Senior / Financial Sector Specialist
THE ROLE OF THE GLOBAL PRACTICE FOR FINANCE, COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION (FCI) IN THE WBG.
Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation (FCI) is comprised of about 700 staff working across more than 120 countries. It works toward creating an enabling environment in which financial stability, efficiency and firm-level solutions are provided in an integrated way to crowd in the private sector, support the creation of markets, and accelerate equitable growth. FCI also houses the IFC Implementation Units focused on implementing public sector advisory work in support of the finance and entrepreneurship agenda across all six regions. About one third of FCI professional staff are decentralized to the field working closely with the Country Management Units and in proximity to clients. FCI professionals also lead or participate in a wide variety of analytical and advisory work that add to the core expertise delivered to client countries. Knowledge and learning are a central part of the FCI agenda, with work focused on the following thematic areas: (a) Financial Stability and Integrity; (b) Long Term Finance; (c) Financial Inclusion and Infrastructure; (d) Industry Solutions; (e) Firm Capabilities and Innovation; and (f) Crisis and Disaster Risk Finance.
IFC Advisory Services Unit – MIDDLE EAST-NORTH AFRICA (MENA)
The EFI-IFC Unit is part of the EFI Practice Group. It 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.
Within the MENA countries, EFI-IFC is focused on identifying economy-wide and industry-level constraints to deliver reforms which can drive growth and accelerate job creation (including business regulation, competition policy, investment policy and promotion, 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.
On the financial sector development front, EFI-IFC aims 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. Most of the existing activities in our EFI-IFC portfolio focus on developing/improving credit reporting infrastructures, strengthening secured transactions, collateral legal and institutional frameworks and supporting the development of asset-based lending/Supply Chain Finance, and developing innovative solutions to mitigate risks for ultimate beneficiaries such as farmers and MSMEs. Other topics that are increasingly relevant for the region are: capital markets development, digital finance, Fintech/payments, and the use of technology, digital platforms and data to implement financial sector reforms.
To ensure effective implementation of the projects, the EFI-IFC Global Practice MENA is seeking to recruit a highly motivated Senior Financial Sector Specialist with significant experience in digital finance and tech-led solutions in the financial sector. He/she will be based in one of the offices in the region and will support Advisory Services projects in MENA countries. The Senior Specialist will report to the Practice Manager.
The Senior Specialist is expected to travel extensively through the Middle East and North Africa Region. He/she will liaise and collaborate with other global and regional specialists, operations officers and all team members in charge of the implementation of financial sector projects in selected MENA countries. The primary responsibilities for the position are listed below.
Roles & Responsibilities:
The Senior Financial Sector Specialist will be required to undertake the following tasks:
Selection Criteria
In addition to the above, the successful candidate much demonstrates the following competencies:
If the selected candidate is a current World Bank Group staff member with a Regular or Open-
Ended appointment, s/he will retain his/her Regular or Open-Ended appointment. All others will be offered a 3 years 0 months term appointment.
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