E T Consultant - Advisory Research Analyst

Description

• To preserve independence and impartiality, CAO does not advise on specific projects.
• CAO offers advice on broad IFC and MIGA environmental and social policies, processes and approaches, guidance, strategic issues, trends, and systemic concerns.
• CAO’s work draws from experiences gained through dispute resolution and compliance work.
• CAO delivers advisory work collaboratively with the IFC, MIGA, and other stakeholders as appropriate.

• Analyze and interpret CAO’s cases and data to support the advisory team’s activities.
• Contribute to CAO’s data identification, collection, organization, and management processes, including entering, quality assuring, revising, and monitoring data.
• Provide defined inputs into the design, organization, and development of advisory products.
• Provide research and coordination support to senior staff and technical consultants engaged by the CAO on advisory products.
• Communicate and present information in a clear and cohesive manner verbally and in writing and appropriate to the audience/reader.
• Provide outlines to support written products and collect information from different sources to support advisory work.
• Coordinate and supervise the inputs for CAO’s Monitoring and Evaluation system, including the collection of survey data from a range of stakeholders, production of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) reports, and coordination of inputs to the Management Action Tracking Record.
• Provide support in relation to the contracting, work planning and budgeting of advisory consultants.
• Demonstrate conflict management skills and foster engagement with IFC/MIGA staff, community groups, NGOs, and private sector sponsors, while maintaining the independence and integrity of CAO.
• Help and input in relation to work planning and budgeting as assigned.
• Support broader CAO office functions including in relation to reporting, strategy, communications, and outreach.
• Other duties as assigned by the head of the CAO advisory function and the CAO Director General.

Selection Criteria

• Degree in a relevant field including social sciences, environment, business, or engineering.
• Minimum of 3-4 years of relevant experience.
• Outstanding research skills, including ability to organize, review, synthetize and analyze large amounts of information clearly and coherently.
• Excellent writing skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work with Excel, knowledge of Tableau or other similar software would be highly valued.
• Ability to define and complete assigned tasks with limited supervision.
• Commitment to accountability and access to remedy for project affected people.
• Capacity to work effectively with a range of stakeholders including the private sector, government, NGOs, and project affected communities.
• Ability to deal with conflicting priorities under high pressure and with issues of ethics and integrity at forefront of work.
• Ability to work effectively in teams and in highly sensitive and politically charged environments.
• Ability to navigate sensitive situations and issues around confidentiality appropriately.
• Excellent communication (written and oral), inter-personal, and problem-solving skills.
• Fluency in English required, with other languages an asset.

• Experience working on environmental and social sustainability in relation to the private sector with exposure to less developed country contexts.
• Knowledge of IFC’s Sustainability Framework or similar systems for identifying and managing environmental and social risks and impacts.
• Foundational knowledge of CAO processes.
• Foundational knowledge of IFC’s business and systems.

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Note: The selected candidate will be offered a one-year appointment, renewable for an additional one year, at the discretion of the World Bank Group, and subject to a lifetime maximum ET Appointment of two years. If an ET appointment ends before a full year, it is considered as a full year toward the lifetime maximum. Former and current ET staff who have completed all or any portion of their second-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.