【国际招聘】世界银行集团

EconomistWorld Bank Group

岗位领域：经济管理工作性质：未明确

学历要求：硕士及以上岗位职级：其他

工作地点：Warsaw截止日期：06 July , 2017

岗位信息网址：http://web.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=8454041&piPK=8454059&theSitePK=8453353&JobNo=171143&contentMDK=23158967&or

职位描述

THE WORLD BANK GROUP

Established in 1944, the World Bank Group is one of the world’s largest sources of funding and knowledge for development solutions. It has set two goals for the world to achieve by 2030: ending extreme poverty by decreasing the percentage of people living on less than $1.90 a day to no more than 3%, and promoting shared prosperity by fostering income growth for the poorest 40% of people in every country. With more than 100 offices in client and partner countries, the World Bank Group 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 regional vice presidencies, global practices, and cross-cutting solutions areas to help developing regions and countries fight poverty and improve living standards.

THE ROLE OF THE WBG IN TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS

Trade and Competitiveness (T&C) is a joint World Bank and IFC Global Practice, built around a common vision: sustained economic growth, productivity gains, job creation, and rising incomes for developing countries to eradicate poverty and boost shared prosperity. T&C’s mission is to serve as a trusted partner for countries that seek to develop dynamic and resilient economies, expand market opportunities, and enable private initiative. To this end, T&C supports global and country efforts to boost the volume and value of trade, enhance the investment climate, improve competitiveness in sectors, and foster innovation and entrepreneurship.

T&C boasts a global footprint of about 500 staff working in over 80 locations around the world. T&C’s current portfolio comprises about 100 World Bank active and pipeline lending operations, totaling $6.8 billion in commitments; and over 400 advisory and analytical activities and projects, totaling $376 million in over 100 countries.

To ensure that the Bank Group is at the forefront of knowledge and development practice, T&C has enriched its offerings and organized them under four global themes: trade, investment climate, competitive sectors, and innovation and entrepreneurship. Under trade, the global practice supports trade policy and cooperation, trade facilitation and logistics, trade performance, and competition policy. T&C’s offering under investment climate covers business environment, indicator based reforms, as well as investment policy and promotion. Competitive sectors work focuses on sector or industry-specific policies and growth, as well as spatial growth and investment strategies. Under innovation and entrepreneurship, T&C helps strengthen innovation and technology policies, strategies, and financing, and it promotes entrepreneurship and SME development.

T&C also focuses on five cross-cutting topics: global value chains, connecting to markets and opportunities, catalyzing firm productivity, private sector development in fragile and conflict states, and promoting green competitiveness.

Note: If the selected candidate is a current Bank Group staff member with a Regular or Open-Ended appointment, s/he will retain his/her Regular or Open-Ended appointment. All others will be offered a 3 year term appointment.

REGIONAL/COUNTRY/GLOBAL UNIT CONTEXT

The Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region comprises of 30 extremely diverse clients, with a population of nearly 500 million people. Four of our clients are IDA only and another 5 are IDA blend countries. The remaining 21 are IBRD credit-worthy though not all have active lending programs. Although 10 of our clients have joined the EU and 7 of these have graduated, most continue to remain active recipients of knowledge and/or lending services. Country Partnership Strategies reflect this diversity with substantial variation in lending prospects, but demand for Bank technical services remains strong across the board.

Over the last 25 years of transition, ECA countries have integrated into the global economy across many dimensions such as trade, finance, and labor flows. Poland performed particularly well during that period, more than doubling its GDP per capita, better than any other European country, including during the crisis. However, past performance does not guarantee continued success in the future. To sustain its remarkable economic growth record, Poland will need to continue to:

(i) improve the business environment for high growth entrepreneurial initiative and private sector productivity,

(ii) step up its innovation outcomes and move from imitation to innovation, including by modernizing the public research and innovation support system and enhancing the efficiency of EU-funded spending,

(iii) support further structural reforms in the economy to move competitive sectors up the global value added chain, and

(iv) support exporting firms to access global markets and maintain their competitiveness.

