EFI GH Batch Recruitment

EFI GH Batch Recruitment

Job #:

req20430

Organization:

World Bank

Sector:

Financial Sector

Grade:

GH

Term Duration:

4 years 0 months

Recruitment Type:

International Recruitment

Location:

Washington, DC,United States

Required Language(s):

English

Preferred Language(s):

Closing Date:

12/23/2022 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

Welcome, and thank you for your interest in the EFI GH - Technical Batch Recruitment position/s.

Please review the list of positions in the table below and note the following:

• Staff can choose any number of positions from the Prescreening GH positions list.

• Your Bank CV is already in the system. A personal CV is not mandatory, but you have the option to upload one if you like. If you have never applied in COMPASS and your Bank CV is not showing automatically in your COMPASS application, please upload from myHR Self-Service.

• A Cover Letter is not required. You can type N/A in the "type your cover letter" section and move to the next step.

• Please contact Anbudasan Karunanidhi ([email protected]) and Dhanalakshmi Vijayarajan ([email protected]) , (copy HR Recruitment Services) if you have any questions to complete your application in Compass.

No.

Talent Board

Hiring MGR.Name

Title

VPU

Unit

Duty Country

Lang.

TOR

1

FCI

Pearce, Douglas

Lead Financial Sector Specialist

AFE

EAEF2

Pretoria, South Africa

English/French or Portuguese required

The Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation (FCI) Global Practice brings together financial and private sector development specialists at the global and regional levels. As a Global Practice, we focus on the elements of an enabling environment in which financial stability, efficiency and firm-level solutions exist in an integrated way to crowd in private sector resources, support the creation of markets, and accelerate equitable growth. Principal themes for FCI include: (a) Financial Stability and Integrity; (b) Long Term Finance; (c) Financial Inclusion and Infrastructure; (d) Markets and Competitiveness; (e) Firm Capabilities and Innovation; (f) Trade; (g) Investment Climate; and (h) Climate and Risk Management. For more information, please visit https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/unit/fci

Sub-Saharan Africa is home to 34 of the world's poorest countries. Making headway against poverty in sub-Saharan Africa continues to present the world's most formidable developmental challenge. The Africa Eastern and Southern Region's Unit of FCI is responsible for providing operational support and technical advice to country clients on a broad range of financial and private sector issues. In carrying out its mandate, the Unit collaborates closely with regional staff working in other Global Practices and with other parts of the World Bank Group, including the IFC, MIGA and WBI.

FCI has active and pipeline lending operations in the South Africa, Mozambique, and DRC CMUs that include a strong focus on financial sector development. Priority themes include access to finance, digital financial services, payment systems, financial integrity, long-term finance, financial sector supervision, and climate finance. The EAEF2 team also monitors financial sector vulnerabilities, co-leads FSAPs, leads Climate Finance and Disaster Risk Finance assessments, co-leads CEMs on relevant topics, has strong AML/CFT engagements in a number of countries, and conducts high quality ASA and technical support projects in a range of financial sector themes,

This GH post is based in Pretoria/South Africa.

Duties and Responsibilities:• Provide technical leadership for EAEF2's financial sector portfolio and country/regional engagement. • Contribute significantly to the design and implementation of financial sector development-related lending and ASA projects in the South Africa, Mozambique, and DRC CMUs, ensuring strong quality and effective implementation. Roles may include TTL, component lead, advisor, or technical expert.• Guide and support FSD staff and STC colleagues in the unit, providing coaching, advice, and quality assurance. • Ensure that FCI is contributing effectively to corporate priorities and core ASAs, including to CPFs, FSAPs, CEMs, and CCDRs. • Contribute significantly to the design and implementation of financial sector development-related lending and ASA projects in the South Africa, Mozambique, and DRC CMUs, ensuring strong quality and effective implementation. Roles may include TTL, component lead, advisor, or technical expert. • Lead or contribute to the development and implementation of high-quality ASA, in coordination with global experts. Based on high quality analytical work lead policy dissemination events with policy makers, stakeholders and private sector. • Development of new activities and projects: play a leading role in coordination with the practice manager and with team colleagues in shaping our portfolio development going forward, and securing demand and funding for new FCI GP-led lending and ASA activities. Including for priority areas such as climate finance and PCM.

Requirements include:

- Technical leadership in financial sector development, including deep expertise ideally in both financial stability and financial inclusion as priority areas for our engagement.

- Broad technical expertise and experience, including in role of the state, financial sector supervision, climate finance, access to finance, digital financial services/Fintech, and long-term finance.

- Experience as TTL and technical specialist in lending operations and ASA in both low income/FCS countries, and middle/high income countries.

- Proven ability to conceptualize, design and implement projects and to produce major/complex reports or studies.

- Demonstrated professional leadership and ability to lead a team of professionals in the execution of projects.

- Ability to coach/mentor more junior staff, and manage consultants.

- Willingness to travel, including within the Eastern and Southern Africa region

- Ability to work in either French or Portuguese.

