East Africa- Integrity and Risk Control Counsel
Nairobi
- Organization: World Bank Group
- Location: Nairobi
- Grade: 2359
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Occupational Groups:
- Legal - Broad
- Internal audit, Investigation and Inspection
- Closing Date: 2025-11-06
Who We Are
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.
Africa is a priority region for IFC. IFC has invested more than $60 billion in African businesses and financial institutions. In FY24 alone, we committed $4.7 billion in long term financing in Africa in IFC’s own account.
What We Do
IFC’s Business Integrity Risk Division at the Institutional Risk and Governance (CRG) Department supports IFC’s business teams by helping to mitigate certain risks that may occur in IFC financings and advisory projects. One of these is “integrity risk” – corruption, fraud, economic sanctions, litigation, criminal activity/history, politically exposed persons, opaque ownership structures, etc. – any of which can affect the integrity of an IFC project, or adversely impact IFC’s reputation as the preeminent international organization operating in the private sector.
What You'll Be
• An Integrity Counsel focusing on the East Africa regions
• A strategic partner to business teams (investment and advisory)
• A visible, vocal and influential champion for the proper management of integrity issues
• Reporting to the Principal Counsel – Head, IDD/AML
What You’ll Do
You’ll advise business teams with an independent voice on all core aspects of integrity risks as they impact IFC’s clients, partners, transactions and new products/initiatives in the above region, to include:
• Evaluating integrity and reputational risks, making recommendations, and providing solutions to mitigate risk
• Employing knowledge, expertise, and sound judgment to address IFC’s unique integrity risk profile
• Developing expertise in regional IDD issues across all industries in which IFC works
• Demonstrating expertise related to the East Africa region
• Drafting disclosures for Board papers
• Assisting with crisis management in portfolio projects
You’ll provide legal advice to business teams and management on integrity-related matters in transactions, new products/initiatives, and IFC operations generally, including on the following subjects:
• International and national anti-corruption/bribery laws and regulations (e.g., FCPA, UK Bribery Act, etc.)
• Other integrity-related laws/regulations and legal issues that arise in IFC business
• Economic sanctions (such as the UN, EU, UK, and US regimes) and other international trade sanctions and export controls
• Crisis management and legal advice related to significant integrity legal matters, including potential or actual litigation or involving complex legal issues
• The legal workings of the WBG Integrity Vice-Presidency (INT) and WBG Sanctions System
You’ll also provide legal advice to business teams and management on integrity-related contractual provisions, to include:
• Reviewing current integrity-related provisions in IFC legal agreements
• Drafting new integrity-related provisions in IFC legal agreements and bespoke legal provisions in IFC financing documents
• Negotiating with clients to build out contractual protections on integrity-related matters
• Advising on integrity-related provisions for legal documentation relating to new products/initiatives
• Drafting disclosures for Board papers
You’ll support the work of the Business Integrity Risk Division by:
• Assisting with corporate initiatives and working groups, particularly focused on Fragile and Conflict States (FCS), to identify possible integrity risk concerns and solutions and to enhance CRG’s delivery of services
• Developing and executing training plans for client departments and IFC Management to educate and raise awareness on integrity risk issues
• Liaising with other World Bank Group entities, multilateral development banks, due diligence firms and other external stakeholders
• Presenting on integrity matters in conferences and meetings
• Working on special projects and/or other initiatives in support of the division’s work plan
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Applications from non-qualifying applicants will most likely be discarded by the recruiting manager.
Applications from non-qualifying applicants will most likely be discarded by the recruiting manager.