Senior Digital Development Specialist
Job #: req11311
Organization: World Bank
Sector: Digital Development
Grade: GG
Term Duration: 4 years 0 months
Recruitment Type: International Recruitment
Location: Hanoi,Vietnam
Required Language(s): English
Preferred Language(s): Closing Date: 4/9/2021 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
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.
The Infrastructure Practice Group
Globally, 840 million people live more than 2 kilometers from all-weather roads, 1 billion people lack electricity, and 4 billion people lack Internet access. Access to basic infrastructure services is critical for creating economic opportunities for the poor. The Infrastructure Practice Group is charged with developing sustainable solutions to help close infrastructure gaps in developing and emerging.
The World Bank Group helps developing countries build smart infrastructure that supports inclusive and sustainable growth, expands markets, creates job opportunities, promotes competition, and contributes to a cleaner future. We help countries address their unique infrastructure needs by working with the public and private sectors. Infrastructure improves lives by connecting people to opportunity. For more information please visit: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/infrastructure
Digital Development Global Practice
The Digital Development Global Practice (DD) is part of the Bank's Infrastructure Practice Group. It plays a critical role in enabling the achievements of the Twin goals and the Sustainable Development Goals. Digital technologies are transforming firms, governments and people's lives; and with the digital economy growing at a rate significantly higher than that of the global economy, it offers emerging economies a unique opportunity to leapfrog traditional paths for development through digital solutions.
Collaborating across technical, geographic and institutional boundaries, the Digital Development team helps design and deliver ICT-enhanced solutions to a diverse range of clients. The team supports clients (i) through advisory assistance to establish policy and regulatory environments that allow the widespread use of technology and create a trust environment; (ii) lending operations by building infrastructure to connect the unconnected, or enabling digital government shared platforms (cloud, digital, identification, etc.).
The DD Global Practice is led by a Director supported by five Practice Managers with specific regional and global responsibilities. The IDD01 Unit is responsible for Digital Development activities and portfolio in the East Asia and Pacific, South Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, and Europe & Central Asia regions, including lending, supervision and analytical work.
The IDD01 Unit is looking for a Senior Digital Development (DD) Specialist to be based in Hanoi. English is essential for this position. The candidate will demonstrate strong sector knowledge, combined with extensive experience of client engagement, on digital economy/digital government development globally, preferably in more than one Region.
The Senior DD Specialist will be based in Hanoi and will report to the Practice Manager, and work closely with the Country Director and Infrastructure Practice Group Program Leader based in Hanoi.
For more information, please visit:https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/digitaldevelopment
Duties and accountabilities:
Selection Criteria
WBG Core Competencies
Lead and Innovate - Develop innovative solutions with others. Deliver Results for Clients - Achieve results and identify mission-driven solutions for clients Collaborate Within Teams and Across Boundaries - Initiate collaboration across boundaries and broadly across WBG, and bring differing ideas into the forefront; Create, Apply and Share Knowledge - Create, apply and share knowledge from across and outside the WBG to strengthen internal and/or external client solutions Make Smart Decisions - Recommend and take decisive action
Poverty has no borders, neither does excellence. We succeed because of our differences and we continuously search for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds from around the globe.
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