2

FCI

Pearce,Douglas

Lead Private Sector Developmen

AFE

EAEF2

South Africa

English/French or Portuguese

The Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation (FCI) Global Practice brings together financial and private sector development specialists at the global and regional levels. As a Global Practice, we focus on the elements of an enabling environment in which financial stability, efficiency and firm-level solutions exist in an integrated way to crowd in private sector resources, support the creation of markets, and accelerate equitable growth. Principal themes for FCI include: (a) Financial Stability and Integrity; (b) Long Term Finance; (c) Financial Inclusion and Infrastructure; (d) Markets and Competitiveness; (e) Firm Capabilities and Innovation; (f) Trade; (g) Investment Climate; and (h) Climate and Risk Management. For more information, please visit https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/unit/fci

Sub-Saharan Africa is home to 34 of the world's poorest countries. Making headway against poverty in sub-Saharan Africa continues to present the world's most formidable developmental challenge. The Africa Eastern and Southern Region's Unit of FCI is responsible for providing operational support and technical advice to country clients on a broad range of financial and private sector issues. In carrying out its mandate, the Unit collaborates closely with regional staff working in other Global Practices and with other parts of the World Bank Group, including the IFC, MIGA and WBI.

FCI has developed a broad engagement in the South Africa CMU, informed by CPSDs and other diagnostics, and framed by the 'Jobs Platform'. Focus areas with strong counterpart engagement and CMU support include entrepreneurship and MSME development, innovation and digital platforms, and measures to improve market contestability and the effectiveness of public sector support for MSMEs and early stage financing.

This GH post is based in Pretoria, South Africa.

Duties and Responsibilities:• Lead the FCI dialogue and lending engagement on private sector development and related areas in the South Africa CMU (South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia). • Guide and support PSD staff and STC colleagues working on the South Africa CMU, providing coaching, advice, and quality assurance. • Represent the FCI GP on the cross-WBG Jobs Platform as co-lead with SPJ GP, in close cooperation with the CMU. • Ensure that FCI is contributing fully and effectively to corporate priorities and core ASAs, including to CPFs, CEMs, and CCDRs. • Contribute significantly to the design and implementation of private sector development-related lending and ASA projects in the South Africa CMU, ensuring strong quality and effective implementation. Roles may include TTL, component lead, or technical expert. • Lead or contribute to the development and implementation of high-quality ASA in the South Africa CMU, in coordination with global experts. Based on high quality analytical work lead policy dissemination events with policy makers, stakeholders and private sector. • Support the management of FCI Portfolio: this role includes i) maintaining close and effective client engagement and dialogue, and ii) ensuring a close and productive relationship with the CMU, with the objective of having a good quality and on-track portfolio of projects.• Development of new activities: play a leading role in coordination with the practice manager and with team colleagues in shaping our portfolio development going forward, and securing demand and funding for new FCI GP-led lending and ASA activities. Including for priority areas such as climate change and jobs.

Requirements include:

- Technical leadership in private sector development, including deep expertise ideally in entrepreneurship/MSME development, and investment climate/business environment.

- Broad technical expertise and experience across the range of PSD topics, including newer priority topics such as climate change and digital business/platforms.

- Experience as TTL and technical specialist in lending operations and ASA in both low income/FCS countries, and middle/high income countries.

- Proven ability to conceptualize, design and implement projects and to produce major/complex reports or studies.

- Demonstrated professional leadership and ability to lead a team of professionals in the execution of projects.

- Ability to coach/mentor more junior staff, and manage consultants.

- Willingness to travel, including within the Eastern and Southern Africa region

- Ability to work in either French or Portuguese.

3

FCI

Mustafaoglu,Zafer

Lead Financial Sector Speciali

EAP

EEAF1

Bejing, China

English

FCI's holds a large and exciting program in China covering several analytical and advisory tasks and a lending project. The program centers on developing highly innovative business ideas and engagements to achieve change at scale. The analytical program focuses on promoting financial sector stability, Fintech, financial inclusion and green finance. The lending project and pipeline support green equity financing for growth SMEs.

Duties and accountabilities• Evaluate financial sector policies, regulations, and market institutions with a view to formulating reform recommendations for financial sector authorities

Monitor systemic risks and vulnerabilities in the Chinese financial sector and prepare regular briefings to Bank senior management. • Analyze and evaluate the impact of macro-financial policies on financial sector development (including the linkages between fiscal and monetary policy and financial sector stability and development)• Help identify new business opportunities for FCI work program, whether for lending operations, technical and advisory work, or the World Bank's convening role• Maintain close liaison with key government counterparts and partners involved in financial sector development issues and manage multi-stakeholder relationships with financial institutions, industry associations and other market participants• Support the Country Management Unit/s (CMU/s) and other Global Practices on FCI related topics and provide analytical inputs into strategic documents.

