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Closing date: Tuesday, 3 May 2016
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THE WORLD BANK
Established in 1944, the WBG is one of the world's largest sources of funding and knowledge for development solutions. In fiscal year 2014, the WBG committed $65.6 billion in loans, grants, equity investments and guarantees to its members and private businesses, of which $22.2 billion was concessional finance to its poorest members. It is governed by 188 member countries and delivers services out of 120 offices with nearly 15,000 staff located globally.
The WBG consists of five specialized institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Association (IDA), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). IBRD and IDA are commonly known as the World Bank, which is organized into six client-facing Regional Vice-Presidencies, several corporate functions, and - as of July 1, 2014 - has introduced fourteen Global Practices (GPs) as well as five Cross-Cutting Solution Areas (CCSAs) to bring best-in-class knowledge and solutions to regional and country clients.
GLOBAL PRACTICES & CROSS-CUTTING SOLUTIONS AREAS
The 14 GPs are: Agriculture; Education; Energy and Extractives; Environment and Natural Resources; Finance and Markets; Governance; Health, Nutrition and Population; Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management; Poverty; Social Protection and Labor; Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience; Trade and Competitiveness; Transport and ICT; and Water. The 5 CCSAs are: Climate Change; Fragility, Conflict and Violence; Gender; Jobs; and Public-PrivatePartnerships. The new operating model is part of a broader internal reform aimed at delivering the best of the World Bank Group to our clients, so that together we can achieve the twin goals of (1) ending extreme poverty by 2030, and (2) promote shared prosperity for the bottom 40% of the population in every developing country.
THE “SOCIAL, URBAN, RURAL AND RESILIENCE†(SURR) GLOBAL PRACTICE
Urbanization is occurring at an unprecedented pace. Cities generate 80% of global GDP and are key to job creation and the pursuit of shared prosperity. Yet one billion city residents live in slums today, and by 2030 one billion new migrants will arrive in cities. This concentration of people and assets will exacerbate risk exposure to adverse natural events and climate change, which affects the poor disproportionately. The absence of secure land tenure underpins deprivation and is a major source of conflict in the urban and rural space. One and a half billion people live in countries affected by repeated cycles of violence. In the absence of services, participative planning and responsive institutions, these trends will result in increased poverty, social exclusion, vulnerability and violence. Finally, avoiding a 4-degree warmer world requires drastically reducing the carbon footprint of cities.
The WBG is in a unique position to support national and sub-national clients to: harness urbanization and enable effective land management in support of both growth and poverty reduction; foster social inclusion of marginalized groups; support the responsiveness and fiscal, financial, and management capacities of local governments - cities, municipalities, and rural districts - to deliver local infrastructure and decentralized services; strengthen resilience and risk management related to natural disasters; reduce conflict and violence; scale-up access to finance for sub-national governments; and reduce the carbon footprint of cities. The WBG brings a combination of lending ($7-8 billion in annual lending to cities), analytical and advisory services (e.g., social inclusion flagship, urbanization reviews, Sendai dialogue), its growing portfolio of reimbursable advisory services, its convening power (e.g., understanding risk and the land conferences), its leveraging capacity (e.g., guarantees and risk mitigation), and its ability to work with the private sector to tackle the challenges at scale and to effect.
The SURR GP covers a wide
gamut: (i) developing green, inclusive and resilient cities; (ii) addressing the social inclusion of the poor, vulnerable and excluded groups through accountable institutions, and ensuring compliance with social safeguards; (iii) enhancing urban and rural development through supporting and managing the urban-rural transition, assisting local development through developing land tenure, management and information systems; and (iv) assisting in disaster risk management through issues of risk assessment, risk reduction (including flood management, urban drainage, coastal management, and retrofitting of infrastructure), disaster preparedness (including hydromet services, early warning systems, and civil defense), risk financing (including CAT-DDO), and resilient reconstruction (including post-disaster damage and loss assessment). A key responsibility of the GP is to provide professional expertise and operational support to other GPs to implement the WBG social policies (the WB's safeguard policies and the IFC's Performance Standards) to deliver sustainable development results that ensure that any adverse impacts of WBG interventions are limited and mitigated.
