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Data: 16/09/2010
Job Title: Senior Rural Development Specialist
Vacancy announcement: Code UNCAC-VAN-COD-001A
Location: Kathmandu- Nepal / Belgium
Remuneration: ( $185,200 ; 00) Usd
Job Posted: 10-Jun-2010
Closing Date: 23-November-2010
Language Requirements: UN official language is desirable
Appointment Type: 5years Contract( Renewable at the end of the contract)
Background / General description
This is a country office position in Nepal subject to local recruitment under the Nepal compensation plan. The World Bank offers a locally competitive package and is committed to attract and maintain a diverse, highly qualified and dedicated workforce under the UN millinum goal with UNCAC as its branch to protect woman children. Equally qualified women and members of disadvantaged groups are encouraged to apply. South Asia, with a population of around 1.4 billion people in 8 countries is home to over 40 percent of the world's poor. Making headway against poverty in South Asia continues to be amongst the greatest development challenges. The South Asia Region is committed to working with South Asians and other development partners to make faster progress toward the MDGs. South Asia has attracted global attention because it has experienced rapid GDP growth since 1980, averaging nearly 6 percent per annum. Yet, it faces many challenges. The mission of the South Asia Rural Development Unit (SASDA) is to reduce poverty by helping the countries of South Asia formulate policies and implement programs that improve the livelihood of their rural populations.
SASDA’s approach includes: building meaningful consensus with a broad spectrum of stakeholders on rural and agricultural development strategies, agricultural policy and natural resource management, water resources and irrigation development; promoting rural decentralization and community-based development; adopting a program approach and scaling up best practice; emphasizing learning and knowledge transfer; making the best use of global knowledge and good practices from the rural anchor and thematic groups; forming inter-sectoral task teams to develop integrated approaches to projects and programs; and ensuring strong and appropriate skill mix in staff.
The Nepal agriculture and rural development program has a portfolio ranging from rural livelihoods and emergency food response programs to agriculture and irrigation development support. This portfolio complements our broader development support to the country, including infrastructure, water and sanitation, health and education. Innovative and community focused approaches are used to ensure that the program reaches the needs of the rural poor as well as trying to improve agriculture productivity and create new opportunities in the rural economy. The portfolio has expanded over the last 2 years and is expected to expand further. Increased supervision, technical assistance and project preparation will be required. The program is therefore seeking a Senior Rural Development Specialist who can work effectively in a team and provide excellent technical input to support and develop the portfolio. Note: If the selected candidate is a current Bank Group staff member with a Regular or Open-Ended appointment, s/he will retain his/her Regular or Open- Ended appointment. All others will be offered a 3 year renewable term appointment.
Duties and Accountabilities
The South Asia Rural Development Unit (SASDA) is seeking to recruit an excellent candidate to serve as a Senior Rural Development Specialist. Specific responsibilities to include: Leadership to the Agriculture and Rural Program:
• Monitor the progress and development of the sector program;
• Participate in policy dialogue with the clients and
ensuring consistency and coherence in collaboration with sector colleagues at HQ and in field offices;
• Provide technical and operational leadership to Analytic and Advisory Activities (AAA) and operational activities providing guidance to task teams;
• Manage and integrate sectoral issues perspectives into core strategic documents such as Country Partnership Strategy (CPS), Poverty Reduction Support Credits (PRSCs), and other cross-sector activities;
• Function in a technical capacity either as the task manager or team member for SASDA products and services. Policy Dialogue and Client Engagement
• Lead and coordinate the rural team’s policy dialogue with government counterparts and other key stakeholders;
• Promote business development in line with the CPS in close collaboration with Headquarters; the other Social Development (SD) units, and other sectors for lending and non-lending activities;
• Engage with clients and other stakeholders to increase their understanding of project-related Bank policies;
• Facilitate effective communications and good working collaboration between different sectors. Knowledge Management and Staff M
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