IFCa member of the World Bank Groupis the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We work in more than 100 countries, using our capital, expertise, and influence to create markets and opportunities in developing countries. In fiscal year 2024, IFC committed a record $56.1 billion in private companies and financial institutions in developing countries, leveraging the power of the private sector to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity, as economies grapple with unprecedented levels of uncertainty and volatility. For more information, visit www.ifc.org. IFC is looking for a dynamic, motivated, and detail-oriented Senior Environmental & Social (E&S) Specialist to provide cross-regional E&S leadership. This professional will provide support to clients and IFC's investment and advisory teams on E&S risk management across sectors, especially infrastructure and manufacturing, agribusiness and services in alignment with IFC Performance Standards and Sustainability Policy with the aim to enhance E&S outcomes of IFC-supported investments and advisory mandates. Roles and Responsibilities: 1) Early Screening, Due Diligence, Portfolio supervision • Lead or contribute to review of E&S issues/risks in new investments and select advisory engagements in the real sector, and in the identification and development of risk mitigation measures and value-add solutions, including through transaction structuring, that support clients in addressing identified issues throughout IFC's project cycle. • Clear and proactive guidance to IFC investment teams on E&S risk management in project decision-making and processing throughout the investment cycle. • When leading E&S assessments, ensure effective and efficient use of staff, consultants, and resources, ensuring the timely completion of deliverables. Provide guidance and support to team members. • Proactively monitor portfolio clients and engage with clients and investment departments to achieve compliance with contractual E&S requirements. Clearly document and communicate any outstanding or emerging gaps between client performance and IFC requirements, and related risks to IFC. • Support industry teams and clients in response to Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) and Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) requests, leading discussion with CAO and IEG officers. • Contribute to portfolio analysis to identify systemic issues and assess trends, including any issues of policy nature and propose policy adjustments as needed. • Contribute to global / regional supervision program reviews and periodic reports. 2) Upstream and Advisory Services • On the basis of new business processing and portfolio analysis, help identify systemic bottlenecks existing in the market that prevent adequate E&S risk management. In collaboration with Upstream officers and advisory teams, help develop upstream activities by using technical experience and expertise. • Work proactively to identify opportunities for ESG advisory engagements that result in greater development impact and value for the client; provide expert input into new IFC advisory offering. • Participate in strategic decision making (as needed) regarding IFC role in advisory support to enhance E&S risk management and ESG capacity building sector clients. Where relevant support the development of appropriate solutions. 3) Knowledge Management • Participate in cross-regional and global teams responsible for the preparation of policy interpretation notes on E&S topics and contribute to the corporate knowledge base by analyzing and disseminating lessons learned from project work. • Participate in forums or conferences to showcase IFC experience, approach and value proposition (which includes serving as a panelist or moderator for internal and external events). • Prepare management briefs of relevant E&S matters. • Provide guidance/mentor more junior staff and Short-Term Consultants (STCs) working on E&S risk management and supervise the timeliness and quality of their work, in coordination with the ESG Regional Manager. Selection Criteria • Master's degree or equivalent in environmental, health and safety management/engineering, environmental/social sciences, or other relevant discipline. • Minimum of 8-11 years of professional experience working on E&S risk management in the international context, with strong preference for experience in the private sector working in infrastructure, energy and/or mining sectors. • Experience working on E&S Policies and Standards, including those of World Bank Group and other international financial institutions (IFI). Demonstrable familiarity with IFC Performance Standards is an advantage. • Experience in supporting the development of sustainable finance. • Working experience in emerging markets, ideally in fragile and conflict-affected environments. • Willingness to travel regularly in emerging market countries. • Strong analytical skills, ability to think strategically, analyze and synthesize diverse information sources, and draw conclusions from sometimes limited data and develop solutions in potentially tense or conflicting situations. • Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing circumstances, organize and prioritize deliverables, and maintain attention to detail. • Proficiency in English is essential. Additional language skills in Arabic and Russian is desired. • Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills including the ability to communicate persuasively on complex issues with a wide range of internal and external parties (including senior staff, management, IFC's accountability mechanism and clients) and present E&S risks and management solutions in a manner that non-experts can understand. • Ability to work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural team, influence and negotiate point of view within teams. • Exemplary project management skills and ability to manage multiple tasks under tight deadlines. • High personal integrity and emotional intelligence, with demonstrated ability to handle sensitive matters in a discreet and respectful manner. • Diplomatic approach and calm under pressure. WBG Culture Attributes: 1. Sense of Urgency – Anticipating and quickly reacting to the needs of internal and external stakeholders. 