Description
Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank consists of two entities – the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA). It is a global development cooperative owned by 189 member countries. As the largest development bank in the world, the World Bank provides loans, guarantees, risk management products, and advisory services to middle-income and creditworthy low-income countries, and coordinates responses to regional and global challenges. Visit www.worldbank.org.
The World Bank Group’s Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation Global Practice (FCI) combines expertise in the financial sector with expertise in private sector development to foster private sector-led growth and help create markets in client countries. Through this work, FCI strengthens the World Bank Group’s evolving approach to development finance: to maximize finance for development and to leverage private sector investments for sustainable and inclusive growth.
Within countries, FCI works with governments to create an enabling environment where financial stability, access to finance and risk management provide a foundation to crowd-in private sector investment, create capital markets, and accelerate equitable growth. At the same time, the practice is focused on identifying firm- and industry-level constraints to deliver reforms which can drive growth and accelerate job creation (including access to finance, innovation, special economic zones, industry solutions, entrepreneurship, etc.). Boosting firm-level efficiency and productivity centers on adopting better technologies, including digital ones.
FCI comprises close to 800 staff working across more than 120 countries. The Practice focuses on six thematic areas:
The FCI GP brings together financial experts as well as private sector development specialists. In engaging with client countries, we focus on the elements of an enabling environment in which financial stability, efficiency and firm-level solutions exist in an integrated way to crowd in private sector resources, support the creation of markets, and accelerate equitable growth. For more information, please visit https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/unit/fci
The West Africa FCI team (EAWF1) designs and implements a portfolio of lending operations, as well as advisory services and high-quality analytical work. This is designed to support policymakers in a broad range of issues related to financial sector development, job and economic transformation, private sector development. In Niger, FCI is initiating design of a new analytical and lending engagement on private and financial sector development, in close coordination with IFC and other GPs. Priority financial sector areas for our engagement in Niger include financial inclusion, financial stability, SME finance, and climate finance. EAWF1 is looking for a Financial Sector ETC to contribute to and help lead the development and implementation of this analytical and lending engagement. The position is based in Niamey and involves frequent travel. This role reports to the EAWF1 Practice Manager.
The ETC would play a key role in developing and delivering EAWF1’s growing work program in Niger. They would be part of the EAWF1 team, and would work directly with Financial and Private Sector colleagues who also work on Niger and are based in the region and in Washington DC. Their responsibilities would include:
The ETC shall be required to have:
World Bank Group Core Competencies
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REQUIRED EDUCATION Master’s Degree
WORK HOURS: 8 Hours a Day
EXPERIENCE IN MONTHS: 96