The World Bank Group is committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, nationality, culture and educational background. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.
GP SURR GLOBAL UNIT
The GPSURR Global Unit supports knowledge generation and exchange across the global practice through research, global advocacy, and knowledge sharing. It also performs important corporate functions including portfolio monitoring, corporate reviews, and briefings to management. The unit has a dedicated team to partnerships and trust fund management. The GPSURR Global Unit also includes a dedicated team on social safeguards in Bank operations.
Within the GP SURR global unit, social development teams focus on the need to 'put people first' in development processes. Poor people's voices tell us that poverty is more than low income. It is also about vulnerability, exclusion and isolation, unaccountable institutions, powerlessness, and exposure to violence. As such, efforts to overcome poverty must not just get economic policies right. They must also promote social development, which empowers people by creating more inclusive, cohesive, accountable and resilient institutions and societies.
The key thematic lines of work for the social development team are: (a) social inclusion, (b) fragility, conflict and violence; (c) community-driven development; (d) social accountability, and (e) social sustainability and safeguards, including issues related to Involuntary Resettlement and Indigenous Peoples.
The social development team also includes a few Advisers on important issues such as Disability and Development and Indigenous Peoples, who work across the Bank to promote the respective agendas they are responsible for.
Given the importance of promoting inclusion of LGBTI people in the development process, and to ensure that development programs do not discriminate against anyone based on their sexual orientation and gender identity, the World Bank is now creating a new position of Adviser,SOGI. The position will be based in the GP SURR Global Unit, and the selected candidate will work closely with the SOGI Task Force (a group of staff from GPs, CCSAs and CMUs, formed to promote the SOGI agenda across the institution), other parts of GPSURR, other GPs, CCSA, Regions and with other parts of the institution, to help advance the work on LGBTI-inclusive development.
Note: If the selected candidate is a current Bank Group staff member with a Regular or Open-Ended appointment, s/he will retain his/her Regular or Open-Ended appointment. All others will be offered a 3 year term appointment.
Duties and Accountabilities: The Adviser, SOGI issues:
4.- Joining the Core Management Team for the Global Social Unit, attending management meetings, supporting - and on request from the practice Directors, leading - key departmental tasks (e.g. recruitment, policy engagement and quality control).
5.- Leading and providing advice on key operational innovations, including in development policy and sector-wide investment lending.
6.- Providing high value-added support to key operations and strategies that further social development, especially on LGBTI issues.
7.- Providing high-level conceptual and analytical leadership in key areas of the SOGI policy agenda - coordinating closely with key partners across the Bank and externally.
8.- Taking a leadership role in corporate reviews and quality enhancement within GPSURR - including leading elements of the process and carrying out reviews of significant strategic documents.
9.- Mobilize funding from both public and private sources in support of this work program, to complement World Bank Group resources allocated to it.
Selection Criteria
Selection Criteria
An advanced degree (PhD strongly preferred) in the social sciences (economics, sociology, anthropology, political science, social psychology, public health, education, law) plus a proven record minimum 12 years working on SOGI and social inclusion issues.
Competencies:
- Location Washington, DC
- Recruitment Type International Hire
- Language Requirement English [Essential]; Arabic [Desired]; Chinese [Desired]; French [Desired]; Portuguese [Desired]; Russian [Desired]; Spanish [Desired]
- Closing Date 03-May-2016
THE WORLD BANK
Established in 1944, the WBG is one of the world's largest sources of funding and knowledge for development solutions. In fiscal year 2014, the WBG committed $65.6 billion in loans, grants, equity investments and guarantees to its members and private businesses, of which $22.2 billion was concessional finance to its poorest members. It is governed by 188 member countries and delivers services out of 120 offices with nearly 15,000 staff located globally.
