E T Consultant - Crosscutting Advisory and Upstream
Job #:
req39342
Organization:
IFC
Sector:
Operations
Grade:
EC2
Term Duration:
1 year 0 months
Recruitment Type:
Local Recruitment
Location:
Washington, DC,United States
Required Language(s):
English
Preferred Language(s):
Closing Date:
11/23/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Description
IFC is now seeking to recruit a qualified ETC to deliver and coordinate value creation, upstream, and knowledge activities supporting both global strategic initiatives and funds and direct clients. The role is intended to serve as a connector across CPV teams, helping strengthen operational delivery, collaboration, knowledge sharing, and execution of department-wide initiatives. This role will contribute to IFC and WBG priorities of scaling entrepreneurship / MSME growth, creating jobs across emerging markets, accelerating disruptive technologies and digitalization, enabling private capital mobilization, and advancing gender equality and sustainability.
Duties and Accountabilities
The ETC will provide operational and coordination support for the implementation of CPV's Value Creation Strategy through upstream and advisory interventions. The ETC will enable linkages between investment teams, product area leads, sector/industry specialists, and World Bank Group teams, ensuring alignment and effective delivery of internal knowledge initiatives and value creation solutions across the investment lifecycle. The role will spend 60% of their time on client delivery and stakeholder management, and 40% on knowledge and learning activities, including the external GP Academy.
Client Delivery and Stakeholder Engagement
• Lead workstreams for the development, piloting, and roll out of value creation products, advisory solutions, tools, and operational frameworks.
• Collect, organize, and analyze market, portfolio, and client data to support development of advisory and upstream interventions.
• Prepare project documentation (Concept Notes, Implementation Plans, Supervision Reports, Completion Reports) and engage with peers including ESG, legal, M&E, finance, and sector experts, etc. to integrate feedback.
• Draft high-quality analytical and client deliverables, including presentations, reports, case studies, training materials, technical guidance, best-practice guides, standards, and recommendations, under the guidance of senior industry specialists and respective regional and product Leads.
• Support management of advisory projects and workstreams, helping ensure timely delivery, budget management, and coordination across stakeholders.
• Coordinate and deliver client and learning and advisory engagements, including workshops, courses, technical discussions, peer learning, participant communications, scheduling, materials, enrollment, attendance, and follow-up.
• Manage community engagement for CPV's external knowledge platform for fund managers and ecosystem partners, including newsletters, program updates, external content, and digital resources, while tracking participation and feedback to strengthen engagement and client experience.
• Manage consultants, partners, and implementing firms contributing to project delivery.
Knowledge and Learning
• Lead workstreams for the development, rollout, and ongoing management of the CPV intranet, SharePoint platforms, Teams sites, and knowledge repositories.
• Coordinate department-wide learning events, knowledge sessions, communities of practice, and peer-learning activities.
• Capture, curate, and disseminate lessons learned, best practices, case studies, playbooks, templates, and guidance materials.
• Develop practical tools and resources that promote knowledge sharing and operational excellence across teams.
• Coordinate the CPV Equity Knowledge Network and work with designated knowledge focal points across teams.
• Manage community engagement for CPV's external knowledge platform for fund managers and ecosystem partners.
• Curate and disseminate external knowledge products including case studies, insights, toolkits, training materials, and learning resources.
Selection Criteria
• Master's degree or equivalent professional qualification in Business, Finance, Economics, International Relations, Science, Engineering, or another relevant field.
• 5+ years of relevant work with preferred business area related to project planning & analysis, financial management, management consulting
• Demonstrated capacity to innovate and challenge the status quo, including generating new ideas, developing initiatives from concept to implementation, and identifying practical ways to improve processes and ways of working.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and project management skills, with demonstrated attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience coordinating multi-stakeholder initiatives and collaborating effectively across global teams, clients, and other stakeholders in an internationally diverse environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with experience producing high-quality reports, presentations, communications materials, and knowledge products.
• Experience with digital collaboration and knowledge-management platforms, including SharePoint, Teams, intranets, content management systems, and other knowledge-sharing platforms.
• A proactive, hands-on approach to communications and community building, with demonstrated ability to manage engagement activities, develop compelling content, and increase participation and visibility with limited supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to develop practical and reusable tools, templates, learning resources, and operational guidance, including using data, analytical tools, and AI-enabled solutions to improve efficiency, automate processes, and strengthen quality assurance.
• Willingness to travel, as required.
• Genuine commitment to development and to the World Bank Group and IFC's mission, strategy, and values, an understanding of IFC's strategic priorities and evolving business model is preferred.
WBG Culture Attributes:
1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.
World Bank Group Core Competencies
As per WBG policy, an Extended Term (ET) appointment is subject to a lifetime maximum of three (3) years. Former and current ET staff who have completed or are in the process of completing their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.
