Country Advisory and Economics Manager, Eastern and

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa World Bank Group Full time

**Job #**:

- req23928**Organization**:

- IFC**Sector**:

- Economics**Grade**:

- GH**Term Duration**:

- 4 years 0 months**Recruitment Type**:

- International Recruitment**Location**:

- Johannesburg,South Africa**Required Language(s)**:

- English**Preferred Language(s)**:
**Closing Date**:

- 9/4/2023 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC**Description**

The IFC 3.0 strategy aims to stimulate more investment activity across emerging markets, especially in Low Income Countries (LICs) and Fragile and Conflict affected States (FCS). Our goal is to create, deepen, and expand markets and design and develop impactful investment projects. This strategy is, in part, premised on improved country/sector diagnostic, strategic, and public sector engagement capabilities, which seek to: 1) resolve obstacles to private sector growth via diagnostic and strategic work that informs both IFC operations and relevant IBRD/IDA policy operations; and 2) overcome the shortage of investable projects in priority markets by proactively improving the private sector ecosystem at the country and regional level.

IFC is seeking a Country Advisory and Economics Manager for the Africa/Eastern and Southern Africa region. The Manager will lead a team of economics, strategy, and operational staff responsible for:
1. Producing both regional and country-level economic assessments to support IFC’s strategy and operations;
2. Collaborating with regional and industry colleagues to produce analytical products such as Country Private Sector Diagnostics (CPSDs) and IFC Country Strategies;
3. Significantly contributing to WBG products such as Systematic Country Diagnostics (SCD), Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDR), and IBRD/IDA lending operations; and
4. Putting IFC’s country strategy and diagnostic recommendations into practice through Advisory projects that engage with governments, regulators, civil society, development partners and other relevant stakeholders to reform markets and sectors and address key bottlenecks to private sector development.

The Manager will be a motivated and dynamic professional, with excellent analytical skills and relevant policy and industry experience. S/he will have expertise in private sector development, applied research, and analytical products with an extensive history of hands-on interaction with government clients and public sector stakeholders.

The Manager will be based in Johannesburg, reporting to the Regional Director, and will be a member of the Africa Regional Management Team. The role will entail close collaboration with units across the Africa region, as well as with global industry departments, the Economics and Private Sector Development Vice-Presidency, IBRD/IDA, MIGA, and external organizations.

**Duties and Accountabilities**

Beyond standard Managerial responsibilities, the role entails three primary functions: strategic and economic analysis, operational delivery, and operational support.

Strategic and Economic Analysis
- Support the Regional Management Team in formulating country and regional strategies to maximize IFC's impact and address development challenges.
- Support Regional Directors and Country Mangers in WBG processes such as Systematic Country Diagnostics and Country Partnership Frameworks, in close cooperation with the relevant industry and IBRD/IDA and MIGA teams.
- Coordinate the production of new Country Strategies and Business Plans to establish a strategic direction for IFC’s program at the country level.
- Liaise with IBRD/IDA and IMF to leverage their knowledge and support in delivering IFC’s work program.
- Inform Regional Management Team and IFC Senior Management on major risks to the IFC program and portfolio in the region based on economic analysis and information gathered.
- Lead the team of regional economists as they produce/contribute to analytical reports and policy notes on main economic issues pertaining to the region—at the macro level and sectoral level, including but not limited to the Country Private Sector Diagnostics and Country Climate and Development Reports.

Operational Delivery
- Lead the team to operationalize key strategic and diagnostic recommendations through the design and implementation of government-facing Advisory Services projects that support reform implementation and investment facilitation in line with IFC’s strategic priorities.
- Ensure a high quality of the unit’s operations through a focus on project design (development results, project reviews, lessons learned) throughout an individual project cycle and across the unit’s portfolio of operations, with a focus on achieving high development effectiveness.
- Ensure proactive monitoring of the operational portfolio’s funding needs, which includes engagement with regional partnership team; engage with development partners on performance/challenges; ensure quality donor reporting that meets donor expectations.

Operational Support
- Engage throughout the project cycle



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