Senior Operations Officer - Business Regulation KENYA JOBS

Senior Operations Officer - Business Regulation - 112461

Basics Job #: 112461 Title: Senior Operations Officer - Business Regulation Job Stream: Technical Assistance & Advisory Services Location: Nairobi, Kenya Close Date: 05-Jan-2012

Background / General description: Improving the investment climate in Africa is one of three core priorities of the IFC/World Bank Group strategy in Sub-Saharan Africa. IFC manages the Investment Climate Advisory Services of the World Bank Group, which comprise staff based in the regional hub offices of Nairobi, Dakar and Johannesburg and across the continent, who work with a team of product specialists based in Washington, DC and Istanbul. The Investment Climate Advisory Services have been supporting Sub-Saharan African countries to design and implement investment climate reform programs for nearly a decade, and have scaled up their efforts significantly in recent years. The programs assist client countries to implement a range of investment climate reforms, including economy-wide reforms of aspects of business regulation, supporting international trade and investment, regional integration as well as addressing obstacles to private sector investment in leading industries, such as agribusiness, infrastructure, tourism and health. The team s objective is to support African countries efforts to create a positive investment climate to increase their competitiveness and private sector investment. The team seeks to fill a staff position as Senior Operations Officer for business regulation to be located in Nairobi, Kenya. The incumbent will be primarily responsible for leading our business regulatory work throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, with an added focus on the work being done in East and Southern Africa. Business Regulation interventions supported by the Investment Climate (IC) Advisory Services in East and Southern Africa have so far been based primarily on business licensing reforms linked to the establishment of e-registries, regulatory impact analysis (RIA) approaches, which again have provided the basis for broad-based regulatory reform strategies and sector-based reforms. Our Business Regulation reform work also seeks to improve Business Registration practices, and often connects with advisory services aimed at improving regulation as measured by the Doing Business indicators. In combination, our various Business Regulation reform activities constitute a large proportion of the work of the Investment Climate Business Line, both in Africa and globally. Duties and Accountabilities: The selected candidate will be responsible for the development, implementation and supervising business regulation work streams in Investment Climate (IC) Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa. This would involve: Working with country program coordinators to scope and formulate business regulation components as part of broader investment climate programs. This may include diagnosis of the overall policy and regulatory framework for doing business in countries in the region as well as more targeted solution design directed at selected priority issues. Guide the region s business regulation teams, colleagues and consultants during project implementation. Lead the Africa region s contribution to the continued development of the Global Business Regulation Product (in collaboration with the Global Product Specialist and Product Specialist from other regions). Personal leadership of the implementation of business regulation components in a few IC Programs (including in the East African Community and in other Programs where the business regulation component is considered highly complex). The staff is expected to work in close coordination with the World Bank and IFC's Senior Investment Officer in the country concerned, and with the investment climate team staff in Nairobi, Johannesburg, Dakar, Washington and Istanbul. The staff is also expected to participate in and contribute to the Investment Climate Advisory Services support to regional investment climate reforms. Selection Criteria: Advanced degree in economics, finance, law, or other relevant field. A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in business regulation reform,regulatory management and regulatory governance tools (ie regulatory simplification, compliance cost surveys, RIA, electronic registries for business regulation, transparency measures etc.). Strong analytical skills and experience relevant to investment climate issues; practical understanding of the political economy of regulatory reform. Experience and proven technical skills in the development and implementation of business regulatory reforms in areas such as business licensing, regulatory streamlining and reduction of administrative burdens, regulatory capacity building, and regulatory impact analysis. Well-developed interpersonal and team working skills; ability to operate effectively as a unit team member; initiative, persistence and positive attitude. Ability to work sensitively in multicultural environments and build effective working relations with local and international partners in the private sector, in the academic community and with client governments. Experience with design and implementation of regulatory reforms in transition and/or developing countries; Ability to write concise, easily understandable reports in English quickly. Working knowledge and experience with World Bank Group s investment climate and regulatory reform research is highly desirable. Ability to translate research findings into recommendations and support for operational work of the WBG, as demonstrated in previous work. Fluency in English is required, fluency in French and/or Portuguese is desirable. Women are particularly encouraged to apply.

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