Associate/Operations Officer

IFC — a member of the World Bank Group — is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We work in more than 100 countries, using our capital, expertise, and influence to create markets and opportunities. Our mission is to leverage the power of the private sector to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet. For more information, visit www.ifc.org. The WBG estimates that by 2030, half the world's extreme poor will live in countries characterized by fragility, conflict, and violence. In these settings, the private sector can help transform livelihoods by creating jobs, providing goods and services, generating tax revenues, and rebuilding infrastructure. Fragile economies demand innovative approaches that go beyond country, regional, or sectoral strategies. In recognition of this, IFC has identified supporting stability and growth in fragile and conflict-affected situations as a top priority, pledging that 40 percent of its annual commitments will be in International Development Association-eligible (IDA) and Fragile and Conflict-affected Situations (FCS) countries by 2030. IFC's Fragile and Conflict-affected Situations (FCS) Africa program is an advisory team, based in Nairobi, dedicated to piloting innovative tools to enable IFC to scale up its engagement (investment and advisory services) in and across all fragile countries in Africa. The team helps IFC to deliver on its FCS commitments under the World Bank Group's Fragility, Conflict, and Violence (FCV) Strategy, and the 2018 Capital Increase Package. The FCS Africa team delivers through three main workstreams: (1) engagement with the domestic private sector; (2) working in forced displacement (FDP) settings and delivering on conflict sensitivity by developing tools, piloting projects; and (3) building knowledge on private sector development in fragile countries. In order to increase the presence on the ground in key markets, the FCS Africa team is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Operations Officer to lead the team's activities in Ethiopia. This position will be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and will report to the FCS Africa Regional Lead for Eastern Africa.

IFC — a member of the World Bank Group — is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We work in more than 100 countries, using our capital, expertise, and influence to create markets and opportunities. Our mission is to leverage the power of the private sector to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet.