(Senior) Investment Officer

(Senior) Investment Officer Job #: req29937 Organization: IFC Sector: Investment Grade: GG Term Duration: 3 years 0 months Recruitment Type: International Recruitment Location: Karachi, Pakistan; Islamabad, Pakistan Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s): Arabic Closing Date: 10/31/2024 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC Description 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. IFC has embarked on an ambitious new growth strategy (IFC 3.0) to stimulate more investment activity, especially in Low-Income Countries (LICs) and Fragile and Conflict-affected Situations (FCS). It requires taking a systematic approach to understanding the regulatory and sector bottlenecks that prevent the flow of private capital into productive investment in our member countries and addressing these bottlenecks through World Bank Group engagement on policy reforms and programmatic interventions at the country and sector level. CTA is looking to recruit an experienced (Senior) Investment Officer (IO) for its Middle East, Central Asia, Turkey, Afghanistan & Pakistan (MCT) team based in Pakistan who will participate and primarily focus on (i) supporting the Pakistan-based PPP team in the preparation and tendering of PPP and privatization mandates under the overall supervision of the Hub-Leader for Afghanistan & Pakistan; and (ii) helping develop and support in execution of IFC's Corporate Finance Services offering in the region. Roles and Responsibilities The (Senior) Investment Officer will be required to support the MCT CTA team in the origination and execution of transaction advisory mandates across the MCT region however, the position's location and current business needs will also imply a priority focus on Pakistan. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Proactively assist in business development by originating and managing marketing activity in assigned countries/strategic areas.
• Support the day-to-day management of project teams working on sell-side PPP and CFS mandates.
• Analyze structure, develop innovative PPP projects, and present client recommendations.
• Manage marketing of project concepts to bidders.
• Support negotiations on the documentation with bidders.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and form partnerships with staff across IFC.
• Understand the World Bank program for countries in the region.
• Help build the Corporate Finance Services offerings of CTA.
• Develop, coach, motivate, and manage junior team members.
• Assist in other project or strategy-related activities as needed.

• MBA or equivalent qualification.
• Minimum 8-10 years of relevant experience.
• Strong experience in infrastructure sectors.
• Proven track record of originating, advising, structuring, and executing infrastructure transactions.
• Ability to operate in large, culturally diverse, and geographically dispersed teams.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English is required. Arabic preferred.