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At the World Bank, a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives. For more information, visit https://www.worldbank.org/en/who-we-are/ibrd Background The Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi), which is housed at the World Bank, was created in 2017 in recognition of the critical role played by women’s entrepreneurship in empowering women, creating jobs, boosting inclusive economic growth, and ending poverty. Starting and growing a business is one of the most powerful tools for women to build a better future for themselves and their communities. While women are increasingly harnessing their entrepreneurial spirit, their business growth is stunted by outmoded policies, business practices, and attitudes. Women business owners are undercut by limited training opportunities, scarce access to finance and markets, biased legal and cultural barriers, and inadequate support systems like mentors and business networks. Unit Description We-Fi is a collaborative partnership among governments, multilateral development banks, and other stakeholders focused on unlocking financing for women-led/owned businesses in developing countries, including in the most challenging environments. The Initiative hosted by the World Bank Group has 14 donors who have, to date, collectively committed over USD380 million to We-Fi. For more information: https://we-fi.org/. We-Fi allocates its funds through a call-for-proposal process to seven Implementing Partners (IPs), including the African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Development Bank, Islamic Development Bank and the World Bank Group (World Bank and IFC). To date, there have been seven calls for proposals. With these funds, IPs have rolled out activities in 67 countries as well as some global activities. They are partnering with around 400 public and private sector partners to achieve sustainable, systematic, scalable solutions to: Increase Access to Finance. We-Fi provides capital, risk mitigation, and capacity building to enable financial intermediaries to expand women entrepreneurs’ access to debt, equity, venture capital, and insurance. Provide Access to Training, Mentoring, and Networks. We-Fi builds the capacity of women entrepreneurs and connects them to mentors and networks to take their businesses to the next level. Increase Access to Markets. We-Fi creates linkages for WSMEs to access new markets and works with corporations to include WSMEs in domestic and global supply chains. Improve the Enabling Environment. We-Fi works with public and private sector actors to break down gender biases and legal and regulatory constraints that women entrepreneurs face in running their businesses. We-Fi supports these activities by funding blended finance, technical assistance, capacity building, grants and research activities. Implementing Partners report on their results annually based on results and risk frameworks. The We-Fi Secretariat is responsible for the day-to-day operations of We-Fi, including preparing and supporting decisions of the Governing Committee; preparing governance documents, managing the call-for-proposal process; managing the reporting process, guiding the IPs on We-Fi processes or requirements, managing relations with contributors, IPs and other partners, and communications and advocacy related to We-Fi. The successful candidate will be expected to carry out the following duties and responsibilities: Reporting and Program Oversight: Review and analyze the results reports submitted by We-Fi IPs as part of the bi-annual reporting cycle. Contribute to ensure the reports’ completeness and quality assurance. Aggregate funding and results data for the We-Fi Results Dashboard and ensure the correct functioning of dashboard functions and filtering. Support preparation of We-Fi reports to the We-Fi Governing Committee, including portfolio overviews, the We-Fi annual report, and other ad-hoc reports and presentations as required. Contribute to drafting impact sections for We-Fi progress reports and presentations, the We-Fi annual report, and the We-Fi website. Develop creative ways to visualize and report impact data. Knowledge and Learning: Support drafting of knowledge briefs and summaries of We-Fi portfolio topics, including summarizing findings from learning events. Support with the expansion of We-Fi's evidence base on what works to support women entrepreneurs, including updates to the We-Fi Knowledge Portal. Support for We-Fi Governing Committee Meetings: Coordinate the scheduling of Governing Committee meetings, including liaising with members to confirm availability and agenda. Support the preparation and archiving of key governance documents, including Governing Committee decisions, reports, and correspondence. Prepare and distribute meeting agendas, background materials, and other relevant documentation in advance of meetings. Provide logistical support for Governing Committee meetings, including managing technical platforms and presentations. Record and draft minutes of meetings, ensuring accuracy and timely readiness for dissemination to Governing Committee members. Track follow-up actions and decisions from meetings, ensuring timely updates to relevant stakeholders. Overall Secretariat Support: Maintain an efficient document and file management system for the We-Fi Secretariat, ensuring accessibility, security, and compliance with organizational standards. Regularly review and update document filing protocols to align with best practices and organizational requirements. Carry out data analyses and research assignments. Help develop presentations and other materials. Support in the development and implementation of events, in person or virtual. Support the Secretariat in day-to-day operations and ad hoc activities. Provide support across other Secretariat functions if needs emerge.