Country Manager North Africa, Rabat, Morocco at International Finance Corporation 85 views0 applications


IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. Working with 2,000 businesses worldwide, we use our six decades of experience to create opportunity where it’s needed most. In FY16, our long-term investments in developing countries rose to nearly $19 billion, leveraging our capital, expertise and influence to help the private sector end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity. For more information, visit www.ifc.orgInternational Finance Corporation (IFC) is the private sector arm of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the largest multilateral provider of financing for private enterprise in developing countries.

Our mission is to promote sustainable private sector investment in developing countries, helping to reduce poverty and to improve people’s lives. IFC finances private sector investments, including equity investments, mobilizes capital in international financial markets, facilitates trade, helps clients improve social and environmental sustainability, and provides technical assistance and advisory services to businesses and, in certain contexts, governments. Middle East and North Africa ContextThe Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region is one of the most diverse, challenging and exciting regions of IFC operations.

It presents some of the most pressing development challenges as well as opportunities for IFC’s greater impact. As the MENA region is currently adjusting to the new reality of subdued growth, lower commodity prices and increasing geopolitical tensions, IFC’s strategy in the region remains focused around the key development challenges for the region including inadequate access to finance, large infrastructure gaps, lack of competitiveness and weak investment climate, with a cross-cutting effort to help address climate change.

To address long-standing development challenges and increasing economic vulnerabilities IFC identified four major areas of increased focus: (i) energy infrastructure development; (ii) Improve investment climate; (iii) support the large unemployed youth and entrepreneurship and (iv) increase access to finance to SMEs and the underserved. Note: If the selected candidate is a current 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 year term appointment.

The Country Manager is responsible for all of IFC’s activities in North Africa (namely, Morocco, Algeria and Tunis), while managing a multidisciplinary team on the ground. The Country Manager for North Africa (based in Morocco) oversees investment portfolio in North Africa with a target annual investment program of around US$100-300 million (including mobilization), and a very active advisory program.

This requires strong relationship and close interaction with corporate clients, governments, counterparts at multilateral/bilateral institutions, as well as internal coordination with IFC Regional Industry Heads and Managers, Managers and teams of WBG Global Practices (GP) and Cross-Cutting Solution Areas (CCSA) and constituent Executive Directors.

In addition, the Country Manager is responsible for managing IFC office in Morocco, which is staffed with over 20 staff and consultants including regional support services for IT, Finance and Procurement. The Country Manager for North Africa reports to the Regional Director of MENANote 1: The country coverage of the incumbent may be adjusted over time in line with IFC corporate needs and the regional strategy.

Duties and Accountabilities

  • Oversee all of IFC’s investment and advisory activities in all of North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia).
  • In conjunction with Global Industry Departments develop and implement a strategy for IFC’s Investment and Advisory activities, including country priorities and business targets for key industry groupings with focus on the key areas in accordance with IFC’s strategy in the MENA region.c) Coordinate the development of client engagement strategies for key clients, existing or targeted.
  • Take accountability for early review and clearance of sponsors as well as review and validation of IFC’s added-value, development impact and a fit in all projects with IFC and MENA strategy for each country.
  • Along with the Industry Managers manage investment teams and provide guidance for complex investment structuring and portfolio management cases; make early review and investment review stage decisions, serve (as needed) as transaction manager, and chair (as needed) decision meetings as appropriate under an approved delegated authority framework, when applicable. Develop market knowledge to ensure that IFC is working with the right sponsors and companies.
  • Take accountability for client selection, ensure the integrity of potential clients, develop and maintain relationships with these companies and identify business opportunities taking into account IFC’s strategy, priorities and products.
  • Share accountability for the quality and performance of the country portfolio; work jointly with relevant managers to meet scorecard targets in each country (Client Satisfaction, Productivity, and Development Impact and People metrics).
  • Take accountability for the P/L of the North Africa sub region.

Building and Strengthening Relationships

  • Manage and develop relationships with key clients (governments and private companies) at the highest level of seniority and position IFC as the partner of choice to support high development impact projects in the country.
  • Strengthen relationships with key stakeholders (including relevant regulators, businesses, NGOs, PE Funds, and investors) as well as identify and implement measures to improve country results in terms of efficiency, productivity, profitability and impact and increase its contribution to the corporate scorecard.
  • Lead the coordination with World Bank Group institutions on behalf of IFC including the SCD and CPF processes, and, in particular, co-oversee with the Regional Industry Heads (and relevant colleagues in IBRD and MIGA) the design and implementation of the Joint Implementation Plans (JIPs), and other forms of proactive collaboration to enhance business delivery at the country level.
  • Foster strong relationships to identify opportunities for knowledge transfer among the WBG institutions to the benefit of clients. Develop and maintain strong relationships with GPs and CCSAs to enable implementation of WBG strategy.
  • Develop detailed market knowledge to ensure IFC is working with the right sponsors and the right sectors. Identify areas where IFC can catalyze market development through innovation based on a thorough understanding of local markets and best practice from IFC’s global experience.
  • Develop IFC’s ‘brand’, building on IFC’s regional brand and the overall communications strategy.
  • Represent and provide visibility for IFC in the target markets including through organizing/participating in high profile events (senior level visits, interviews, seminars and conferences).

