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

In fiscal year 2023, support from the World Bank Group for developing countries totaled $122.9 billion, including $38.6 billion from IBRD, $34.2 billion from IDA, $43.7 billion (including mobilization) from IFC, and $6.4 billion in guarantees from MIGA. The WBG is governed by 188 member countries and delivers services out of 120 offices with nearly 15,000 staff located globally.

The vision of the WBG is to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet by fostering the income growth of the bottom 40 percent in every country.

To achieve this vision, the WBG Board of Governors approved a strategy for the organization in 2013. This strategy leverages, for the first time, the combined strength of the WBG institutions and their unique ability to partner with the public and private sectors to deliver customized development solutions backed by finance, world class knowledge, and convening services. The strategy has three components: (1) maximizing development impact by engaging country clients in identifying and tackling the most difficult development challenges; (2) promoting scaled-up partnerships that are strategically aligned with the goals; and (3) crowding in public and private resources, expertise, and ideas.

The architecture underpinning the strategy and instrumental to its success is an operating model introduced in July 2014 based on fourteen Global Practices’ (GPs) five Cross-Cutting Solution Areas (CCSAs). Since July 1, 2015, these 14 GPs are organized under 3 Practice Group Vice Presidencies: Sustainable Development (SD); Economics, Finance and Institutions (EFI); and Human Development (HD).

ROLE OF THE GLOBAL PRACTICE FOR MACROECONOMICS, TRADE and INVESTMENT (MTI) IN THE WBG

On January 1, 2018, Economics, Finance and Institutions (EFI) Vice Presidency created the Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment (MTI) Global Practice. MTI is a joint IBRD and IFC team, comprised of some 450 staff, with almost half of MTI professional staff decentralized to the field working closely with the Country Management Units (CMUs) and in proximity to the clients. MTI houses the Bank’s country economists together with trade economists and specialists, debt and macro modeling experts, competition, business environment and investment policy experts who work together to support countries in their search for private sector led, inclusive growth. MTI offers integrated solutions to macroeconomic and private-sector focused structural reform programs. In doing so, MTI staff often serve integrative functions working closely with other GPs.

MTI staff work across a wide array of Bank instruments ranging from Development Policy Operations to Analytical Services and Advisory work. Knowledge and learning is a central part of MTI’s work focused on 9 thematic areas: (a) macroeconomics; (b) fiscal policy; (c) growth; (d) economic management in resource rich environments; (e) macroeconomic modelling & statistics; (f) trade and regional integration; (g) competition policy; (h) investment policy and promotion; and (i) business regulation.

THE FISCAL POLICY AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH UNIT

The Fiscal Policy & Sustainable Growth Unit (FPSG) in the MTI Global Practice assists internal and external clients in developing strategies and balancing risks and trade-offs in their public expenditures and domestic resource mobilization efforts in order to advance the World Bank’s twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. FPSG also supports the development and mainstreaming of macro-economic policies for climate resilient, low carbon economic growth, and economic stability.

THE PLATFORM FOR COLLABORATION ON TAX (PCT)

The PCT was established in 2016 as a collaboration mechanism between WB, IMF, OECD, and the UN on tax issues. The Platform formalizes regular discussions between the four international organizations on the design and implementation of standards for international tax matters, strengthens their capacity-building support, delivers jointly developed guidance, and promotes sharing of information on operational and knowledge activities. The FPSG Unit hosts the Platform Secretariat, which supports all aspects of the Platform’s activities.

The FPSG unit is looking to recruit an Extended Term Consultant specializing in communications (traditional and social media communications) and knowledge management (KM) to support the strategic communications, outreach, and KM activities of the Platform for Collaboration on Tax. The consultant will be supervised by the task team leader/program manager of the PCT Multi-donor Trust Fund, and s/he will be a core team member of the PCT Secretariat.

Selection Criteria

• Graduate degree in Communications, Public Administration, International Affairs, Journalism or related specialty, and a minimum eight years of relevant work experience.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills, in particular ability to work credibly in an environment where day-to-day counterparts are lead technical specialist and management of the WBG as well as Partner organizations.
• Good understanding and experience encompassing traditional and online communication tools, incl. working on press releases and, importantly, social media tools.
• Excellent written and spoken command of English.
• Fluency in French or Spanish is highly desirable.
• Strong writing skills; able with minimal or no supervision to prepare and edit online communication products and develop drafts of complex products in a clear, concise, and web-friendly style.
• Demonstrated ability in project management such as proposing and developing drafts of online communications strategies; ability to apply standard project management tools, methodologies, and processes; ability to identify and mitigate project risks as well as manage project issues.
• Proven working knowledge and application of social media communications principles. This includes good knowledge on social media and the ability to design strategies for a coordinated outreach strategy using Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.
• Knowledge on web-based tools such as Adobe Campaign, Webex Events, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and with web content management frameworks such as Drupal.
• A track record of successfully organized and implemented high-level events incl. online events and learning/knowledge events.
• High levels of initiative, judgment, and decisiveness in accomplishing tasks; proven ability to work independently; good time-management skills and an eye for detail; ability to work effectively under stress and juggle multiple tasks within tight deadlines.
• Familiarity and demonstrated interest in international development issues and the role of taxation in development.
• Strong diplomatic, interpersonal, and teamwork skills; sensitivity to working in a multicultural environment.

• Written and Verbal Communication - Delivers information effectively in support of team or workgroup.
• Client Orientation - Takes personal responsibility and accountability for timely response to client queries, requests or needs, working to remove obstacles that may impede execution or overall success.
• Drive for Results - Takes personal ownership and accountability to meet deadlines and achieve agreed-upon results, and has the personal organization to do so.
• Teamwork (Collaboration) and Inclusion - Collaborates with other team members and contributes productively to the team's work and output, demonstrating respect for different points of view.
• Knowledge, Learning and Communication - Actively seeks knowledge needed to complete assignments and shares knowledge with others, communicating and presenting information in a clear and organized manner.
• Business Judgment and Analytical Decision Making - Analyzes facts and data to support sound, logical decisions regarding own and others' work.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

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Note: The selected candidate will be offered a one-year appointment, renewable at the discretion of the World Bank Group, and subject to a lifetime maximum ET appointment of three 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 third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.