La Banque Mondiale recrute un(e) économiste, Bissau, Guinée-Bissau
| Job #: | req7882 |
| Organization: | World Bank |
| Sector: | Economics |
| Grade: | GF |
| Term Duration: | 3 years 0 months |
| Recruitment Type: | International Recruitment |
| Location: | Bissau,Guinea-Bissau |
| Required Language(s): | English, Portuguese |
| Preferred Language(s): | |
| Closing Date: | 7/10/2020 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC |
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. For more information, visit http://www.worldbank.org
The Global Practice for Macro Trade & Investment (MTI) comprises about 450 staff working across more than 120 countries. Almost half of MTI professional staff are decentralized to the field working closely with the Country Management Units (CMUs) and in proximity to the clients. The Practice houses the Bank’s country economists, as well as professional staff with expertise in macroeconomics, fiscal policy, growth, statistics, trade, competition policy and investment climate. MTI professionals most often work across sectors helping carry out key integrative functions. In this context, MTI professionals are responsible for the preparation and delivery of the majority of the Bank’s Development Policy Operations using both IDA and IBRD resources. MTI professionals also lead or participate in a wide variety of AAA and client advisory work requiring integrative functions that add to the core Macroeconomic expertise. As such MTI staff often lead or participate in the preparation of Strategic Country Diagnostics, Country Economic Memorandums and cross sector Public Expenditure Reviews. An important additional element of engagement in macroeconomic and fiscal policies is carried through work on debt management supported by the Debt Management Facility.
Knowledge and learning is a central part of MTI’s work focused on 9 thematic areas: (a) macroeconomics; (b) fiscal policy; (c) growth; (d) economic management in resource rich environments; (e) macroeconomic modelling & statistics; (f) trade and regional integration; (g) competition policy; (h) investment policy and promotion; and (i) business regulation.
The EA2M1 unit covers work in 13 countries within the Africa Region, including the Senegal (AFCF1), Côte d’Ivoire (AFCF2), and Mali (AFCW3) Country Management Units (CMU). This position is as the Country Economist for Guinea Bissau, based in Bissau, within the Senegal CMU.
Duties and Accountabilities :
- Lead the regular macroeconomic policy dialogue with Government authorities and development partners in close consultation with MTI Lead Economist and EFI Program Leader ;
- Lead, co-lead or support the preparation of Development Policy Operations (DPOs) and Advisory Services and Analytics (ASA) ;
- Represent the Bank in its relationship with the IMF on the macroeconomic framework for the country as well as in the preparation of joint World Bank-IMF debt sustainability analyses in close consultation with MTI Lead Economist ;
- Lead within the country team a variety of country economist tasks such as the annual Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) exercise, preparation of the Macro Poverty Outlook (MPO), regular macroeconomic monitoring, and contribute to Country Partnership Strategies.
Selection Criteria :
In addition to the Bank-wide criteria listed below, the successful candidate for this position should have demonstrated superior technical skills, a capacity to operate successfully across sectors and with other development partners, and first-rate interpersonal skills. The incumbent must be able to interact effectively with senior members of the government, senior officials of donor governments, across Bank GPs, and with Bank senior management.
Other selection criteria include :
- Minimum of a Master’s degree in Economics and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience (A completed PhD is equivalent to 3 years of relevant professional experience) ;
- Strong technical skills on macro-fiscal and growth issues and a proven track record in delivering high quality and technically sophisticated analytical work ;
- Operational and policy dialogue skills, as evidenced by experience in co-leading or supporting Development Policy Operations ;
- Strong integrative skills in order to support the CMU in articulating its strategic thinking on economic growth and poverty reduction and to articulate a coherent policy dialogue with the authorities ;
- Proven sense of initiative, results orientation, team work and leadership qualities, and ability to work effectively across sectors/GPs ;
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to speak persuasively and to present ideas clearly and concisely with senior authorities.
Competencies :
- Possesses a thorough understanding of the interlinkages between the various macroeconomic accounts ;
- Possesses the skills to conceptualize, conduct economic analyses and derive policy-relevant findings ;
- Contributes to or leads policy-based lending operations, economic reports or other work on macro-economic, fiscal, growth, and structural policy issues ;
- Translates technical analyses of macroeconomic, debt, trade, fiscal policy, and growth into policy recommendations and cross-country lessons ;
- Demonstrates ability to think and work across WBG, practices and sectors ;
- Integrates divergent viewpoints of multiple external and internal stakeholders into a coherent project/program/strategy ;
- Considers corporate commitments (e.g. MFD, climate, gender) in project approach ;
- Possesses political judgment, diplomatic acumen, and negotiating skills ;
- Builds and sustains key stakeholder relationships with government and other key stakeholders ;
- Guides client and/or development partners in identifying key operational issues and optional solutions with a demonstrated ability to bring together different perspectives ;
- Leads task teams, participates in formal negotiations, and assists government in establishing priorities ;
- Demonstrates the ability to influence and persuade others to accept ideas and suggestions (such as counterparts in government, international partner organizations, academia, and Bank colleagues, senior staff and managers) ;
- Has ability to communicate and defend orally and in writing challenges and positions to colleagues and management.
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