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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 World Bank Country Office in Libreville, Gabon is seeking a qualified Extended Term Temporary - Program Assistant to join its team. The Program Assistant will provide comprehensive administrative, operational, and program support to the Country Office, working closely with the Country Office, Investment and Advisory teams to ensure the smooth functioning of day-to-day office operations and effective delivery of IFC’s work program in Gabon. Role Responsibilities:

• Provides full support to the IFC Country Office in Gabon, including administrative, logistical, operational, and coordination support for the assigned department including Operations, Investment and Advisory teams.
• Manages calendars, meeting schedules, mission arrangements, and day-to-day workflow for assigned teams, ensuring priorities are reflected, deadlines are monitored, and follow-up actions are tracked to completion.
• Coordinates internal and external meetings, workshops, missions, client engagements, and office events, including logistics, documentation, meeting materials, participant coordination, and post-meeting follow-up.
• Serves as a key coordination point for the Country Office by liaising with internal service units, regional and headquarters teams, visiting missions, government counterparts, private sector clients, development partners, and other external stakeholders, as appropriate.
• Drafts, formats, edits, and proofreads routine correspondence, briefing materials, reports, presentations, meeting notes, and other documents, ensuring accuracy, consistency, proper grammar, punctuation, and alignment with standard World Bank Group formats.
• Maintains and organizes electronic and paper files, shared drives, SharePoint folders, contact lists, distribution lists, office records, and other knowledge-management resources to support efficient information flow and institutional recordkeeping.
• Supports task teams by tracking assigned deliverables, project milestones, mission schedules, action items, and work program deadlines, and by providing timely information and administrative assistance on project-related matters.
• Provides support for procurement, travel, consultant processing, budget monitoring, invoice tracking, payments, office logistics, and other administrative processes in coordination with relevant service units and under applicable WBG procedures.
• Assists with onboarding, visiting mission support, office orientation, workspace coordination, access requests, and general helpdesk support for staff, consultants, and visitors, as needed.
• Uses Microsoft Office, Teams, SharePoint, and other relevant WBG systems to prepare, process, file, and track documents, communications, and administrative requests efficiently and accurately.
• Exercises judgment in responding to routine and non-routine requests, conducting file searches, resolving administrative issues, and escalating matters appropriately when guidance or decision-making is required.
• Contributes to a collaborative, client-focused, and inclusive Country Office environment by supporting office-wide initiatives, communications, knowledge-sharing activities, and other ad hoc responsibilities as needed.
• Work closely and provide backup support to other Team and Program Assistants when required.