The WBG consists of five specialized institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Association (IDA), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). IBRD and IDA are commonly known as the World Bank, which is organized into six client-facing Regional Vice-Presidencies, several corporate functions, and - as of July 1, 2014 - has introduced fourteen Global Practices (GPs) as well as five Cross-Cutting Solution Areas (CCSAs) to bring best-in-class knowledge and solutions to regional and country clients.
GLOBAL PRACTICES & CROSS-CUTTING SOLUTIONS AREAS
The 14 GPs are: Agriculture; Education; Energy and Extractives; Environment and Natural Resources; Finance and Markets; Governance; Health, Nutrition and Population; Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management; Poverty; Social Protection and Labor; Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience; Trade and Competitiveness; Transport and ICT; and Water. The 5 CCSAs are: Climate Change; Fragility, Conflict and Violence; Gender; Jobs; and Public-PrivatePartnerships. The new operating model is part of a broader internal reform aimed at delivering the best of the World Bank Group to our clients, so that together we can achieve the twin goals of (1) ending extreme poverty by 2030, and (2) promote shared prosperity for the bottom 40% of the population in every developing country.
THE “SOCIAL, URBAN, RURAL AND RESILIENCE†(SURR) GLOBAL PRACTICE
Urbanization is occurring at an unprecedented pace. Cities generate 80% of global GDP and are key to job creation and the pursuit of shared prosperity. Yet one billion city residents live in slums today, and by 2030 one billion new migrants will arrive in cities. This concentration of people and assets will exacerbate risk exposure to adverse natural events and climate change, which affects the poor disproportionately. The absence of secure land tenure underpins deprivation and is a major source of conflict in the urban and rural space. One and a half billion people live in countries affected by repeated cycles of violence. In the absence of services, participative planning and responsive institutions, these trends will result in increased poverty, social exclusion, vulnerability and violence. Finally, avoiding a 4-degree warmer world requires drastically reducing the carbon footprint of cities.
The WBG is in a unique position to support national and sub-national clients to: harness urbanization and enable effective land management in support of both growth and poverty reduction; foster social inclusion of marginalized groups; support the responsiveness and fiscal, financial, and management capacities of local governments - cities, municipalities, and rural districts - to deliver local infrastructure and decentralized services; strengthen resilience and risk management related to natural disasters; reduce conflict and violence; scale-up access to finance for sub-national governments; and reduce the carbon footprint of cities. The WBG brings a combination of lending ($7-8 billion in annual lending to cities), analytical and advisory services (e.g., social inclusion flagship, urbanization reviews, Sendai dialogue), its growing portfolio of reimbursable advisory services, its convening power (e.g., understanding risk and the land conferences), its leveraging capacity (e.g., guarantees and risk mitigation), and its ability to work with the private sector to tackle the challenges at scale and to effect.
The SURR GP covers a wide
gamut: (i) developing green, inclusive and resilient cities; (ii) addressing the social inclusion of the poor, vulnerable and excluded groups through accountable institutions, and ensuring compliance with social safeguards; (iii) enhancing urban and rural development through supporting and managing the urban-rural transition, assisting local development through developing land tenure, management and information systems; and (iv) assisting in disaster risk management through issues of risk assessment, risk reduction (including flood management, urban drainage, coastal management, and retrofitting of infrastructure), disaster preparedness (including hydromet services, early warning systems, and civil defense), risk financing (including CAT-DDO), and resilient reconstruction (including post-disaster damage and loss assessment). A key responsibility of the GP is to provide professional expertise and operational support to other GPs to implement the WBG social policies (the WB's safeguard policies and the IFC's Performance Standards) to deliver sustainable development results that ensure that any adverse impacts of WBG interventions are limited and mitigated.
The World Bank Group is committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, nationality, culture and educational background. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.
GP SURR GLOBAL UNIT
The GPSURR Global Unit supports knowledge generation and exchange across the global practice through research, global advocacy, and knowledge sharing. It also performs important corporate functions including portfolio monitoring, corporate reviews, and briefings to management. The unit has a dedicated team to partnerships and trust fund management. The GPSURR Global Unit also includes a dedicated team on social safeguards in Bank operations.
