E T Consultant

At the International Finance Corporation (IFC) , 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. In fiscal year 2026, IFC committed a record $105.6 billion to private companies and financial institutions in developing countries. For more information, visit www.ifc.org. The Legal Department of IFC (CLED), under the Vice President Risk & Sustainability and General Counsel, is responsible for providing legal and policy advice to the IFC Board, its Management and client departments on operational, advisory and corporate matters. Specifically, CLED supports client departments in the delivery of IFC’s annual program of financing private sector projects in emerging markets; (ii) project portfolio management (including jeopardy projects and projects in litigation); (iii) the delivery and design (including through upstream engagements) of structured finance products, sub-national lending, equity and quasi-equity, public-private partnerships, and investments in funds; (iv) advising on corporate policy and operational matters; and (v) knowledge management and training. CLED is looking for an extended-term consultant to support the legal work of IFC in Africa. The position will be based in Cairo, Egypt, with the duties, accountabilities and selection criteria described below. DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Provide legal advice and support to investment clients in equity, debt, project and corporate financings involving multiple financiers in a broad range of sectors, including manufacturing, agribusiness and services, financial institutions, infrastructure (transport, power and renewable energy and natural resources projects), funds, and blended finance.
• Develop good business relationships with internal clients by providing the needed support and identifying legal risks and being solution oriented.
• Participating and facilitating legal discussions between internal clients and investment clients by providing support in French.
• Assume primary lawyer responsibility for new and portfolio investments.
• Assisting investment teams on the upstream development of projects in infrastructure, manufacturing and financial services.
• Identify enabling legal solutions for the structuring and implementation of financings in the context of fragile and conflict situations.
• Work closely with client departments as they embark on identifying and assessing Upstream opportunities and advise on the design and implementation of scalable solutions and platforms that can be replicated across markets.
• Advise on the selection of outside counsel in Africa, manage outside counsel and legal costs.
• Interact and communicate with colleagues in Washington and other regions to facilitate the provision of excellent legal services in Africa, including providing advice and support to colleagues in Washington and other regions working on projects in Africa.
• Mentor and coach more junior legal and business colleagues in the Africa region, provide leadership in designing and delivering trainings.
• Take leadership on and advise internal clients on institutional and corporate matters.
• Provide general advice and support with respect to all aspects of IFC’s business in Africa.
• Build strong knowledge about business in SSA and effectively share knowledge and best practice.