Managing Staff and Offices

  • Lead and manage an integrated and diverse team, ensuring the team is high-performing, well-motivated and trained with clear deliverables committed to the success of IFC in North Africa with the help of the relevant country heads.
  • Recruit, develop and mentor direct and in-direct reports and generally coach the team towards delivering strong results on the ground.
  • Monitor and support the performance of staff on the basis of WBG performance management system and share feedback with matrix managers.
  • Ensure the physical security, well-being and professional development of the staff in collaboration with matrix managers and HR.
  • Manage operations of IFC’s office in North Africa including budget, logistics, etc. and ensuring strong cohesion in the office, across the various industry and business lines.

Duties and Accountabilities

  • Master’s degree with 12+ years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Ability to work in the matrix environment as an integral part of the Regional Department, meet objectives and deliver high quality work within deadlines.
  • Proven track record in building and maintaining very strong and successful relationships at the highest level of government and private sector.
  • Significant experience in area of expertise, and sound understanding of business issues and experience with full range of IFC products and services.
  • Significant investment transaction experience with proven success in developing client relationships and processing quality investments.
  • Proven ability to effectively plan, direct, organize and administer diverse activities to ensure effective delivery of work program.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills, strong team work and communications skills in a highly diverse, virtual environment
  • Ability to plan and manage staff to achieve high quality results and encourage innovation in an open team-based environment, inspiring trust and influencing and resolving differences across organizational boundaries.
  • Excellent people management skills and openness to feedback, new ideas and ability to coach and guide staff to solve problems preferably within an emerging market context.
  • Strong written and verbal communications skills.
  • English language is a must. Preferably fluent in either French or Arabic.

Selection Criteria

Sloboda, Barbara A.

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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is an international financial institution that offers investment, advisory, and asset management services to encourage private sector development in developing countries. The IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States. It was established in 1956 as the private sector arm of the World Bank Group to advance economic development by investing in strictly for-profit and commercial projects that purport to reduce poverty and promote development.

The IFC's stated aim is to create opportunities for people to escape poverty and achieve better living standards by mobilizing financial resources for private enterprise, promoting accessible and competitive markets, supporting businesses and other private sector entities, and creating jobs and delivering necessary services to those who are poverty-stricken or otherwise vulnerable. Since 2009, the IFC has focused on a set of development goals that its projects are expected to target. Its goals are to increase sustainable agriculture opportunities, improve health and education, increase access to financing for microfinance and business clients, advance infrastructure, help small businesses grow revenues, and invest in climate health.

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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. Working with 2,000 businesses worldwide, we use our six decades of experience to create opportunity where it's needed most. In FY16, our long-term investments in developing countries rose to nearly $19 billion, leveraging our capital, expertise and influence to help the private sector end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity. For more information, visit www.ifc.orgInternational Finance Corporation (IFC) is the private sector arm of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the largest multilateral provider of financing for private enterprise in developing countries.

Our mission is to promote sustainable private sector investment in developing countries, helping to reduce poverty and to improve people's lives. IFC finances private sector investments, including equity investments, mobilizes capital in international financial markets, facilitates trade, helps clients improve social and environmental sustainability, and provides technical assistance and advisory services to businesses and, in certain contexts, governments. Middle East and North Africa ContextThe Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region is one of the most diverse, challenging and exciting regions of IFC operations.

It presents some of the most pressing development challenges as well as opportunities for IFC's greater impact. As the MENA region is currently adjusting to the new reality of subdued growth, lower commodity prices and increasing geopolitical tensions, IFC's strategy in the region remains focused around the key development challenges for the region including inadequate access to finance, large infrastructure gaps, lack of competitiveness and weak investment climate, with a cross-cutting effort to help address climate change.

To address long-standing development challenges and increasing economic vulnerabilities IFC identified four major areas of increased focus: (i) energy infrastructure development; (ii) Improve investment climate; (iii) support the large unemployed youth and entrepreneurship and (iv) increase access to finance to SMEs and the underserved. Note: If the selected candidate is a current 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 year term appointment.

The Country Manager is responsible for all of IFC's activities in North Africa (namely, Morocco, Algeria and Tunis), while managing a multidisciplinary team on the ground. The Country Manager for North Africa (based in Morocco) oversees investment portfolio in North Africa with a target annual investment program of around US$100-300 million (including mobilization), and a very active advisory program.

