Deadline: 14 January 2016
The World Bank Group (WBG) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Senior Operations Officer in Kampala, Uganda.
The Senior Operations Officer would assist the Country Director for Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo (AFCC2) and the Country Manager Uganda to manage these programs.
WBG has set two ambitious goals to push extreme poverty to no more 3 percent by 2030, and to promote shared prosperity and greater equity in the developing world.
Key Jobs Responsibilities
The Senior Operations Officer will perform the following functions-
- Play a key role in coordinating, monitoring and reporting on the Eastern Africa regional and Uganda portfolios to ensure quality and documented results.
- Manage existing portfolio monitoring systems effectively to follow-up programs and activities across sectors, in close liaison with the task teams and client implementation teams.
- Monitor the implementation of various activities financed through grants, outside the main lending program and trust funds supported activities.
- Provide both the Country Directors and the Country Manager with regular assessments of portfolio performance status, with recommendations on necessary follow-up actions to improve performance.
- Support the AFCC2 Country Director in managing relations with the main regional institutions, including the East Africa Community (EAC) among others, and planning meetings between the institutions in the region as well during the Annual/Spring meetings.
- Provide support for analysis of competing pipeline priorities.
- Act as an interface for key CMUs in linking together regional and national priorities.
- Provide briefing as needed ahead of CMU involvement in major regional events and conferences, and senior visits.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- A minimum of a Masters Degree from a recognized institution in a relevant field/discipline (such as economics, development planning, development finance, business administration, or equivalent) and 8 years of relevant professional and operational support experience including experience with Bank operations.
- Familiarity with analytical tools and ability to translate theoretical concepts into practical approaches for Bank operational work.
- Familiarity with macroeconomic and/or operational issues and broad understanding of links to sector policies.
- Capability to assess policy issues and interrelationships of sector, macroeconomic and country strategies.
- Task and project management skills, including Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Broad understanding of political economy in the Eastern Africa region, the countries’ development issues and cultural factors.
- A good understanding of Bank operational policies, practices and procedures will be an advantage.
- Demonstrated strategic skills and ability to link macro and sectoral issues in an integrated way.
- Work experience in the Eastern Africa region with demonstrated ability to interact and work with Government institutions and Regional Organizations.
- A drive and commitment for results through team work and consultation and good work ethics.
- Ability to take initiative and work independently without much supervision.
- Ability to operate in a mature manner and sensitively in multi-cultural and in multi-disciplinary teams environments and build effective working relations with clients and colleagues.
- Strong report writing and communication skills. A proven ability to write brief and clear analytical reports and concise discussion notes requiring strong written and oral communication skills in English.
- A willingness to travel extensively in Central, Eastern and Southern Africa.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications through online process.
For more information please visit WBG.
