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External and Corporate Relations Vice-Presidency (ECR)

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, donor countries, and international organizations, as well as employee engagement. ECR also manages strategic communications for the Bank Group’s Regions and technical units and leads the management of reputation risk. ECR Global Engagement (ECRGE)

ECR Global Engagement (ECRGE)

The Global Engagement Directorate leads the World Bank Group’s external engagement and partnership agenda, ensuring the Bank is a trusted partner to civil society, philanthropic organizations, academia, the private sector, technology and innovation networks, think tanks, and youth movements. ECRGE fosters collaboration at both global and regional levels, sharing insights and knowledge, building alliances, and extending the Bank’s convening power as a credible and neutral platform for dialogue.

The directorate works to create value, mobilize resources, and strengthen advocacy around the Bank’s priorities while remaining attuned to tension points at local, regional, and global levels. Through these partnerships, ECRGE helps advance the World Bank Group’s mission of eliminating poverty and boosting shared prosperity by promoting job creation and focusing on priority sectors where collective action can deliver meaningful impact.

The / External Affairs Officer serves as a trusted support to the Director of Global Engagement. The role translates strategy into coordinated action, ensuring the effective delivery of ECRGE’s stakeholder engagement, partnerships, and campaign management priorities. The incumbent collaborates across teams to align activities with the department”s objectives and tracks progress against commitments. Success in the role requires strategic acumen, organizational savvy, excellent communication skills, and disciplined execution within a fast-paced environment—balancing long-term planning with agile, day-to-day operational support.

• Support the Director in day-to-day responsibilities by translating strategic priorities into clear workflows, timelines, and deliverables that ensure alignment across teams and initiatives across stakeholder-related initiatives.

• Anticipate the Director’s needs by monitoring emerging issues and ensuring the delivery of high-quality materials in advance of meetings, missions, partner, and senior engagements.

• Support the Director in preparing agendas and materials for weekly team meetings, coordinating brainstorming and planning sessions, and ensuring effective follow-up.

Coordination and Follow-Through

• Drive disciplined follow-through on commitments from the Director’s office by ensuring clarity of next steps, ownership, and deadlines, while monitoring implementation of key workstreams to identify bottlenecks and areas requiring adjustment.

• Triage, address, and appropriately delegate requests to the Director’s office, maintaining strong organization, responsiveness, and effective information flow across teams.

• Work effectively and collegially across the full Global Engagement team—collaborating with managers, team leads, and colleagues to strengthen coordination, and contribute to a strong positive spirit of teamwork.

Quality Assurance and Reporting

• Support the Director in reviewing high-quality briefs, talking points, concept notes, presentations, and other materials.

• Ensure products originating from the Director’s office meet high standards of clarity, accuracy, and strategic alignment.

• Develop tools, trackers, dashboards, and reporting mechanisms to monitor progress and capture achievements, KPIs, and key deliverables.

• Master’s degree in International Relations, Development, Business Administration, or related field. • Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience in stakeholder engagement, strategy, partnerships, or development operations. • Demonstrated experience in cross-sector collaboration (e.g., multilateral institutions, private sector, philanthropy, civil society). • Strong organizational and analytical skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and deliver under tight deadlines. • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work across teams and influence without direct authority • Deep understanding of the World Bank Group’s mission, structure, and operations is preferred.

Note: The selected candidate will be offered a one-year appointment, renewable at the discretion of the World Bank Group, and subject to a lifetime maximum ET appointment of three years. If an ET appointment ends before a full year, it is considered as a full year toward the lifetime maximum. Former and current ET staff who have completed all or any portion of their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.

WBG Culture Attributes:

1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders. 2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact. 3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.

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