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E T Temporary - Program Assistant
Posted on Jun 29, 2026
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 . The IFC Country Office in Ghana is seeking a qualified Extended Term Temporary (ETT) – Program Assistant to join its team in Accra. The Program Assistant will provide comprehensive administrative, operational, and program support to the Country Office, working closely with the Country Office, Investment and Advisory teams to ensure the smooth functioning of day-to-day office operations and effective delivery of IFC’s work program in Ghana. Duties and Accountabilities • Provides full support to the IFC Country Office in Ghana, including administrative, logistical, operational, and coordination support for the assigned department including Operations, Investment and Advisory teams. • Manages calendars, meeting schedules, mission arrangements, and day-to-day workflow for assigned teams, ensuring priorities are reflected, deadlines are monitored, and follow-up actions are tracked to completion. • Coordinates internal and external meetings, workshops, missions, client engagements, and office events, including logistics, documentation, meeting materials, participant coordination, and post-meeting follow-up. • Liaise with internal service units, regional and headquarters teams, visiting missions, government counterparts, private sector clients, development partners, and other external stakeholders, as appropriate. • Drafts, formats, edits, and proofreads routine correspondence, briefing materials, reports, presentations, meeting notes, and other documents, ensuring accuracy, consistency, proper grammar, punctuation, and alignment with standard World Bank Group formats. • Maintains and organizes electronic and paper files, shared drives, SharePoint folders, contact lists, distribution lists, office records, and other knowledge-management resources to support efficient information flow and institutional recordkeeping. • Supports task teams by tracking assigned deliverables, project milestones, mission schedules, action items, and work program deadlines, and by providing timely information and administrative assistance on project-related matters. • Provides support for procurement, travel, consultant processing, budget monitoring, invoice tracking, payments, office logistics, and other administrative processes in coordination with relevant service units and under applicable WBG procedures. • Assists with onboarding, visiting mission support, office orientation, workspace coordination, access requests, and general helpdesk support for staff, consultants, and visitors, as needed. • Uses Microsoft Office, Teams, SharePoint, and other relevant WBG systems to prepare, process, file, and track documents, communications, and administrative requests efficiently and accurately. • Exercises judgment in responding to routine and non-routine requests, conducting file searches, resolving administrative issues, and escalating matters appropriately when guidance or decision-making is required. • Contributes to a collaborative, client-focused, and inclusive Country Office environment by supporting office-wide initiatives, communications, knowledge-sharing activities, and other ad hoc responsibilities as needed.