and support complex IFC investments and sector projects by providing critical insights into the country context and the political economy.
•  Participate in client selection and help ensure IFC works with appropriate sponsors. Share accountability for the quality and performance of IFC and WBG portfolios.  
•  Support business development and origination of leads in close collaboration with the industry teams based on sector priorities.
•  Provide business intelligence to investment teams to enable them to identify integrity issues, to devise adequate investment structuring, and to inform them adequately in the management of portfolio projects and problem cases.
•  Assist the different project teams in coordinating missions, including managing relationships with key private-sector clients and stakeholders and following up after meetings.
•  Identify opportunities to strengthen solutions offered to clients by involving other parts of the WBG based on a good understanding of the products and project requirements of WBG. 

WBG Corporate Support
•  Prepare/coordinate preparation of high-quality briefs for WBG senior management.
•  Support the development of a variety of communication and briefing materials for internal and external audiences.
•  Provide support for high profile events and high-level visiting missions.
•  Ensure quality control of work products developed by the Chile country office.
•  Ensure efficient and effective use of resources.

Representation
•  Support WBG’s brand and overall communication strategy in Chile.
•  In coordination with the Country Manager, represent IFC and the WBG externally and provide visibility for IFC through organizing and participating in high profile events (high-level visits, seminars, and conferences). Ensure internal and external requests are addressed.
•  Lead senior stakeholder discussions in acting capacity, as needed.
•  In consultation with the Country Manager, conduct engagements with clients, stakeholders, and donors.