Operations Analyst

World Bank Group•Washington, DC

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Working at the World Bank provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org. The Operations Policy and Country Services (OPCS) of the World Bank plays a pivotal role in achieving the World Bank Group’s (WBG) mission. OPCS is at the center of the ‘operations complex’ and plays a critical role in supporting the Bank’s leadership on all issues related to Bank operations. OPCS develops and oversees operational policies and procedures for country engagement products, lending operations, advisory services and analytical support, financial management, procurement, environmental and social safeguards, as well as development outcome risk and results reporting. It also serves as a link between the operational units and the Board of Directors. OPCS provides advice and support to Bank management and staff as well as hands-on assistance to help teams apply the Bank’s policies, processes, and risk management tools for our country clients. Working in OPCS helps World Bank professionals gain broad exposure to strategic operations issues and develop a deeper understanding of the business of the Bank. OPCS is organized into the Front Office and Four Departments: • The Front Office (OPSFO) focuses on supporting the OPCS Vice President (VP) in the management of the operations complex and the delivery of key corporate policy commitments and reforms. • Operations Standards, Procurement, Financial Management (OPSPF) is responsible for safeguards, procurement, financial management and anti-corruption policies and support to operations; • Operations Policy (OPSPO) consolidates the corporate support and oversight of country strategies and all financing and advisory instruments as well as managing the Operations Committee and the Operations Help Desk; • The Operational Effectiveness & Efficiency Department (OPSEE) supports Sr. Management, operational teams, and clients in achieving results & impact through efficiency and effectiveness in operations. • Operations Standards, Environment and Social (OPSES) is responsible for the Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) and Safeguard Policies, including support to operations, learning and training, knowledge management, reporting, interface with the Inspection Panel, and management of the Grievance Redress Service (GRS). OPSCE Unit Context: The Country Economics Unit (OPSCE) within the Operations Policy Department (OPSPO) provides policy, quality support, review, and advisory functions for DPFs, CE products, and Analytical and Advisory work. The unit also works closely with the Finance complex on issues related to IDA and IBRD policy and financing and manages the annual Bank-wide Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) process. OPSCE also contributes to the debt sustainability and transparency agenda through its active participation on the Sustainable Development Finance Policy (SDFP) Committee. The unit is also very involved in a broad range of strategic, high-level streams of corporate work, working closely with other departments across the WBG on enhancements to our Country Engagement model, Operational Efficiency and Effectiveness, the Crisis Toolkit, The Financial Incentives Framework for IBRD countries, Guarantee reforms, and Corporate Strategies. OPSCE unit also houses the Operations and Strategy Committee (OSC), previously known as the Operations Committee. The Operations Analyst will work primarily on tasks related to the policy, training and quality control functions of the Country Economics Unit. She or he will contribute to analytical work on the effectiveness and impact of development policy financing and country engagement, and support the monitoring of DPF portfolio implementation, and of country engagement. The position holder’s annual work program will comprise of individual assignments as well as tasks jointly delivered by the Country Economics team. She or he will support the Manager, Program Leaders, the Country Economics Team staff, and other OPSPO staff, in particular in the following tasks:

Requirements

Master's degree in economics, public policy, finance, or a related field.
A minimum of two years of relevant professional experience.
Direct experience in supporting the preparation of DPFs and CPFs, or substantial experience at the corporate level on DPF and CPF.
Sound knowledge of and interest in Bank Instruments, Policies and Procedures, and quality indicators, including knowledge of current lending instruments and reform efforts.
High level of familiarity with World Bank data and ability to analyze key trends and patterns in the Bank portfolio data.
Demonstrated use of data collection and management, knowledge of tools and platforms for data analysis, visualization, and knowledge management.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex economic concepts to senior policymakers and non-specialist audiences.

Nice To Haves

Experience with working with macroeconomic data is desirable.
Familiarity with CPIA assessments.

Responsibilities

Proactive monitoring of WBG country engagement cycles and preparation of reports.
Development and updating of databases, such as the DPF prior actions and CAT-DDOs databases, as well as on good practice examples, and extraction of data for analytical work.
Provide inputs (analytics, data, tables, graphs) to studies, reports and presentations prepared by the Unit.
Synthesizing complex information into policy notes, internal reports, donor correspondence, and management updates, ensuring quality and consistency across deliverables.
Maintenance of the internal CPF and DPF websites, through information updates, application of fixes and upgrading of design.
Preparation of learning events – development of CPF and DPF Academy agendas and presentations logistics coordination (venue, speakers, participants), in liaison with the Learning Team.
Respond to or re-direct questions related to CPFs and DPFs from the Help Desk.
Support departmental responses to corporate requests - including from the Board and Senior Management.
Contribute to other analytical and operational policy tasks undertaken by the department such as the CPIA and IDA/IBRD resource allocations.