Description
Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org
Western and Central Africa (AFW) Region
We need the best and brightest talent focused on Sub-Saharan African countries in order to harness the potential and innovation happening across the continent. Africa is a continent on the move, with a young population and a growing market of nearly 1.2billion people. We are committed to making the Africa regional teams into leading innovation hubs. Yet, these vast opportunities are tempered by persistent gaps in education, health, and skills, which have Africa only reaching 40 percent of its estimated potential. Moreover, deep-rooted fragility, conflict, food insecurity, population growth, and the disruptive forces of climate change threaten to curtail or even reverse the progress that has been made over the past decades.
In West and Central Africa, the World Bank is a leading partner with a growing portfolio of 387 projects totaling more than $44.1 billion in areas such as agriculture, trade and transport, energy, education, health, water, and sanitation- all to support job creation, gender equality, poverty reduction, and better lives. Across the continent, the World Bank’s program has nearly doubled over the last 10 years. By 2030, about 87% of the world’s extreme poor are projected to live in Sub-Saharan Africa, so this is where our mission to end extreme poverty and to promote shared prosperity will be achieved.
Are you ready to make an impact? We are looking for dedicated professionals to join our innovative and diverse team to improve people’s lives and help countries build back better after COVID.
Western and Central Africa (AFW) Region: https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/afr/western-and-central-africa
Country Context
The Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), is a lower-middle-income country in Central Africa with gross national income (GNI) per capita of US$1,770 in 2020 (Atlas method, current US$). The country covers 342,000 km2 with a population of 5.7 million people, and has one of the lowest population densities in the world (16.6 people per km2). Two-thirds of its people are concentrated in urban areas, mainly in the two main cities of Brazzaville and Pointe Noire. The country has also a young population, with people below the age of 18 accounting for more than 47 percent of the population.
The World Bank Congo-Brazzaville program has a strong and well performing portfolio of close to US$800 million made up of National and Regional IDA Credits, IBRD Loans, and Trust Funds. The Country Partnership Framework (CPF) which was prepared in FY19 was updated through a Performance and Learning Review (PLR) and extended for a year until FY25. The CPF designed through a fragility lens to take into account the fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV) status of the country has two Focus Areas: (i) Strengthening Economic Management to Create an Improved Investment Climate for Private Sector-Led Growth; and (ii) Building Human Capital and Enhancing Resilience for Social Inclusion and Sustainable Growth. The PLR provided an opportunity to support the Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Green, Resilient, and Inclusive (GRID) agenda, the AFW regional strategy, and the Government’s National Development Plan 2022-2026.
The World Bank country program provides selective, flexible financial support and technical advisory services across a variety of sectors. The Country Office in Brazzaville is seeking to recruit a dynamic individual to join the team as an Operations Officer to provide operational support to management and implementing agencies in execution of Bank-financed operations and contribute to the Country office’s quality assurance functions, and analytical work across the Republic of Congo portfolio. The Operations Officer will report to the Resident Representative in Brazzaville, Congo.
Roles & Responsibility
The key accountabilities of the Operations Officer are as follows:
Monitoring of Operational quality
Portfolio Management
Team and Client Engagement
Other tasks
Selection Criteria
COS Competencies: https://tinyurl.com/y34lnxvu
World Bank Group Core Competencies
World Bank Group Core Competencies
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