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’s Financial Institutions Group (FIG) works with over 700+ Financial Intermediaries (FIs) which combined have over US$5 trillion in total assets in emerging markets and is an important part of IFC’s business as it enables IFC to leverage itself to increase the depth and breadth of its impact. Climate Finance is one of the strategic priorities of the WBG, with a target to increase its climate business to 45% of total financing commitments between in 2025. For IFC to reach its climate commitments, FIG has embarked on a strategy to significantly increase its climate business through FIs.

FIG’s climate team runs a global program to provide advisory and investment services to FIs to scale up their financing of climate friendly projects. This program draws on expertise across IFC’s different industry and specialist groups, and leverages partnerships with various market players who support the promotion of climate smart investments and emission reduction. To support this work, the global FIG team has developed the Climate Assessment for Financial Institutions (CAFI) tool, used by both investment and advisory clients to evaluate, monitor and report results for climate finance projects.

IFC is seeking a qualified analyst who will work with FIG’s global climate team based to support the process of managing the ex-post data gathering, monitoring and reporting for all FIG climate investment and advisory projects. This will include interacting directly with FI clients both to ensure high quality data input and to identify client needs and design and implement suitable solutions. The analyst will report to the Project Manager of the CAFI Tool, and work with a multidisciplinary team led by the FIG Global Sustainable Finance Senior Manager, and Regional Climate Specialists to assist staff to track, monitor, and report on climate investment and advisory portfolio data. S/he will also work to contribute towards sharing knowledge and improving FIG’s practices in the climate impact reporting space. The person will be based in Washington, D.C. and will be required to travel occasionally. Specific responsibilities and qualification requirements are described below.

Duties and Accountabilities

The primary roles and responsibilities, accounting for approximately 75% of this position, will include the following:

•  Working with clients to collate climate finance data for investment projects post-commitment or post-disbursement as well as advisory projects that are at implementation or post-implementation stages. The tasks include checking the data quality for its integrity and consistency within the CAFI Tool.
•  With the support of the Project Lead and Regional Climate Industry Leads, preparing regular portfolio reports and sharing the reports within FIG to highlight achievement of KPIs related to FIG’s climate portfolio.
•  Assisting the Project Lead and Regional Climate Industry Leads with portfolio data analysis and preparation of portfolio reviews, where relevant and applicable.
•  In collaboration with regional Portfolio Officers, working directly with FI clients to ensure they have internal capacity to provide timely and accurate data to CAFI, and providing ongoing technical support to clients (external or internal) to ensure CAFI data is correctly entered and validated in line with the methodology for sub-projects. This will include gauging whether FIs are properly using the tool, and what further support is required, including areas outside the specific remit of CAFI data input.
•  Developing training materials and providing ongoing CAFI training and on-boarding of new clients e.g., external (such as IFC investment and advisory clients, third party users, etc.) or internal (such as Portfolio Officers, Investment Officers, Investment Analysts, etc.).
•  Together with the Project Lead, working closely with the Climate Business Department to assess areas for improving and adjusting CAFI functionality, including developing new climate/green finance categories that will be added to the CAFI Tool on an ongoing basis.
•  Supporting the Project Lead in communication activities, including producing presentation slide decks on the program/project strategy, progress briefing, pitchbooks , etc., as well as other knowledge products.
•  Other duties as required by Project Lead.

The remaining roles and responsibilities will account for up to 25% of the position’s deliverables, and will include some of the following:

•  Supporting the global climate team on strategy development, program delivery and review, and impact assessment; and,
•  Engaging in other workstreams to provide analytical support for business development and delivery of the FIG Climate strategy.

Selection Criteria

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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