Senior External Affairs Officer
at World Bank Group
Berlin, Berlin, Germany -
| Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immediate | 16 Feb, 2025 | Not Specified | 18 Nov, 2024 | N/A | Good communication skills | No | No |
Required Visa Status:
| Citizen | GC |
| US Citizen | Student Visa |
| H1B | CPT |
| OPT | H4 Spouse of H1B |
| GC Green Card |
Employment Type:
| Full Time | Part Time |
| Permanent | Independent - 1099 |
| Contract – W2 | C2H Independent |
| C2H W2 | Contract – Corp 2 Corp |
| Contract to Hire – Corp 2 Corp |
Description:
Responsibilities:
- Lead engagement with key government counterparts, preparing and implementing a proactive donor country outreach strategy and ensuring that the Bank’s contacts and relationships extend broadly throughout donor country governments and development communities.
- Lead engagement with key stakeholders in the World Bank’s broader authorizing environment in Germany, notably parliamentarians, NGOs, academia and think-tanks, and engage the private sector.
- Head the Berlin Office of the World Bank and oversee the Berlin Office team.
- Represent the World Bank on a broad range of routine to sometimes complex and sensitive issues in Germany and Austria, regularly addressing major audiences in the authorizing environment on WBG business and development topics, including through external speaking engagements.
- Support high-level missions by WBG Senior Management to Germany and Austria, also working closely with ECRWE and relevant HQ-based WBG units.
- Analyze, report and brief WBG Management on major political, economic and development issues, both proactively and on demand, to a) identify potential risks and opportunities and potential impact on WBG programs and cooperation with Germany and Austria; and b) enhance WBG management interaction with constituencies in Germany and Austria.
- Liaise with ECR and with World Bank Group operational units in identifying opportunities to collaborate with new stakeholders or expand collaboration with existing stakeholders in the WBG authorizing environment in Germany and Austria.
- Coordinate the German Development Partner Coverage Team with colleagues from the Development Finance Vice-Presidency (DFi), and with the WBG’s private sector arm IFC (the International Finance Corporation).
- Prepare in-depth policy briefs/papers on the Netherlands and European political and economic developments taking into consideration the impact of national/ EU policies, trends, and attitudes on bilateral and multilateral development cooperation.
- Prepare briefings for meetings between World Bank management/staff and counterparts, including for the World Bank Spring and Annual Meetings, World Bank staff visits to the Netherlands and Brussels, and other briefing requests
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)
Other Industry
Banking / Insurance
Other
Graduate
Government international organizations academia business or ngos or a bachelor's degree (or equivalent plus 13 years of relevant experience
Proficient
1
Berlin, Germany