4

FCI

Akhlaque,Asya

Lead Economist

GGE

ETIIC

United States

English/Spanishnecessary

Lead Economistwith cutting edge knowledge on micro-foundations of growth with a focus oninvestment climate topics i.e. business environment and firm productivity, FDIand growth, jobs and linkages. Knowledge of new cross-cutting areas of climatechange and sustainable development issues. Experience of leading complex andfrontier global ASAs as well as at regional/country level in core IC topics.Ability to leverage outside academic expertise. Established leadership withmulti-region and country experience. Track record of having played a keyrole in complex policy dialogue, large and complex operational projects (DPOs,PforRs, IPFs) with demonstrated development impact, Ability to formulate andarticulate complex technical approaches and solutions to clients, possiblyusing innovative approaches and bringing new solutions to clients. Track recordof successfully managing and supervising big teams, integrating diverse viewsand stakeholders, and mentoring young staff, responsiveness to corporate andsenior management requests.

5

FCI

Akhlaque,Asya

Lead Private Sector Specialist

GGE

ETIIC

United States

English necessary andFrench//Spanish/Portuguese preferred

Recognized global expert with experience in advisinggovernments across multiple regions on best practices in FDI policy andpromotion. Recognized global expert on international investment law and itspractice and procedure, including bilateral investment treaties, investmentchapters of free trade agreements and domestic investment codes/laws. Deepunderstanding of good practices related to investment attraction, protectionand retention as practiced by successful investment promotion intermediariesaround the world. Expertise in current global developments in investmentpolicy, in particular the ongoing Investment Facilitation for Developmentprocess, the AfCFTA, the Sustainable Investment Agreements and other newgeneration investment agreements.

Proven expertise in leading complex tasks, including leadinghigh level-dialogue with high level government officials as well asinternational organizations on global investment agenda e.g. WTO, OECD, WIDA)and experience in leading and supervising cross-GP and IFC teams in multipleregions.

Program Management experience for implementing complex TFfunded task across regions.

6

FCI

Dessus,Sebastien C.

Lead Economist

GGE

ETIRI

United States

• Lead and/or contribute to analytical studies, which may include research on trade policy, trade facilitation, connectivity, logistics and regional integration challenges. • Lead and/or contribute to Development Policy Lending Operations, Investment Lending Operations, and Technical Assistance Projects related to trade policy, trade facilitation, connectivity, logistics and regional integration. • Lead and/or participate in the development of new knowledge products and instruments that can be mainstreamed into country work, including the development of toolkits for analytical work, and the design of country wide policies. • Support the regions by participating in the policy dialogue with client countries and in lending projects initiated by country teams.• Act as a regional coordinator in charge of organizing ETIRI response to demands for cross support emanating from WBG regional and country teams.• Lead and/or participate in the corporate review of internal WBG products when concerned with trade dimensions.• Prepare briefs on trade matters for Senior WBG management• Lead and/or participate in knowledge sharing, learning activities and the internal and external communication of the Global Trade and Regional Integration Unit, and organize and contribute to dissemination activities, conferences, workshops and learning programs. • Participate in and expand the scope of partnerships established with other units and organizations active in the area of trade policy, trade facilitation and logistics.• Support the Practice Manager and the Global Practice with corporate demands and quality control of deliverables• Supervise, on behalf of the Practice Manager, the performance of a selected set of ETIRI staff, including providing regular feedback and an end-year assessment on staff performance.

7

FCI

Walker,David Ian

Lead Economist

GGH

HSPJB

United States

English

Jobs Group (HSPJB)

The Jobs Group is a Cross Cutting Solutions Area (CCSA). It is linked administratively to the Social and Protection and Jobs Global Practice, within the Human Development Practice Group, but it works across the entire World Bank Group to ensure effective support to our partner governments to generate more, better jobs for workers in low-income and middle income countries. It is supervised technically by the Jobs Steering Committee (JSC), which is comprised of directors from World Bank GPs engaged in aspects of the jobs agenda and from the IFC. Information about the Jobs Group's workstream can be found here: https://www.jobsanddevelopment.org/knowledge-resources/

The Jobs Group is seeking a Lead Economist to lead the Jobs Group's work with the EFI Practice Group GPs (MTI, POV, FCI) and IFC. Reporting to the Jobs Group manager, the Jobs Group's EFI Lead Economist will be based in Washington, DC.

Duties and Responsibilities• Leads the Jobs Group's team on work in the EFI Practice Group's space (MTI, FCI and POV Global Practices, GPs) and with IFC (macroeconomics, trade, growth, structural change, poverty reduction and equity, and private sector development).• Leads global reports addressing jobs challenges including (but not limited to) jobs diagnostics, applied research and monitoring and evaluation exercises.• Works closely with EFI, IFC and DEC in supporting jobs-relevant analytics, and providing in-depth technical inputs and quality reviews for both advisory and lending projects; and sharing global experiences and practices.• Works in partnership with EFI regional PMs, TTLs and relevant public and private stakeholders, to find tailored and holistic operational solutions to complex jobs challenges.• Supervises more junior staff and drives and inspires technical excellence within the team by creating an environment of learning and innovation.• Is effective in communication on the jobs agenda to various audiences, including key stakeholders, clients, beneficiaries, public, internal, and external partners.

