E T Consultant

Environment

Overview

Contribute to the Green Bond Technical Assistance Program.

You have:

• Master’s degree in fields such as finance or business preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Excellent written communication skills in English.
• Experience in delivering high-quality PowerPoint presentations.
• Excellent computer proficiency, particularly in MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel applications.
• Ability to work under pressure and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to meet deadlines and work effectively in stressful situations in a team environment.
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Experience or knowledge of sustainable finance is a plus.
• Proficiency in multiple languages a plus.

Contract

This is a World Bank Group grade: EC2 contract. More about World Bank Group grade: EC2 contracts.

E T Consultant

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 in developing countries. In fiscal year 2022, IFC committed a record $32.8 billion to private companies and financial institutions in developing countries, leveraging the power of the private sector to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity as economies grapple with the impacts of global compounding crises. For more information, visit www.ifc.org.

IFC has established a program called the IFC Green Bond Technical Assistance Program (GB-TAP) to support the Green Bond Market Development. The GB-TAP objective is to create and accelerate the growth of the green bond asset class in emerging markets through broad market creation activities and targeted local capacity building such as training, research, dissemination of best practices and case studies.

Scope of work:

We are seeking to recruit two ETCs to contribute to project management and support of key initiatives under Climate Business Department (CBD), with a focus on GB-TAP activities. The ETC is expected to perform fully professional level analyses on issues and to contributes to key components deliverables including reports and strategic implementation support of Green Bond Technical Assistance program. Work will be performed under limited supervision at most states.

Working closely with the CBD team, the ETC is expected to perform a wide range of tasks which may include, but not limited to, the following:

• Actively contribute to the delivery of the facilitated Green, Social and Sustainability • Bonds executive online training and other complimentary online trainings. The ETC will work closely with the team leader, IFC colleagues in the region and external partners such as ICMA (International Capital Market Association) to: • Support recruitment of participants. Serve as the focal point for participants. • Develop and update training agenda. • Organize preparation calls with participants and manage participant’s registration and do follow up as necessary. • Develop and monitor the training survey and contribute to its analysis. • Keep track of participants attendance and online modules completion and help assess certification award. • Work closely with external training partners to ensure all training documents are updated and uploaded on the training platform • Actively participate as faculty in the training by taking a leading role in workshops and serving as a facilitator in the Investor Pitch Competition • Other task as required to ensure smooth delivery and optimal experience for all

Lead GB-TAP program reporting: • Track, monitor, and analyze key indicators of GB-TAP performance and produce a comprehensive report. • Ensure quality and timely delivery of the annual and semi-annual donor reports to the three major donors of the GB-TAP as well as the PSR and Amundi reports. • Develop donor presentations for meetings and support coordination. • Collaborate with other departments in IFC to assist in preparing reports, as needed. • Conduct selective market research related to green, social, and sustainability bonds, and provide analysis/findings.

Support development and delivery of GB-TAP flagship knowledge products: • Oversee the development and publication of key industry guidance and protocol documents produced through the GB-TAP, coordinate with respective teams and external partners where relevant. • Support thought leadership regarding the GB-TAP pipeline and future strategic activities that support green bond issuances in emerging markets.

Communications Tasks: • Lead GB-TAP Alumni Network: maintain and update alumni database, develop and share quarterly newsletter that includes relevant events, webinars, market updates, among others. Serve as the focal point for GB-TAP alumni. • Redesign and update GB-TAP website. Develop promotional and educational materials for GB-TAP activities especially training and webpage content. • Track, monitor and analyze key indicators such as for webinars participants/views, webpage visits. • Take the lead working across IFC and external partners to support promotion of GB-TAP knowledge sharing events. • Draft presentation materials for events, conferences, learning platforms, and other purposes as needed on sustainable finance and green, social and sustainability bond related themes • Contribute to Climate Business Department research activities and other tasks as needed it related to initiatives under the Paris Alignment, Decarbonization and Climate Risk.

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 in developing countries. In fiscal year 2022, IFC committed a record $32.8 billion to private companies and financial institutions in developing countries, leveraging the power of the private sector to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity as economies grapple with the impacts of global compounding crises. For more information, visit www.ifc.org.

