Senior Investment Officer – Waste & Subnational – GG

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.

The Global Municipal & Environmental Infrastructure (CNGME) unit, in collaboration with the regional industry groups, is responsible for IFC’s municipal and environmental infrastructure business, which includes investments supporting municipalities and public utilities, and private water and waste management companies. Investments in each of these sub-sectors is supported by platforms that develop and provide advisory products, technical assistance and capacity building support to our clients.

It is an exciting time for the unit with innovative models of One World Bank Group collaboration being piloted or being championed at the global and regional levels across each of the sub-sectors covered by the unit. The ambition of the unit is to ensure that interventions are driven by client needs and are balance sheet agnostic.
With this background, CNGME is looking to recruit a Senior Investment Officer, to contribute to its priorities related to sector strategy and expertise, thought leadership and knowledge sharing, market creation and innovation, and to support regional teams in business development, client relationship management, transaction processing, and program delivery. While mostly supporting the Waste & Circularity team, the candidate will also contribute to similar efforts across the unit in water and municipal sectors. The position will be based in Washington DC.

Duties and Accountabilities:

• Work closely with the global sector lead, regional leads and technical specialists to support business development, including through active involvement in discussions with new and existing clients.
• Spearhead collaboration within the World Bank Group to identify innovative ways to ensure that clients benefit from the full range of investment and advisory products that the World Bank Group has to offer. In particular, ensuring that sector and regulatory reforms are coordinated with opportunities for non-sovereign guaranteed public and private investment.
• Contribute substantively to the unit’s Knowledge for Impact program, through relevant knowledge products to support regional teams in business development and processing, and to support clients in managing and growing their business.
• Play a senior role in the development and implementation of the unit’s business strategy; maintain a strong grasp of pivotal areas in urban and environmental infrastructure, including market & regulatory trends and innovations.
• Ensure effective IFC sectoral thought leadership and external branding, and play leadership roles in global conferences and events.
• Provide support to regional teams on upstream and mainstream transactions, including providing input on transactions as per Global’s formal role across the project cycle.
• Contribute to execution of select investment transactions, including origination and processing, as a member of the project team (Team Lead).
• Support the delivery and operational management of global and regional upstream / advisory projects related to Municipal & Environmental Infrastructure, such as the Circularity Plus, Utilities for Climate (U4C) and Cities initiatives.
• Overall, the candidate is expected to share time and effort across: (i) global knowledge for impact; (ii) sector work (collaboration across the WBG, market intelligence, strategies, client relationship management, business development, etc.); (iii) regional upstream and mainstream projects oversight and (v) transaction support and processing.

Selection Criteria

The candidate must meet the following requirements:
• A master’s degree in business, economics or public policy or a closely related field
• At least ten (10) years of relevant professional experience in the infrastructure sector, including in emerging markets
• Established track record and investment experience in the infrastructure sector, ideally in at least one of waste management, water, urban transport, and municipal financing subsectors
• Strong investment processing skills and sound business judgment
• Strong clients focus and demonstrated business development aptitude • Proven success in developing and managing client relationships
• Strong written and verbal communications skills – demonstrable ability to influence and persuade others to accept ideas and suggestions (such as counterparts in government, international partner organizations, academia, and Bank colleagues, senior staff, and managers)
• Strong team skills with a collaborative work style
• Interest in the World Bank Group and IFC’s mission, strategy and values and commitment to highest ethical standards

Experience in the following areas will provide additional weightage:
• Demonstrated ability to develop innovative solutions and go beyond the status quo to build the business.
• Deep understanding of urban infrastructure sectors and demonstrated experience in linking policy reforms, advisory interventions, investment, and private capital mobilization to develop scalable investment pipelines.
• Experience in project/program management, including executing against implementation plans with defined business development milestones and in incubation and management of global delivery platforms.
• Experience in engagement with donors and understanding of global urban development agenda, including activities of WBG, other DFIs and donors in this sector.
• Experience in creating and disseminating Knowledge products – research, writing and engaging relevant target audiences with insightful knowledge pieces to promote business.

WBG Culture Attributes:

1. Sense of Urgency – Anticipating and quickly reacting to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful Risk Taking – Taking informed and thoughtful risks and making courageous decisions to push boundaries for greater impact.
3. Empowerment and Accountability – Engaging with others in an empowered and accountable manner for impactful results.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

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