Description
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. Please visit www.worldbank.org.
Prosperity
The Prosperity Vertical provides support to low- and middle-income countries to build the economic and institutional foundations for inclusive and sustainable growth and, thereby, make progress towards achieving the World Bank Group’s twin goals of reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity. The Prosperity Vertical includes the WBG Global Practices of Finance Competitiveness and Innovation (FCI); Governance and Institutions (GOV), Macroeconomics Trade and Investment (MTI); Poverty and Equity (POV); and Jobs.
Country/Position Context
The Governance Specialist position is based in the Global Unit for Public Institutions (EGVPI) of the Governance and Institutions Global Practice. The GOV GP currently has three global units – EGVPA (focused on public administration and anti-corruption), EGVPF (focused on public financial management) and EVGPI – focused on public institutions, strategic governance developments and issues, and governance data.
EGVPI is responsible for providing intellectual leadership, global public goods, cross support and corporate leadership on a range of topics that support governments to strengthen public institutions, provide the environment for sustained and inclusive economic growth, and build trust. EGPVI topics include governance data, governance and political economy analytics, and co-leading governance and climate change together with EGVPF.
Duties and Accountabilities
The Governance specialist will be responsible for the following:
• Collaborating on the development of global reports, bringing together lessons from experience, innovation, and analytic rigor;
• Helping to develop new indicators on governance and institutions to monitor country’s institutional capacity and reform process;
• Continuing to develop approaches to institutional and political economy analysis;
• As part of the EGVPI team, developing a network with academics focused on institutional development, governance analytics and data
• Providing cross support to regional teams;
• Developing and delivering training events on public institutions and government analytics as well as on various topics linked to governance, public institutions, and governance data;
• Reviewing and providing succinct comments on CPFs, CCDRs, and corporate proposals, requiring a strong sense of key governance and institutional issues to raise in a strategic manner.
Selection Criteria
• Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Economics, Public Policy, Political Science or similar field, with at least 5 years of experience;
• Hands-on experience with reform processes, political economy analytics and change management at the country level and;
• Proven experience with climate change governance, understanding ‘governance in sectors’ and working across sectoral boundaries;
• Experience working with governance data;
• Strong track record of research and publications in the area of governance and institutions;
• Analytical and quantitative skills for policy, economic and financial analysis. Experience/knowledge of data analytical tools (e.g., Stata, python, R);
• Experience with mentoring junior staff and managing task teams in a collaborative way;
• Experience of designing and delivering training events for staff and for client counterparts;
• Strong integrative capacities: i.e., ability to situate public sector governance and Institutional strengthening activities within a coherent strategic framework and economic development narrative and to engage with other GPs constructively;
• Ability to juggle numerous competing demands and priorities, respond quickly to country and management requests, and set priorities for self and others;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English; ability to communicate in another main language (Spanish, French, Arabic) would be a plus.
World Bank Group Core Competencies
The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.
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