GIA Senior Project Officer - Digital

Working at the World Bank Group (WBG) provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The WBG is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending poverty in a livable planet. 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.

Join the Group Internal Audit (GIA) team, and you will have opportunities to take risks, challenge the status quo and shape the future by supporting the WBG mission for the greater good. We are looking for people who can think innovatively, are enthusiastic, and enjoy working in teams.

ABOUT GROUP INTERNAL AUDIT (GIA)

If you are looking for a career with impact, it is your time to match your passion with our mission: ASSURANCE, INSIGHT, ADVICE.

The mission of Group Internal Audit Vice Presidency (GIAVP) is to protect and enhance the value of the World Bank by providing independent, objective, and insightful risk-based assurance and advice. GIA provides an independent view on whether processes for managing and controlling risks to achieve the World Bank's goals, and overall governance of these processes, are adequately designed and functioning effectively. GIA's work is carried out in accordance with the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) International Professional Practice Framework. GIA reports to the President and is under the oversight of the Audit Committee.

We encourage you to visit our website https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/unit/internal-audit-vicepresidency.

GIA staff are highly skilled, combining risk management, governance, and internal control experience, knowledge of the Bank Group, and experience from external organizations. As essential partners to our clients, GIA staff bring technical expertise and business acumen in critical processes, a passion for learning, and a commitment to the Bank Group’s mission.

GIAVP is headed by the Vice President (VP) and Auditor General (AG), who is responsible for setting the mission and vision, building strong partnerships with Senior Management and the Audit Committee, and providing value-adding assurance and advisory services that meet the institution’s needs. The Director, Strategy and Operations, is responsible for supporting the AG in the effective and efficient development and execution of GIA’s work program. GIA functions through six distinct teams:

(1) Professional Practices and Innovation (PPI) - leads initiatives that drive GIA productivity and implement GIA’s strategic plan such as work program development, digitalization & innovation, data analytics, etc.

(2) Development Operations (DO) - provides assurance and advice for the WBG’s activities for delivering developmental results to clients including country engagements; fiduciary; integrity; and E&S; and public and private-sector financing.

(3) Corporate Processes and Finance (CPF) - provides assurance and advice for the WBG’s finance and corporate process activities including treasury, financial accounting and reporting, administrative and capital expenditures, budgeting, human resources, legal, and other corporate functions.

(4) Information Technology (IT) - provides assurance and advice for the WBG’s IT systems and processes as well as Data Governance and Data Management practices including standalone IT infrastructure, enterprise systems and information security, data privacy and data management, etc.

(5) Country Assurance and Advisory Program and Ukraine Oversight (Regional Team) – provides assurance and advice by assessing governance, internal controls and risk management of in-country processes.

(6) Office of the Vice President (OVP) – provides dedicated support to the VP/AG by acting as the strategic hub for GIA in areas of communications, branding, reporting, external partnerships, and implementation of strategic initiatives.

Teams 1-5 are led by Managers who report to the Director and are responsible for the development and delivery of the GIA work program by leading staff. Team 6 is led by a Manager reporting to the Office of the Vice President and Auditor General.

RECRUITMENT

This position applies to a Senior Project Officer (Digital Internal Audit) staff position within the Professional Practices and Innovation (PPI) team.

SCOPE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

This Senior Project Officer will be a senior member of the internal audit team and will be expected to primarily (i) lead PPI’s digital service line, (ii) apply leading technology and management practices for assurance, and (iii) engage with colleagues on key strategic initiatives within GIA. The Senior Project Officer will report to the GIA PPI Manager while working across teams to enable GIA to develop and execute its risk based work program.

The Senior Project Officer:

•Plays a vital leadership role in the application of digital products (data people process technology methodology) that catalyzes GIA’s ability to deliver its Work Program with quality and speed to impact assurance insights for GIA’s clients and stakeholders. Recommends a digital internal audit roadmap, refines GIA’s digital strategy, and supervises the execution of that strategy

•Applies awareness of WBG’s key risks and strategic priorities at the business process, functional, or technology levels to plan and execute digital services that optimize GIA’s delivery of its strategic pillars over multiple years and push for productivity and impact from its annual work program.

•Seeks opportunities and input from GIA and relevant WBG collaborators to continuously improve GIA capabilities to deliver the Work Program, including:

o Enable engagement teams’ development of a comprehensive Risk and Control Matrix (RCM), which outlines key risks, related key controls, and testing procedures with sound logic to support persuasive and impactful audit reports.

o Identify analysis tools and techniques for GIA's timely risk assessment decisions so that GIA’s dynamic risk assessment program focuses on what matters most to the WBG.

o Oversee with the PPI’s Analytics Service Line Lead, the engagement-level data analytics work program, and the prioritization and implementation of engagement-level data analytics lessons learned that enhance GIA’s digital internal audit strategy.

o Support data, techniques, and methods through digital products that incrementally enhance quality assurance and continuous improvement activities to enable GIA to adhere to its application of Global Internal Audit Standards.

o Support GIA’s knowledge management program, for example, by identifying data, process, or technology opportunities to improve coordinated assurance outcomes within GIA and with other WBG risk management and oversight units.

o Shares thought leadership about digital leading practices to share among assurance functions of other development institutions, humanitarian and aid organizations, donors, and civil society organizations as relevant.

•Leads and delivers a series of projects in an efficient and effective manner, including the ability to manage several concurrent projects within budget and time boundaries.

•Creates or supervises the creation of technical documentation or quality control evidence for continuous integration, continuous deployment, or DevOps techniques.

•Coaches and motivates team members effectively to deliver high-quality work, monitors progress and results, and designs a feedback loop, where required, to resolve bottlenecks; and manages and collaborates effectively with external consultants, vendors, or co-sourcing partners, in the efficient conduct of engagements.

•Enhances team members’ skills in Scrum and Lean techniques, technical capacity, or subject matter expertise, aligned with the WBG and GIA human resource strategies, and internal audit leading practices.