Description
Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank consists of two entities – the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA). It is a global development cooperative owned by 189 member countries. As the largest development bank in the world, the World Bank provides loans, guarantees, risk management products, and advisory services to middle-income and creditworthy low-income countries, and coordinates responses to regional and global challenges. For more information, please visit www.worldbank.org.
Digital Vice Presidency
Digital technologies offer a unique opportunity to transform development through digital solutions. The Digital Vice Presidency and its global and regional teams will support client countries in building the foundational and cross-cutting elements of digital transformation through:
• Building digital infrastructure and data platforms (including AI, cloud computing and digital public infrastructure).
• Protecting institutions, businesses, and citizens through cybersecurity and data protection & privacy.
• Developing ICT sectors and supporting digital entrepreneurship, skills, and jobs.
• Implementing digital government services that improve accountability and transparency.
• Supporting the Vice presidencies of People, Prosperity, Planet, and Infrastructure in the digitalization efforts of their clients, and in leveraging digital solutions, including building client sectoral digital capacity, defining sectoral specific AI strategies, and designing sectoral AI solutions.
• Coordinating the operationalization of the digital Global Challenge Program as well as cross-GP efforts of achieving the new Corporate Scorecard digital indicators.
Gender and Digital Inclusion
It’s a cross-cutting theme that helps shape our approach to digital transformation. Closing gaps between men and women in access and use of digital technologies is critical for inclusive development. Digital technologies can facilitate access to education, information, and expand access to economic opportunities, while supporting people in overcoming mobility constraints. They can create new jobs, facilitate access to digital financial services and enable the growth of digital businesses. Access to and use of digital technologies also helps improve public service delivery, increases access to information, and fosters greater citizen engagement.
Our work aims to leverage operations, analytical work, and partnerships to tackle a range of barriers, including lack of affordability of digital devices and data; limited digital literacy and skills; restrictive gender and social norms; as well as online safety and security, among others.
The World Bank’s Digital Vice Presidency is recruiting a Digital Transformation Specialist to support on Gender and Digital Inclusion.
The role will support World Bank Teams to advance country and regional engagements with clients and produce high-quality analytical work. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing technical assistance, expert advice and documentation, collaboration and knowledge sharing, analytical work, and travel and meetings as required.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
• Manage portfolio tracking and reporting of digital inclusion activities within the department with the goal of leveraging tech-related tools to better systematize reporting.
• Support corporate tasks, including but not limited to, Corporate Scorecard coordination and reporting, technical inputs related to the World Bank Global Challenge Program, as well as senior management talking points and briefing notes, among others.
• Lead on digital inclusion results reporting in partnership with task teams to capture impact across several key sub-themes, including access, affordability, digital skills, digital services, and online safety/security.
• Lead analytical and knowledge work, including good practice guides for operations, case studies, and literature reviews related to gender equality, digital inclusion, and digital transformation.
• Provide technical support to operational teams, including but not limited to project design, implementation support, and extracting lessons on what works to further support the integration of gender and digital inclusion good practices across the portfolio.
• Support donor coordination and reporting, as well as wider internal and external partnerships, with the goal of building strong networks, sharing knowledge, and enhancing global advocacy.
• Coordinate knowledge and communications efforts, including managing webinar series, drafting blogs, and other communications outputs as needed.
• The Senior Digital Transformation Specialist will contribute to designing and implementing the World Bank’s strategic market-based approach to data hosting and cloud computing. This includes (1) Knowledge: developing analytical products, tools, and research; (2) Action: supporting countries and regions to implement good practices; and (3) Convening: building partnerships, norms, and public goods.
Selection Criteria
• Master’s degree in Telecommunications, Private Sector Development, Digital Development, Technology, International Development, Gender and Development, or other related field, with a minimum of 5 years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong technical and analytical skills at the intersection of gender equality, digital inclusion, and digital development issues.
• Prior experience with World Bank corporate support and strategy, including the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines, while delivering high quality outputs.
• Prior experience with World Bank operations—especially leading analytical work, supporting client dialogue, designing inclusive interventions, developing sex-disaggregated indicators, and supporting project implementation.
• Excellent written communication skills as demonstrated in a proven track record of effectively delivering technical information in a clear, easily understandable, and effective manner.
• Driven, self-starter who can proactively solve problems constructively and effectively and with professionalism.
• Strong attention-to-detail, creative problem-solving, and coordination/logistics skills.
• Proven ability to function effectively as a team member of multi-disciplinary teams and resolve conflicts constructively.
Required Competencies
• Integrative Skills: Integrating divergent viewpoints of multiple external and internal stakeholders into a coherent project/program/strategy.
• Internal and External Client Engagement: An ability to independently coordinate and engage with stakeholders from various parts of WBG, including IFC and MIGA, during the course of assisting team with operational design and implementation.
• Bank Instruments, Policies, and Procedures, and Ability to Proactively Apply Them: Solid operational experience, including as a TTL/co-TTL Bank lending and non-lending products. 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 high standards in quality assurance of documents at different stages of project cycle. An ability to review and advice country products.
• 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, advice and implement results frameworks. Providing key inputs in business planning/MoU exercises.
• Operational Knowledge Sharing: An ability to design and consolidate core content of operational learning programs, and deliver presentations, trainings and BBLs on various topics. Mentoring junior colleagues in all aspects of operations.
World Bank Group Core Competencies
The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.
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