Avis de recrutement d’un responsable des opérations, Addis Abeba, Ethiopie
| Job #: | req18225 |
| Organization: | World Bank |
| Sector: | Operations |
| Grade: | GG |
| Term Duration: | 3 years 0 months |
| Recruitment Type: | International Recruitment |
| Location: | Addis Ababa,Ethiopia |
| Required Language(s): | English |
| Preferred Language(s): | |
| Closing Date: | 7/18/2022 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC |
Description :
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Background :
The World Bank engagement in FCV situations and the FCV Group :
Addressing issues related to Fragility, Conflict, and Violence (FCV) is critical for the World Bank Group (WGB) to achieve its twin goals of eliminating extreme poverty by 2030 and promoting shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. Recent developments have highlighted the complexity of the FCV agenda, its multifaceted nature, its relevance beyond the Low-Income Countries, and its regional dimensions. The WBG’s FCV Strategy has laid a framework for strengthening the WBG’s programs in FCV-affected countries.
The FCV Group aims to steer and drive the FCV agenda within the WBG, and to ensure consistency, complementarity, and synergies in approaches across the WBG. The FCV Group is led by a Director and is comprised of approximately 45 staff distributed across two separate units.
Ethiopian context :
Ethiopia (along with other countries in the CMU: Eritrea, South Sudan, and Sudan) is on the World Bank’s FCS list and is facing a range of distinct FCV-related challenges and risks, including those arising from forced displacement, fragility, or violence. It is also one of the major recipients of IDA financing. The challenge for the WBG is to ensure that such large volumes of assistance can be programmed and implemented effectively, which in turn requires strengthening the WBG’s ability: to analyze the evolving situation on a continued basis and to adjust the country programs accordingly; to build results-driven partnerships with other stakeholders, including political, security, and humanitarian actors; to tailor the design of activities to the specific challenges faced by the country; and to resolve implementation challenges in a context of low capacity and (in some places) insecurity.
In addition to Ethiopia, the FCV Group provides support to the CMU through an Operations Officer based in Juba, South Sudan; and an Extended-Term Consultant (ETC) based in Khartoum, Sudan.
Roles and responsibilities :
The Senior Operations Officer will have dual reporting lines – to the GTFS2 Practice Manager (full line) and to the Country Director for MNCO2 (dotted line). The Senior Operations Officer is expected to work with proactivity and autonomy to spearhead the FCV Group’s effort in the CMU countries in general and in Ethiopia in particular – in close coordination with colleagues from the FCV Group, CMU and Global Practices as needed, as well as external stakeholders.
Key responsibilities will include :
- Provide strategic leadership on the WBG’s contributions to the forced displacement agenda in Ethiopia; support the ongoing policy dialogue; support the CMU with the preparation and operationalization of IDA19 Window for Host Communities and Refugees in Ethiopia; manage the dialogue with other counterparts, including but not limited to UN Country team and key bilaterals ;
- Lead or contribute to analytical work, with a particular focus on political economy and its relation to the development agenda and contribute to country engagement products ;
- Provide support to the CMU as well as to task teams/work as task team member to help enhance the FCV focus of operations, including reflecting in operational design and documentation findings and recommendations of the Risk and Resilience Assessment, as may be needed, and their responsiveness to the situation on the ground ;
- Help manage partnerships with other actors, including political, security, and humanitarian actors, with a view to enhancing linkages with development activities and getting concrete results on the ground ;
- Coordinate other activities undertaken by the FCV Group in the four countries, including implementation of the Geo-Enabling for Monitoring and Supervision (GEMS) tool.
Selection Criteria :
- Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in economics, law, social sciences, or another relevant discipline and at least 8 years of directly relevant experience ;
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of FCV issues, including conflict risk mitigation and forced displacement ;
- Operational experience in strategy development, policy dialogue, and operations in FCV settings; outstanding strategic and analytical skills; ability to link political analysis and operational implications ;
- Client focus and drive for results; demonstrated commitment to the principles of client-driven development ;
- Excellent interpersonal and team skills, and ability to work with a range of stakeholders ;
- Strong organizational skills; ability to prioritize, to deal with frequent and unexpected changes, and to work within tight timeframes ;
- Strong communications skills, both verbal and written, in English ;
- Experience with Bank operations, policies, procedures and processes ;
- Personal integrity, ability to handle confidential matters in a discreet and respectful manner.
