Senior/Principal Operations Officer at International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Duties and Accountabilities:

The Regional Lead’s duties and responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following:

• Develop a regional vision and strategy for the SME and Value chain team that will deliver real impact and change markets.

• Lead the regional team to design and deliver well-structured interventions focusing on large corporate value chains and sectors with large scale market impact that can be measured.

• Work with regional and global development partner coordinators to raise sufficient funds to deliver on the vision.

• Set ambitious yearly program/project targets and over-achieve!

• Set best practice for monitoring and evaluation of our work.

• Communicate the achievements of your team externally and internally.

• Build an outstanding team of geographically dispersed practitioners that are focused on excellence in delivery.

• Use your extensive personal knowledge and experience, as well as the knowledge the team generates to inform, motivate and inspire both your immediate team and the broader global team.

Selection Criteria:

• Masters’ Degree or equivalent in a relevant field.

• Minimum ten years relevant experience at a senior level (team leader or above).

• Proven track record in at least 2 of the following areas: SME business development services, capacity building, skills development, consultancy, supply chain development in developing countries, fragile and conflict-affected situations.

• Strong staff and project management skills.

• Entrepreneurial and autonomous spirit, who is able to operate with minimum supervision.

• Proven interpersonal and teamwork skills, and ability to work effectively across organizational and regional boundaries and in a multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural, team environment.

• A proven integrator and collaborator.

• Excellent communication and writing skills. Knowledge of French, Arabic and/or Portuguese is an advantage.

• Professional maturity and excellent business judgment. Work experience in the private sector is essential.

• Willingness to travel extensively, including to fragile and conflict affected countries