Description

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Portfolio: Manage the delivery of regional gender portfolio ensuring the provision of high-quality services to internal (industry/regional) and external clients
• Accelerate Opportunities to include Gender and Inclusion Solutions: Support regional and industry leadership in identifying and embedding gender and economic inclusion solutions in their existing and pipeline investment and advisory projects by screening the project pipeline, identifying opportunities, and helping implement solutions
• Strategic Initiatives and Country Programs: Identify, develop, and support initiatives aligned with IFC's 2030 Roadmap and projects that advance gender and economic inclusion in the region. Oversee the design of Country Programs to address gender barriers through a coordinated, country-level set of interventions to deliver measurable gender outcomes. The program's specific themes, activities, and targets are co-designed and implemented in collaboration with IFC Industry teams.

• Advise IFC regional and country management on gender issues
• Coordinate and provide consistent inputs into regional, country, and industry/sector projects, programs, and strategies for IFC regional and country management
• Coordinate monitoring and tracking of gender results and outcomes/impacts in alignment with IFC Gender KPIs and the World Bank Group Corporate Scorecard. Provide IFC regional and country management with regular updates
• Manage in coordination with the regional IFC Partnerships Team relationships with regional development partners and donors
• Support the regional communications team and regional and country management on gender and economic inclusion topics externally, such as at regional events, with partners, and in the media

• Ensure a consistent feedback loop to share stories of impact and lessons learned with GEID's Thought Leadership and Innovation Units. In turn, share best practices when piloting and scaling solutions and tracking outcomes
• Foster innovation, encouraging new private sector solutions that help accelerate equality (gender, disability, SOGI/LGBTQ, base of pyramid, anti-racism, Indigenous people, ethnic minorities, etc.) based on client demand and market opportunities
• Represent IFC on gender and economic inclusion topics externally, such as at regional events, with partners, and in the media

• Recruit, oversee, and mentor regional operations staff and consultants, including staff performance management and effective onboarding of new hires
• Recruit the thematic Lead and develop the Center of Excellence in Asia focused on Entrepreneurship
• Build, convene, and nurture a community of gender experts across regional industries

Selection Criteria

• Master's degree in economics, finance, business, or other relevant discipline required
• Eight to twelve years of professional experience in private sector development in emerging markets (required) with decision-making responsibility, ideally with a focus on gender and inclusion
• Experience in structuring investment and advisory projects, including results frameworks to capture gender/inclusion outcomes and impacts
• Broad experience across gender and economic inclusion topics and the demonstrated ability to engage with credibility and confidence
• Ability to self-manage, multitask, and work under time constraints
• Successful record of managing staff/consultants/temporaries in a project, monitoring project issues and tasks, meeting deadlines, and setting priorities
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, sound business judgment to identify issues, and present creative and practical solutions
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills in English, including a strong ability to communicate ideas clearly and confidently, articulate issues, and recommend solutions
• Demonstrated commitment to IFC core values, including excellence, mutual respect, collegiality, teamwork, diversity and inclusiveness, integrity, innovation, transparency, and accountability

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