The World Bank Trade & Competitiveness Global Practice is committed to assisting Poland in all of these key areas.

Note: If the selected candidate is a current Bank Group staff member with a Regular or Open-Ended appointment, s/he will retain his/her Regular or Open-Ended appointment. All others will be offered a 3 year term appointment.

The Economist position will be based in the World Bank office in Warsaw, Poland. The Economist will be responsible for a wide array of activities related to Bank knowledge services and lending operations being delivered by the Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice (T&C). The Economist will report directly to a headquarter-based T&C Practice Manager and cooperate closely with the country team, as relevant.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

•Contributing to Bank analytical and operational projects on investment climate, innovation and entrepreneurship, firm level productivity, global value chains and structural reforms;

•Building and maintaining working relationships with government counterparts at the national, regional and agency level and other relevant domestic or international partners and stakeholders;

•Organizing knowledge sharing events in key policy and program areas of the Bank's ongoing T&C engagement with leading global thinkers and practitioners.

•Identifying and preparing proposals for new advisory services and possible operations at the national, regional, and agency levels.

•Preparing inputs to diverse operational products/ analytical outputs (e.g. sector and country briefings, background reports, case studies, portfolio performance reviews, etc.).

•Reviewing and processing operational documents, coordinating across practices and project components with other team members.

•Participating in missions in area of specialization in policy and program discussions within the team and with clients;

•Responding to information requests from relevant internal and external parties;

•Working independently, seeking guidance on complex projects/issues from senior colleagues within T&C and across GPs.

•Liaising at the working level with relevant EU bodies regarding the Bank's T&C engagement.

Selection Criteria:

•Demonstrated commitment to promoting Poland's economic competitiveness agenda;

•Master’s degree in economics, finance, public policy or other related field;

•Proven ability to conduct applied micro-economic analysis and use it to develop policy options;

•At least 5 years of experience in core competencies areas of T&C Global Practices: trade, investment climate, competitive sectors, and innovation and entrepreneurship;

•Demonstrated ability to work independently, under pressure, and delivering high quality work on time;

•Familiarity with EU policies and programs relevant for T&C advisory engagements with a strong emphasis on innovation and entrepreneurship, investment climate is desirable:

•Capacity to assess policy issues and interrelationships of sector, macroeconomic and country strategies;

•Basic knowledge and understanding of Bank operational processes and procedures in areas of project preparation, appraisal, implementation, and ability to participate in all stages of project life cycle, would be an advantage;

•Fluency in English and Polish.

•Deep knowledge of the Polish economic environment.

•Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a demonstrated ability to clearly present economic issues in English and Polish;

•Excellent client relation management and interpersonal skills;

•Strong work place ethics.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

•Knowledge and Experience in Development Arena - Understands policy making process; distills operationally relevant recommendations/lessons for clients.

•General Economic Knowledge and Analytical Skills - Possesses a demonstrated track record of working with economic and sectoral data and analytical tools to conduct economic analyses and produce user-friendly written outputs.

•Policy Dialogue Skills - Identifies and assesses policy issues and plays an active role in the dialogue with the government and/or other stakeholders.

•Integrative Skills - Working to develop an integrated view across all facets of current sector.

•Written and Verbal Communication - Delivers information effectively in support of team or workgroup.

•Lead and Innovate - Develops innovative solutions.

•Deliver Results for Clients - Proactively addresses clients' stated and unstated needs.

•Collaborate Within Teams and Across Boundaries - Collaborates across boundaries, gives own perspective and willingly receives diverse perspectives.

•Create, Apply and Share Knowledge - Applies knowledge across WBG to strengthen solutions for internal and/or external clients.

•Make Smart Decisions - Interprets a wide range of information and pushes to move forward.

•The World Bank Group is committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, nationality, culture and educational background. Individuals with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply.