International Finance Corporation (IFC) is looking for Operations/ Investment officer 2021 in Dhaka
The Infrastructure and Natural Resources (INR) business line provides financing solutions to clients focused on the power, transport, telecoms and municipal and environmental infrastructure sectors. IFC is seeking an Operations/ Investment Officer for its INR upstream team, with expertise in one or more of these infrastructure sectors.
Duties And Accountabilities
- Participate in sourcing projects and initiatives by engaging with the private sector and officials in WBG, governments(at national and subnational levels), other development organizations, and by uncovering needs through strategic analysis, including IFC country strategies and WBG strategies.
- Connect expertise from investment and advisory staff, and external partners to projects and initiatives.
- Collaborate with private sector partners to develop projects and programs.
- Lead and monitor projects, ensuring results are properly tracked and supporting materials properly filed.
- Support the regional upstream lead and other senior team members in the development of a fundraising strategy and donor outreach.
- Take an active role in knowledge management, coordinating with global and regional teams, including preparation of specific knowledge products, pitch books and proposals for both advisory and investment clients and case studies.
- Speak and represent IFC at external events.
- Active team player, mentor to junior staff.
The International Finance Corporation is an international financial institution that offers investment, advisory, and asset-management services to encourage private-sector development in less developed countries. The IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States.
Location:
DhakaBenefits
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Eligibilities
Requirements
- Master’s degree in a related field and at least 8–12 years of relevant experience. Related fields of education include business, finance, or economics or an area of expertise specific to a sector, subject matter, or industry specialty. Relevant experience could include a proven track record in business consulting or investment banking, or developer or operational experience in the sector or technical or professional field.
- Has a reputation for listening carefully to clients and stakeholders and asking targeted questions to understand their needs and determine the viability of a business opportunity.
- Ability to build long-term engagement with clients and credibility by demonstrating knowledge of their business, sector, and culture; maintain an ongoing dialogue on their business needs, operations, and strategies as well as opportunities for strategically aligned business deals.
- Ability to maintain client engagement during portfolio stage to identify growth opportunities, address emerging problems, and focus on actions that promote sustainability and ensure that overall development impact objectives are met.
- IFC/WBG: Ability to interact effectively with working level WBG staff and participate in collaborative interventions or /projects that enable private sector investment by exercising sensitivity to differences in corporate cultures, priorities, and operating practices and /requirements.
- Public Sector: Ability to participate and constructively contribute in meetings with mid-level government officials on constraints to private sector investment in their countries and opportunities for private sector participation, public private partnerships and asset monetization.
- Public Sector: Ability to understand the political context and mindset of government officials to connect their interests with what it would take to create a business climate and incentives for private sector investment in their countries.
- IFC/WBG: Ability to interact effectively with working level WBG staff and participate in collaborative interventions or /projects that enable private sector investment by exercising sensitivity to differences in corporate cultures, priorities, and operating practices and /requirements.
Languages
- Fluency in English, both verbal and written skills.
- Proficiency in Bengali is preferred.