The World Bank Group
Established in 1944, the WBG is one of the world’s largest sources of funding and knowledge for development solutions. In fiscal year 2018, the WBG committed $67 billion in loans, grants, equity investments and guarantees to its members and private businesses, of which $24 billion was concessional finance to its poorest members. It is governed by 188-member countries and delivers services out of 120 offices with more than 16,000 staff located globally.
The WBG consists of five specialized institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Association (IDA), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). IBRD and IDA are commonly known as the World Bank, which is organized into six client-facing Regional Vice-Presidencies, several corporate functions, and – as of July 1, 2014 – has introduced fourteen Global Practices (GPs) as well as five Cross-Cutting Solution Areas (CCSAs) to bring best-in-class knowledge and solutions to regional and country clients.
The Environment & Natural Resources (ENR) Global Practice
The ENR Global Practice has five key business lines consisting of Lending and non-lending services in (1) Forests, Watersheds and Sustainable Landscapes (‘Green Business line’); (2) Marine, Coastal, Aquatic Resources and Ocean Health (‘Blue Economy Business line’); (3) Pollution Management and Environmental Health (‘Pollution Management Business line’); (4) Environmental Economics, Policies and Institutions Business line, and (5) Safeguards/ Environmental Risk Management Business line: Delivery of effective environmental risk management and sustainability by managing risk at the project level and creating opportunities to advance sustainable development. This includes provision of high-quality and timely safeguards services across the Bank, including current safeguards policies and the effective implementation of the new Environment and Social Framework (ESF) that was roll out on October 1, 2018.
The ENR Global Practice in Sub Saharan Africa includes three units GENA1, GENA2 and GENA3. The mission of the GENA2 unit is to work with national and local governments and with communities to improve sustainable management of natural resources and improve preparedness to natural disasters in the following five Country Management Units: Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Senegal (AFCF1); Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Togo (AFCF2); Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone (AFCW1), Nigeria (AFCW2) and Chad, Mali, Mauritania Niger (AFCW3).
Country and Position Context
The Country Management Unit consists of three countries under the Country Director based in Accra Office, who is responsible for the Bank’s program in Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The specialist will be expected to be based in Accra and provide support to operations in Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone portfolio for effective application of Bank’s environmental safeguard policies and standards.
With respect to scope of environment work program, currently there are approximately 90 investment projects in Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone and several regional projects, which require environmental safeguard/ standards support. The portfolio covers several Global Practices including energy, transport, water, agriculture, health, education, urban, climate change and environment. These projects require regular support of environment specialists to the project teams through close engagement with the client counterparts to ensure the environmental risks are identified early during project preparation, as well as mitigated and supervised in accordance with the Bank’s Environment and Social Standards (ESS).
The Environment Specialist will be based in Accra, Ghana and will be supporting a broad portfolio of lending, policy dialogue and safeguards activities primarily for AFCW1. The Selected candidate will work under supervision of the Practice Manager for GENA2 based in the WB ‘s Washington Office and under the guidance of the senior environment specialist based in Ghana. He/she will have the following main duties and responsibilities:
Safeguard/ Environment and Social Standards
Operations and Policy Dialogue
Selection Criteria
Technical Competencies
WBG Competencies
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