Description

 

REGIONAL/COUNTRY/GLOBAL UNIT CONTEXT

ECCEU is the Country Management Unit (CMU) for World Bank operations in the European Union Member States. Management is decentralized, with the Country Director and Program Leaders located in Brussels, Belgium, with country offices in Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland and Romania. As of July 1st 2024, the Warsaw Office will be one of the pilots for joint country representation for the World Bank Group.

Poland has made strides in strengthening its overall economic governance systems over the last three decades with key economic institutions for instance being able to put together a robust package of fiscal and monetary actions in 2020 that limited the GDP contraction caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, economic and social institutions to manage key transitions—demographic, green, and digital—need to be developed further on the national and subnational level. To boost growth and reverse trends that are slowing down productivity and to further reduce inequality of opportunity in the future, Poland will need to navigate three imminent transitions that require it to simultaneously shift towards a green economy, adopt digital technologies, and adjust to the needs of an aging population.

The Operations Officer will be based in the Warsaw Country Office and will cover Poland.  The Country Office works very closely with all manners of public institutions and development partners. As a key member of the Country Management Unit (CMU), the Operations Officer will have a substantive role in supporting projects and policy dialogue with key counterparts in Government, public and private institutions and development partners, country strategy formulation and implementation, portfolio quality enhancement, portfolio monitoring, business planning, and briefing preparation.

Reporting and Brief Preparation:  The Operations Officer will support the preparation of reports and management briefs on the Poland Program, especially for senior management meetings with the Polish authorities, for example during the Annual and Spring Meetings.  This may require substantive analysis of operational, country and sector issues.

RAS and EU-funded programs: The Operations Officer will be responsible to the Head of Office for coordination of legal agreements and deliverable timetable for EU-funded technical assistance programs (mainly DG REFORM and DG REGIO) and Reimbursable Advisory Services concluded with the Governments of Poland. S/he will work closely together with LEG and the ECADE unit in Brussels responsible for coordination with the European Commission.

Selection Criteria

 

COS Competencies: COS_PFM_Criteria.pdf

World Bank Group Core Competencies

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