Operations Officer, Public Sector Operations Department

Vacancy No.: VA707/2012
Job Title: Operations Officer, Public Sector Operations Department
Reports to: Regional Director, Public Sector Operations Department

Job Profile:

Under the general supervision of a Regional Director, Public Sector Operations, the incumbent is responsible for initiating and managing the entire development process of a portfolio of projects in a given number of countries in accordance with OFID’s regulations, procedures and methodology.

Duties and Responsibilities

In particular, the incumbent:

• Prepares and submits to the Regional Director for approval, his/her work plan concerning the identification, preparation, monitoring and evaluation of the assigned portfolio of projects financed by OFID.
• Implements approved work plans, taking all necessary initiatives and actions in conformity with OFID’s regulations and practices to meet established deadlines.
• Maintains regular contacts with members of governments of beneficiary countries, to monitor the quality of project delivery as well as the correct implementation of signed agreements in compliance with OFID’s Regulations.
• Undertakes a complete evaluation of each project in accordance with OFID’s established methodology.
• Represents OFID at meetings with other development agencies, and assists in preparation and negotiation of agreements with other countries and partners.
• Provides regular assessment / evaluation reports on projects in his/her portfolio, and prepares related documents for in-house review and discussion.
• Performs other duties as required by the Regional Director.

Qualifications and Experience

• An Advanced university degree in Economics, Engineering, MBA, or other disciplines relevant to technical cooperation activities
• Minimum of seven years professional experience in project management or technical cooperation, preferably with two to three years in an international organization dealing with developing countries.

Skills and Competences

• Demonstrated financial, credit (and preferably also economic) analysis skills through direct involvement in project and transaction financing.
• Established excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, working knowledge of Arabic, French or Spanish will be an added advantage.
• Good interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Computer literate with practical working experience with Windows, Excel, and other relevant software packages.
• Ability to establish and meet deadlines, work under pressure and handle multiple priority tasks.
• Ability to work with people of different nationalities and cultural background.

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