Short-Term Consultant - FIG Africa Project Lead (PL), Nigeria at International Finance Corporation (IFC)

International Finance Corporation (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.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Short-Term Consultant - FIG Africa Project Lead (PL), Nigeria

Location: Lagos

Duties / Responsibilities

• The STCs will play an instrumental role in helping FIG US AS deliver its targets, especially those related to effective project delivery and management and contributing to the US AS team’s knowledge management initiatives. 
• He/she will support the Agri-Finance Practice to manage US AS engagements with FIG clients and work to develop new client engagements in the region. 

His/her specific responsibilities in each of these areas are as follows:
Project Design and Origination Activities - Level of Effort (20%):

• Contribute to drafting project proposals, agribusiness country strategies and other approval documentation (e.g., concept notes, implementation plans, budgets, legal agreements as required)
• Requesting and obtaining relevant information from the client and other key parties/stakeholders and coordinating with client/stakeholders on information sharing.
• Leading internal processing for new and existing projects, following IFC’s approval processes for advisory services.

Project Management Activities - Level of Effort (40%):

• Ensure internal reporting requirements are met in a timely manner – i.e., KPIs tracking, Project Supervision Reporting, Development Impact indicators reporting, budgeting, donor reporting.
• Ensure timely implementation and completion of project activities. Monitor and review project implementation, scope of work and resources deployed, to ensure project qualitative and quantitative milestones are achieved, and corrective actions taken when necessary.
• Planning and coordination of team missions to deliver project activities.
• Client coordination: manage and maintain client relations through open and regular communications to assess satisfaction and anticipate and respond to client needs.
• Coordinate with IFC FIG investment team on progress and performance of related investment projects, providing support directly to the investment team as required to ensure the success of the project, and identifying areas for complementary advisory support.

Technical Assistance Activities - Level of Effort (15%):

• As required, provide support on direct technical assistance to the client, which may include designing business models/plans, pilot design, supporting scale-up designs, designing financial models, leading capacity building workshops
• Design and draft power point presentations to support project implementation

Dissemination and Support Activities - Level of Effort (10%):

• Contribute to efforts to capture, develop, and disseminate information and knowledge, best practices, solutions and project delivery tools relating to agri-finance projects in the region
• Contribute to knowledge management efforts for the Africa Agriculture Accelerator Platform

Business Development and Pipeline Management Activities - Level of Effort (15%):

• Contribute to business development efforts for new Agri-finance advisory projects.
• Engage regularly with related parties, public and private actors, to generate new business ideas to support the quality and relevance of IFC’s project proposals and strategies in Agri-financing in Nigeria or Ghana.
• Contribute to business development efforts for new CnC projects, particularly those involving AgTech.
• Work closely with IFC FIG investment team to identify and pursue potential investment opportunities in Agri Finance in the West Africa region, based on early leads and current Advisory engagements.

Additional Information:

• The contract will begin in April 2025 until June 2025 with a possible extension beginning July 1, 2025 to June 2026 for up to 150 days.

Selection Criteria

• Ability to communicate ideas clearly and confidently, and credibly represent IFC with clients and stakeholders, including at the senior management level.
• Strong presentation skills, with ability to represent complex information in a synthetic manner using Microsoft Office tools.
• Strong organizational skills with an ability to work under time pressure, in unstructured situations and in case of unexpected events and agility to respond to shifts in client priorities while ensuring delivery.
• Ability to implement innovative solutions and challenge the status quo to build the business.
• Good team-focused attitude, strong sense of accountability and capacity to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary environment and work independently within tight deadlines.
• Ability to take initiative and pursue leads, including under limited supervision.

Application Closing Date
28th March, 2025.