E T Consultant
Riyadh
- Organization: World Bank Group
- Location: Riyadh
- Grade:
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- Closing Date:
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COUNTRY CONTEXT:
Since the August 2021 fall of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the humanitarian crisis has worsened, with rising poverty and unemployment, and losses in education, health, and gender outcomes. 24.4 million Afghans require humanitarian assistance. The banking sector has collapsed, creating barriers to delivering humanitarian assistance. The flow of humanitarian assistance has been severely constrained by the lack of a functioning payment system.
From August 2021 until now, the international community’s approach has evolved, with the recognition that a humanitarian response alone will be insufficient to address Afghanistan’s challenges, provide essential basic services and sustain even a smaller economy.
The Bank’s initial response (Approach 1.0) focused on providing financing gap for immediate humanitarian response, specifically health and food distributions by way of transfers out to UNICEF ($100 million) and WFP ($180 million), respectively. Approach 2.0 focused on financing for delivery of essential basic services through off-budget recipient-executed grants to parties outside the control of the interim administration, in particular UN agencies, and potentially international NGOs (iNGOs). Approach 3.0, currently in effect, extends the use of both IDA and ARTF resources in support of Basic Human Needs in Afghanistan, with a progressive pivot to new pathways including the private sector and others to ensure livelihoods for vulnerable Afghans.
Duties and Accountabilities:
The ETC will work in close collaboration with the CD, Sr. Operations Officer,
the ARTF Program Manager and other members of the country management and
leadership teams to further strengthen good partnership relations established
with ARTF donors, UN partners, regional partners, and broader international
community. More specifically s/he will:
ARTF donors/partners relations
• Strengthen and develop strong relationship with ARTF donors, especially at the technical level, and Heads of Cooperation level, by maintaining close communications with them.
• Prepare and convene ARTF donors meetings, in close coordination with the ARTF Program Manager, including Strategy Group, Management Committee, and Steering Committee.
• Help organize capitals meetings, in close coordination with Senior Country Officer, usually held in Washington DC during the IMF-WB annual meetings and spring meetings.
UN/iNGO partners relations
• Play a coordination role in strengthening Bank’s relationship with UN partners, especially with UNAMA and other agencies that are critical to deliver Bank-funded operations and analytics.
• Assist CD to conceptualize/operationalize Afghanistan’s aid architecture framework. Play a key role in coordinating with UNAMA counterpart to have joint monitoring of funding streams and contribute to effective management of Strategic Technical Working Group (STWG).
• Represent WB at UN and donor meetings, as requested by CD.
Strategic planning
• Participate as a key team member in preparation of important strategic products (incl. CPFs, SCDs, PLRs, CPPRs, PFFP); and contribute to preparation of management briefs and other major or complex reports, including the PFFP updates.
• Strengthen and develop strong relationship with ARTF donors, especially at the technical level, and Heads of Cooperation level, by maintaining close communications with them.
• Prepare and convene ARTF donors meetings, in close coordination with the ARTF Program Manager, including Strategy Group, Management Committee, and Steering Committee.
• Help organize capitals meetings, in close coordination with Senior Country Officer, usually held in Washington DC during the IMF-WB annual meetings and spring meetings.
UN/iNGO partners relations
• Play a coordination role in strengthening Bank’s relationship with UN partners, especially with UNAMA and other agencies that are critical to deliver Bank-funded operations and analytics.
• Assist CD to conceptualize/operationalize Afghanistan’s aid architecture framework. Play a key role in coordinating with UNAMA counterpart to have joint monitoring of funding streams and contribute to effective management of Strategic Technical Working Group (STWG).
• Represent WB at UN and donor meetings, as requested by CD.
Strategic planning
• Participate as a key team member in preparation of important strategic products (incl. CPFs, SCDs, PLRs, CPPRs, PFFP); and contribute to preparation of management briefs and other major or complex reports, including the PFFP updates.
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Applications from non-qualifying applicants will most likely be discarded by the recruiting manager.