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The World Bank
Washington, DC - United States
S: Competitive

Background

Established in 1944, the WBG is one of the world's largest sources of funding and knowledge for development solutions. In fiscal year 2014, the WBG committed $65.6 billion in loans, grants, equity investments and guarantees to its members and private businesses, of which $22.2 billion was concessional finance to its poorest members. It is governed by 188 member countries and delivers services out of 120 offices with nearly 15,000 staff located globally.

The WBG consists of five specialized institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Association (IDA), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). IBRD and IDA are commonly known as the World Bank, which is organized into six client-facing Regional Vice-Presidencies, several corporate functions, and – as of July 1, 2014 – has introduced fourteen Global Practices (GPs) as well as five Cross-Cutting Solution Areas (CCSAs) to bring best-in-class knowledge and solutions to regional and country clients.

GLOBAL PRACTICES & CROSS-CUTTING SOLUTIONS AREAS::

The new operating model is part of a broader internal reform aimed at delivering the best of the World Bank Group to our clients, so that together we can achieve the twin goals of (1) ending extreme poverty by 2030, and (2) promote shared prosperity for the bottom 40% of the population in every developing country.

THE ROLE OF THE WBG IN TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS::

The World Bank Group is renewing its commitment to systematically strengthen its engagement on trade and competitiveness issues in pursuit of the Twin Goals. A newly constituted Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice (T&C) brings together diverse World Bank and IFC Advisory units around a common vision: sustained economic growth, productivity gains, job creation, and rising incomes for developing countries to eradicate poverty and boost shared prosperity. T&C's mission is to serve as a trusted partner for countries that seek to develop dynamic and resilient economies, expand market opportunities, and enable private initiative. To this end, T&C supports global and country efforts to boost the volume and value of trade, enhance the investment climate, improve competitiveness in sectors, and foster innovation and entrepreneurship.
T&C boasts a global footprint with about 500 staff working in over 80 locations around the world. T&C's current portfolio comprises 161 World Bank active and pipeline lending operations, totaling $5.5 billion in commitments; over $300 million in active IFC Advisory Services projects; and nearly 350 knowledge and advisory activities in over 100 countries.
To ensure that the Bank Group is at the forefront of knowledge and development practice, T&C has enriched its offerings and organized them under four global themes. Trade, investment climate, competitive sectors, and innovation and entrepreneurship form the core competencies of T&C. Under trade, the Global Practice supports trade policy and cooperation, trade facilitation and logistics, trade performance, and competition policies. T&C's offering under investment climate covers business environment reform as well as investment policies. Competitive sectors work focuses on sector or industry-specific policies and growth, as well as spatial growth and investment strategies. Under innovation and entrepreneurship, T&C helps strengthen innovation and technology policies, strategies, and financing, and it promotes entrepreneurship and SME development.
T&C is also creating space for Bank-wide collaboration on five cross-cutting topics. These are global value chains, connecting to markets and opportunities, catalyzing firm productivity, private sector development in FCS, and promoting green competitiveness. This work will push the operational and knowledge frontiers.

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 term appointment.


Duties

• Provides intellectual inputs in the design and execution of major policy and/or research initiatives in the areas of trade and competitiveness;
• Contributes to initiatives to establish frameworks and approaches to knowledge and data generation and dissemination;
• Contributes to the preparation of a range of key policy papers and reports;
• Helps conceive, develop and promote innovations in WBG policies and project design to improve project and sector work;
• Champions new methodologies and technologies that enable and promote the dissemination and transfer of knowledge and best practice.
• Plays a key role in developing innovative pragmatic approaches to difficult policy and operational issues at global, regional, or country levels;
• Provides inputs to sector work and policy operations to ensure overall quality of products;
• Is involved in developing state of the art techniques in the T&C areas and/or pioneering their application in operations.
• Provide quality assurance to consultants' deliverables and projects reporting on progress, activities, outputs and outcomes.
• Contributes to the development of collaborative partnerships with external partners and other World Bank Group teams involved in trade and competitiveness areas in client countries.
• Reports to T&C's Chief Economist.

Criteria

• Master's degree with 5 years of experience, or combination of Ph.D. or equivalent plus 3 years of experience with a specialization in areas of trade and competitiveness.
• A track record of economic research in the areas of trade and competitiveness as proven by publications in peer reviewed journals and in contributions to analytical reports by international organizations or other government agencies.
• Broad knowledge of the main issues of international trade, competitiveness and economic development and detailed knowledge of the empirical literature and methodologies in these areas. Ability to connect this knowledge to her/his analytical skills to offer products that are relevant to others in the T&C practice and beyond.
• Outstanding analytical skills with a demonstrated track record of working with data management and econometric tools to conduct research to support analytical products and to provide rapid and in depth analyses to support senior management.
• Ability to work across sectors and across boundaries. The candidate will collaborate across WBG and with other international organizations and partners. S/he is expected to work within multi-sector teams and should be able to understand, conceptualize, and operationalize linkage between different policies, issues and/or program.
• Written and Verbal Communication. Candidate should demonstrate a strong command of all forms of communication and delivers messages in a consistently effective, timely and engaging manner.
• Drive for results, taking personal ownership and accountability to meet deadlines and achieve agreed-upon results, and has the organizational skills to do so.
• Great team player who can assume leadership in individual areas of experience, and persuade clients, peers and team members of what needs to be done.
• Fluency in written and oral English required.

Job summary

Employer:

The World Bank

Location:

Washington, DC, United States

Education:

Master's Degree

Sector:

Economist

Salary:

Competitive

Job Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full-Time

Posted:

10th April 2015

Apply By:

28th April 2015

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