E T Consultant

E T Consultant

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.

The TRADE unit (ETIRI) is part of the Prosperity Vice-Presidency. In ETIRI, we are responsible for delivering analytic, advisory, financial and convening services in the areas of trade policy, trade facilitation, logistics and connectivity, and regional integration.

ETIRI is hiring a Senior Trade Facilitation & Border Management Specialist to contribute to the various global and country-specific workstreams of the TRADE unit : analytical and technical assistance engagements, support to the design, implementation and evaluation of World Bank lending operations on trade facilitation and border management in low- and middle-income countries across different regions.

Duties and Accountabilities :

• Support the strategic development and implementation of the Bank Group's trade facilitation and border management reform and modernization program.
• Research and development of new knowledge tools for dissemination, internally and externally, to relevant constituencies.
• Contribution to the Bank's expanding trade facilitation and border management knowledge and learning program including the conduct of targeted learning events.
• Represent the WBG at relevant regional and international fora.
• Support the Bank Group's global advocacy initiatives including developing effective partnerships with key international organizations.
• Support the regions by participating in the policy dialogue on trade-related matters with client countries and in lending projects initiated by country teams.
• Supervision of consultants engaged to support WBG technical assistance and IDA / IBRD lending operations.
• Mentoring of junior staff.
• Lead and / or participate in the quality review of trade facilitation reforms supported by IDA / IBRD lending operations.
• Lead and / or participate in the corporate review of internal WBG products when concerned with trade-related dimensions.
• Prepare briefs on trade-related matters for Senior WBG management.

Selection Criteria :

WBG Culture Attributes :

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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.