Job Title: Extended Term Consultant
Job Family: Human Development
Location: Gaborone, Botswana
Appointment: Local Hire
Closing Date: 22-Mar-2012
Language Requirements: English [Essential]
Background / General description
The World Bank’s office in Botswana is headed by a Country Manager and is part of a larger Country Department which includes: Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland. The Country Department is headed by a Country Director based in Pretoria. Staff in the Botswana office includes an economist and administrative staff. The Department anchor unit in Washington includes a Country Program Coordinator, a Senior Country Officer and other staff. The Operations Analyst will be hired as locally recruited staff and will be based in the World Bank office in Gaborone, Botswana.
Duties and Accountabilities
Duties and Accountabilities To help ensure overall quality of the existing and planned portfolio, the position of Operations Analyst will be critical and will be a key member of the Bank’s Botswana Country Team. In addition the incumbent is expected to spend a significant amount of time on operational work supporting the existing and planned portfolio of lending and analytical work in Botswana, including 30% on Sustainable Development (SD)- related matters and 30% on Health Development (HD) – related matters. The incumbent will report to the Country Manager and will have the following main areas of responsibility:
1.Portfolio coordination/monitoring
The incumbent will play a supporting role in portfolio quality and management working closely with the Senior Country Officer, the Quality and Knowledge team and the Country Team.
•Carry out the monitoring of the Bank’s portfolio in Botswana and coordinate with Government counterparts, with a particular focus on facilitating resolution of portfolio issues.
•Review and process operational documents, coordinating across disciplines and project team members.
•Work closely with the TTL’s and fiduciary teams PIU’s and relevant government departments to address key fiduciary issues that are generic to the portfolio.
•Liaise with the Country Team and Project Teams to ensure adequate follow-up on management decisions as regards the portfolio; contribute to Quality Assurance of Bank portfolio.
1.Operations Support
•Participate in operational missions, meetings and discussions ensuring timely and effective follow up on agreed measures.
•Provide advisory support in all phases of operations and AAA, ensuring strategic prioritization and coherence with overall program.
•Assist the Country Manager in providing effective operational guidance to task teams.
•Support the organization of visits of missions and senior management, including relevant logistics.
•Support task teams by preparing and/or contributing to key mission documentation including statements of mission objectives, letters of mission announcement, aides memoire, back to office reports, etc.
•Provide on-the-ground support to DC- and Pretoria-based teams by following up on ad hoc project issues between missions.
2.Briefings and Reports
•Provide political briefings to the Country Manager and CD as and when necessary.
•Assist the Country Manager in the preparation of briefs to senior management, including Spring and Annual Meeting briefs, trip briefs, and ad hoc briefs.
•Provide inputs to country reports and respond to requests for information on Botswana program, liaising with colleagues as needed.
3.Client and Development Partner Relations
•Assist the Bank staff to resolve portfolio issues with the client.
•Participate in capacity building and/or consultation processes with internal and external clients.
•Respond to ad hoc information requests from internal and external parties.
•Maintain a steady flow of information, at technical level, with donors and other external clients;
•Support the Task Team Leaders with donor coordination issues.
4.Other.
•Assist the Country Manager in day-to-day management and supervision of the Botswana office.
•Assist and collaborate in the organization of outreach programs.
•Any other duties that may be assigned by the Country Manager on an ad hoc basis.
Selection Criteria
A minimum of a Bachelors Degree in a relevant discipline such as engineering, economics, finance, social sciences or similar field relevant to the World Bank’s operations; a minimum of 2-3 years operational experience in areas such as multi-lateral lending, United Nations, IMF or Regional Development Banks and good understanding of monitoring and evaluation and program implementation;
•Demonstrated background in portfolio management and quality assurance; strong client orientation and proven record of problem solving and innovation;
•Excellent interpersonal and team skills, multi-sector experience and ability to work across boundaries;
•Solid judgment and analytical skills, and ability to organize lending, portfolio support and AAA tasks.
•Ability to work collaboratively in a decentralized, matrix team environment;
•Strong report writing skills, preparing comprehensive proposals, ability to speak persuasively and present ideas clearly and concisely.
•Excellent language skills in English, strong communication skills and ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams.
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Closing Date: Thursday, 22 March 2012