The Lead Economist will collaborate across technical, geographic and institutional boundaries to help design and deliver jobs solutions to a diverse range of clients, while supporting global knowledge flows that share knowledge and practical development experience with other countries, assuring that global lessons on how to improve jobs outcomes are reflected in WBG-supported programs.

Selection Criteria:• A Master's degree (Ph.D. preferred) in relevant field, with at least twelve (12) years of relevant professional experience.• Strong technical knowledge and experience and established intellectual leadership in areas of the Jobs agenda described above.• Excellent team leadership and supervisory skills with established track record producing and publishing high quality analytical work.• Experience working in one or more of the IBRD EFI Global Practices (MTI, FCI, POV), the IFC, or DEC (on issues covered by one or more of the EFI PG's GPs).• Experience working on more than one WBG region.• Experience working in the field.• Experience and track record of results working across practices, disciplinary and institutional boundaries.• Experience in applying practice know-how and effective policy dialogue to achieve development results.

8

GOV

Vargas Madrigal,Manuel Antonio

Lead Governance Specialist

AFE

EAEG1

Tanzania or Zambia

English

Duties and Accountabilities

The Lead Governance Specialist plays the following important roles:• Supporting the PM with the coordination, quality assurance, mentoring and coaching of the Gov Team in the Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe CMU• Leading policy and operational dialogue with country authorities in the Governance agenda • Coordinating the Gov work program and TTLing strategic tasks

Selection Criteria

The selected candidate will have comprehensive, directly relevant World Bank experience including:• Across governance business lines, with a focus on Public Sector Management• Across operational instruments: DPOs, PforRs, IPFs, and TFs• Technical Assistance and Analytics• Team leadership, coordination, coaching, mentoring, and quality assurance.• High-level policy dialogue.

In addition, the following minimum education and experience criteria apply:• Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., public administration, economics, accounting, finance, law)• 12 years of relevant professional experience• Experience in two regions, a corporate assignment or similar experience that builds global expertise and client facing skills

9

GOV

Arisoy,Elmas

Lead Procurement Specialist

AFE

EAERU

United States

OR

Mozambique

English required - French preferred

Lead Procurement Specialist (IRS-GH) based in Washington DC, USA or Maputo, Mozambique

Duties and Accountabilities

• Play a leadership and advisory role to clients and colleagues in handling complex procurement tasks and issues which frequently cut across sectors, countries and/or work units.• Lead procurement initiatives at the regional, country, sector level to establish a framework and approach to knowledge dissemination and/or development of knowledge products, including tools, methodologies, guidelines.• Lead departmental, regional and institutional initiatives to develop and review policies, practices, methodologies, approaches, analytical tools and operations to meet demands for Bank assistance.• Interact with Bank's senior management, government officials and equivalent in other international organizations.• Provide advice on the development of Bank policy, network strategies, risk management, institutional strengthening and capacity building, use of country systems and operational issues as they relate to governance and anti-corruption.• Proactively develop partnerships, relationships, and working arrangements with international organizations, civil society, to foster greater collaboration, impact, and exchange of good practice materials.• Manage, deliver, or contribute to fiduciary and country procurement assessments, procurement reform, use of country systems, governance, and anti-corruption activities. • Make significant contributions in evaluating and developing improvements to borrower's procurement legislation and practices, including influencing the design, reform, and establishment of national and sub-national public procurement systems, strengthening of institutional capacity within borrower entities and monitoring and reporting on the progress of procurement reforms.• Provide guidance on procurement policy and strategy, governance, training, and professional development of staff.• Guide the preparation and ensure wide dissemination within the Bank and outside of the team's knowledge, tools and other products including innovations and lessons learned.• Provide task teams with guidance and advice on the Bank's procurement guidelines, policies and practices as applied to Bank lending operations throughout all phases of the project cycle.• Take the lead in reviewing the procurement cases subject to review by the Operations Procurement Review Committee (OPRC) and assures the quality of documentation related to the case prior to its submission to the OPRC.• Facilitate and organize key client/borrower counterparts, international experts, etc., to debate and exchange ideas on key procurement issues, policies, and practices.• Assist Practice Manager and performs duties as delegated.