2. Thoughtful Risk Taking – Taking informed and thoughtful risks and making courageous decisions to push boundaries for greater impact. 3. Empowerment and Accountability – Engaging with others in an empowered and accountable manner for impactful results. [World Bank Group Core Competencies](https://bit.ly/2kbIA7O) The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability. 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The Position: The Midwife Mentor will be based in Cox's Bazar. The incumbent reports to the Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) Programme Team lead. How you can make a difference: UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA's strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to "build forward better", while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women's and girls' access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals. In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction. UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results. Job Purpose: UNFPA through partners has deployed 261 licensed national midwives to support government and non-government health facilities to provide midwifery-led Sexual Reproduce Health (SRH) services in Cox's Bazar and Bhasan Char. The purpose of this position is to mentor the national midwives, midwife coordinators, midwife supervisors, their supervisors as well as the doctors that work with them to enable and capacitate evidence-based respectful midwifery-led care within an inter-disciplinary team for the refugee and host community girls and women. You would be responsible for: 1. Capacity development Conduct regular field visits to provide oversight and support to health facility managers and clinical coordinators to enable national midwives to provide quality comprehensive SRH services with a focus on maternal health. - Provide midwives, clinical coordinators and involved doctors relevant training, bedside/hands-on teaching, and mentorship. - Assess and respond to challenges in the enabling environment, including logistics and commodities and capacity or communicate to relevant support systems. - Facilitate/support the midwives to improve/expand services within their scope of practice. - Participate in SRH working group, as needed. Develop guidelines for provision of SRH care to refugees and host communities, as needed. - Build capacity of midwives to provide initial stabilization of emergencies when needed, and evidence based routine maternity care, including respectful adolescent friendly ANC, delivery, and PNC services. - Build capacity of midwives to provide comprehensive and quality SRH services including family planning, cervical cancer screening, MR/PAC, clinical management of rape, health response to sexual violence and prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections. - Coordinate training and mentoring sessions on all aspects of comprehensive SRHR. Support an effective response that integrates SRH (including Adolescent and Sexual Reproductive Health), gender-based violence (GBV) and data interventions. - Develop and support the implementation of systems to strengthen the quality of SRHR service delivery. - Build capacity of midwives to provide the needed data for monitoring and evaluation. 2. Advocacy and Partnership: Advocate within facilities for evidence-based respectful adolescent-friendly midwifery led SRH services. Coordinate with other partners at the facility level to synergize SRH care provision. Contribute to SRH working group meetings and within all other situational Reports as needed. 3. Project/programme Management Support Support SRH unit programme implementation with implementing partners - Provide support to assessment of SRH needs of the affected population particularly as it relates to midwives, any needed. - Assist in developing/adapting protocols for selected areas in programme coordination (such as syndromic case management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), referral for emergency obstetric care, midwifery, fistula repair, medical response to survivors of rape, counselling and family planning services, etc.). - Coach and support the midwives and other health care providers to strengthen the implementation of sexual and reproductive health priorities. - Provide inputs for Situational Reports and other communication products, as required. - Conduct monitoring/mentoring visits and ensure a systematic approach for tracking barriers, challenges, and progress within facilities. Qualifications and Experience: Education: Advanced university degrees in midwifery, nursing, medicine or International Confederation Midwives (ICM) standard midwife. Knowledge and Experience: - At least 2 years' full scope clinical midwifery experience. - Experience with mentoring and training - Technical knowledge of current developments in sexual and reproductive health care - Strong expertise in capacity development - Knowledge and understanding of health care in low resource settings, particularly in the areas of reproductive health. - Exceptional interpersonal, communication, networking, and negotiation skills. - Ability to express clearly and concisely ideas and concepts in written and oral forms. - Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS word, Excel, etc.), experience in handling web-based management systems. Languages: Fluency in English; knowledge of other official UN languages is preferable. 