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Communications Officer
Closing Date: 8/13/2021 (MM/DD/YYYY)
Role and Responsibilities:
The Communications Officer will work in the Global Business Partners (CGB) Unit
to oversee communications strategy and content development across Northern
Africa with flexibility to support other countries/sub-regions as needed.
His/her main accountability is to provide strategic oversight, under the
supervision of the Regional Lead for Africa , on all communications work related
to IFC’s engagements in Northern Africa , in order to support Regional
Management and operational teams active in this group of countries across the
super-region. He/she has overall responsibility, under the purview of the
Regional Lead for Africa, in designing, executing, and monitoring/evaluating the
impact of complex communications strategies, activities, and campaigns about
IFC’s work in the sub-region. The Communications Officer provides leadership on
broader strategy development and has oversight on the overall work program of
communication officers and consultants across Northern Africa. He/she will work
in close coordination with IFC’s teams focused on Risk, Campaigns and thematic
issues. He/she will also have the responsibility of collaborating across other
sub-regions in Africa.
Specific responsibilities include, among others, the following:
Oversee communications in Northern Africa, identifying and communicating high
impact projects/stories and engagements across the sub-regions.
Manage all internal and external strategic communications in Northern African
countries in partnership with operational teams, and ensure that high quality,
strategic communication plans are consistently implemented across this group of
countries. This includes ensuring clarity, accuracy, relevance, quality and
engaging writing in all materials produced.
Support the high-level operational visits and high-profile engagements of IFC’s
Senior Management to ensure that strong support is provided to communicate IFC’s
high impact work and thought leadership.
Oversee the work of communications officers and consultants working on Northern
Africa and provide support to the Regional Lead for Africa in managing
communications programs.
Guide the CGB communications team in contributing to global and WBG events
relating to Northern Africa in partnership with think tanks, WB and MIGA, and
other IFIs, in close collaboration with relevant departments across IFC and the
WBG.
Develop creative and engaging feature and human-interest stories, blogs,
profiles, and other materials for internal and external publication and
coordinate with the Campaigns and Content team on their work in the sub region.
Oversee the proactive monitoring and mitigation of reputational risks and
engagement with civil society organizations (CSOs). This involves ensuring that
regional teams support IFC industry teams in developing specific strategies for
high profile or potentially sensitive projects, and provide support on
reputational risk management, crisis management, and proactive CSO engagement to
investment and regional teams on controversial projects in close partnership
with the Risk and Public Affairs team.
Develop thought leadership activities that help identify development challenges
in the sub-regions and the potential solutions, with emphasis on the World Bank
Group’s approach of Creating Markets and the new IFC 3.0 strategy.
Work closely with other Regional Leads and communications officers in the Global
Business Partners Unit to ensure high standards and consistency in strategic
communications.
The candidate should be available to travel widely across Africa, including in
difficult markets where security risks may prevail.
The Communications Officer will be based in Cairo, Egypt.
Selection Criteria
*Master’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Political Science, International
Relations, Public Affairs, Marketing, Business/Finance with 8 or more years’
experience in corporate communications, international relations, public affairs,
political science, or other related field, or equivalent combination of
education and experience. In addition, a degree in Business Administration
and/or working experience in Investment Operations will be valued.
*Strong knowledge, experience, and proven track record of working across Africa
with comprehensive knowledge of WBG instruments and operational work a plus.
*State-of-the art knowledge in field of strategic communications, and ability to
address a range of issues related to a business group, including taking the lead
on highly visible and sensitive assignments critical to the VPU.
*Highly developed verbal and written communications skills in English and
ability to convey complex messages succinctly and diplomatically.
*Demonstrates in-depth understanding of target audience, highly effective
writing style, and expertise in high-impact messaging to wider and more
strategic audience.
*Crafts strategic, high-level company positioning in the market, linked to
desired reputation and branding attributes.
*Shows sensitivity when delivering politically sensitive communication to large
group/public forums and/or strategic parties.
*Effectively counsels /coaches team members, senior management in their delivery
of messages to a variety of constituents, even on challenging topics.
*Anticipates problems and opportunities; with potential problems, surfaces
contributing factors and resolves them before there is negative impact.
*Coaches others in selecting and using appropriate problem-solving methods.
*Can proactively advise management on the implications and risks for IFC
operations when choosing between certain communication strategies.
*Creates highly effective strategic vision and has an uncanny sense of how
situations can unfold in highly volatile and uncertain market conditions.
*Experience in working closely with senior leaders on communications and in
dealing with media.
*Proven ability to lead teams to produce high-quality, creatively written and
visual communications materials.
*Proven ability and flexibility to lead and manage teams to work simultaneously
on a variety of complex tasks, meet deadlines, provide quality outputs.
*Proven ability to operate effectively in a multicultural environment.
*Understanding of multilateral development banks, including the World Bank
Group, its policies and operations a plus, as well as basic understanding of
current development topics and issues.
*French proficiency and working knowledge of Arabic would be a plus.
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