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.
ITS Vice Presidency Context:
Information and Technology Solutions (ITS) enables the WBG to achieve its mission of ending extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity in a sustainable way by delivering transformative information and technologies to its staff working in over 150 locations.
Our vision is to transform how the Bank Group accomplishes its mission through information and technology. In this fast-paced, ever-changing world, the formulation and implementation of the ITS strategy is an ongoing, iterative process of learning and adaptation developed through extensive consultations with business partners throughout the World Bank Group.
ITS shapes its strategy in response to changing business priorities and leverages new technologies to achieve three high-level business outcomes: business enablement, by providing Bank Group units with innovative digital tools and technologies to transform how they deliver value for their clients; empowerment & effectiveness, by ensuring that all Bank Group staff are connected, able to find information, and productive to accelerate the delivery of development solutions globally; and resilience, by equipping the Bank Group to provide risk-based cybersecurity and robust data protection for a global network and a growing cloud platform.
Implementation of the strategy is guided by three core principles. The first is to deliver solutions for business partners that are customer-centric, innovative, and transformative. The second is to provide the Bank Group with value for money with selective and standard technologies. The third principle is to excel at the basics by providing a high performing, robust, and resilient IT environment for the organization.
WBG Finance ITS Unit Context
WBG Finance (ITSFI) is responsible for providing high quality, streamlined information and technology solutions for the World Bank’s Financial services, which include Corporate Finance, Risk Management, Controls, Treasury, Loans, Accounting, and Concessional finance (managing donor contributions from inception to the point of final disbursement, including IDA, Financial Intermediary Funds and Trust Funds). ITSFI is additionally responsible for building its IT services using a shared platform that provides scale, leverage, reliability, and control while at the same time improving responsiveness to emerging business needs. This position is within WBG Risk Management and Analytics (ITSRA), the division of ITSFI responsible for IT services for all World Bank Group Risk Management functions across multiple vice presidencies in IBRD and IFC.
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
ITSRA is in search of a Project Manager, to support the implementation and delivery of its projects by contributing and supporting project members in the day to day management, execution and monitoring of the project(s). Reporting directly to the Delivery Team Lead, the Project Manager will be responsible for the following deliverables:
•Work closely with IT teams to monitor project milestones and critical paths.
•Produce project status reports for colleagues and clients.
•Follow-up on pending operational issues: review open trouble tickets, project implementation in coordination with institutional teams, and coordinate any field activities.
•Record/update all activities using the official project management tools, incident (trouble-ticket) management system, inventory management systems, etc.
•Support tasks for audit compliance.
•Perform coordination and collection of milestone/data from other leads/units.
•Collaborate with other team members and contribute productively to the team's work and output.
•Maintain Project portal, making sure the information is current and complete.
•Assist the unit with various project deliverables.
•Serving as a point of contact for teams when multiple units are assigned to the same project to ensure team actions remain in synergy.
•Produce presentations using appropriate visualizations such as graphs or interactive dashboards.
•Promote and contribute to knowledge-sharing.
•Perform other related duties as required.
Selection Criteria
•Bachelor’s or Master's degree with 2 years relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
•Role Specific Experience: IT project management experience in planning, executing, and monitoring complex projects in a cross-functional, multi-cultural environment is a must.
•Experience with creating and following a work plan to develop and implement a Project Management tool solution is a must.
• Experience with technical reporting and management tools, such as Azure DevOps (ADO), ServiceNow, Clarity, and others is a plus.
•Experience in Treasury Applications domain or a Finance domain knowledge is a plus.
•Demonstrated interest in and understanding of the Bank Group’s work and objectives. External candidates must at a minimum be familiar with the mission and objectives of the World Bank Group is a must.
Required Skills/Abilities:
•Good knowledge of IT Infrastructure components and terminology, including hardware, Operating Systems, network, telecommunications, voice, video, and mobility solution.
•Good knowledge of MS Sharepoint and MS Office.
•Excellent oral and written communication skills.
•Excellent interpersonal skills.
•Ability to analyze information and draw accurate conclusions.
•Ability to apply problem-solving skills to evaluate and solve problems effectively
•Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively in a multinational team environment and build effective working relations with clients, colleagues, and vendors.
•Ability to prioritize conflicting demands in high-pressure and time-critical situations.
•A strong sense of responsibility and reliability to complete job in the time required.
•Ability to cope effectively and productively under work stress.
•Willingness to work flexible hours.
Note: “The selected person will be hired on two years renewable Term contract which can be extended based on business needs and performance.\"
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.
Learn more about working at the World Bank and IFC, including our values and inspiring stories.
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