International Finance Corporation Job Vacancy: Operations Officer, Jakarta – Indonesia

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION JOB VACANCIES 2025

Operations Officer

Description

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.

IFC is deeply committed to advancing gender equality and economic inclusion as laid out in IFC’s 2030 Roadmap for Gender and Inclusion to deliver game-changing private sector partnerships and programs to accelerate gender equality and inclusion in emerging markets. Aligned with the new World Bank Group (WBG) Gender Strategy (2024-30): Accelerate Gender Equality to End Poverty on a Livable Planet, IFC’s Roadmap is built on six priorities offering high potential for impact in and through the private sector. These areas aim to (1) Allocate Capital that Drives Inclusion, (2) Make Supply Chains Inclusive, and (3) Remove Barriers to Entrepreneurship, Employment, and Leadership (including addressing gender-based violence). Equally important are two cross-cutting themes that are foundational to achieving sustainable results across the priority areas and require action: (4) Bridging the Digital Divide; (5) Accelerating Inclusive and Gender-Smart Climate Action; and (6) Ending Gender-based Violence and Harassment.

As part of its mandate, IFC’s Cross-Cutting Vice Presidency includes a dedicated team, the Gender and Economic Inclusion (GEI) Department (GEID), that works with IFC’s investment and advisory teams to support private and public sector clients in providing all genders and underserved communities with equal economic opportunities as leaders, employees, entrepreneurs, consumers, and community members. GEID leads strategy development and implementation for the organization, provides tailored operational solutions and client advice, innovates, and incubates novel approaches, serves a thought leader and disseminator of knowledge on GEI issues, supports mobilization through impact investing and sustainable financing; and forges public and private sector partnerships with the aim of creating economic opportunities and development for all.

GEID is establishing a new operating model built around Global Operations in four Regional Gender Hubs and two new units focused on Thought Leadership and Innovation. The Regional Gender Hubs will serve as comprehensive “one-stop shops” providing dedicated knowledge, expertise, and resources on gender and economic inclusion to IFC regional operations. The Hubs are designed to enhance closer collaboration with regional industry leadership and investment officers and expand the presence of gender experts closer to the clients.

Each Gender Hub will also host a Center of Excellence focused on the most pressing gender and inclusion issues / opportunities of the region and provide leadership on that theme globally. The Center of Excellence in Asia and the Pacific focuses on Entrepreneurship. Businesses can create pathways for women’s employment and career advancement. Advancing women’s leadership as decision-makers is crucial, as it strengthens companies’ resilience, and makes economies and businesses more competitive.  The East Asia Pacific (EAP) sub-region is also home to several fragile and conflict affected countries (FCV), making it an important region for IFC’s Gender and Economic Inclusion Department in terms of designing and implementing interventions fit for purpose in FCV countries.

The Asia and the Pacific Gender Hub will be led by a Regional Gender Hub Lead, who reports to the GEID Manager for Global Operations.  The EAP Sub-Regional Program Officer will report to the Asia and the Pacific Regional Gender Hub Lead.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Regional portfolio delivery and business development

• The Program Officer is expected to deliver gender and inclusion client projects and manage client relationships across EAP.
• Portfolio: Manage the delivery of existing portfolio projects and design and implement new projects across the EAP region, ensuring provision of high-quality services to internal (industry/regional) and external clients and strong internal project governance.
• Accelerate Opportunities to include Gender and Inclusion Solutions: help EAP regional and industry leadership to identify and to embed gender and economic inclusion solutions in their existing and pipeline investment and advisory projects by supporting the screening of project pipeline and identifying opportunities. Work on implementing the defined gender solutions.
• New Flagship Initiatives and Country Programs: Oversee, in collaboration with GEID operations staff and IFC Industry teams, the design and delivery of coordinated, country-level programs in EAP that address gender barriers and deliver measurable gender outcomes.

EAP strategy, communications and partnerships:

• Support regional and country management in EAP on gender issues.
• Coordinate and provide IFC sub-regional regional and country management in EAP consistent inputs in regional, country, and industry/sector projects, programs and strategies.
• Support the regional communications team in EAP and country management in EAP on gender and economic inclusion topics externally, such as at regional events, with partners, and in the media.
• Support IFC partnerships team with fundraising and donor relationship management, including participating in donor relationship meetings and fundraising activities as requested.  Provide oversight of donor reporting from a gender perspective across the EAP region.

EAP Regional Team

• Recruit, oversee, and mentor EAP regional operations staff and consultants, including staff performance management and effective onboarding of new hires.
• Build, convene, and nurture a community of gender experts across EAP regional industries.

Fragile and Conflict Affected States (FCV)

• Lead the design and implementation of an FCV gender strategy for GEID, in collaboration with GEID and industry colleagues across all regions.
• Design, pilot, and scale (where possible) gender and inclusion interventions and projects in FCV countries, taking into account the unique nature of the private sector in such countries.
• Participate in IFC’s global FCV working group to ensure gender and inclusion are effectively integrated across all FCV related strategies and activities.
• Support GEID Leadership team on all FCV related matters, including providing talking points and contributing to strategy and other related activities at the global level.

Selection Criteria

• Master’s degree in economics, finance, business, or other relevant discipline required.
• Seven years of professional experience in private sector development in emerging markets (required) with decision-making responsibility, ideally with a focus on gender and inclusion.
• Experience in structuring investment and/or advisory projects, including results frameworks to capture gender / inclusion outcomes and impacts.
• Broad experience across gender and economic inclusion topics and the demonstrated ability to engage with credibility and confidence.
• Demonstrated experience designing and delivering impactful gender and inclusion projects and interventions in FCV contexts.
• Ability to self-manage, multitask, and work under time constraints.
• Successful record of managing staff/consultants/temporaries in a project, monitoring project issues and tasks, meeting deadlines and setting priorities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, sound business judgment to identify issues, and present creative and practical solutions.
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills in English, including strong ability to communicate ideas clearly and confidently, articulate issues and recommend solutions.
• Demonstrated commitment to IFC core values, including excellence, mutual respect, collegiality, teamwork, diversity and inclusiveness, integrity, innovation, transparency, and accountability.

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