Within the GP SURR global unit, social development teams focus on the need to 'put people first' in development processes. Poor people's voices tell us that poverty is more than low income. It is also about vulnerability, exclusion and isolation, unaccountable institutions, powerlessness, and exposure to violence. As such, efforts to overcome poverty must not just get economic policies right. They must also promote social development, which empowers people by creating more inclusive, cohesive, accountable and resilient institutions and societies.
The key thematic lines of work for the social development team are: (a) social inclusion, (b) fragility, conflict and violence; (c) community-driven development; (d) social accountability, and (e) social sustainability and safeguards, including issues related to Involuntary Resettlement and Indigenous Peoples.
The social development team also includes a few Advisers on important issues such as Disability and Development and Indigenous Peoples, who work across the Bank to promote the respective agendas they are responsible for.
Given the importance of promoting inclusion of LGBTI people in the development process, and to ensure that development programs do not discriminate against anyone based on their sexual orientation and gender identity, the World Bank is now creating a new position of Adviser,SOGI. The position will be based in the GP SURR Global Unit, and the selected candidate will work closely with the SOGI Task Force (a group of staff from GPs, CCSAs and CMUs, formed to promote the SOGI agenda across the institution), other parts of GPSURR, other GPs, CCSA, Regions and with other parts of the institution, to help advance the work on LGBTI-inclusive development.
Note: If the selected candidate is a current Bank Group staff member with a Regular or Open-Ended appointment, s/he will retain his/her Regular or Open-Ended appointment. All others will be offered a 3 year term appointment.
Duties and Accountabilities: The Adviser, SOGI issues:
- Serves as a global lead technical specialist on SOGI issues, advising management and staff on strategy, policy and operational issues related to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex (LGBTI)-inclusive development. The Adviser will be an expert of the type of exclusion and issues faced by LGBTI (and queer) groups and their link to development.
- Influences the design and execution of major policy and/or research initiatives; conceives, develops and promotes innovations in Bank policies, project design, organization and management to improve Bank-supported projects and practices on SOGI issues.
- Facilitates and organizes intra/inter-practice teams, international experts, etc. to debate and exchanges ideas on issues related to LGBTI-inclusive development.
- Leads and/or participates in ground-breaking or precedent-setting missions and plays key role in developing innovative practical approaches to difficult policy and operational issues and regional, country, or practice levels.
- Serves as focal point or spokesperson on sector issues and LGBTI issues to clients, civil society organizations, and other external constituencies and expert groups.
- Oversees preparation or produces a range of key policy papers, practice/technical reports, etc.
- Monitors practice work to ensure overall quality of products.
- Plays a key role in the flow of knowledge and expertise across the Bank's operational regions and global practices on LGBTI issues.
- Develops and builds client relations at senior levels and plays a promotional role in generating new business for the Bank.
- Develops and nourishes global partnerships and collaboration on LGBTI-inclusive development.
- Plays significant role within the practice in guiding/mentoring and is key contributor in design of professional and operational training or development activities in field of expertise.
- Is involved in developing approaches to address SOGI issues in operations.
- Conceptualizing a SOGI Inclusion framework for the World Bank Group.
- Lead (i) the development of a research agenda for the WB on issues pertaining to pathways to social and economic exclusion of LGBTI people; (ii) the production of analysis articulating Bank policy on SOGI and development, and the role that the Bank should play, (iii) the preparation of a range of key policy papers, sector/technical reports, global baseline studies relevant to LGBT population realities; (iv) the reflection on how to more systematically embed SOGI issues into the Bank's broader research agenda; (v) the dissemination efforts of research produced by the Bank and its partners on the topic;
- Build awareness among World Bank staff of LGBTI issues, and their capacity to address SOGI issues in projects, analytical, and policy work.
- Coordinating with the SOGI Task Force, an internal group including Directors, Managers, and technical staff that is spearheading and supporting SOGI inclusion in the World Bank's work.
- Promote successful interface with Civil Society Organizations working on LGBTI issues. Demonstrate the Bank's comparative advantage and convening power and establish genuine collaboration with a variety of stakeholders.
