The World Bank Group
Senior Education Specialist/Economist
Description
Do you want to work on the most challenging and the most rewarding development issues? Join the West Africa Education (HAWE2) team at the World Bank. We cover 13 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, The Gambia and Togo.
The Cote d’Ivoire Country Management Unit (CMU) covers an additional three countries: Benin, Togo and Guinea. The Education Unit has a rich portfolio of four projects and a strong pipeline covering the whole spectrum of the education sector.
This job is for you if you bring top operational, analytical and strategic skills, if you are energized by big challenges, if you see the value of listening and learning as much as speaking and informing, if you have experience and willingness to work in fragile countries, if you are able to be agile in adapting to new and evolving realities, and if you work well with diverse teams.
Duties and Accountabilities
HAWE2 is seeking a Senior Education Specialist/Economist, based in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The selected candidate will be expected to engage in high quality policy dialogue with government counterparts and stakeholders on key issues in education and skills development, provide timely and quality implementation support to the governments on the lending operations, lead or co-lead the preparation of new lending programs, and lead or co-lead analytical work and technical assistance. The candidate will further develop and support new business areas of engagement, including partnering with key stakeholders to attain results. The candidate must have: (a) strong education technical expertise and integrity; (b) ability and agility to identify areas for policy and/or institutional reforms that could be addressed through policy and evidence-based approaches; and (c) engage with other global practices to enhance Cote d’Ivoire’s development trajectory.
The selected candidate will report to the Education Practice Manager for HAWE2 and will be expected to work in close collaboration with the CMU and other GPs. The selected candidate is expected to work with country office colleagues as well as other team members based in Washington DC working on the different programs.
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