WBG Core Competencies :
- Deliver Results for Clients : Achieves results and identifies mission-driven solutions for the client. Develops and implements solutions that show understanding of how clients and/or own work achieves results that are financially, environmentally and socially sustainable. Shares new insights based on in-depth understanding of the client and recommends solutions for current and future needs of clients. Holds self and team accountable for risk management and outcomes ;
- Collaborate within Teams and across Boundaries : Initiates collaboration across boundaries and broadly across WBG, and brings differing ideas into the forefront. Collaborates across organizational boundaries, internally and externally with a sense of mutuality and respect. Consistently engages others in open dialogue, brings out any conflicting viewpoints and incorporates viewpoints into solutions, giving credit where credit is due. Leverages expertise of all team members to ensure successful outcomes. Makes choices and sets priorities with a WBG corporate perspective in mind ;
- Lead and Innovate : Develops innovative solutions with others. Encourages and works with others to identify, incubate and implement relevant solutions. Identifies opportunities in changing circumstances and energizes others to continuously improve, using intentional strategies to boost morale, team spirit, and productivity in context of WBG’s values and mission. Helps others to understand problems, client needs and the underlying context ;
- Create, Apply and Share Knowledge : Creates, applies and shares knowledge from across and outside WBG to strengthen internal and/or external client solutions. Ensures systematic sharing of good practice and learning from lessons from across WBG, clients, and partners. Is known across WBG in their subject area and is sought out by WBG colleagues to advise, peer review, or contribute to knowledge products of others. Seeks mentoring opportunities with more experienced staff to deepen or strengthen their professional knowledge and mentors junior staff. Builds networks across the WBG and as part of external professional groups/networks ;
- Make Smart Decisions : Recommends and takes decisive action. Applies critical thinking and seeks inputs and experience from others to recommend a course of action consistent with the WBG’s strategy. Evaluates risk and anticipates the short and long term implications of decisions. Commits to a decision and takes action once a decision has been reached.
Other Competencies :
Bank Instruments, Policies, and Procedures, and Ability to Proactively Apply Them : Solid operational experience, including as a World Bank task team leader, in at least two regions and for complex operations. Familiarity with financial sector and private sector development challenges in middle income, low income and fragile country settings highly desirable. Solid knowledge of operational policies and procedures and ability to apply them in the different context, advise teams to resolve the bottlenecks, and find pragmatic operational solutions. An ability to exercise quality assurance of documents at different stages of project cycle.
Portfolio Management and Results Monitoring and Evaluation : An ability to independently monitor portfolio and pipeline and provide signals to management when the program goes off track. Preparing and leading country/GP portfolio reviews. An ability to monitor IBRD financing as well as IDA utilization. An ability to design and implement results frameworks. Providing key inputs in business planning/MoU exercises.
Integrative and Communication Skills :
- Integrating divergent viewpoints of multiple external and internal stakeholders into a coherent project/program/strategy ;
- Excellent written and oral communications skills in English; proficiency in one or more additional languages highly desirable ;
- Ability to work effectively in a small team environment critical.
Analytical and Technical Skills, Operational Strategy Development & Advice: Recognized by peers and/or managers for ability to identify and pro-actively solve operational issues and problems.
Fragile, Conflict and Violence Situations Skills :
- Knowledge of FCV context, applied to operations and analytical tasks, joint with a substantive understanding of fragility, conflict, and violence, including polarization of state-society relations, diminished client capacity, and relevance of partnerships ;
- FCV behavioral skills and ability to demonstrate the mind-set needed for success in FCV settings (adaptability, resilience, determination, and sound judgment), willingness to coach others on the team around these factors ;
- FCV operational skills in coordinating a pragmatic approach to FCS operations, looking for ways to help the client to achieve early results while maintaining a strategic approach, and identifying practical ways to implement longer-term responses.
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World Bank Group Core Competencies
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