Job Description

E T Consultant

Job #: req39264 Organization: IFC Sector: External Affairs & Corporate Relations Grade: EC2 Term Duration: 1 year 0 months Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment Location: Brussels,Belgium Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s): Closing Date: 11/6/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

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.

Partnerships & Blended Finance (CBF) plays a critical role in advancing IFC's strategic objectives by fundraising concessional catalytic capital and donor resources, managing relationships with bilateral and multilateral development partners, foundations, philanthropies, and other strategic stakeholders, and deploying blended finance solutions that help de-risk investments and attract private capital into high-impact projects.

The ET Consultant position will report to the Senior Operations Officer for Fundraising Governance & Operations in the Portfolio Operations unit within CBF.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The ET Consultant will support the management and reporting of financial data related to fundraising reports, allocations of partner funding, industry meetings, and the Funding Needs Assessment exercise. The ET Consultant will have the following specific duties:

• Prepare monthly reports on signed contributions from development partners and the fundraising pipeline to the CBF Director and CFI VP.
• Develop and prepare standardized monthly and quarterly reports on signed contributions, the fundraising pipeline, allocations, partner fund utilization, and trust fund balances to Operational teams and regional departments.
• Present, analyze, and visualize financial data on fundraising, pipeline, allocations, and trust fund balances for monthly pipeline meetings and quarterly updates for business units.
• Manage the day-to-day activities of the allocation process for global partner funding, including preparation of allocation cards, distribution of materials, tracking and recording allocations, monitoring and reporting on allocations in progress through to completion.
• Coordinate with industry and regional teams to collect, monitor, and report on allocations of partner funds from industry and regional trust funds.
• Support the Funding Needs Assessment exercise to help design data collection templates, consolidate data from across IFC, and develop reports, presentations and dashboards where needed.
• Develop new reports related to fundraising, for example, tracking fundraising progress against targets.
• Collaborate with other CBF staff and IFC’s Trust Fund team on the development and maintenance of systems and dashboards to track fundraising financial data.
• Provide quantitative and qualitative financial data analysis, data manipulation, and data visualization related to fundraising, including conducting research, analysis, and comparison of financial data across units, as well as identifying issues and underlying trends in unit and corporate fundraising efforts.
• Prepare financial data for key meetings and events; respond to data requests on fundraising and assist in the drafting of presentations, briefs, summaries, working papers, reports and other materials and ad hoc data requests, as required.

Selection Criteria

The ideal candidate would be someone who enjoys working with financial data, loves to innovate, and possesses an analytical mind to think through complex problems; a self-starter who takes on responsibility to drive issues to solutions.

• Master’s degree in data, information systems, finance/accounting, business administration, or economics.
• Minimum of 6 years’ experience in financial data management with a solid understanding of data analytics.
• Experience with international development, private or public-sector fundraising, and/or practical knowledge and experience of IFC’s operations is an added advantage.
• Ability to analyze, interpret, manipulate, and synthesize qualitative and quantitative information and data, then clearly and concisely present results, including using Power Point, Excel, Word, and other data analysis/data visualization tools (such as Tableau or Power BI).
• Experience working with IT teams to design and maintain data dashboards and other online data access tools would be of benefit.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills to evaluate information, with a demonstrated ability to think strategically and synthesize diverse pieces of information and complex issues into a coherent storyline.
• Strong problem-solving skills and organizational capabilities with excellent attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal skills and team orientation, with an ability to work effectively with a range of clients and colleagues, including operational staff and senior management.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative and deliver results. Ability to handle multiple tasks with a strong ability to prioritize needs.
• High degree of professional integrity, discretion, tact, and sensitivity in dealing with internal and external clients, colleagues, and stakeholders.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• WBG Core Competencies for all staff: Client orientation; Drive for results; Teamwork of collaboration and inclusion; Knowledge, Learning and communication; and Business judgment and analytical decision-making.

WBG Culture Attributes:

1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

As per WBG policy, an Extended Term (ET) appointment is subject to a lifetime maximum of three (3) years. Former and current ET staff who have completed or are in the process of completing their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.

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