Description
Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group 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. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org.
The Infrastructure Vice Presidency
Globally, one billion people live more than 2 kilometers from all-weather roads, 685 million people lack electricity, and nearly 4 billion people lack internet access. Access to basic infrastructure services is critical for creating economic opportunities for the poor. The Infrastructure (INF) Vice Presidency within the World Bank is charged with developing sustainable solutions to help close infrastructure gaps in developing and emerging economies. It currently consists of four global departments: Energy & Extractives (EEX); Transport (TRA); Urban, Resilience and Land (URL), and Global Infrastructure Finance Department. It oversees the Bank’s work across energy and transport sectors, urban development, as well as efforts to promote energy transition, low-carbon transportation, livable cities, disaster risk resilience, land management, and quality infrastructure services through public-private partnerships. Infrastructure represents around $110 billion of the Banks portfolio. For more information: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/infrastructure
Energy and Extractives Global Department (EEX)
Energy is at the heart of development. Energy makes possible the investments, innovations and new industries that are the engines of jobs, inclusive growth, and shared prosperity for entire economies. Universal access to affordable, reliable and sustainable and modern energy Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 – is essential to reach other SDGs and is at the center of efforts to tackle climate change. For more information: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/energy
There are around 300 staff professionally mapped to the Energy and Extractives Global Department, of which about 90 mapped to EEX global units. Remaining staff is within regional energy units. EEX has an annual lending program in the order of US$5-7 billion a year, an active portfolio of some $40 billion, and a rich program of Advisory and Analytical Work. Regional energy units oversee and develop lending and non-lending energy operations in different subsectors including renewable energy, energy efficiency, utility performance, grid and off-grid access, regulatory and policy reforms. The EEX GP focuses on: providing affordable, reliable and sustainable energy to meet the needs of fast-growing economies and to ensure universal access to modern energy services for people in client countries; and, strengthening policy and institutional frameworks to promote transparent and equitable growth of the extractives sectors for public benefit. There is a strong emphasis on private sector resource mobilization and catalyzing financing from commercial and other sources of development and climate finance.
There are three global units for EEX: (a) the Infrastructure Energy Extractives Industry Unit (IEEXI) oversees and contributes to lending and non-lending activities in mining and hydrocarbon development with particular emphasis on transparency, governance, capacity building, and gender opportunities together with the regional units; and takes the leadership on global extractives initiatives; (b) the Infrastructure Energy Global Programs (IEEES) oversees mobilization and deployment of trust funds (Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) and the climate funds); and (c) the Infrastructure Energy Global Knowledge & Expertise (IEEGK).
Energy Global Programs Units (IEES1 and IEES2)
The Energy Global Programs Units IEES1 and IEES2 harbor the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) and the Energy Climate Finance Team. The ESMAP is a donor-funded global knowledge and technical assistance program, administered by the World Bank. It provides analytical and advisory services to low- and middle-income countries to increase their know-how and institutional capacity to achieve environmentally sustainable energy solutions for poverty reduction and economic growth. Supporting over a hundred activities in countries around the world at any given time, ESMAP is an integral part of the Energy and Extractives Global Department of the World Bank.
The Energy Climate Finance Team coordinates and manages the demand of the Energy and Extractives Global Department for climate funds, including the Climate Investment Funds (CIFs, such as the Clean Technology Fund), Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and others.
Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP)
In its Business Plan FY25-30, ESMAP aims to support client countries on three overarching objectives: 1) ensure universal access to affordable, reliable, and modern energy services by 2030; 2) accelerate the transition towards a sustainable, just, and decarbonized energy system; and 3) ensure the resilience and adaptation of the energy sector to the growing impacts of climate change and other shocks. The Business Plan has two focus areas: Energy Access and Energy Transition. The Energy Access focus area helps World Bank clients achieve results on the ground and will employ three approaches: i) catalytic incentives to facilitate private sector investments and connections, ii) hands-on implementation support, and iii) tailored solutions for all beneficiary groups. The Energy Transition focus area will be implemented through three complementary workstreams: (i) scaling up renewable energy, storage, and clean hydrogen; (ii) scaling-up energy efficiency and decarbonization of end-use sectors; and (iii) transitioning away from unabated fossil fuel. These workstreams will be supported by the Financial Innovation Window designed to provide last-resort project de-risking and incentives for innovation and resilient investment. All workstreams will support economic and leadership opportunities for women and excluded groups.
Annual allocations and disbursements have been over $100 million with a current active portfolio of grant of over $300 million. ESMAPs portfolio consists of Bank-executed grants to the energy practice, as well as other sectors (e.g., transport, water, health), global own-managed activities and recipient-executed grants managed by regional energy units and grants to IFC. IEEES serves as the trustee, secretariat and an implementing unit for the ESMAP Umbrella.
The Energy Transition focus area will be implemented through three complementary workstreams: (i) scaling up renewable energy, storage, and clean hydrogen; (ii) scaling-up energy efficiency and decarbonization of end-use sectors; and (iii) transitioning away from unabated fossil fuel. These workstreams will be supported by the Financial Innovation Window (see Box 3 and Section 6), designed to provide last-resort project de-risking and incentives for innovation and resilient investment. All workstreams will support economic and leadership opportunities for women and excluded groups.
Duties and accountabilities:
The World Bank seeks to recruit a Senior Operations Officer to join the ESMAP Team in Washington, D.C. who will work closely with and reports to both the IEES1 and IEES2 Practice Managers/ESMAP Program Manager. S/he will provide leadership to the ESMAP team on operational, financial, and administrative functions.
The Senior Operations Officer is the main liaison on behalf of ESMAP with advisory and service provider (corporate) units in the World Bank Group, including the Development Finance Vice-Presidency (DFi), Legal, Budget, Performance Review and Strategic Planning (BPS), Finance & Accounting (WFA), and Operations Policy and Country Services (OPCS). S/he will also liaise and be a focal point of the INF VPs operational team, providing trust fund administration support to regional energy and other units, as necessary. S/he will oversee and coordinate the work of ESMAPs Regional Coordinators.
The ideal candidate is versatile, and solutions oriented, with extensive experience with trust funded partnership programs and/or Umbrella trust funds in multiple WBG units and has strong networks across the WBG.
The Senior Operations Officer will lead ad oversee the work of ESMAPs Portfolio Team to discharge the following duties and responsibilities:
Business Function Management
ESMAP Work Plan and Budget, Results Monitoring and Resource Management
Financial Management
Selection Criteria
Required Competencies
COS Competencies:
https://worldbankgroup.csod.com/ui/internal-career-site/app/job-details/29462
World Bank Group Core Competencies
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