Lead Economist/Program Leader

at  World Bank Group

DESCRIPTION

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 Program Leader will report to the Prosperity Regional Director and will be expected to have the following duties and responsibilities:

• Provide thought leadership on core economic policy issues and strategic engagement, working closely with the CD and Prosperity team.
• Establish close relationships with the government counterparts and support the CD in developing new business for the Bank, aligned with the CMU’s and PG’s selectivity filters especially for RAS engagements.
• Serve as the focal point on macroeconomic, governance, poverty/equity and private/financial sector issues with clients and other external stakeholders, in consultation with the CD.
• Lead the coordination, collaboration and business development with the European Commission and other relevant institutions in Brussels in areas covered by Prosperity.
• Lead and/or advise Prosperity teams on lending and nonlending tasks relating to economic policy and institutional reforms and help ensure high quality of outputs.
• Work closely with other GPs on the preparation of key strategic pieces and/or engagements.
• Support the analytical work program of the CMU, including the preparation of CPFs, CPSDs, CCDRs, and other key strategic pieces.
• Contribute to the promotion of knowledge spillovers of Prosperity work in the EU to other parts of the world.
• Mentor and coach Prosperity colleagues working on the delivery of the Practice Group’s work program.
• Proactively contribute to Prosperity and CMU management, representing Prosperity within the country management team and contributing to the Prosperity regional management team.
• Coordinate Prosperity inputs into strategy, WPA, and reporting processes.
• Provide strategic, process, and quality inputs into the overall Prosperity program where appropriate.