IFC has established a program called the IFC Green Bond Technical Assistance Program (GB-TAP) to support the Green Bond Market Development. The GB-TAP objective is to create and accelerate the growth of the green bond asset class in emerging markets through broad market creation activities and targeted local capacity building such as training, research, dissemination of best practices and case studies.

Scope of work:

We are seeking to recruit two ETCs to contribute to project management and support of key initiatives under Climate Business Department (CBD), with a focus on GB-TAP activities. The ETC is expected to perform fully professional level analyses on issues and to contributes to key components deliverables including reports and strategic implementation support of Green Bond Technical Assistance program. Work will be performed under limited supervision at most states.

Working closely with the CBD team, the ETC is expected to perform a wide range of tasks which may include, but not limited to, the following:

• Actively contribute to the delivery of the facilitated Green, Social and Sustainability • Bonds executive online training and other complimentary online trainings. The ETC will work closely with the team leader, IFC colleagues in the region and external partners such as ICMA (International Capital Market Association) to: • Support recruitment of participants. Serve as the focal point for participants. • Develop and update training agenda. • Organize preparation calls with participants and manage participant’s registration and do follow up as necessary. • Develop and monitor the training survey and contribute to its analysis. • Keep track of participants attendance and online modules completion and help assess certification award. • Work closely with external training partners to ensure all training documents are updated and uploaded on the training platform • Actively participate as faculty in the training by taking a leading role in workshops and serving as a facilitator in the Investor Pitch Competition • Other task as required to ensure smooth delivery and optimal experience for all

Lead GB-TAP program reporting: • Track, monitor, and analyze key indicators of GB-TAP performance and produce a comprehensive report. • Ensure quality and timely delivery of the annual and semi-annual donor reports to the three major donors of the GB-TAP as well as the PSR and Amundi reports. • Develop donor presentations for meetings and support coordination. • Collaborate with other departments in IFC to assist in preparing reports, as needed. • Conduct selective market research related to green, social, and sustainability bonds, and provide analysis/findings.

Support development and delivery of GB-TAP flagship knowledge products: • Oversee the development and publication of key industry guidance and protocol documents produced through the GB-TAP, coordinate with respective teams and external partners where relevant. • Support thought leadership regarding the GB-TAP pipeline and future strategic activities that support green bond issuances in emerging markets.

Communications Tasks: • Lead GB-TAP Alumni Network: maintain and update alumni database, develop and share quarterly newsletter that includes relevant events, webinars, market updates, among others. Serve as the focal point for GB-TAP alumni. • Redesign and update GB-TAP website. Develop promotional and educational materials for GB-TAP activities especially training and webpage content. • Track, monitor and analyze key indicators such as for webinars participants/views, webpage visits. • Take the lead working across IFC and external partners to support promotion of GB-TAP knowledge sharing events. • Draft presentation materials for events, conferences, learning platforms, and other purposes as needed on sustainable finance and green, social and sustainability bond related themes • Contribute to Climate Business Department research activities and other tasks as needed it related to initiatives under the Paris Alignment, Decarbonization and Climate Risk.

Selection Criteria

• Master’s degree in fields such as finance or business preferred, and a minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Broad-base work experience, ability to develop, analyze and articulate project issues.

• Ability to diagnose problems and propose reliable solutions.

• Experience in working for a training program/learning center with development banks or multilateral organizations in designing/implementing e-learning programs would be a plus.

• Excellent written communication skills in English.

• Experience in delivering high-quality PowerPoint presentations.

• Experience in tracking and providing comprehensive financial analysis.

• Experience in research and delivery of comprehensive findings.

• Experience or knowledge of Sustainable finance is a plus.

• Ability to work under pressure and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.

• Ability to meet deadlines and work effectively in stressful situations in a team environment.

• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills. Dedicated, collaborative, but also can take ownership of the task and work independently.

• Excellent computer proficiency, particularly in MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel applications.

• Excellent referrals are a plus.

• Proficiency in multiple languages a plus.

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Note: The selected candidate will be offered a one-year appointment, renewable for an additional one year, at the discretion of the World Bank Group, and subject to a lifetime maximum ET Appointment of two years. If an ET appointment ends before a full year, it is considered as a full year toward the lifetime maximum. Former and current ET staff who have completed all or any portion of their second-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.

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