Job #: | 121388 |
Title: | Regional Business Line Manager, Investment Climate |
Job Stream: | Technical Assistance & Advisory Services |
Location: | To Be Determined |
Closing Date: | 06/30/2012 |
Background / General description: | |
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, pursues its mission of reducing poverty and improving people’s lives by promoting private sector development through investment and advisory services. IFC Advisory Services’ Investment Climate (IC) Business Line facilitates reforms in client countries to foster open and competitive markets, with emphasis on the following broad areas: Fostering enterprise creation and growth (business regulation, debt resolution & business exit, indicator-based reform advisory), Facilitating international trade and investment (trade logistics, investment policy, business taxation), and Unlocking sustainable investments in key sectors (agribusiness, tourism, infrastructure, and health). On all these topics, the IC business line works closely with World Bank colleagues and/or colleagues from IFC's other business lines and investment services. IFC Advisory Services has 4 Manager level vacancies in the Investment Climate Business Line. The positions are located in South Asia (New Delhi), Latin America and the Caribbean (location Lima, Bogota or Panama), Africa (Nairobi) and East Asia & Pacific (Hanoi). IC seeks candidates with a hands-on approach, deep project and program leadership and implementation experience, plus innovative knowledge sharing and people development. The Regional Business Line Manager (RBLM) is a member of the Regional Management Team. As such, he/she contributes to the development and implementation of IFC’s regional strategy as well has full managerial responsibility for staff in this business line. The RBLM is also a member of the Global Investment Climate Business Line Management Team and as such contributes to the development and implementation of the global IC strategy. The position reports to the respective Regional Head of Advisory Services with secondary reporting to the Global Business Line leader for Investment Climate. The overall role of the RBLM is to provide sound technical expertise in his/her specific business line and to be the primary manager of a portfolio of advisory projects and teams across the region. In doing so, the RBLM ensures a coherent approach tailored to the region, while maintaining quality control that is consistent with his/her global business line. | |
Duties and Accountabilities: | |
Business Accountabilities • Responsible for managing IFC’s advisory services (AS) projects for the IC business line in the region, in collaboration with the Country/Regional Managers, with a focus on IDA and fragile or conflict affected countries, and high development impact projects; • Develops the IC business line strategy in the region, including staff and resource management, project identification and approval, client, donor and stakeholder management; • Coordinates the World Bank and MIGA dimension of the Investment Climate Department (CIC) work program in the region, and facilitates overall relationships between IFC and WBG colleagues in the region; • Leads the design and development of specific IC projects in the region ensuring global standards are applied. Initiates the project approval process, ensuring all necessary stakeholders are involved and in line with AS Governance processes; • Manages the implementation of AS regional projects in the IC business line from inception to completion, including providing leadership to and management of project teams; • Monitors quality standards and performance of the regional business line portfolio, evaluating progress using IFC’s monitoring and evaluation framework and taking corrective actions where/if necessary; • Ensures project supervision cycle is adequately documented and that project documentation and archiving are done and maintained to support the monitoring and evaluation process; • Contributes to gathering, managing and disseminating regional and global best practices and institutional knowledge of the IC business line across IFC and the World Bank Group, including participation in knowledge management efforts, internally and externally to ensure dissemination of lessons learned and sharing of experience; • Manages clients relations as assigned for the product in the region, ensuring expectations are met/exceeded; • Works with the Country and Regional Managers to ensure increased integrated product and services offering to existing and potential IFC clients; Resource Management Accountabilities • Jointly with Country/Regional Managers, recruits and acts as supervisor for project managers/program officer implementing projects in the business line, including responsibility for Performance Evaluation and Planning (PEP) reviews; • Oversees the recruitment of country project teams to ensure technical expertise of the IC business line is adequately represented; • Mentors project team members in the region and ensures integration within the IC business line network, development of skills, quality assurance and professional development; • Monitors budgets for projects, business line staff, consultants and vendors; • Recommends allocation and deployment of project staff and other resources if/where relevant for the business line effectively and efficiently across the corporation to support the identification, development and implementation of IFC’s advisory services projects globally. Relationship Management Accountabilities • Maintains strong relationships with Regional Industry Managers so that the IC business line strategy is well aligned with IFC’s investment goals and projects are developed and implemented efficiently; • Maintains strong relations with relevant Business Line Managers and Global Product Specialists to ensure consistency of product quality and delivery in the region; • Fosters strong relationships with counterparts in the World Bank Group, including regional World Bank FPD, SDN and PREM teams as well as MIGA colleagues; • Develops strong relationships with counterparts in other private and public institutions to identify collaboration opportunities and to enhance client and business delivery; • Supports AS management in establishing and maintaining strong donor relations; • Works collaboratively within the matrix to deliver impact for clients, IFC and the World Bank Group. | |
Selection Criteria: | |
In addition to the WBG managerial selection criteria*, the successful candidate must be able to demonstrate a strong track-record in designing and implementing advisory services programs to deliver results in challenging environments in a number of Regions. In addition, the candidate should possess: • Master's degree and a minimum of 10 years' relevant experience or equivalent combination of years; • Expertise and intellectual leadership in several subject matter areas covered in the Investment Climate business line; • People management: experience of managing a geographically distributed network of staff and in helping teams and individuals fulfill their potential through mentoring and appropriate management techniques; • Solid understanding of the private sector, what makes businesses succeed, and the investment process; • Strong client-orientation, coupled with excellent problem-solving and consulting skills; • Ability to think strategically and to modify the regional business line strategy as needed so that it remains responsive to business needs and the needs of clients; • Ability to work collaboratively across the IFC, including in building effective synergies between investment and advisory operations, and the WBG; • Strength in managing complex relationships, good negotiation and influencing skills; • Ability to develop innovative solutions and challenge the status quo in order to build the business; • Sound experience in dealing with public and private sector institutions, including ensuring a balanced set of interests; • Experience working in the concerned Region is an asset; • Willingness and ability to travel extensively and work across time zones on a daily basis; • High level written and oral presentation skills; • Fluency in English is essential; fluency in [Spanish for LAC, French for AFR] is highly desirable; and • High level of energy and ability to manage concurrent diverse tasks and work areas. *World Bank Group-wide managerial selection criteria include: selecting, coaching and appraising staff; planning and managing staff to achieve quality results; encouraging innovation in an open team-based environment; inspiring trust; and influencing and resolving differences across organizational boundaries. Only online applications are accepted: applications by e-mail will neither be accepted nor acknowledged. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews. | |
Apply Online |
IFC Regional Business Line Manager, Investment Climate
Reviewed by Unknown
on
9:14:00 AM
Rating:
No comments: