Extended Term Temporary (Knowledge Management Assistant)
- Organization: World Bank Group
- Location:
- Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
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Occupational Groups:
- Administrative support
- Education, Learning and Training
- Closing Date: 2025-04-04
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The Chief Risk Officer (CRO) Vice Presidency (VPU) of the World Bank is the core unit responsible for institutional risk oversight, including establishing risk policies and guidelines, conducting risk assessment, and monitoring and reporting to the Board and executive management. Its mission is to enable and support the institution to achieve its development goals in a financially sustainable manner. The VPU assists management in identifying and managing group-wide cross-cutting risks, enhancing risk response decisions, reducing financial and operational surprises and losses, and seizing opportunities and improving efficiency in the deployment of capital. The CRO Vice Presidency comprises three Departments: 1) Credit Risk (CROCR); 2) Market & Counterparty Risk (CROMC), and 3) Operational Risk (CROOR).
The Credit Risk Department (CROCR) ensures that the Bank's credit risk exposure is commensurate with the risk appetite of stakeholders, consistent with IBRD and IDA’s triple-A credit rating requirements and strikes the appropriate balance between development and financial sustainability objectives. The department manages the country credit risks inherent in IBRD and IDA’s loan and guarantee portfolios, which is the most predominant risks on IBRD and IDA’s balance sheets given the World Bank’s development mission. The department also manages IBRD and IDA’s Capital Adequacy Frameworks. CROCR's core functions include, among others: (1) Assessing sovereign credit risks for all IBRD and IDA borrowers, including assigning internal credit ratings and assessing country creditworthiness which determines eligibility for IBRD loans; (2) Establishing prudential country credit risk management policies and ensuring consistency of country lending plans with risk policies and capital adequacy through the country exposure management framework; (3) Monitoring countries that are vulnerable to crises, including payment arrears to the World Bank; representing the Bank in engaging with the Paris Club of official bilateral creditors; (4) Ensuring IBRD and IDA are adequately provisioned for loan losses, in line with US GAAP accounting standards; (5) Managing IBRD and IDA’s Capital adequacy Frameworks in line with shareholder risk appetite and with triple-A rating standards; (6) Monitoring IBRD and IDA’s capital adequacy, including performing stress testing, and reporting to the Board; and (7) Developing and managing different risk-transfer mechanisms, including new innovative instruments, to enable an increase in the Bank’s financing headroom.
Job Description
The Department is looking for an experienced, energetic, resourceful, and tech-savvy Knowledge Management Assistant to assist with the Department’s knowledge management work and provide administrative support to the Director. The Knowledge Management Assistant will report to the Director, Credit Risk Department, and have the following main responsibilities:
• Office Management and Logistics: Provide administrative support to the Director, including managing the Director’s calendar and internal and external meeting requests, arranging travel logistics, organize department meetings and team-building events, as well as other tasks assigned by the Director.
• Project Management: Assist the department with managing various project and product deliverables. Use innovative tools such as dashboards, mobile applications, SharePoint, etc. to increase transparency, visibility and accountability for completion of activities and facilitate collaboration and coordination.
• Content Management: Manage the department’s intranet web site and play an active role in coordinating the department’s knowledge management activities, such as ensuring relevant documents are well managed and easily retrievable, arranging knowledge management activities, such as onboarding, BBL and other learning events, and facilitating the usage of latest technology to enhance department efficiency and staff productivity. Help with powerpoint design or document formatting when needed to ensure a polished look.
The Chief Risk Officer (CRO) Vice Presidency (VPU) of the World Bank is the core unit responsible for institutional risk oversight, including establishing risk policies and guidelines, conducting risk assessment, and monitoring and reporting to the Board and executive management. Its mission is to enable and support the institution to achieve its development goals in a financially sustainable manner. The VPU assists management in identifying and managing group-wide cross-cutting risks, enhancing risk response decisions, reducing financial and operational surprises and losses, and seizing opportunities and improving efficiency in the deployment of capital. The CRO Vice Presidency comprises three Departments: 1) Credit Risk (CROCR); 2) Market & Counterparty Risk (CROMC), and 3) Operational Risk (CROOR).
The Credit Risk Department (CROCR) ensures that the Bank's credit risk exposure is commensurate with the risk appetite of stakeholders, consistent with IBRD and IDA’s triple-A credit rating requirements and strikes the appropriate balance between development and financial sustainability objectives. The department manages the country credit risks inherent in IBRD and IDA’s loan and guarantee portfolios, which is the most predominant risks on IBRD and IDA’s balance sheets given the World Bank’s development mission. The department also manages IBRD and IDA’s Capital Adequacy Frameworks. CROCR's core functions include, among others: (1) Assessing sovereign credit risks for all IBRD and IDA borrowers, including assigning internal credit ratings and assessing country creditworthiness which determines eligibility for IBRD loans; (2) Establishing prudential country credit risk management policies and ensuring consistency of country lending plans with risk policies and capital adequacy through the country exposure management framework; (3) Monitoring countries that are vulnerable to crises, including payment arrears to the World Bank; representing the Bank in engaging with the Paris Club of official bilateral creditors; (4) Ensuring IBRD and IDA are adequately provisioned for loan losses, in line with US GAAP accounting standards; (5) Managing IBRD and IDA’s Capital adequacy Frameworks in line with shareholder risk appetite and with triple-A rating standards; (6) Monitoring IBRD and IDA’s capital adequacy, including performing stress testing, and reporting to the Board; and (7) Developing and managing different risk-transfer mechanisms, including new innovative instruments, to enable an increase in the Bank’s financing headroom.
Job Description
The Department is looking for an experienced, energetic, resourceful, and tech-savvy Knowledge Management Assistant to assist with the Department’s knowledge management work and provide administrative support to the Director. The Knowledge Management Assistant will report to the Director, Credit Risk Department, and have the following main responsibilities:
• Office Management and Logistics: Provide administrative support to the Director, including managing the Director’s calendar and internal and external meeting requests, arranging travel logistics, organize department meetings and team-building events, as well as other tasks assigned by the Director.
• Project Management: Assist the department with managing various project and product deliverables. Use innovative tools such as dashboards, mobile applications, SharePoint, etc. to increase transparency, visibility and accountability for completion of activities and facilitate collaboration and coordination.
• Content Management: Manage the department’s intranet web site and play an active role in coordinating the department’s knowledge management activities, such as ensuring relevant documents are well managed and easily retrievable, arranging knowledge management activities, such as onboarding, BBL and other learning events, and facilitating the usage of latest technology to enhance department efficiency and staff productivity. Help with powerpoint design or document formatting when needed to ensure a polished look.
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Applications from non-qualifying applicants will most likely be discarded by the recruiting manager.