Selection Criteria• Sustained record of achieving high-quality substantive results over an extended period and a minimum of 12 years of relevant experience including broad expertise in the management of public procurement with multiple regional experience.• An advanced degree (MA/MSc/MBA) in a relevant discipline (e.g., engineering, procurement, law, finance, business, or commerce).• In-depth knowledge and specialized command of all major facets of Bank procurement policies and practices as applied across a wide range of technical sectors and Bank lending operations, through all phases of the project cycle.• Proven ability to carry out assessment of procurement capacity of implementing agencies, conceptualize and design procurement arrangements for new operations (including PforR operations).• Proven track record in supporting clients in initiating and implementing programs/projects with development impact including in using appropriate lending instruments and modalities, e.g., introducing innovations or replicating and customizing successful projects to meet client needs.• High level of integrity with demonstrated strong client-service skills, and a sense of personal responsibility for achieving a high level of technical quality and timeliness in performing the procurement fiduciary and service functions and in delivering the work program.• Good understanding of critical linkages and relationships among business drivers and procurement processes, and ability to deal sensitively in a country-specific and multi-cultural environments and build effective working relations with clients and colleagues.• State-of-the-art knowledge of the concepts, principles and practices which govern international procurement as well as public procurement policies.• Strong communication skills and persuasiveness in presenting, negotiating, and resolving highly complex issues, both orally and in writing.• Ability to identify complex issues and to respond innovatively, without adding unnecessary complexity to tasks or projects.• Ability to operate effectively in a matrix management environment, both as a team leader and team member.• Proven ability to conceptualize, design and implement major projects.• Ability to promote client commitment to ensuring implementation and longer-term sustainability of projects/programs.• Ability to travel frequently.

10

GOV

Vargas Madrigal,Manuel Antonio

Lead Governance Specialist

AFE

EAEG1

Ethiopia

English

Duties and Accountabilities

The Lead Governance Specialist plays the following important roles:• Supporting the PM with the coordination, quality assurance, mentoring and coaching of the Gov Team in the Ethiopia, South Sudan and Sudan CMU• Leading policy and operational dialogue with country authorities in the Governance agenda • Coordinating the Gov work program and TTLing strategic tasks

Selection Criteria

The selected candidate will have comprehensive, directly relevant World Bank experience including:• Across governance business lines• Across operational instruments: DPOs, PforRs, IPFs, and TFs• Technical Assistance and Analytics• Team leadership, coordination, coaching, mentoring, and quality assurance.• High-level policy dialogue.

In addition, the following minimum education and experience criteria apply:• Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., public administration, economics, accounting, finance, law)• 12 years of relevant professional experience• Experience in two regions, a corporate assignment or similar experience that builds global expertise and client facing skills

11

GOV

Kanani,Alma

Lead Public Sector Specialist

EAP

EEAG1

United States

English

• Provide intellectual and technical leadership for the Bank's work on public sector management and institutions, with a specific focus on fiscal governance PIM and climate governance. • Provide support to teams in their programs in Lao , Cambodia, Philippines Pacific Islands and other countries in the EAP region as needed • Lead and/or participate, as needed, in a broad range of lending and non-lending tasks; • Support the Practice Manager in providing technical support to a large team of field based staff, quality assurance and coaching and mentoring of junior staff, working closely with and in consultation with the Practice Manager;• Play a central role in the Governance Practice's business development efforts • Engage with the broader EFI country team, and other GPs to enhance the rigor of advice on cross- cutting and sectoral issues in support of the country program agenda;• Facilitate interaction and exchange of expertise and knowledge with the broader GOV GP and EFI Practice Group;

12

GOV

Kanani,Alma

Lead Economist/Lead Public Sector Specialist

EAP

EEAG1

Indonesia

English

• Provide intellectual and technical leadership for the Bank's work on public sector management and institutions, with a specific focus on decentralization and sub-national governance in Indonesia, Timor l 'Este and Vietnam and other countries in the EAP region as needed • Provide strategic advice on broader Governance issues to the Country Management Unit and the Practice Management; including on integrating governance issues in sectoral reforms.• Lead and/or participate, as needed, in a broad range of lending and non-lending tasks; • Support the Practice Manager in providing technical support to teams in the regions, quality assurance and coaching and mentoring of junior staff, • Play a central role in the Governance Practice's business development efforts • Engage with the broader EFI country team, and other GPs to enhance the rigor of advice on cross- cutting and sectoral issues in support of the country program agenda;• Facilitate interaction and exchange of expertise and knowledge with the broader GOV GP and EFI Practice Group;

13

GOV

Verdeaux,Jean-Jacques

Lead Procurement Specialist

LCR

ELCRU

United States

English,Spanish

Organizes and delivers procurement services, ensuring appropriate fiduciary and quality controls, and consistent application and interpretation of policy in making procurement decisions.

Plays a leadership and advisory role to clients and colleagues in handling complex procurement tasks and issues

Support the country dialogue in regard to reform and modernization of public procurement system, to strengthen legal, regulatory and institutional frameworks and build procurement capacity.

Develops and promotes innovations in Bank procurement policies.

Support client countries in achieving value for money (VFM) in public procurement.

Contributes to the Bank's efforts in promoting procurement reform dialogue, working in close collaboration with Governance sector colleagues and in professionalizing the function of procurement.

Makes significant contributions to the development of client country procurement systems.

Handles procurement cases subject to Accredited Practice Manager (APM) and Operations Policy Review Committee (OPRC) reviews

Plays a significant role within the function in guiding, mentoring and establishing a framework and approach to knowledge dissemination.

14

MTI

Alam,Asad

Lead Country Economist/Program Leader

AFE

EAEDR

Tanzania

English

CMU context

The east Africa CMU (AECE1) covers Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The multiplicity of crises has exacerbated underlying macroeconomic and structural weaknesses in the context of a bleak global economic environment. This has promoted a rapid growth in clients demand for World Bank support, through both lending and non-lending engagements.

