Director, Resilience & Climate Action Department
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About the Role
The Islamic Development Bank is seeking a Director to lead the Resilience & Climate Action Department in Jeddah. The role provides strategic leadership for thematic areas including climate change, environment, fragility, disaster risk management, and youth empowerment.
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Responsibilities
- Provide leadership, set strategic direction, ensure resource availability and coordinate activities for thematic areas including climate change, environment, fragility, disaster risk management, and youth development
- Lead the teams of Climate Change & Environment Division, Fragility and Resilience Division, and Women & Youth Empowerment Division
- Undertake Annual Planning and ensure the Department achieves its Key Performance Indicators and results
- Elaborate development solutions and upstream advisory work related to thematic areas
- Lead implementation and administration of Bank's policies and strategies
- Advise Management on strategic level engagement in areas of responsibilities
- Serve as high level focal point for all matters pertaining to the thematic areas
- Provide high level thematic leadership to preparation of Member Countries Partnership Strategies
- Oversee collaboration with other pillars/sectoral/thematic teams
- Represent IsDB in local and international forums
Requirements
- Master’s degree or PhD in environmental sciences, social sciences, conflict and development, social development, economics, or related discipline
- Minimum 15 years of experience in relevant development thematic areas of climate change, women empowerment, youth development, fragility, conflict, resilience, development, social development, and NGOs/ practice or related areas
- 7+ years of managerial/supervisory experience including 5+ years with Developmental Institution
- Languages: English mandatory; Arabic and French preferable
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Job Purpose
- The Role will provide leadership, set strategic direction, ensure resource availability and coordinate activities for thematic areas: Climate Change, Environment and Social Safeguards, Fragility, Conflict, and Resilience (FCR) affected situations, Disaster Risk Management, Emergency Relief, NGOs/CSO
- The Director will lead the teams of Climate Change & Environment Division, Fragility and Resilience Division, and Women & Youth Empowerment Division, and report to the Director General GPP.
Key Accountabilities Policy, Strategy and Planning
- Serves as a high level focal point and ‘resource center’ for all matters pertaining to the thematic areas of the department.
- Provides high level thematic leadership to the preparation of Member Countries Partnership Strategies.
- Provides necessary inputs to the management, coordination, and implementation of the Bank Corporate Strategy.
- Provides high level technical guidance and oversee portfolio monitoring teams.
- Provides high level leadership to the Bank’s external partnership in all matters related to Resilience and Social Action Department.
- Oversees the collaboration with other pillars/sectoral/thematic teams.
- Ensures that the Department shares key knowledge and learning outcomes.
- Leads the development of short and medium term Global plan and programs.
- Directs the preparation of policy briefs and notes.
- Oversees the development of key results targets and performance indicators (KPIs).
- Ensures Department provision of strategic contribution to the Bank’s annual budgeting process.
- Identifies business process improvements.
Leadership Responsibilities
- Supervises the Department and its various thematic practices, with high standards of integrity and excellence.
- Aligns with the Director General for Global Practices and Partnerships on the overall direction of the Department.
- Ensures strong collaboration with other Global Practices and Country Programming.
- Develops partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Supports work of Division Heads in filling key capability gaps.
- Provides thought leadership to Regional Hub Sector teams.
- Develops and manages work program delivery of three Divisions.
- Provides motivational and inspirational leadership for managerial, Lead, senior and technical staff.
- Manages and leads the Resilience and Climate Action Department managers, leads, senior and technical staff.
- Monitors and assesses the skills and capabilities of the managerial, Lead, senior and technical staff.
- Supports filling in key capability gaps of teams through capacity development and recruiting efforts.
- Manages Coaches, mentors, and develops the direct reports and the top talent/ high potential staff.
Academic And Professional Qualifications
- Master’s degree or PhD in environmental sciences, social sciences, conflict and development, social development, economics, or related discipline.
- Minimum 15 years of experience in relevant development thematic areas of climate change, women empowerment, youth development, fragility, conflict, resilience, development, social development, and NGOs/ practice or related areas.
- 7+ years of managerial/supervisory experience including 5+ years with Developmental Institution.
- Languages: English: Mandatory | Arabic: Preferable | French: Preferable
Skills & Necessary Knowledge
- Climate Change
- Women and Youth Empowerment
- Fragility, Conflict, Resilience (FCR)
- Civil Society and NGOs Engagement
- Project Design for Impact and Sustainability
- Project Management
- Thematic Policy and strategy Formulation and Advisory
- Policies and Procedures
- Thematic/Country Dialogue and Work
- IsDB Financing Instruments
- Partnership Management
- Economic Analysis and Assessment
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