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Data: 21/01/2014
La Banca Mondiale ricerca: Senior Social Development Specialist- Safeguards.
Job#: 140088
Job Title: Senior Social Development Specialist- Safeguards
Job Family: Social Development
Job Type: Professional & Technical
Grade: GG
Location: Washington, DC
Recruitment Type: International Hire
Language Requirement: English - Essential
Closing Date: 01-Feb-2014
Background / General description:
Regional Context:
The East Asia and Pacific (EAP) Region presents a dramatic illustration of the global dynamics, opportunities and risks of the 21st century. After making the fastest progress in growth and poverty reduction of any region around the world in the last fifteen years, some countries in the region – such as Mongolia – are poised to become middle-income, and some are preparing to join the small group of high-income countries. Such a rapid transformation is leading to the largest shift in rural-to-urban population in human history, generating rising inequality within and across countries, leaving individuals and regions behind in the dash for prosperity. Meanwhile, the uncertainty in the advanced economies clouds the prospects for countries across the region which are being forced to adjust to changed growth and development prospects while addressing evolving impacts on macroeconomic stability, employment and poverty.
EAP comprises of more than 20 countries, including China, several MICs, LICs, and fragile states (EAP has the second highest number of fragile states amongst all the Bank regions). The Region is characterized by generally rapid growth, both sophisticated and low capacity borrowers, and some highly dynamic sectors. At the same time, EAP countries are faced with weak governance environments. The Bank's program in EAP is multi-faceted and has grown rapidly in recent years: lending in FY13 exceeded $6 billion; the portfolio consists of nearly 300 operations for about $30 billion; and the TF program is significant (with a portfolio of about $4.3 billion). EAP consists of over 800 staff with 20% in Washington and 80% based in the country offices in the six CMUs.
Department Context:
The Sustainable Development (SD) Department covers Infrastructure (transport, energy, urban/water and sanitation); Social, Agriculture and Rural development; and Environment and Natural Resources Management. The Department accounts for a substantial part of East Asia’s overall business. Overall, SD is responsible for:
• delivery of about 50 operations per year, amounting to about $4-5 billion annually;
• an active dialogue on regional issues, such as climate change, urbanization and decentralization, and huge demand for efficient infrastructure development;
• about 160 active projects in the portfolio, amounting to around $16 billion;
• about 220 regular staff.
A key characteristic of the Bank program in the region is a high level of decentralization. About 60% of staff is located in the field, and about 45% of operations are managed and led from the field. The underpinning of this decentralization rests on four main pillars:
• better integration at the field level to provide greater synergies and integrated responses;
• a decentralized management structure supported by regional and global knowledge;
• provision of faster responses and management decisions to our clients; and
• the need to reposition ourselves in the region given the large urbanization and decentralization trend in almost all countries, the need to incorporate better environment dimensions of the fast growth rates and huge demand for infrastructure, and the need to better deal with governance issues and growing income disparities between urban centers and rural areas and lagging regions.
To address this high level of decentralization, SD’s Management Team is headed by a Sector Director at HQ, seven field based Sector Managers responsible for the client interface in Indonesia (two, of which one is the SM for SDV), Vietnam, China/Mongolia, Australia/Pacific, Philippines, Thailand/Cambodia/Lao PDR/Malaysia/Myanmar, and three HQ based sector managers responsible for the corporate interface grouped around platforms of engagement, and organized around thematic lines, as in the rest of the Bank.
Environment, Social and Agriculture Unit:
The East Asia Social, Environmental and Rural Development (EASER) Unit has about 40 staff, primarily technical specialists, in the areas of agriculture, agribusiness, natural resource management, environment, and social development. The management team for the unit is comprised of a Sector Manager, Agriculture and Rural Practice Leader, Environment Practice Leader, Social Development Practice Leader, and Office Manager.
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