Program Officer

World Bank Group • Washington, DC

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About The Position

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank consists of two entities – the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA). It is a global development cooperative owned by 189 member countries. As the largest development bank in the world, the World Bank provides loans, guarantees, risk management products, and advisory services to middle-income and creditworthy low-income countries, and coordinates responses to regional and global challenges. For more information, please visit www.worldbank.org.

Infrastructure Vice Presidency

The WBG Infrastructure Vice Presidency provides public and private solutions to operational teams and clients across the WBG to produce scalable impact. Its mandate is to deliver knowledge for impact to support the WBG to achieve its goals in support of our mission and specifically: providing guidance on creating more and better jobs by: (i) supporting foundational infrastructure and human capital, (ii) policy environment, and (iii) enabling and mobilizing private sector capital. With 60 years of experience, the WBG is poised to support the sector becoming an engine of growth and jobs through improving policies and governance, foundational infrastructure and private sector investments. The WBG lending in the sector is expected to grow substantially. The Infrastructure VPU’s objectives in driving outcomes include replicating and scaling effective solutions, enhancing thought leadership and innovation, and delivering timely knowledge to client teams. For more information: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/infrastructure

Metals & Minerals (M&M) Strategic Themes & PCM Team (KIMPC)

The global mining sector continues to evolve rapidly in response to the energy transition and changes which include higher: (i) demand for minerals and metals needed for the energy transition and related higher commodities prices, which are affecting developing countries on both the supply and demand sides; (ii) emphasis on strengthening governance and sustainability, ensuring the benefits from mining reach the poor, mitigating environmental and social risks of mining, advancing the gender dimension of mining, protecting the rights of people affected by mining investments; and (iii) global drive on promoting resilient investments in strategic mineral value chains to enhance the resilience of the supply of minerals and metals needed for renewable and clean sources of energy to mitigate the effects of climate change.

The M&M Strategic Themes & PCM unit is an administrative unit embedded within the Infrastructure Mining and Metals Global Department of the World Bank Group and focuses on mining. This global unit houses a multi-donor trust fund program the Extractives Global Programmatic Support (EGPS).

EGPS is a multi-donor trust fund (MDTF) of the M&M department. The EGPS program’s third phase (EGPS-3) was established in February 2024 to support mineral-rich developing countries to sustainably extract and add value to their mineral resources, resulting in job and local business creation, industrialization and economic growth and diversification. EGPS supports countries through advisory and analytical work organized across five funding windows or programs: 1) Decarbonization, Climate Resilience, and Circular Economy (DECRECE); 2) Critical Mineral Supply (CMS); 3) Resilient and Inclusive Supply Chain Enhancement (RISE) Partnership; 4) Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM), and 5) Transparency in Extractive Industries.

NOTE: This position is financed by a Trust Fund and renewal is contingent upon availability of funding, in addition to other factors, including but not limited to business needs, staff performance and skills fit.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in in international development, public policy, economics, statistics, environmental or social science, or other related fields and at least 5 years of relevant professional experience in World Bank or other IFI operations that can be applied to monitoring and evaluation work. Some experience and/or an aptitude for designing and conducting evaluations.
• Good understanding of monitoring and evaluation principles and best practices with proven knowledge of a range of monitoring and evaluation methods, results-based management, monitoring, and participatory approaches.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in developing and implementing theories of change, results frameworks, evaluation and learning plans,
• Good understanding of international development topics, especially those relating to demand for critical minerals and associated value chains, climate mitigation, resilience and adaptation, and gender and social inclusion, or sector exposure to sustainable development in developing countries.
• Knowledge of WBG operational and trust fund policies.
• Ability to conceptualize and produce concise, logical, clear, user-friendly, and persuasive written outputs, reports and presentations; Data visualization and/or IT skills a plus.
• Proven project management, planning, and organizational skills; able to multi-task, deal with conflicting priorities and deliver high quality work on time.
• Demonstrated excellent analytical, writing and oral skills. Communicates and presents information in a clear and organized manner in writing and orally. Capacity to develop visual systems and presentations that help summarize and visualize evaluation findings; and multimedia and video content is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, seeking guidance as needed from more senior colleagues and task team leaders.
• Intellectual curiosity, entrepreneurial skills and demonstrated ability to adapt and innovate to answer difficult questions or analyze new subjects.
• Demonstrated ability to engage with others independently: identifies potential sources of information to gather required information or data needed for monitoring and evaluations.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills and ability to engage proactively and constructively with diverse, multi-cultural teams; including peers, junior and senior colleagues across units.
• Excellent verbal and written English language skills.

Responsibilities

• Results Architecture and M&E Systems
• Data Management, Quality Assurance, and Learning
• Support to the Program Manager
• Support to Window Managers (Leads)

Benefits

• The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees