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Operations Officer - Investment Policy (Nairobi)- Nairobi, Kenya- 122294

 Job #: 122294Title: Operations Officer - Investment Policy (Nairobi)

Job Stream: Private Sector Development

Location: Nairobi, KenyaClosing Date: 10/28/2012

Background / General description:

 Improving the investment climate in Africa is one of three core priorities of the IFC/World Bank Group strategy in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Investment Climate Advisory Services of the World Bank Group comprise staff based in the hub offices of Nairobi, Dakar and Johannesburg and across the continent, working with a team of product specialists in Washington, DC, and Istanbul. The Investment Climate Advisory Services have been implementing reform programs in Sub-Saharan for almost a decade, and have scaled up their efforts significantly in recent years. The programs focus on a range of economy-wide investment climate reforms, including business registration and licensing, investment promotion, inspection reform, business taxation, trade logistics, regulatory governance and special economic zones.

The World Bank Group’s Investment Climate Department (CIC) assists governments of developing countries and transition economies in reforming their business environments, with emphasis on regulatory simplification and investment generation. CIC relies on close collaboration with World Bank Group partners and donors to leverage value and deliver tangible results.

CIC is seeking to recruit an experienced Investment Policy Officer to support the management and delivery of its projects to assist the client governments to design and implement policy reforms that make the country more attractive for investment. The position is a local appointment based in Nairobi.

The Investment Policy (IP) Product helps client governments improve investment laws, policies and incentives regimes and reduce economy-wide investment barriers in order to stimulate private domestic and foreign direct investment flows. Investment climate benchmarks are used to catalyze governments’ actions and frame IP reform interventions. Duties and Accountabilities: The Investment Policy Officer will be involved in supporting technical assistance and advisory work in the following areas:

•        Participate in missions to client countries and prepare written reports as necessary (e.g., diagnostic analysis, findings, recommendations, case studies, etc.);

•        Operational support and management of advisory projects with investment policy components in East and Southern Africa;

•        Provide technical expertise to lead the IP components of selected client-focused projects, undertaking project diagnostic and implementation activities and liaising with clients and development partners;

•        Provide quality control of projects, recruit and supervise consultants and manage program implementation, monitoring the budget and spent on each program, and reporting on progress, activities, outputs and outcomes.

•        Contribute to knowledge management, research and analysis of selected policy and regulatory issues in support of the global investment policy advisory work, such as helping to generate and disseminate best practice case studies, databases and other materials in relevant themes.
Contribute to the development of collaborative partnerships with external partners and all other World Bank Group teams involved in promoting competition in client countries (FPD, PREM, other IFC Advisory Services, and IFC Investment).

•        Contribute to an active role as member of a global IP product team and ensure optimal client response, knowledge generation and dissemination of best practice on competition policies across countries and regions.

Selection Criteria:

•        A graduate qualification (i.e. Masters level), or equivalent, in a relevant discipline (economics, law, international finance, political science or business).

•        A minimum of 7 years’ work experience, at least 4 of which should be in the area of private sector development and investment policy issues in a developing country context.

•        Good knowledge of business environment indicator products, as well as a solid general technical understanding of indicator construction and benchmarking techniques.

•        Experience in and understanding of private sector business operations, either through direct experience or through academic study.

•        Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.

•        Strong interpersonal and team skills; ability to develop effective relations with clients.

•        High degree of self-motivation and proven ability to work independently under limited supervision. Ability to multitask and work effectively in multidisciplinary teams.

•        Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with a capacity to deliver high-quality outputs and results under tight deadlines.

Women are strongly encouraged to apply.

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Human Resources Officer- Nairobi, Kenya- 122238

Job #: 122238Title: Human Resources Officer

Job Stream: Human ResourcesLocation: Nairobi, Kenya

Closing Date: 10/28/2012

Background / General description: IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in developing countries. We create opportunity for people to escape poverty and improve their lives. We do so by providing financing to help businesses employ more people and supply essential services, by mobilizing capital from others, and by delivering advisory services to ensure sustainable development.

Investing in progress, innovation and partnership, the Corporation has strong values, unique

expertise and a highly diverse, talented and committed staff of over 3,500. Headquarters are in

Washington, D.C. and there are close to 100 hub and field offices around the world.

IFC’s HR Client Services are part of the Human Resources and Administration Department (CHA). HR Officers are Business Partners to their assigned client departments. They work closely with directors and managers on issues of organizational development and change management; they participate in the development of new programs and policies and coordinate activities with colleagues in HR programs (Recruitment and Staffing, Learning, Leadership Development, Performance Management, Compensation and Benefits). On the day-to-day basis, they are the first focal point for all HR issues from recruitment to separations, including matters such as on-boarding, management and staff development, performance management, strategic staffing, compensation and benefits, learning, career counseling, succession planning, and more.

We are recruiting an HR Officer who will be based in Nairobi and cover HR responsibilities for staff in the East Africa region, He/she will be part of the regional HR Client Services team, work closely with colleagues in other parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as with HR teams at HQ and other locations.

Duties and Accountabilities: Operating within the framework of the World Bank Group Human Resources policies, the HR Officer will be accountable for:

•        Advising managers on HR policies and best practices

•         Advising management on strategic staffing and organizational development, which includes partnering with the budget team staffing and recruitment planning and monitoring

•        Partnering with the business effective and efficient recruitment process

•        On-boarding of new staff members.

•        Providing career guidance to staff

•        Leadership and support of the business in the annual talent and performance management

•        Management of staff movements, rotations and developmental assignments.

•        Coaching and advising managers and staff on performance management issues.

•        Providing sound advice to the business on compensation and benefits

•        Supporting the business on internal mobility and effective succession planning

•        Supporting the business on separation process

•        Providing analytical support and guidance on diversity of client departments

Selection Criteria:

•        Advanced university degree.

•        10+ years of broad and in-depth HR management experience in the private sector, preferably but not necessarily in a financial or service oriented environment.

•        Proven track record in implementing projects in the fields of organizational development,
performance management and/or change management

•        Work experience in a multi-cultural setting; experience working abroad is a competitive advantage.
• Strong analytical skills.

•        Excellent interpersonal and team building skills; experience in building and maintaining good relationships at both, senior management and all staff levels.

•        Strong communication skills in English is a must; additional language skills are welcome

•        A keen interest in the kind of work and mission that IFC represents is important.

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