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World Bank E T Consultant United States World Bank Jobs 2024

World Bank looking for “E T Consultant”. Applicants with an Advanced degree may apply on or before 12-Jul-24.

The World Bank has published a job vacancy announcement on 28/06/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of E T Consultant to be based in Washington DC , United States. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org

Company Name: World Bank

Job Title: E T Consultant

Duty Station: Washington DC , United States

Country: United States

Application Deadline: 12-Jul-24

Responsibilities: 

The GRS is seeking to incorporate a highly motivated Social Development Specialist (ETC) as a core member of its team.  He/she will support the GRS team and collaborate with Bank task teams to address complaints received directly or through task teams. The Social Development Specialist will report to the Manager for Environmental and Social Standards and Grievance Redress (OPSGR), and work under the direct supervision of one or more regional GRS focal points.
As part of GRS regional team, his/her specific duties include:
• Provide support to the Intake and Evaluation of new complaints, by reviewing all complaints that are submitted to the GRS, preparing draft GRS Intake reports, and where necessary communicating with complainants or Bank task teams to gather sufficient information to ascertain admissibility.
• Ensure prompt updates of cases in the GRS Case Management System, including filing of correspondence and supporting records.
• Support preparation of monthly Corporate and CMU-specific logs of current GRS cases.
• Provide support to the GRS regional focal points with monitoring of active GRS cases, including monitoring of the GRS service account to ensure communications from complainants and the Bank task teams are responded to in a timely manner.
• Provide data and technical inputs to GRS reports (e.g., intake, evaluation, monthly logs, annual report and other relevant reports).
• Draft case meeting minutes under the supervision of the regional Focal points.
• Support the regional focal point with drafting communications with Task Teams and complainants.
• Support the systematization of case data.

Requirements:

The Social Development Specialist (ETC) must be a team-oriented professional with proven ability to carry out tasks as a member of a multi-disciplinary team; he/she should possess capacity to work under pressure, produce quality deliverables and meet strict deadlines; and ability to work with task teams and key stakeholders on complaints handling activities.
• Master’s degree in social sciences, law, political science, environmental or natural sciences or other relevant discipline.
• Five years of full-time relevant experience with a sustained record of achieving high quality results; WBG experience preferred.
• Experience in handling complaints by similar mechanisms or through project-level Grievance Mechanisms is an asset.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English combined with full professional proficiency in either (i) Spanish; (ii) French, or (iii) Arabic is mandatory.
• Good knowledge of the either the World Bank’s environmental and social policies and standards or similar environmental and social standards required.
• Demonstrated maturity and sound judgment, attention to detail, ability to handle confidential information, and proven track record in conveying complex messages succinctly and diplomatically in a clear and concise manner to different stakeholders in multi-cultural contexts.
• Capacity to multi-task—working on a variety of tasks simultaneously, adjusting to priorities and achieving results with agreed objectives and deadlines.
• Ability to work independently, i.e. to fully comprehend tasks, to develop a strategy for implementing those tasks and drawing up on a variety of resources to ensure completion.
• Highest personal integrity and ethical standards, with demonstrated ability to handle confidential matters in a discreet and respectful manner.

Required Professional Competencies
• Social Development Policy, Strategy and Institutions – Solid understanding of social development policies, strategies, institutions, and regulations.
• Integrative Skills – Demonstrates ability to think and work across WBG practices and sectors; integrates divergent viewpoints of multiple external and internal stakeholders into a coherent strategy/program/project.
• Knowledge and Experience in Development – Fully understands the Bank’s development initiatives and policies and practices related to lending and non-lending.