- Representing the Bank in external Conferences and Events as appropriate.
- Ensure productive partnerships with other multilateral institutions and the United Nations System to promote LGBTI inclusion as a development issue.
4.- Joining the Core Management Team for the Global Social Unit, attending management meetings, supporting - and on request from the practice Directors, leading - key departmental tasks (e.g. recruitment, policy engagement and quality control).
5.- Leading and providing advice on key operational innovations, including in development policy and sector-wide investment lending.
6.- Providing high value-added support to key operations and strategies that further social development, especially on LGBTI issues.
7.- Providing high-level conceptual and analytical leadership in key areas of the SOGI policy agenda - coordinating closely with key partners across the Bank and externally.
8.- Taking a leadership role in corporate reviews and quality enhancement within GPSURR - including leading elements of the process and carrying out reviews of significant strategic documents.
9.- Mobilize funding from both public and private sources in support of this work program, to complement World Bank Group resources allocated to it.
Selection Criteria
Selection Criteria
An advanced degree (PhD strongly preferred) in the social sciences (economics, sociology, anthropology, political science, social psychology, public health, education, law) plus a proven record minimum 12 years working on SOGI and social inclusion issues.
- Recognized for outstanding qualities of intellectual and inter-personal leadership - with a strong global reputation as a SOGI thought leader. A balance between awareness raising and advocacy skills with the ability to influence World Bank operations leader in SOGI within and beyond the Bank as a leader in social development thought and action.
- Recognized for excellence in social and political analysis - with strong experience with different forms of social analysis, including social assessments, impact assessments, quantitative and qualitative methodologies, especially applied to issues of inclusion of excluded populations, in particular LGBTI communities.
- Substantive work experience in developing countries and/or analytical work covering SOGI issues in a developing country context.
- Demonstrated experience with key strategic products and program in a corporate setting.
- Ability to develop innovative approaches to policy and operational issues and take the lead in their implementation.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English essential, proficiency in another major global language (Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic and Chinese) is desirable.
- A demonstrated track record of operating as a constructive and effective team member.
- Ability to make forward - looking and practical decisions with a bias towards a results and implementation culture;
- Capacity to share understanding of cross-sector issues, and proven successful track record with the full range of bank products, including policy lending, complex projects, analytical work and advisory services.
Competencies:
- Integrative Skills - Possesses in-depth understanding of corporate resources in all areas of work in the network, and the ability to be fungible depending on strategic demands.
- Knowledge and Experience in Development Arena - Influences the design and execution of major policy and/or research initiatives; conceives and promotes innovations in development policies, project design, organization and management to improve operational and sector work.
- Policy Dialogue Skills- Has a track record of conducting effective policy dialogue with country counterparts; communicates and defends difficult issues and positions to senior bank management and government officials.
- Social Development Implications on Policy, Institutions, and Operations - Comprehensive understanding of the implications of social development on policy, institutions, and operations.
- Social Safeguards - Knowledge of the social safeguards policies and experience successfully applying the social safeguard policies to projects.
- Participation and Consultation - Expert at conducting these consultative and participatory approaches and interpreting and representing the Bank's view internationally.
- Analytical Tools for Social Sustainability - Expert at conducting these analyses and interpreting and applying the results to policy dialogue, institution building, and operations.
- Lead and Innovate - Inspires and influences others to drive innovation.
- Deliver Results for Clients- Acts as a trusted, strategic advisor, partnering with clients to deliver results.
- Collaborate Within Teams and Across Boundaries - Leads collaboration across WBG and with partners drawing on robust professional networks.
- Teamwork and Inclusion - Shows leadership in ensuring the team stays organized and focused, and actively seeks and considers diverse ideas and approaches
- Create, Apply and Share Knowledge - Establishes an environment where knowledge is created, applied and shared.
- Decision Making- Makes timely decisions that have a broad impact. Gathers inputs, assesses risk, considers impact and articulates benefits of decisions for internal and external stakeholders over the long term.
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