Apply For World Bank Group Recruitment Drive for African Nationals I

Economist: DECPG is looking for outstanding global macro PhD level Economists with excellent analytical and writing skills to work and contribute to its main tasks and product lines. The successful candidate will:

• help strengthen the analytical contents of the Global Economic Prospects and Global Monitoring Reports and other DECPG products.


• improve the modeling frameworks for analysis of economic prospects and poverty and shared prosperity dynamics at global and country levels.


• develop a work plan to continuously renew and upgrade DECPG’s expertise in the area of global, regional, and country economic models, acquiring and maintaining state-of-the art techniques in economic modeling where relevant and important for DECPG’s applications.


• work closely with a team of talented economists and researchers to provide to economic analysis and scenarios for the flagship reports and for regular briefings to Senior Management.


• work closely with various experts in order to play an active and leading role in DECPG’s and the World Bank’s analysis of economic and poverty trends.


• provide analytical support and advisory services to other teams in DECPG, the Bank’s regions and global practices; and build networking relationships with major academic institutions, think tanks, and policy forums through active participation in conferences and seminars and joint work on research projects related to its mission

DECDP/OS serves to advise the Bank’s Senior Vice President and Bank Chief Economist and senior management on all relevant development policy and operations issues, leveraging the knowledge in DEC, regions, global practices, and other parts of the Bank Group and academia to articulate the Bank Group positions on issues of global significance, integrating macro and micro-economic perspectives, as well as political and social dimensions of public policy.
Economist: will be a PhD level Economist with relevant work experience and works with the senior level Economists and provides policy research and analysis resulting in papers for publication and policy notes. Second, the role requires preparation of speeches and certain presentations and contributing to the review of DEC flagships, including the publication of the WDR. Third, the Economist will support Bank Operations, through preparation of analysis that aid the review of Bank project proposals and policies, and research/analytic support and advice to operational units (including through direct work on Bank projects). Fourth, the Economist will support various corporate initiatives and mandates, such as the Bank’s engagement with the G20, middle-income country agenda, etc.
Lead Economist: will be a PhD Economist with at least 10 years of relevant experience: The position involves working closely with the Chief Economist to define and lead policy research and analysis resulting in papers for publication and policy notes. The role requires independent preparation of key speeches and presentations and leading the review of DEC flagships. The Lead Economist will support Bank Operations, through leading reviews of Bank project proposals and policies, and research/analytic support and advice to operational units (including through direct work on Bank projects); will play a key senior role in supporting various corporate initiatives and mandates, such as the Bank’s engagement with the G20, middle-income country agenda, etc.

The Research Department (DECRG)
DECRG conducts research, generates, and disseminates knowledge about development that is essential for the achievement of the World Bank’s ultimate objective—eliminating extreme poverty and creating shared prosperity in a fiscally, environmentally, and socially sustainable manner. Typically ranked as a top global development research institution, the work of DECRG is often cited by the media, the academic community, and other parties interested in international development. Researchers also provide support to the World Bank’s regions and Global Practices to help ensure that the Bank’s policy advice is firmly grounded on current knowledge. The department produces the majority of the Bank’s research and enjoys a high international profile. The work of our researchers appear in academic journals, the World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series, books, blogs, and special publications such as the Policy Research Reports.

Economist: DECRG is looking for candidates in all areas of economics relevant to development, including macroeconomics, international economics, trade, finance, applied microeconomics, rural and agricultural economics, and natural resource economics. We seek candidates with (i) strong technical skills; (ii) a record of—or good prospects for—publication of high-quality original research in peer-reviewed journals, (iii) the ability to communicate technical knowledge and expertise in a policy environment; and (iv) excellent spoken and written proficiency in English. We are considering new PhDs as well as more experienced candidates with relevant post-doctoral academic or non-academic experience. Research economists are expected to maintain an outstanding scholarly publication record, as well as provide relevant policy advice and technical expertise to colleagues throughout the World Bank, and to policymakers in client countries.

Statistician: DECDG is seeking to recruit candidates with a Master’s Degree, plus 3 years of relevant experience in one of the focal areas of DECDG’s work, such as Open Data, statistical capacity building operations, or economic statistics. The work program will include:

• Working closely with the Open Data Working Group, develop, enhance, and provide applications and tools to enable the Bank’s Open Data suite of products to remain responsive to the evolving needs of the user community.


• Analyze existing systems and platforms and give enhancement recommendations, identifying feasible alternative solutions for better products


• Provide support to client countries and country teams to identify needs and develop statistical capacity building programs.


• Participating in and occasionally leading country missions to identify, appraise, supervise, and evaluate statistical capacity-building activities.


• Coordinating country projects on statistical capacity-building and international comparisons.


• Designing best practices in data and metadata quality and applications for developing country work.


• Participating in the quality assessment of price and national accounts data, reviewing metadata submitted by the countries, and conducting statistical checks to ensure that prescribed methodologies are properly implemented.


