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Operations Officer

Job #: req30763

Organization: World Bank

Sector: Operations

Grade: GF

Term Duration: 4 years 0 months

Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment

Location: Islamabad,Pakistan

Required Language(s): English

Preferred Language(s): Urdu

Closing Date: 1/5/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

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As part of the South Asia Region (SAR), the Pakistan Country Management Unit (CMU) is accountable for overseeing the World Bank’s program in Pakistan. CMU is led by the Country Director for Pakistan, supported by the Operations Manager (OM) and the Operations staff in Islamabad and the Country Program Coordinator (CPC) and staff in Washington DC. In addition, there are 4 Program Leaders within the CMU who present path and help to all the Global Practices (GPs). Within the workplace, a lot of the logistics (fleet administration, convention and workshops, catering and cafeteria administration, visiting mission help, help to worldwide employees) is grouped below the Business Facilitation Center (BFC). The Operations Officer will probably be part of the CMU staff based mostly on the World Bank workplace in Islamabad.

The World Bank’s Pakistan CMU, based mostly within the Islamabad Country Office, is accountable for overseeing a rustic program lending US$1-2 billion per 12 months to the Government of Pakistan, and mobilizing a modest quantity of grant sources. This program contains financing a variety of operations and direct Advisory Services and Analytics (ASA) for delicate coverage recommendation, small and enormous infrastructure operations, and providers in a variety of areas (well being, social safety, schooling, finance, power, digital, mobility, water and sanitation, strong waste administration, city, agriculture, catastrophe threat administration, atmosphere, home income mobilization, public monetary administration, commerce, poverty discount, governance, and many others.).The Office has about 120 employees. The Country Management Unit inside this manages the general portfolio and technique of this system.

The Pakistan CMU is trying for an skilled, high-performing, energetic member of its Core Operations Team who will report back to the Operations Manager (OM), and can work with the Country Director, Program Leaders, colleagues of the Pakistan Country Team and World Bank shoppers in Pakistan.

Duties and accountabilities:

The Operations Officer’s duties will embody: 1.Develop and keep contacts and relationships with authorities counterparts, and preserve abreast of nation/provincial developments in addition to inner institutional developments, to help the CMU’s operational and strategic nation engagement with job groups. This might embody relationship administration with provincial counterparts on portfolio efficiency, lending pipeline supply, belief fund administration.

2.Provide CMU-level oversight and help for operations and ASAs within the focal areas, determine and implement actions CMU can take to help Bank staff work in pipeline supply and implementation help, and develop an understanding of the consumer context and perspective that’s introduced into consideration on options, portfolio efficiency. Understand World Bank Group operational effectiveness initiatives and the way CMU may help Bank groups apply them to make sure environment friendly and prime quality of supply of leads to the portfolio and of recent operations and Advisory Services and Analytics. This function contains discussing consumer wants and suggestions, undertaking implementation standing (together with monitoring of key efficiency indicators, disbursements); guiding deliverable/portfolio milestones (together with lending, signing, effectiveness, ASA, deadlines), guiding and advising on restructurings and Implementation Completion and Results reviews, offering enter/evaluation, advising on WB insurance policies and procedures for operations and analytical work supported by all WB financing devices in addition to authorities procedures; listening to and the place potential offering recommendation to Program Leaders and Task Team Leaders on finest practices; liaising with WB fiduciary and environmental and social threat administration colleagues. This help will contain mission journey.

3.Coordinate with Program Leaders in reviewing implementation readiness of tasks below preparation within the focal space, together with recommendation on undertaking design, outcomes, M&E, threat administration.

4.Support preparation and conduct of critiques of portfolio efficiency and high quality, disbursement, pipeline improvement with the federal government in addition to WB operations models.

5.Work with operational groups and ASA groups additionally by way of the assessment of operational paperwork on behalf of the CMU (together with high quality assurance, consumer responsiveness, company commitments, CPF alignment, threat administration) through the undertaking cycle,together with Concept Notes, Project Appraisal Documents, Program Documents, Implementation Status Reports, Management Letters, Mission Documents, ASA Deliverables and Implementation Completion Reports. Advise the Country Director, Operations Manager and Program Leaders on findings of those critiques, as wanted.

6.Develop and keep shut working partnerships with operational and ASA groups and keep updated on newest insurance policies, procedures and finest practices.

7.Review portfolio and pipeline analytics, working with core operational staff members, and put together shows, briefings, memos and different supplies to assist assess lending situations, portfolio threat and efficiency. Develop new and modern approaches together with by way of use digital applied sciences, templates, instruments and agile approaches.

8.Work with the Operations Manager and PLs within the preparation of Work Program Agreements (WPAs), and finances requests (core WPA staff member for the CMU), to make sure clean program improvement and implementation in addition to alignment with the CPF aims.

9.Prepare inputs to briefs, reviews, memos, speaking factors, and different background supplies for the CD and OM, and as wanted for senior administration.

10.Contribute to the roll out of the upcoming new Country Partnership Framework by way of particular initiatives of the CMU that minimize throughout a number of sectors/GPs. This might embody strategic communications, coverage sequence, participation in operational groups or ASA applications.

11.Support steady improvement of the World Bank Group Campus to exemplify company commitments on inexperienced improvement, an inclusive and respectful office, a wholesome office, and digital innovation.

12.As wanted, help workplace administrative procurement and enterprise facilitation.

13. As wanted, contribute to donor coordination by growing and sustaining contacts with key stakeholders throughout the focal space. Coordinate another consultations / conferences / boards and many others. with donors and shoppers as wanted.

14.Provide common updates and help to the Operations Manager, the Program Leaders and the Country Director, as wanted, for clean supply and implementation of the CMUs work.

Selection Criteria

a) Master’s Degree in a related self-discipline.

b) Minimum 5 years of related expertise, ideally working with a good nationwide or a world improvement company.

c) Demonstrated initiative, and drive for outcomes together with capability to undertake a range of duties inside a quickly altering and demanding atmosphere on brief deadlines.

d) High diploma of motivation, initiative, flexibility, reliability, and responsiveness to altering calls for; capability for efficient multitasking, with demonstrated capability of being an unbiased starter with minimal supervision, and a excessive capability to persevere for outcomes.

e) Strong analysis and analytical capabilities: capability to suppose strategically and quickly analyze, interpret and combine information and various info from different sources into clear and concise conclusions and suggestions;

f) Strong spoken and written communications abilities in English together with the flexibility to talk and write persuasively and current concepts clearly and concisely.

g) Outstanding inter-personal abilities with confirmed capability to work cooperatively with a multi- disciplinary staff.

The World Bank Group is dedicated to reaching range in race, gender, nationality, tradition, and academic background. Individuals with disabilities are equally inspired to apply. Women and SSA/CR candidates are strongly inspired to apply. All functions will probably be handled within the strictest confidence.

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