E T Consultant

Job #:

- req26956
Organization:

• IFC
  Sector:
• Investment
  Grade:
• EC1
  Term Duration:
• 1 year 0 months
  Recruitment Type:
• Local Recruitment
  Location:
• Mexico City,Mexico
  Required Language(s):
• English, Spanish
  Preferred Language(s):

Closing Date:

• 4/9/2024 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
  Description

IFC has embarked on an ambitious new growth strategy (IFC 3.0) to create, deepen, and expand markets and to imagine, design and implement investment projects especially in Low Income Countries and Fragile and Conflict affected Situations.

It requires understanding the regional and local market environments as well as sector
- and firm-specific challenges which may include regulatory bottlenecks that prevent the flow of private capital into productive investment and addressing these challenges through WBG engagement at the country and sector level. Upstream Teams implement this strategy in close cooperation with colleagues from IFC and the wider WBG.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support business development, pipeline management and transaction execution.
• Provide research and analysis on relevant sectors, markets, and companies including market mapping, comparator analysis, and sector and company financial projections/models; analyses are expected to include opportunities for decarbonization and digitalization where possible.
• Extract data from internal and external databases, manipulate and present data for various audiences and update/maintain information in relevant databases.
• Review, screen, and prepare relevant documents and reports.
• Draw up materials for external presentation to (potential) clients and IFC partners and prepare documentation for IFC internal processes.

Selection Criteria

• Master's degree, preferably with a focus on economics, finance, law, international relations, or public policy; applicants with degrees in public health, agricultural studies, or engineering are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Strong Spanish or Portuguese (fluency is not required).
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience in financial institutions, consulting, or companies active in health, education, manufacturing, agribusiness, real estate, or tourism is a plus.
• Experience in working with multinational teams.
• Dynamic, independent, and highly organized professional with an ability to work effectively and independently in a fastpaced environment.
• Passion to learn about different countries and sectors in the areas of health, education, manufacturing, agribusiness, real estate, and tourism.
• Strong qualitative, quantitative, and analytical skills to gather and prioritize information and resources, compile data and prepare statistics, and to synthesize knowledge from diverse sources of information.
• Demonstrated ability to work flexibly on a range of assignments and prioritize a variety of complex evolving tasks while paying excellent attention to detail and quality.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

• We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability._
• Learn more about working at the _World Bank_ and _IFC_, including our values and inspiring stories._

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