E T Consultant ? Senior Partnerships Specialist - req32317

E T Consultant ? Senior Partnerships Specialist

Job #: req32317

Organization: World Bank

Sector: Health/Nutrition/Population

Grade: EC3

Term Duration: 1 year 0 months

Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment

Location: Washington, DC,United States

Required Language(s): English

Preferred Language(s)

Closing Date: 3/31/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? 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 and promoting shared prosperity. 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 Human Development (HD) Practice Group (PG)

The World Bank Group (WBG) is the largest provider of development finance and solutions for human development working with high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries to develop country-tailored solutions for human development (HD) under the themes of education, health, social protection, jobs and gender. The HD PG coordinates with other Practice Groups to ensure a coordinated and integrated approach to development challenges, and through the World Bank Regional Units is expected to deliver the strongest and most pertinent support to our client countries.

The Human Development Vice Presidency (HDVP) at the World Bank Group is made up of the Global Practices for education; health, nutrition, and population; and social protection and jobs; additionally, the HDVP houses the gender group. As such, HD is central to the World Bank Group?s goals to end extreme poverty by 2030 and raise shared prosperity.

The primary challenges of health development relate to health, nutrition, and demographic transitions, through an agile short-term response, and a sustainable and inclusive longer-term response that tackles inequitable opportunities and outcomes in the health sector globally, regionally and within countries. The fundamental challenge is to preempt, prevent and mitigate the developmental impact of these challenges now and into the future. Specific challenges include: providing equitable, efficient, accountable and sustainable financing of health coverage; providing equitable, quality, appropriate and scaled-up delivery of priority public health services according to need; mobilizing the appropriate quantity and quality of key health systems inputs related to health workers, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare technology and facilities; and strengthening models of governance for the health sector that recognize core functions for government, responsibilities/accountability of key actors and enhance competencies for governance across levels (local, national, regional and global) and sectors (public/private/civil society, as well as government sectors such as education, transport, social protection, etc.).

Health, Nutrition & Population Global Practice

The World Bank Group (WBG) supports countries? efforts towards achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and to provide quality, affordable health services to everyone ?regardless of their ability to pay ? by strengthening primary health care systems and reducing the financial risks associated with ill health and increasing equity. For more information: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/health

Duties & Responsibilities

The Senior Partnerships Specialist works under the direction of the HNP Practice Manager and in close coordination and guidance from the Lead for Partnership for the effective management of the HNP?s partnerships. The position involves providing strategic and operational leadership by supporting donor relationships and help coordinating global health partnerships to ensure alignment, resource mobilization, and collaboration on key initiatives. Additionally, the role includes helping to drive specific advocacy and communication efforts to produce impactful content to enhance stakeholders? engagement and alignment.

Donors And Partnerships Coordination

The specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:
? Support the donor and partners engagement strategy including through mapping key opportunities and targets to advance HNP?s work program.
? Ensure liaison between HNP and global health donors, multilateral agencies, philanthropies and other stakeholders to ensure alignment and coordination.
? Support donors and partners relations, including preparing briefing materials, presentations, talking points, reports, and conducting regular check-ins to maintain strong partnerships.
? Contributing on the preparation and organization of donor engagement events, including formal meetings and side events at global, regional and national fora.
? Track and monitor donor contributions, risks, and outcomes, ensuring transparency and accountability in HNP?s financial and programmatic reporting.
? Support the development and execution of HNP?s partnership strategy, ensuring alignment with the broader objectives of the World Bank?s health initiatives.
? Support the partnerships engagement strategy through regular update reflecting progress, challenges, and new opportunities.

Advocacy And Communication Support
? Draft high-quality advocacy communication materials, including op-eds, speeches, policy briefs, in alignment and coordination with the World Bank Group communication team.
? Coordinate the development and dissemination of written content to enhance HNP?s visibility and engagement with key stakeholders, ensuring coherence in messaging.
? Provide editorial support and quality assurance for written products prepared by the team, ensuring they meet World Bank standards and stakeholder expectations.
? Develop talking points, presentations, and briefing notes for senior HNP leadership for key public events.

Other duties that might be required ? all staff is expected to ?pitch in? during surge periods.

Selection Criteria
? A Master?s degree (Public Health, International Relations/Public Policy/Public Administration or other related field) plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience.
? Demonstrated experience engaging with high-level leadership and stakeholder relationships with donors, multilateral and bilateral donors and agencies, as well as civil society and private sector representatives.
? Track record of effectively working across organizational boundaries, both within an organization and with key external partners.
? Experience leading teams ?from behind? in order to produce high quality products in a timely manner.
? Demonstrated ability to communicate in writing and orally in a professional and timely manner with senior-level internal and external partners.
? Excellent planning and organizational skills, including in managing a high volume of tasks.

Excellent English Language Skills, Other Languages Also Advantageous.
? Demonstrated ability to think strategically and rapidly analyze diverse information from varied sources.
? Demonstrated ability and the necessary personal organization skills to take initiative, personal ownership and accountability to meet deadlines, manage multiple tasks at high quality under pressure, and achieve agreed-upon results.
? Demonstrated ability for teamwork in a multicultural environment.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

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Note: The selected candidate will be offered a one-year appointment, renewable at the discretion of the World Bank Group, and subject to a lifetime maximum ET appointment of three years. If an ET appointment ends before a full year, it is considered as a full year toward the lifetime maximum. Former and current ET staff who have completed all or any portion of their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.

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