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The World Bank Group (WBG) is a family of five international organizations that make leveraged loans to developing countries. It is the largest and most famous development bank in the world and is an observer at the United Nations Development Group. The bank is based in Washington, D.C. and provided around $61 billion in loans and assistance to "develop...
Description
Innovation and partnership bond the five institutions of the World Bank Group (WBG): the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA), which together form the World Bank; the International Finance Corporation (IFC); the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA); and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). The World Bank Group is one of the world’s largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries. It uses financial resources and extensive experience to help our client countries to reduce poverty, increase economic growth, and improve quality of life. To ensure that countries can access the best global expertise and help generate cutting-edge knowledge, the World Bank Group is constantly seeking to improve the way it works. Key priorities include delivering measurable results, promoting openness and transparency in development, and improving access to development information and data.
Environment and Social Development Context
The World Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) is made up of a Vision for Sustainable Development, an Environmental and Social Policy for Investment Project Financing and a set of ten Environmental and Social Standards. These set out the requirements for the Bank and Borrowers relating to identification and assessment of environmental risks and impacts associated with investment projects that the Bank supports. Before the ESF, social and environmental risks associated with Bank projects were governed by a series of Operational Policies and Bank Policies (OP/BPs). These Standards and Policies support borrowers achieving good international practice relating to environmental and social sustainability, assist borrowers fulfilling their national and international environmental and social obligations, enhance non-discrimination, transparency, participation, accountability and governance and enhance the sustainable development outcomes of projects through stakeholder engagement.
Staff in the Social Sustainability and Inclusion (SSI) and the Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy (ENB) Global practices, together with the Regional Safeguards Advisor, help Bank teams and clients prepare and implement investment projects in a manner consistent with the ESF or the relevant OP/BPs
Unit Context
The Africa East (AFE) region consists of Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The region has a large portfolio and pipeline, with a disproportionate share of high environmental and risks, including occupational health and safety, security management, sexual exploitation and abuse, and low client capacity to manage those risks.
As a result, the AFE Vice President has appointed a Senior Advisor to help reduce risks and manage impacts for projects in implementation across the region. She will pay particular attention to efforts to improve occupational health and safety as well as to build client capacity. She is based in Nairobi, Kenya, and will have a small team in Nairobi and work closely with the SSI and ENB teams for Africa East as well as with the ESF specialists in the Bank’s Operational Policy and Client Services vice presidency.
This position is for an environmental specialist with experience in environmental and social impact assessment based in Nairobi, Kenya. The appointee will report to the Sr Advisor.
Key tasks
The specialist will have the following tasks:
Reporting:
Qualifications
Core Competencies
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
Language Speak Proficiency Read Proficiency Write proficiency
English Essential
Kiswahili Advantage
French Advantage
Portuguese Advantage
The selected candidate will be offered a four-year term appointment
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