Operations Officer - International Finance Corporation (IFC)
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, promotes sustainable private sector investment in developing countries as a way to reduce poverty and improve people’s lives.
In addition to its investment work, IFC is providing Advisory Services (AS) aimed at specific aspects of private sector development.
The Private Enterprise Partnership for Africa (PEP-Africa) is a multi-donor advisory services facility supporting private sector development in Sub-Saharan Africa. The facility is managed from IFC’s regional hub in Johannesburg, with offices located throughout the region.
PEP-Africa is structured along four business lines, namely: Access to Finance, Business Enabling Environment, Sustainable Business Advisory, and Infrastructure.
Supporting the development of competitive small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Africa is a strategic pillar of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Africa.
IFC’s SME Advisory activities fall under the umbrella of the Private Enterprise Partnership (PEP) for Africa.
Following on from lessons learned from previous programs, SME Advisory activities include rolling out SME Management Solutions (SMS): Business Edge and SME Toolkit. These capacity building products respond to the needs of SMEs in developing countries by providing them with affordable access to localized and customized business management information, interactive tools and training.In addition to its investment work, IFC is providing Advisory Services (AS) aimed at specific aspects of private sector development.
The Private Enterprise Partnership for Africa (PEP-Africa) is a multi-donor advisory services facility supporting private sector development in Sub-Saharan Africa. The facility is managed from IFC’s regional hub in Johannesburg, with offices located throughout the region.
PEP-Africa is structured along four business lines, namely: Access to Finance, Business Enabling Environment, Sustainable Business Advisory, and Infrastructure.
Supporting the development of competitive small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Africa is a strategic pillar of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Africa.
IFC’s SME Advisory activities fall under the umbrella of the Private Enterprise Partnership (PEP) for Africa.
It also involves rolling out SMS products to enhance the development impact of complementary programs that provide SME access to finance and/or markets. In partnership with the private sector, the Africa SMS team can better ensure that Business Edge and SME Toolkit enable competitive SMEs to grow their business with improved access to finance and/or markets.
Duties and Accountabilities:
SMS program is seeking to a highly motivated Operations Officer to design and implement capacity building product offerings, targeting the SME sector in Eastern Africa. Position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Operation Officer will be responsible for the design and implementation of IFC’s current or new SME capacity building products in Sub-Saharan Africa, in the Eastern Africa region (Uganda, Burundi, Southern Sudan and other countries in the region).
He/she will work in multi-cultural teams across the region, and ensure that the products that they are responsible for adequately support and enhance the Africa Department’s specific country or sector programs in an integrated fashion.
The Operations Officers’ overall responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following tasks:
- Identifying and designing appropriate capacity building products for the SME sector;
- Updating or defining the implementation strategy of these capacity building products, based on demand from IFC’s investment or advisory services;
- Completing the translation and adaptation of training materials into relevant languages and manage future updates and document control;
- Updating and maintaining the marketing strategy, in coordination with SMS regional and global teams
- Coordinating with other IFC facilities and with IFC Sustainable Business Advisory / SMS global team to ensure that the quality and integrity of the products are preserved;
- Supporting local partners in supporting PEP-Africa’s program needs by implementing business development activities (e.g. finalizing training agreements with local companies, implementing educational events);
- Identifying new partners when relevant;
- Managing relationships with existing local partners; assessing their capacity building needs and monitoring their performance on quarterly basis;
- Maintaining the relationship with the various stakeholders in the SME space, drafting funding proposal and meeting both IFC and donor reporting requirements;
- Implementing, in coordination with individual Program Managers, the various capacity building products, monitoring and evaluation policies, procedures and assessing their impacts.
Selection criteria
The following criteria will be used for selecting the candidates:
The following criteria will be used for selecting the candidates:
- Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Economics or a related area;
- 5 years or more of relevant experience in business development services, microfinance, training, and/or related areas;
- Good knowledge of project cycle management;
- Independent and autonomous, should be able to operate with minimum support;
- Excellent writing skills, and experience in managing relationships with key stakeholders;
- Experience in working for large institutions is an asset;
- Previous work experience with SME capacity building products, SMS products and the country of applicant’s interest is highly desirable;
- Willingness to travel in the Eastern Africa region;
- Fluent oral and written English, knowledge of French desired.
Please visit IFC’s career website at www.ifc.org/careers to apply on-line.
Deadline is September 16, 2010.
No phone calls, paper mail or faxes please.
All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.
Only applicants invited for interviews will be contacted
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