Job # 091977
Job Title Sector Manager, Finance, Private Sector, West and Central Africa
Job Family Private Sector Development
Location Washington, DC
Appointment International Hire
Job Posted 03-Nov-2009
Closing Date 24-Nov-2009
Language Requirements English [Essential]; French [Desired]
The Sector Manager reports to the AFTFP Sector Director for Finance and Private Sector Development, and will be part of the Regional Management Team, as well as a member of the FPD Board, thereby sharing the responsibility for the department’s contribution to Regional, Country and Network objectives. The SM will lead the unit that covers primarily the countries in West and Central Africa. The accountabilities include contributions and oversight of client outcomes, timely delivery of quality Bank lending and non-lending services, effective use of resources, ensuring knowledge generation and sharing, staff management and development, fostering a good work environment and ethics. The Sector Manager needs to be proactive in identifying emerging issues in the finance and private sector, and creating the capacity to respond adequately ot emerging client needs. The Sector Manager should also create an environment that enables the sector group to promote knowledge exchange and tap on the best practice experience from countries within and outside the region. Under the guidance of the Sector Director for the Africa Region’s Financial & Private Sector Development Department, the Sector Manager for West and Central Africa (AFTFW) will:
– Provide a strategic leadership for private and financial sector development in the countries of West and Central Africa, that is aligned with the Bank’s corporate objectives, regional priorities, network strategies and best practice guidelines;
– Ensure and enhance the technical quality of the unit’s work, through coaching staff, hands-on involvement in the development of products, including a shared responsibility for quality and the timely delivery of work products and services;
– Motivate, mentor and develop staff, evaluating staff performance, assist in resolving trade-offs between staff work assignments and between work and learning time, and in formulating professional development plans;
– Ensure that task and program teams are staffed with the appropriate skills;
– Partner with CMUs to develop effective FP sector strategies for client countries to deliver on the growth agenda and the MDGs;
– Ensure the efficient working of work program agreements, including programming and monitoring of the use of resources and timely delivery of quality outputs;
– Ensure coordination of financial and private sector issues, and collaboration, with the relevant country management units and sector departments;
– Build and maintain links with country directors, client governments and stakeholders, and promote effective partnerships that will leverage efforts to promote financial and private sector development in the region;
– Represent the Region, as required, on the Sector boards and in international fora;
– Ensures that subsector issues and priorities are brought to the attention of the SMU management and relevant CMU management;
– Contributes to the effective functioning of the Departmental Management team, managing the unit in a productive, energetic and motivate team environment, with a clear sense of purpose and direction;
– Promotes cross fertilization and dissemination of best practices both inside and outside the Bank, and encouraging innovation in FPD work, together with the Departmental Management team; and
– Maintain relationships at senior levels with relevant external organizations and other parts of the Bank Group.
