Senior Operations Officer in  Juba, South Sudan (The World bank)

The Senior Operations Officer in Juba will be part of GTFS2 within the FCV Group. He/she will be expected to be based in Juba for three years or for the duration of his / her contract with the World Bank. She/he will have a dual reporting – to the GTFS2 Practice Manager (full line) and to the Country Manager for South Sudan (dotted line).

Key responsibilities of Senior Operations Officers (Juba) will include:

• Lead/contribute to analytical work focusing on fragility, conflict, and violence and broader political economy issues and their relations to the development agenda in South Sudan;
• Contribute to country engagement products and the preparation of eligibility notes and other process steps to access the FCV envelope and the Window for Host Communities under IDA;
• Provide hands-on operational support, including the design and implementation of programming, and contribute to strategic and policy aspects of the Bank’s engagement in South Sudan;
• Provide support to task teams/work as a task team member to help enhance the FCV sensitivity of operations, including through the development and operationalization of a peace and inclusion lens;
• Help manage partnerships with other actors, including political, security, and humanitarian actors, particularly UN agencies and civil society organizations, with a view to enhancing linkages between these entities’ work and the Bank’s development activities to enhance collaborative impact on the ground;
• Coordinate other activities undertaken by the FCV Group in the four countries of the CMU, including implementation of the Geo-Enabling for Monitoring and Supervision (GEMS) tool;
• Contribute to strengthening FCV skills of country team members through training and advisory work as needed;
• Working with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) to deliver the recently approved SPF-financed activity: Examining the Social Contract in South Sudan.

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Selection Criteria For Senior Operations Officers(Juba): 

• Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in economics, law, social sciences, or another relevant discipline and at least 8 years of directly relevant experience;
• Client focus and drive for results; demonstrated commitment to the principles of client-driven development;
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of FCV issues, including conflict risk mitigation in South Sudan;
• Outstanding strategic and analytical skills and ability to link political analysis and operational implications;
• Excellent interpersonal and team skills, and ability to work with a range of stakeholders;
• Strong organizational skills; ability to prioritize, to deal with frequent and unexpected changes, and to work within tight timeframes;
• Strong communications skills, both verbal and written;
• Experience with Bank operations, policies, procedures and processes;
• Personal integrity, ability to handle confidential matters in a discreet and respectful manner.
• Recognized by peers and/or managers for ability to identify and pro-actively solve operational issues and problems.

Fragile, Conflict and Violence Situations Skills:

• Knowledge of FCV context, applied to operations and analytical tasks, joint with a substantive understanding of fragility, conflict, and violence, including polarization of state-society relations, diminished client capacity, and relevance of partnerships;
• FCV behavioral skills and ability to demonstrate the mind-set needed for success in FCV settings (adaptability, resilience, determination, and sound judgment), willingness to coach others on the team around these factors;
• FCV operational skills in coordinating a pragmatic approach to FCS operations, looking for ways to help the client to achieve early results while maintaining a strategic approach.

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