This requires strong relationship and close interaction with corporate clients, governments, counterparts at multilateral/bilateral institutions, as well as internal coordination with IFC Regional Industry Heads and Managers, Managers and teams of WBG Global Practices (GP) and Cross-Cutting Solution Areas (CCSA) and constituent Executive Directors.

In addition, the Country Manager is responsible for managing IFC office in Morocco, which is staffed with over 20 staff and consultants including regional support services for IT, Finance and Procurement. The Country Manager for North Africa reports to the Regional Director of MENANote 1: The country coverage of the incumbent may be adjusted over time in line with IFC corporate needs and the regional strategy.

Duties and Accountabilities

  • Oversee all of IFC's investment and advisory activities in all of North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia).
  • In conjunction with Global Industry Departments develop and implement a strategy for IFC's Investment and Advisory activities, including country priorities and business targets for key industry groupings with focus on the key areas in accordance with IFC's strategy in the MENA region.c) Coordinate the development of client engagement strategies for key clients, existing or targeted.
  • Take accountability for early review and clearance of sponsors as well as review and validation of IFC's added-value, development impact and a fit in all projects with IFC and MENA strategy for each country.
  • Along with the Industry Managers manage investment teams and provide guidance for complex investment structuring and portfolio management cases; make early review and investment review stage decisions, serve (as needed) as transaction manager, and chair (as needed) decision meetings as appropriate under an approved delegated authority framework, when applicable. Develop market knowledge to ensure that IFC is working with the right sponsors and companies.
  • Take accountability for client selection, ensure the integrity of potential clients, develop and maintain relationships with these companies and identify business opportunities taking into account IFC's strategy, priorities and products.
  • Share accountability for the quality and performance of the country portfolio; work jointly with relevant managers to meet scorecard targets in each country (Client Satisfaction, Productivity, and Development Impact and People metrics).
  • Take accountability for the P/L of the North Africa sub region.

Building and Strengthening Relationships

  • Manage and develop relationships with key clients (governments and private companies) at the highest level of seniority and position IFC as the partner of choice to support high development impact projects in the country.
  • Strengthen relationships with key stakeholders (including relevant regulators, businesses, NGOs, PE Funds, and investors) as well as identify and implement measures to improve country results in terms of efficiency, productivity, profitability and impact and increase its contribution to the corporate scorecard.
  • Lead the coordination with World Bank Group institutions on behalf of IFC including the SCD and CPF processes, and, in particular, co-oversee with the Regional Industry Heads (and relevant colleagues in IBRD and MIGA) the design and implementation of the Joint Implementation Plans (JIPs), and other forms of proactive collaboration to enhance business delivery at the country level.
  • Foster strong relationships to identify opportunities for knowledge transfer among the WBG institutions to the benefit of clients. Develop and maintain strong relationships with GPs and CCSAs to enable implementation of WBG strategy.
  • Develop detailed market knowledge to ensure IFC is working with the right sponsors and the right sectors. Identify areas where IFC can catalyze market development through innovation based on a thorough understanding of local markets and best practice from IFC's global experience.
  • Develop IFC's 'brand', building on IFC's regional brand and the overall communications strategy.
  • Represent and provide visibility for IFC in the target markets including through organizing/participating in high profile events (senior level visits, interviews, seminars and conferences).

Managing Staff and Offices

  • Lead and manage an integrated and diverse team, ensuring the team is high-performing, well-motivated and trained with clear deliverables committed to the success of IFC in North Africa with the help of the relevant country heads.
  • Recruit, develop and mentor direct and in-direct reports and generally coach the team towards delivering strong results on the ground.
  • Monitor and support the performance of staff on the basis of WBG performance management system and share feedback with matrix managers.
  • Ensure the physical security, well-being and professional development of the staff in collaboration with matrix managers and HR.
  • Manage operations of IFC's office in North Africa including budget, logistics, etc. and ensuring strong cohesion in the office, across the various industry and business lines.

Duties and Accountabilities

  • Master's degree with 12+ years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Ability to work in the matrix environment as an integral part of the Regional Department, meet objectives and deliver high quality work within deadlines.
  • Proven track record in building and maintaining very strong and successful relationships at the highest level of government and private sector.
  • Significant experience in area of expertise, and sound understanding of business issues and experience with full range of IFC products and services.
  • Significant investment transaction experience with proven success in developing client relationships and processing quality investments.
  • Proven ability to effectively plan, direct, organize and administer diverse activities to ensure effective delivery of work program.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills, strong team work and communications skills in a highly diverse, virtual environment
  • Ability to plan and manage staff to achieve high quality results and encourage innovation in an open team-based environment, inspiring trust and influencing and resolving differences across organizational boundaries.
  • Excellent people management skills and openness to feedback, new ideas and ability to coach and guide staff to solve problems preferably within an emerging market context.
  • Strong written and verbal communications skills.
  • English language is a must. Preferably fluent in either French or Arabic.

Selection Criteria

Sloboda, Barbara A.

2017-03-14

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