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 Partnerships and Fundraising unit (CBFPF) sits within the Partnerships and Blended Finance (BFP) department and IFC’s Capital Mobilization Vice Presidency. It supports IFC operations by fundraising for IFC priority areas and maintaining ongoing relationships with development partners, including bilateral and multilateral sovereign partners, foundations, and private philanthropies. In addition to directly engaging with partners to support IFC activities, CBFPF facilitates partnership development across IFC and advises all IFC operational units on establishing and maintaining meaningful partnerships that help further IFC’s strategic objectives. Purpose of the assignment. The Portfolio Analyst will support the management, administration, portfolio oversight, quality assurance, and donor reporting of the Facility for Investment Climate Advisory Services (FIAS), including the Multi-Country Investment Climate Program (MCICP), and IFC’s engagement with Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED). The consultant will also provide analytical and operational support to the Africa Partnerships team. Main Responsibilities The consultant’s role and responsibilities will focus on portfolio analysis and quality assurance, as well as supporting overall program administration and management-related tasks. The role will also extend to supporting initiatives led by the IFC Partnerships and Fundraising team covering the Africa region. Specifically, the consultant will: 1. Manage portfolio analysis and operational support for FIAS and MCICP. Key responsibilities will include supporting funding allocations, portfolio analysis and monitoring, project documentation quality, tracking scorecard indicators, results reporting to donors, and annual steering committee support.

• Manage and track funding-allocation requests and decisions.
• Analyze portfolio performance and monitor implementation progress.
• Review project documents for quality and compliance.
• Track scorecard indicators and support results reporting to donors.
• Support preparation of the annual Steering Committee meeting.
• Use approved AI-enabled tools, in accordance with WBG and IFC policies, to improve portfolio analysis, quality assurance, donor reporting, and administrative efficiency.
• Monitor the FIAS Program email account for queries and requests.
• Support the close-out of the FIAS FY22–26 strategy cycle and, subject to funding availability, the launch of a successor strategy cycle.
• Undertake related analytical and operational assignments within the scope of the position, as agreed with the supervisor. In executing these tasks, the consultant will engage across multiple operational teams and regions, i.e., working closely with the Partnerships, TF Operations, Finance, Development Results, and other functional teams across the WBG, as appropriate. 2. Support IFC’s administration of DCED and its Secretariat
• Maintain the DCED membership register and contact database.
• Support the preparation and processing of Administration Agreements and amendment letters.
• Support procurement administration for the DCED Secretariat and working groups.
• Coordinate calls of funds and track member payments.
• Work closely with the IFC DCED Coordinator, Finance, and Trust Fund Operations to ensure the timely completion of administrative processes. 3. Provide analytical and operational support to the Africa Partnerships team, including:
• Screening funding requests from regional project teams to determine appropriate funding sources;
• Reviewing and quality-assuring submissions for allocation decision meetings;
• Preparing high-quality analytical inputs for briefing materials, donor meetings and donor reports; and
• Supporting agreed regional partnership initiatives. The consultant will be based in Nairobi and will report to the Brussels-based lead responsible for FIAS and IFC’s engagement with DCED (points 1 and 2 above) as well as to the regional lead Partnerships based in Kigali for tasks related to point 3 above.