Job Description

E T Consultant - Upstream & Advisory Job #: req34615
Organization: IFC
Sector: Advisory Services
Grade: EC2
Term Duration: 1 year 0 months
Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment
Location: Mumbai,India; New Delhi,India
Required Language(s): English
Preferred Language(s):
Closing Date: 11/4/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Description
Build a career with impact. Working at the World Bank Group (WBG) provides a unique opportunity to help countries solve their greatest development challenges. As one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries, the WBG is a unique partnership of five global institutions dedicated to ending poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, the WBG works with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges.
The 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 in developing countries. In fiscal year 2025, IFC committed a record $71.7 billion to private companies and financial institutions in developing countries, leveraging private sector solutions, and mobilizing private capital to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet. For more information, visit www.ifc.org.
Supporting the Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Services (MAS) sectors is one of IFC key strategic priorities and the MAS Upstream/Advisory (U/A) Team engages in a wide range of sectors including manufacturing, chemicals & fertilizers, construction materials, machinery, agribusiness & forestry, health & education, tourism, retail, and property. MAS' sectors and specially manufacturing play a critical role in promoting growth, creating jobs, and accelerating transition to low-carbon development for the economy.
MAS's U/A engagement with clients promotes competitiveness, sustainability, and decarbonization - leading to financing and investment - via renewable energy (RE), advanced technologies like Green Hydrogen, Biofuels, CCUS and circular economy (CE) solutions in targeted sectors. MAS Asia has identified industrial decarbonization as a key opportunity, working across the World Bank Group.
Objectives/ Purpose of Assignment
MAS South Asia (SA) Industrial Decarbonization team is seeking an experienced ETC to be based in India to complement its team to support Industrial Decarbonization programme, primarily in South Asia (SA), but also in East Asia Pacific (EAP) on need basis. The successful candidate will be a key member of the IFC MAS South Asia team and work closely with IFC offices in the region.
The ETC will have 10+ years of industrial operations / clean technology/ industrial decarbonization related experience, with proven track record in managing multi-year, multi-stakeholder projects in India. Sound knowledge of private sectors, business fundamentals, social, environmental, and developmental issues related to manufacturing sectors is preferred. Under SA Industrial Decarbonization project the candidate will play an active role in full life cycle of the project, from business development to deal sourcing to execution of advisory engagement and managing and monitoring implementation.
Roles and Responsibilities
Working closely with the IFC MAS Industrial Decarbonization team and MAS clients in India, Bangladesh and EAP region, the tasks for the ETC are expected to include the following, although final clarification, level of effort and prioritization will only be clear as the assignment progresses:
Project Pre-Implementation:

• Supporting the team in outreach and business development activities related to industrial decarbonization with IFC MAS' pipeline and portfolio clients.

• Conduct industry and market research to assist in IFC's business development efforts to develop decarbonization projects that ultimately support sizeable investment and financing opportunities for IFC.

• Prepare client pitchbooks, targeted proposals and other marketing presentations.

• Work with the WBG to analyze sector and regulatory reforms that are needed to unlock opportunities for private investment.

• Prepare Company Briefing for U/A and Investment team members prior to Clients Meetings.

• Develop project budget and costing using standard tools.

• Support the creation of material and documentation needed for the Consultant selection process through Rfx system.

• Support preparing proposals for donor fund raising and monitoring donor funded projects along with donor reporting in close coordination with the Project Leader and other internal teams.

Project Implementation:

• Support and/or lead the design, development, and implementation of high-quality Upstream/Advisory initiatives and interventions.

• Provide quality control research and analysis for market and opportunity creation, including market mapping, comparator analysis, barrier analysis, and sector and company financial projections and models.

• Liaise with the finance team on entering and modifying project budgets in the system.

• Produce regular reports on the assigned Upstream portfolio and Advisory Implementation Projects, including monitoring progress against project milestones and key performance indicators (KPIs).

• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders, including industry associations, industry platforms and potential clients, to enable IFC activities.

• Provide technical support for implementation of industrial decarbonization, circularity and other ongoing engagements with the manufacturing clients.

• Work closely with the hired consulting firms/ STCs and manage and monitor their output.

• Facilitate implementation of selected decarbonization options at client firms/suppliers and monitor impacts as per the agreed M&E indicators.

Knowledge building:

• Keep abreast of technological advancement, new business model innovations, regulatory developments and business trends relevant to industrial decarbonization in emerging markets, by doing weekly research and preparing monthly briefings and socialize these research with U/A and investment team members

• Build and sustain a network of potential business partners, technology and solution providers, experts and consultants.

• Coordinate efforts and develop initiatives to disseminate and exchange knowledge with internal and external parties, and review lessons learned to help improve current projects or processes.

• Liaise and interact effectively with extensive internal and external stakeholders to obtain information and drive processes and projects forward.

• Attend relevant industry public events and provide information on upcoming events to the Project Leaders.

Location
Because the nature of the work and type of projects then the ETC will need to work from the India (Delhi or Mumbai) IFC offices as per the project/tasks requirements. Additional travel within SA and EAP countries may be required and will need to be approved in advance by the respective Project Leaders.
Selection Criteria
Interested candidates are expected to have:

• Commitment to the World Bank Group/IFC mission, strategies and values and experience in developing and implementing donor funded projects.

• Master/PhD degree in Chemical/ Mechanical/ Industrial/ Energy Engineering and/ or Business Management, energy studies or in other relevant disciplines

• At least 10 years of relevant industry/sector experience, preferably with decarbonization focus either at operational, management or consultant levels. Experience with leading global and regional companies and FIs/ DFIs is a plus.

• Demonstrated expertise on working with/ advising mature and sophisticated companies on innovative ideas/ technologies. Strong understanding of the challenges pertaining to implementation of these types of projects will be useful

• Familiarity with South Asian clients, more specifically with the clients in India and Bangladesh will be preferred

• A proven track record in business development, nurturing client relationships and resolving challenging issues.

• A demonstrated ability to understand what makes businesses succeed, to develop innovative solutions and to challenge the status quo to build businesses.

• Experience with reporting and other processes related to IFC/WORLD BANK Donor funded programs will be a plus.

Soft skills

• Recognized as a team player, collaborator, and strategic thinker.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal), including with senior management, and attention to detail.

• Strong project management, coordination and operational experience.

• Ability to travel at short notice and work under pressure in difficult and remote locations.

• Strong organizational and time management skills.

• Ability to adapt and be flexible.

• Strong proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point) and

• High integrity.

• Excellent proficiency in English (both spoken and written).

Reporting and Deliverables
The ETC will work on the above tasks and submit the deliverables and directly report to SA Industrial Decarbonization Team Leader based in Mumbai, who will manage the assignment.
Expected deliverables are:

• Weekly check-ins with the Team Leader to plan the week's work ahead.

• Monthly progress reports and updates of the outcome and output indicators about the project that ETC will manage.

• Attend Client related meetings and share after each meeting the Back-To-Office-Report with the respective Industrial Decarbonization Team Leader in SA or EAP.

• Contribute to ideations on innovative ideas and value propositions relevant for IFC's clients.

• Liaise with Consultants and Clients as per project's requirements to ensure delivery of high-quality products and keep Client satisfaction at the highest level possible.

• Collect and send the Monthly confirmation emails from the respective IFC TTLs with whom the ETC has worked to his/ her reporting authority. The email should include number of hours worked, high level description of the tasks assigned, description of the deliverables, status of the tasks completion date, and comment on the quality.

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Note: The selected candidate will be offered a one-year appointment, renewable at the discretion of the World Bank Group, and subject to a lifetime maximum ET appointment of three years. If an ET appointment ends before a full year, it is considered as a full year toward the lifetime maximum. Former and current ET staff who have completed all or any portion of their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.

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