Practice Manager

Do you need to construct a profession that’s actually worthwhile? The World Financial institution Group is likely one of the largest sources of funding and information for growing nations; a novel international partnership of 5 establishments devoted to ending excessive poverty and selling shared prosperity. The World Financial institution Group includes the Worldwide Financial institution for Reconstruction and Growth (IBRD), the Worldwide Growth Affiliation (IDA), the Worldwide Finance Company (IFC), the Multilateral Funding Assure Company (MIGA) and the Worldwide Middle for the Settlement of Funding Disputes (ICSID). IBRD and IDA are collectively known as The World Financial institution.  With 189 member nations and greater than 120 places of work worldwide, we work with private and non-private sector companions, investing in groundbreaking initiatives and utilizing information, analysis, and know-how to develop options to essentially the most pressing international challenges. 

The Digital Growth (DD) World Follow performs a crucial position in enabling the achievements of the Twin objectives and the Sustainable Growth Objectives. Digital applied sciences are remodeling companies, governments and other people’s lives; and with the digital financial system rising at a fee considerably larger than that of the worldwide financial system, it presents rising economies a novel alternative to leapfrog conventional paths for improvement by means of digital options.

Collaborating throughout technical, geographic and institutional boundaries, the DD staff helps design and ship digitally-enhanced options geared toward harnessing the total potential of digital transformation. This requires decisive coverage motion to mobilize non-public funding, promote competitors in digital markets and help the rollout of infrastructure in commercially unviable areas. It additionally entails working with shopper nations to develop digital platforms, strengthen information safety in opposition to privateness and cybersecurity dangers, and leverage the potential of digital applied sciences to reinforce environmental sustainability.

The DD World Follow has been led by a Director supported by a number of Follow Managers and Program Managers (PMs) with particular regional tasks and international tasks. This Follow Supervisor will handle the supply of DD’s packages within the Center East & North Africa (MNA) area.

The MNA area wants to shut its digital utilization hole (e.g. hole between 4G protection and Broadband subscriptions) to develop productive use of web throughout socio-economic sectors. MNA’s massive younger inhabitants is the area’s largest asset. Nevertheless, it has but to be totally engaged to catalyze the digital transformation agenda. Strategic priorities embrace: (i) digital providers and information infrastructure to enhance information utilization within the area; (ii) broadband connectivity to facilitate common high quality broadband entry; and (iii) ICT trade and Digital Jobs to help new digital-enabled enterprise fashions.

This place shall be primarily based in Washington DC. Obligation stations apart from Washington DC however situated in MNA area or Paris, France might be thought of on a case by case foundation.

Duties and Accountabilities:

The PM will collaborate throughout technical, geographic and institutional boundaries to assist design and ship improvement options to a various vary of shoppers, whereas supporting international information flows to share information and sensible improvement expertise with different nations, assuring that classes from exterior the area are mirrored in Financial institution-supported packages in MNA.

The PM is a member of the MNA Regional Management Group. The PM can be a member of the DD GP Administration Group which units the GP’s strategic international instructions and sits within the DD GP Expertise Board overseeing the strategic staffing, profession improvement and deployment of DD employees throughout the Financial institution.

Extra particularly, the PM is accountable for the next areas:

Options and Outcomes to Shoppers:

• Leads her/his staff to ship on the GP’s key strategic priorities and particular actions, together with by (i) main enterprise improvement efforts, (ii) assuring the standard of the lending, ASA and RAS pipeline and portfolio within the area, (iii) working carefully with the CMUs, the regional director, Program leaders, and (iv) making certain alignment with the WBG Regional Technique and Nation Partnership Frameworks.
• Attracts on international thought management and implements know-how to make sure excessive impression options; gives centered, evidence-based and just-in-time analytical insights to shoppers with a view to tell higher choice making.
• Builds and maintains a balanced portfolio of revolutionary, cost-effective and demand-driven services.
• Works in partnership with different GPs, IFC, MIGA to search out tailor-made options to advanced improvement challenges.
• Accountable for delivering high-quality and well timed outcomes.

Folks/Expertise Administration:

• Fashions exemplary WBG management values and supervisory behaviors and reinforces these qualities in personal staff and employees.
• Drives and evokes technical excellence inside the staff and the GP by creating an surroundings of studying and innovation that draws and develops the most effective expertise reflective of the range of our shoppers.
• Helps the GP’s Management Group in growing and implementing acceptable methods for international staffing, deployment, expertise and efficiency administration.
• Supervises DD employees and agrees on respective tasks and work packages.
• Mentors Washington and field-based employees, being attentive to employees requests, and making certain they continue to be properly related with the remainder of the staff.
• Attracts new expertise to match the expansion and altering nature of the agenda.

Information Administration and Partnerships:

• Responds to international, regional and nationwide challenges and alternatives within the broader DD space. Ensures that the GP is on the forefront of the event debate and contributes to the worldwide dialogue on DD.
• Contributes to worldwide fora on DD issues, in coordination with the DD Director and different PMs.
• Develops shut partnerships with donor businesses, worldwide organizations and different improvement companions in addition to non-public sector and know-how leaders in addition to educational establishments energetic within the DD space.
• Strengthens the analytical base of the unit’s work and fosters partnership with main international establishments and consultants, ensures well timed move and seize of data and experience in order that shoppers obtain the best high quality help and information they want, when and the place they want it.
• Promotes revolutionary and cross-cutting analysis, in addition to the dissemination of technical and experiential information and studying.
• Instills a tradition of evidence-based, but client-tailored engagement for highest improvement impression.

Useful resource Administration:

• Establishes funding priorities and manages inside obtainable funds constraints.
• Offers management in fundraising efforts.
• In session with related stakeholders inside the WBG, decides on the most effective use of inner and exterior sources for max shopper and developmental impression.
• Is accountable for delivering the agreed upon work program by means of cost-effective use of sources (human and funds) inside the agreed parameters and in compliance with inner controls and insurance policies, and ensures well timed supply and total high quality of the GP’s outputs.

Choice Standards:

• Masters or PhD diploma in economics, public coverage, non-public sector improvement, know-how, telecom engineering, or one other related area.
• No less than 12 years of related expertise in positions of accelerating complexity and duty. Expertise working for telecoms operators, digital consultancies or telecoms regulators could be a specific benefit.
• Expertise in a minimum of two areas, or a mix of regional and company assignments.
• Wonderful operational abilities masking coverage lending (IPF/P4R/DPF), ASA and RAS, and talent to steer advanced coverage dialogue.
• Wonderful management and supervisory abilities with established observe file managing multi-location and digital groups.
• Sturdy operational and improvement expertise and observe file, together with in multiple area.
• Technical information and expertise in a number of of the DD areas described above is fascinating, although strong managerial and influencing abilities are at a premium for this place.
• Demonstrated in-depth expertise and observe file of outcomes and efficiently working throughout practices, disciplinary and institutional boundaries.
• Skill to affect dialogue and coverage on DD and its use in different sectors with out direct management or authority.
• Sturdy sense of technique, together with potential to prioritize and exit actions and engagements; observe file in streamlining and rationalizing product choices.
• Good partnership expertise, together with involving a number of stakeholders – each private and non-private – in constructing collaborative alliances for outcomes.
• Expertise in making use of apply know-how and efficient coverage dialogue to attain improvement outcomes.
• Sturdy written and oral communication abilities in English (required) and Arabic or French (desired) with confirmed expertise in coping with the media, exterior stakeholder and skilled teams.