Senior Operations officer - req37446
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About the Role
The World Bank Group seeks a Senior Operations Officer to support the KSA program in Riyadh. The role involves client relations, portfolio monitoring, and coordination with government counterparts.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain excellent and trusted relationships with government counterparts
- Actively support business development and growing the World Bank’s Reimbursable Advisory Services (RAS) program in Saudi Arabia
- Coordinate implementation of the World Bank RAS program in the Kingdom
- Provide support to visiting technical teams and join key meetings with senior government agencies
- Liaise with Global Practices and task teams to ensure consistency in reports and correspondence with the government
- Coordinate and facilitate close partnership with IFC and MIGA
- Keep abreast of latest developments in KSA and identify new business opportunities
- Undertake monthly analysis of operational data and information
- Oversee development of a TCP monitoring dashboard with MoF
- Track and report on key deliverables, work program and budget execution
- Implement monitoring system to track concept notes, aide memoires, completion summaries, and budget utilization
- Lead preparations for VIP visits to the Kingdom
Requirements
- Masters, or higher degree in a relevant field/discipline (economics, public policy, business administration, finance, or similar)
- Minimum eight years of directly relevant experience in the government, preferably in Saudi Arabia
- Wide range of operational experience as leader of teams
- Recognized as an operations/portfolio expert by peers and managers
- Solutions oriented and ability to actively shape, drive, and provide high level contributions
- Strong organizational skills and ability to multi task and deliver under tight deadlines
- Aptitude to respond quickly to client demands and find ways to enhance effectiveness
- Strong team player, able to collaborate closely with colleagues from diverse backgrounds
- Strong client orientation and ability to operate effectively in complex situations
- Excellent communication skills in English and Arabic, verbal and written
- Ability to focus on big picture and overall country framework for development
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Description
- Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group (WBG) provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges.
- The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development.
Regional Context
- The Middle East and North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan Region serves twenty two countries across different income groups.
- The mission of the region is to foster sustainable growth with a focus on job creation and poverty reduction, economic and social inclusion, and good governance.
The World Bank’s GCC Country Department
- The Senior Operations Officer will primarily focus on the WB KSA program delivered through a Technical Cooperation Program (TCP) Agreement with the Ministry of Finance and stand alone agreements with various ministries and government entities.
- The Senior Operations Officer will report to the MENAAP Regional Hub Manager in Riyadh.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain excellent and trusted relationships with the government counterparts, actively contributing to business development and growing the World Bank’s Reimbursable Advisory Services (RAS) program in Saudi Arabia.
- Actively support the country and project teams by playing a critical role in coordinating the implementation of the World Bank RAS program in the Kingdom and working with the Program Manager in the Bank dialogue with the government counterparts.
- Provide support to visiting technical teams and join key meetings with senior government agencies.
- Liaise with Global Practices and task teams to ensure consistency in reports and correspondence with the government.
- Coordinate and facilitate close partnership with IFC and MIGA towards development and implementation of joint World Bank Group programs.
- Keep abreast of latest developments in KSA and their implications for the WBG, including identification of new business opportunities.
- Develop and maintain close working relations with the Washington based Country Anchor Unit, the CMU staff in Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Oman, GP colleagues, operational services and quality staff, and regional management.
- Undertake a monthly analysis of operational data and information.
- Oversee the development of a TCP monitoring dashboard with MoF.
- Track and report on key deliverables, the work program and budget execution.
- Implement monitoring system to formally track concept notes, aide memoires, completion summaries, and budget utilization.
- Conduct regular monitoring of activities with the Operations Team in the Country Office and Headquarters.
Selection Criteria
- Masters, or higher degree in a relevant field/discipline (economics, public policy, business administration, finance, or similar field relevant to the Bank’s mission).
- Minimum eight years of directly relevant experience in the government, preferably in Saudi Arabia.
- Wide range of operational experience as leader of teams.
- Recognized as an operations/portfolio expert by peers and managers.
- Solutions oriented and ability to actively shape, drive, and provide high level contributions.
- Strong Organizational skills and can multi task and reliably deliver under tight deadlines.
- Aptitude to respond quickly to client demands, find ways to enhance effectiveness.
- Strong team player, able to collaborate closely with colleagues from diverse backgrounds.
- Strong client orientation and ability to operate effectively in complex situations, with due regard to political economy, social and cultural contexts.
- Excellent communication skills in English and Arabic, verbal and written with ability to adapt complex messages to a variety of stakeholders, balancing flexibility, with firmness and clarity of message.
- Ability to focus on big picture and overall country framework for development.
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