The EFI program has been growing in the CMU including engagements on growth enhancing structural reforms, jobs, public sector reforms, financial sector, statistics, and poverty and inequality. There is a growing lending engagement through DPOs, IPFs, and ASAs. EAEDR staff are also involved in supporting CMU on country strategies as well as HD, SD and INF teams in promoting integrated development solutions. Many teams work closely with IFC, IMF and other development partners.

The EFI Lead Economist and Program Leader would be co-located in Dar es Salam with the Country Director.

Duties and Accountabilities

Lead Economist and Program Leader will:• Provide thought leadership on core economic policy issues and strategic engagement, working closely with the CD and EFI team;• Lead the economic policy dialogue with the government counterparts, and support CD in developing new business for the Bank;• Lead coordination on macroeconomic policy dialogue with the IMF; • Serve as the focal point on economic issues with clients and other external stakeholders, in consultation with CD.• Lead and/or advise EFI teams on lending and nonlending tasks relating to economic policy and institutional reforms• Work closely with other GPs on the preparation of key strategic pieces and/or engagement;• Support the analytical work program of the CMU, including the preparation of SCDs, CPFs, CPSDs, CCDRs, and other key strategic pieces; • Mentor and coach EFI colleagues working on the delivery of the practice's work program• Pro-actively contribute to EAEDR and CMU management, representing EFI within the country management team; contributing to the EFI regional management team;• Coordinate EFI inputs into strategy, WPA, and reporting processes; and • Provide strategic, process, and quality inputs into the overall EFI program where appropriate.

15

MTI

Mahajan,Sandeep

Lead Economist

AFW

EAWM2

United States

English

Lead Economist for CEMAC countries (Cameroon, Rep of Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic)

The Lead Economist will:• Lead the economic policy dialogue with the government counterparts of CEMAC countries, and play a promotional role in generating new business for MTI.• Provide thought leadership on core economic policy issues, working closely with the relevant country economists. • Lead coordination on macroeconomic policy dialogue with the IMF.• Serve as a focal point on economic issues to clients and other external constituencies and expert economic groups.• Lead and/or advise teams working on Development Policy Operations or other types of lending operations focused on broader economic policy and institutional reforms• Lead and/or advise teams working on core MTI ASA products, including CEMs, PERs, and CCDRs.• Support the analytical work program of the CMU, including the preparation of SCDs, CPFs and other key strategic pieces, and their quality control, and provide advice to the CD on country strategic engagement;• Work closely with other GPs on the preparation of key strategic pieces and/or engagements;• Mentor and coach MTI colleagues working on the delivery of MTI's work program in the CEMAC region

16

MTI

Zaman,Hassan

Program Leader

EAP

EEADR

Philippines

English

Program Leader for the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia program.• Will fulfull Lead Economist role for Philippines and Thailand and • Coordinate EFI workprogram for all 3 countries in close cooperation with PMs and RD

17

MTI

Bronchi,Chiara

Lead Economist (Fiscal Economist)

GGE

EMFTX

United States

English is required. Fluency in French and/or Spanish, Portuguese would be an advantage.

Lead Economist (Fiscal Economist) will lead, help supervise, and support the unit's work program on fiscal issues including tax policy, public expenditure reviews, fiscal federalism, among other. The selected candidate will participate actively in the EMFTX program including providing expertise to the regions, leading cutting-edge globally analytical pieces on tax policy and tax systems, and other fiscal issues, including through the production of working papers as well as the dissemination of knowledge through learning activities.

Lead and contribute to technical inputs to analytic work and advisory services, and/or supervising the preparation of analytical products (ASA) and other relevant technical reports to clients in close collaboration with the CMUs, Program Leaders, relevant Task Team Leaders and sector experts within and outside the Bank. Contribute to and represent the PM (when needed) in internal and external partnerships on tax (e.g. PCT). Support the Practice Manager in meeting work program objectives and deliverables, coaching staff, contribute to the development of the overall World Bank and EFI strategies and work program of EMFTX.

The successful candidate will have a Master's degree or a PhD in Economics with over 12 year professional experience on analytical, advisory and operational work in economics, tax policy and macro-fiscal issues. Demonstrated analytical and operational skills in tax policy and macro-fiscal economics, and practical experience working with different lending instruments (e.g., IPF, PforR, and DPOs) in the design and delivery of projects and/or studies in areas key to tax reforms in developing countries. Authored or co-authored reports/publications showing analysis of tax policy and tax administration on topics such as: a) tax macro analysis, b) tax incentives analysis, c) tax system reform. Familiarity with tax models for policy work, such as: a) tax macro models such as OLG models, macroeconomic growth models, b) microsimulation models, c) tax gap models, or d) Marginal Effective Tax Rate (METR) models, will be an advantage. Strong interpersonal skills and the capacity to work in teams across organizational boundaries within a multi-cultural environment. Excellent oral and written communication skills in English is required. Fluency in French and/or Spanish, Portuguese would be an advantage.

