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. Visit www.worldbank.org.
REGIONAL CONTEXT
Western and Central Africa (AFW) is a vast region with diverse cultures, beliefs, languages, and lifestyles. Stretching from the westernmost point of Africa, across the equator, and partly along the Atlantic Ocean till the Republic of Congo in the South, it encompasses 22 countries that spread across semi-arid areas in the Sahel, large coastal areas on the Atlantic Ocean and along the Gulf of Guinea and tropical forest covering many countries from Guinea to the Republic of Congo, through Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon and Gabon. Read more: https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/afr/western-and-central-africa.
GOVERNANCE GLOBAL PRACTICE (GP) CONTEXT
Our GP helps developing countries build capable, efficient, open, inclusive and accountable institutions that can support economic growth, reduce poverty, deliver needed services and earn the confidence of citizens. Our work encompasses public financial management, public procurement, civil service reform, open government, anti-corruption, and using technology to improve quality and access to government services. More information: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/governance
You will be under the supervision of the GOV Practice Manager for the EAWG2 Unit and help lead the development/coordination of the Unit’s public sector/governance program for AWMSL.
DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
The World Bank is looking to recruit an experienced and highly motivated Extended Term Consultant (ETC) as Senior Public Sector/Financial Management Specialist to work on governance-related aspects of operations in Sierra Leone. The ETC will work with the Country Management Team and Task Team Leaders on a complex portfolio which is addressing several key reform agendas of the government, including decentralization, reform of state-owned enterprises, citizen engagement, and tax reform, among others. The ETC will be based in Freetown, Sierra Leone and will be under the supervision of the GOV Practice Manager for AFW. Specific activities for this role will include but not be restricted to the following:
Selection Criteria
The successful candidate will be a professional with solid operational experience on public sector/governance reform, preferably from other multilateral lending institutions. Specifically, the successful candidate will be selected based on the following competencies:
GENERAL CRITERIA
World Bank Group Core Competencies
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