Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development.

With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work 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.

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The mission of External and Corporate Relations (ECR) is to help deliver financial and political support for the World Bank Group, strengthen the Bank Group’s role as a global thought leader in development by enhancing and safeguarding its reputation, and supporting operational teams to achieve country outcomes.

ECR manages corporate communications and global engagement with key stakeholders, including media, civil society, foundations, private sector, and international organizations, as well as employee engagement.

ECR also manages strategic communications for the World Bank’s Regions and Global Practices and leads the management of reputational risk.

The World Bank has maintained strong partnerships with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries for more than five decades. This encompasses the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Bahrain, State of Kuwait, Sultanate of Oman, State of Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.  The World Bank delivers cutting-edge knowledge, analytics, and policy advice to support the development agenda of the region; maintains global knowledge partnerships with GCC countries to accelerate knowledge exchange for impact for developing countries worldwide; and provides Reimbursable Advisory Services tailored to specific country contexts that consist of policy advice, implementation support and capacity building.

The Bank’s work with the GCC countries has contributed to scaling up the Bank’s global experience of addressing challenges in high and middle-income countries, producing and customizing development knowledge, and delivering it as global public goods.

GCC countries are key shareholders of the World Bank Group, providing resources and active contributions to support the WBG’s work to deliver better outcomes for people and planet.

The World Bank’s relationships with the GCC countries substantively engage around knowledge, RAS services and their engagement as strategic shareholders.

The World Bank Group also partners with multilateral and bilateral institutions based in the GCC region, including the Islamic Development Bank, the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, the Arab Monetary Fund, Saudi Fund for Development, Kuwait Fund, Qatar Fund for Development, and Abu Dhabi Fund.

Such partnerships mobilize joined up approaches to accelerate speed, scale and impact for development in the region and globally.

ECRMN employs an extended team of professionals located in World Bank Headquarters and in country offices across the MENA region.

The department works in close alignment with the operational complex and the WBG communication network, deploying state of the art communications to support country, regional and corporate priorities.

•Strong understanding of development and political context in the GCC region; ability to grasp and articulate complex political economy and role of parties, institutions and players.

Ability to recognize potential risks to the World Bank’s reputation and act on them accordingly

•Experience and demonstrated ability to manage relationships with critical constituencies to foster strategic partnerships.

Familiarity with key actors involved in the GCC essential.