• Contributing sections in publications on data quality assessment and processes.


• Participating in projects on innovative methods and solutions for data collection, processing, visualization, and dissemination.


• Promoting partnership with regional and national agencies.

Data Scientist: The Data Scientist will have a Master’s Degree plus 3 years of relevant experience and work on data collection, database management, and statistical publications, including the World Development Indicators, Global Development Finance, and online databases. The successful applicant will sustain and expand the ongoing Open Data Initiative, a key corporate priority of the Bank, and improve the coverage, quality and use of curated datasets. The post-holder will work closely with teams that produce statistical databases and publications, manage and curate datasets relating to sustainable development and economic management, and other groups in DECDG. The work will also require close collaboration with other key partners, such as staff in Development Economics, staff working in sustainable development, Operational Policy and Country Services, External and Corporate Relations, and the Information Management and Technology Network.

The Private Sector Development Specialist: should have a PhD, or a Master’s degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience and will work on the following activities:

• Administering surveys to local experts, verifying survey responses, data entry, undertake data coding, and conducting policy analysis of the data.


• Develop and maintain internal and external networks of stakeholders in the subject matter and related regulatory policy.


• Participate in relevant policy research and dialogue activities to stay abreast of and contribute to the business climate field.


• Contribute to overall project development and strategy, supporting the Program Manager in project design, project management, and donor relations as necessary.


• Write and substantively review content of reports and related presentations.


• Develop and disseminate other knowledge management tools to support the product, including case studies, smart lessons, or issue notes.


• Participate in dissemination activities including presentations to governments, donor agencies, private sector organizations, as well as communicating with the media.

The Operations Analyst: should have a Master’s degree and some relevant experience to work on the following activities:

• Be responsible for maintaining a specific set of indicators – including administering surveys to local experts, data entry, and coding under the supervision of the topic leader.


• Analyze and assess indicators on a country by country basis – including verifying survey responses with primary data sources and publicly available information, checking survey responses against each other, and following up with survey respondents until a final, verified country file is produced.


• Be responsible for preparation of comparative analysis related to the set of indicators on a country by country and regional basis under the supervision of the topic leader.


• Maintain effective links with local external partners, leading new local partners’ recruitment through web search, World Bank Group country offices, embassies, and other creative sources to obtain the information needed for Doing Business report and dataset.


• Substantively contribute to writing the Doing Business chapters, case studies, smart lessons and related presentations under the guidance and supervision of the topic leader.

• A Masters’ degree in public policy, international development studies, social science, disaster management, or related fields.


• At least 5 years of relevant analytical and country-operational experience, of which 2 years are in disaster risk management or related areas.


• Experience with portfolio management, program monitoring and evaluation systems, trust fund policies and procedures, grant application review processes, and programmatic reporting.


• Substantial understanding of operational quality issues, monitoring tools, and key issues and systems with demonstrated evidence of strong analytical skills.


• Ability to take responsibility for substantial segments of the unit’s work program and play a key role in implementing the strategic direction of the work program.


• Strong ability to analyze and resolve issues cross cutting areas of specialization, with an understanding of how solutions affect the overall work program strategy.


• Effective communication and inter-personal skills.

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– Disaster Risk Management Specialist

• Client Solutions—provides IFC’s clients with innovative forms of local currency financing with a focus on the development of domestic debt markets to help increase the capacity for long-term local currency investment.


• Market Operations—IFC’s primary window to global capital markets, actively engaging in these markets as an AAA-rated supranational institution, including cost efficient bond issuances, maintaining required levels of operational liquidity and investing prudently across a range of liquid assets.


• Quantitative Analysis—analytical support to various treasury functions in IFC, including derivative pricing, credit exposure measurement, asset liability management, structured finance modeling, and P&L and risk measurement.

Selection Criteria

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  Demonstrated experience in finance, preferably in fixed income or structured finance within an investment bank, rating agency, or other capital-markets related entity.
  
  • Associate Financial Officer/Financial Officer – at least 5 years of relevant experience
  
  
  • Financial Analyst – 2-4 years of relevant experience
  
  


• Master’s degree in Finance, Business, Financial Engineering, or Financial Mathematics for officer level. Bachelor’s degree for Analyst level.


• Knowledge of structured finance, derivatives, debt capital markets and/or fixed income mathematics; strong financial modeling skills and advanced knowledge of Excel; strong analytical and problem solving capability; experience with platforms such as Bloomberg, Reuters, or Summit; enthusiasm for the development of domestic capital markets.

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– Financial Analyst
– Associate Financial Officer / Financial Officer

• Law degree and qualification to practice law in one or more jurisdictions


• At least 8 years of demonstrated experience in a law firm, financial institution, development institution or corporate environment


• Experience in cross-border transactions involving debt and/or equity and ability to independently handle complex corporate and commercial transactions

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– Counsel (IFC)