18

MTI

Carey,Kevin (Acting)

Lead Economist

GGE

EMFMD

United States

English

Growth Lead Economist. We are looking for an internationally recruited Lead Economist to join the MTI Global Macroeconomics and Debt unit (EMFMD). The selected person will have overall technical responsibility for the unit's engagement in medium and long-run economic growth analytics, and to work with economists in EFI regional teams that are conducting growth analytic and advisory work at the country level.

Specific responsibilities are as follows:• Lead the unit's elaboration of the "Country Economic Memorandum 2.0" framework - curation and maintenance of the various data and analytic tools that will be used by country teams in their preparation of CEMs, and working with the unit's modeling team on application of their suite of models to key questions in growth analysis• Support the unit in bringing the most current academic research on growth to Bank audiences, through advice on how to reflect this research in EFI country and regional analytics and how it can inform Bank operations, especially DPF• Coordinate within the EFI Practice Group on macroeconomics and growth dimensions of the activities of other global teams, especially related to trade and competitiveness, financial sector development, governance and political economy, poverty reduction and inequality• Lead internal dialogue and knowledge exchange in the Bank with other key stakeholders on the growth agenda, notably DEC, regional chief economists, the Jobs Group, OPCS and IFC Country Economics units, and the Fragility Conflict and Violence Group• Identify active areas and knowledge gaps that could be suitable for analysis and development into flagship annual reports of the EFI Practice Group

Selection Criteria

Master's degree (PhD preferred) in Economics with a strong quantitative background and at least twelve (12) years of relevant professional experience. Excellent quantitative and analytical background with a proven record of high-quality analytical work in the specific areas outlined above, including publications in peer reviewed journals. Demonstrated experience managing complex analytical tasks especially in collaboration w/other GPs.

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MTI

Ndiaye,Ahmadou Moustapha

Adviser/Lead Economist

GGE

GGEVP

United States

English

• Supports and works closely with EFI Front Office and the VP developing and implementing appropriate strategies for the PG.• A significant share of this position's time will be devoted to support the Debt and Growth unit in MTI, including supporting the debt policy and growth agendas, and contributing or leading major PG analytical work.• Has overall responsibility of coordinating and ensuring high level quality for high profile CPF, DPL and SCD reviews by EFI PG

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MTI

Verghis,Mathew A.

Lead Country Economist/Program Leader

SAR

ESADR

Bangladesh

English

SAR EFI Regional Director is looking to recruit a Lead Country Economist / Program Leader for Bangladesh, based in Dhaka.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:• Represents EFI in the country management team and coordinates EFI work acting as a Program Leader• Leads the economic policy dialogue with the Federal and provincial Governments, development partners, private sector, and academia.• Leads coordination on economic policy dialogue with the IMF. • Leads strategic activities on Country Diagnostics and provides advice to CDs on country strategic engagement.• Makes sure that EFI lending and analytical work addresses the key bottle necks to inclusive growth and poverty reduction and is mutually reinforcing and consistent. Identifies and supports synergies with other PGs. • Leads and/or advises teams working on Development Policy Operations or other types of lending operations focused on economic, finance, trade, investment and governance reforms.• Serves as focal point or spokesperson on EFI issues to clients and other external constituencies and expert economic groups.• Supports the analytical work program of the CMU, including the preparation of SCDs, CPFs and other key strategic pieces, and their quality control.• Connects technical expertise and knowledge across multiple EFI practices and with other PGs to service the client. Supports the CD and RD in managing the EFI portfolio with a focus on results and portfolio quality.• Facilitates, engages in and shapes high level policy dialogues in areas of core competence. • Actively develops integrated solutions that contribute to the development of the EFI agenda of the country.• Mentors and coaches the group of EFI staff working on the delivery of the country work program.

Qualifications:

This position requires technical breadth and depth to devise development solutions and carry out client dialogue, a combination of integrative skills, strong operational experience, sensitivity to the political economy of the client countries, in-depth knowledge of WBG services and products, and strong communication/language skills. Specifically, the candidates should have:• Ph.D. or master in economics with at least twelve (12) years of relevant professional experience, including a track record of delivery of high quality analytical and advisory products. Experience in at least two regions or a combination of regional and corporate assignments. • Strong analytical skills in macroeconomic, fiscal management, fiscal federalism, microeconomics, finance and development economics and proven ability to conduct policy-relevant research.• In-depth knowledge of WBG financing operations as well as analytical and advisory services, including work programming, budgeting, task management, and strong familiarity with WBG instruments.• Demonstrated client orientation through identifying and evaluating emerging opportunities aligned with WBG strategy, and challenging others to remove barriers and to deliver beyond client expectations.• Proven experience in leading high impact development policy and/or investment operations; sound knowledge of Bank lending tools and procedures. • Demonstrated ability to integrate sectoral inputs into a broader development framework• Demonstrated leadership in teamwork, in working across boundaries and in ensuring that diverse talent and capabilities is mobilized across EFI and in support of other PGs. Proven ability to work across practices and disciplinary boundaries• Strong oral and written communication skills, including the ability to present complex analyses to non-specialist audiences.• Strong client-orientation and diplomatic skills combined with candor and courage of opinion. • Ability to work flexibly on a range of assignments and adjust to a variety of complex evolving tasks to meet deadlines.• Entrepreneurial capabilities that can be deployed in identifying and securing new business opportunities. • High energy and demonstrated interest in achieving impact through analytical work and technical assistance for demanding and sophisticated clients. Previous experience in delivering high impact work in a country under economic transformation would be a plus.

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POV

Paci,Pierella

Lead Economist

AFE

EAEPV

kinshasa,DRC

English [Essential]; French (essential); Portuguese (preferred)

Duties and Accountabilities

The Lead Economist in the EAEPV is responsible for taking a prominent role in establishing the Bank's reputation for excellence and topical global knowledge concerning developments in at least some of the following areas: • Providing intellectual and strategic leadership to the regional team, helping to develop and disseminate effective approaches for addressing national and sub-national challenges in poverty reduction programs and shared prosperity. • Designing and implementing analytics on poverty, equity and shared prosperity, that provide policy relevant guidance.• Examining how markets and institutions work for poverty reduction, with a focus on improving opportunities and mobility for the poor and the near poor. • Using fiscal and social policies as an instrument to promote greater gender equity, equality of opportunities, poverty reduction and reduce vulnerability• Understanding risk management policies and tools to reduce vulnerability and build resilience, with special focus on the links between environmental risks, climate change and poverty. • Advising country and sectoral teams on how to address poverty, equity, labor market, fiscal and social issues in country assistance strategies, policy loans, operations, advisory services to client countries, and other country and regional analytic products.• Identifying entry points for Bank assistance and generate demand for the Bank's engagement,• Establishing strategic partnerships with other development organizations and bilateral aid agencies and facilitate access to international experiences to clients in the Region.

Selection Criteria

Master's degree (PhD preferred) in Economics, Statistics, Development Studies or equivalent and a minimum of 12 years of relevant experience. Excellent quantitative and analytical background with experience of high-quality analytical work in the areas outline above, including publications in peer reviewed journals.

Additional criteria• Recognized and respected by peers; demonstrated ability to interact effectively at senior levels in different parts of the Bank, other organizations, client governments and civil society. • Track record of innovation, leadership, and integrity in leading operational programs, analytical work; experience leading and designing capacity building activities is desirable; • Ability to listen and integrate ideas from varied sources, create partnerships, and communicate to diverse constituencies inside and outside the Bank. And the capability to work in teams and across organizational boundaries, respecting the views of others. • Capability to deliver high-quality policy relevant analytic and advisory products within tight deadlines and budgets.• Ability to work with staff from all levels and to mentor, coach and motivate junior staff.• Desired experience on the ground in OECD, developing and/or transition countries, working successfully with constituencies in both the public and private sectors to promote poverty reduction, gender equity and results-based management.

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POV

Zaidi,Salman

Lead Economist

ECA

EECPV

United States

Russian helpful but not required

Lead Poverty Economist for the ECA region. In addition to leading the Poverty GP's work program in 1-2 CMUs, the LE will also work closely with the Practice Manager and other teams in providing advice and quality control on the GP's work program in the region.

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POV

Bidani,Benu

Lead Economist

GGE

EPVGE

United States

English

The Lead Economist in the Global Unit of the Poverty and Equity Global Practice is responsible for taking a prominent role in establishing the Bank's reputation for excellence and topical global knowledge concerning developments in some of the following areas:

• Providing intellectual and strategic leadership in the global team and practice, helping develop and disseminate effective approaches for addressing national and sub-national challenges in poverty reduction programs and shared prosperity. • Designing and implementing analytics on poverty, equity and shared prosperity, that provide policy relevant guidance, including leading and/or advising on flagship and global reports• Examining how markets and institutions work for poverty reduction, with a focus on improving opportunities and mobility for the poor and the near poor. • Using fiscal and social policies as an instrument to promote greater gender equity, equality of opportunities, poverty reduction and reduce vulnerability, • Understanding risk management policies and tools to reduce vulnerability and build resilience, with special focus on the links between environmental risks, climate change and poverty. • Understanding the welfare implications of fragility and conflict.• Advising selected country and sectoral teams on how to address poverty, equity, labor market, fiscal and social issues in country partnership frameworks, development policy financing, operations, advisory services to client countries, and other country and regional analytic products.• Leading or advising on the operational portfolio on statistical modernization.• Leading or advising on corporate priorities, including data for goals, SCDs. • Establishing strategic partnerships with other development organizations and bilateral aid agencies and facilitate access to international experiences to clients• Supporting fundraising for the Umbrella Facility for Poverty and Equity• Leading/supporting knowledge generation and management for the Poverty and Equity Global Practice

Selection Criteria

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