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Organizational Setting and Work Relationships The Associate Protection Officer reports to the Protection Officer or the Senior Protection Officer. Depending on the size and structure of the Office, the incumbent may have supervisory responsibility for protection staff, including community-based protection registration, resettlement and education. S/he provides functional protection guidance to information management and programme staff on all protection/legal matters and accountabilities. These include: statelessness (in line with the campaign to End Statelessness by 2024), Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) commitments, age, gender, diversity (AGD) and accountability to affected populations (AAP) through community-based protection, Child protection, Gender-Based Violence (GBV) prevention and response, gender equality, disability inclusion, youth empowerment, psycho-social support and PSEA, registration, asylum/refugee status determination, resettlement, local integration, voluntary repatriation, human rights standards integration, national legislation, judicial engagement, predictable and decisive engagement in situations of internal displacement and engagement in wider mixed movement and climate change/disaster-related displacement responses. S/he supervises protection standards, operational procedures and practices in protection delivery in line with international standards. The Associate Protection Officer is expected to coordinate quality, timely and effective protection responses to the needs of forcibly displaced and stateless persons, ensuring that operational responses in all sectors mainstream protection methodologies and integrate protection safeguards. The incumbent contributes to the design of a comprehensive protection strategy and represents the organization externally on protection doctrine and policy as guided by the supervisor. S/he also ensures that forcibly displaced and stateless persons are meaningfully engaged in the decisions that affect them and support programme design and adaptations that are influenced by the concerns, priorities and capacities of forcibly displaced and stateless persons. To achieve this, the incumbent will need to build and maintain effective interfaces with communities of concern, authorities, protection and assistance partners as well as a broader network of stakeholders who can contribute to enhancing protection. All UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR's core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity. Duties - Stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment. - Promote International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct. - Foster their consistent and coherent interpretation and application through mainstreaming in all sectors and /or in clusters in applicable operations. - Assist in providing comments on existing and draft legislation related to forcibly displaced and stateless persons. - Provide legal advice and guidance on protection issues to forcibly displaced and stateless persons; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documentation. - Conduct eligibility and status determination for forcibly displaced and stateless persons in compliance with UNHCR procedural standards and international protection principles. - Promote and contribute to measures to identify, prevent and reduce statelessness. - Contribute to a country-level child protection plan as part of the protection strategy to ensure programmes use a child protection systems approach. - Contribute to a country-level education plan. - Implement and oversee Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all protection/solutions activities which integrate AGD sensitive procedures. - Oversee and manage individual protection cases, including those on GBV and child protection. Monitor, and intervene in cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents through working relations with governments and other partners. - Recommend durable solutions for the largest possible number of forcibly displaced and stateless persons through voluntary repatriation, local integration and where appropriate, resettlement. - Assess resettlement needs and apply priorities for the resettlement of individuals and groups of refugees and other forcibly displaced and stateless persons. - Participate in the organisation and implementation of participatory assessments and methodologies throughout the operations management cycle and promote AGD sensitive programming with implementing and operational partners. - Contribute to and facilitate a programme of results-based advocacy through a consultative process with sectorial and/or cluster partners. - Facilitate effective information management through the provision of disaggregated data on populations of concern and their problems. - Promote and integrate community-based approaches to protection and contribute to capacity-building initiatives for communities and individuals to assert their rights. - Support activities in the area of risk management related to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, fraud, case-processing, data protection, and human rights due diligence at country level. - Participate in initiatives to capacitate national authorities, relevant institutions and NGOs to strengthen national protection related legislation and procedures. - Intervene with authorities on protection issues. - Negotiate locally on behalf of UNHCR. - Decide priorities for reception, interviewing and counselling for groups or individuals. - Enforce compliance of staff and implementing partners with global protection policies and standards of professional integrity in the delivery of protection services. - Enforce compliance with, and integrity of, all protection standard operating procedures. - Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s). - Perform other related duties as required. Minimum Qualifications Years of Experience / Degree Level For P2/NOB - 3 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 2 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 1 year relevant experience with Doctorate degree Field(s) of Education Law, International Law, Political Sciences or other relevant field Certificates and/or Licenses Not specified. (Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential) Relevant Job Experience Essential Professional experience in the area of refugee protection, internal displacement, human rights or international humanitarian law. Good knowledge of International Refugee and Human Rights Law and ability to apply the relevant legal principles. Desirable Field experience, including in working directly with communities. Good IT skills including database management skills. Functional Skills *PR-Protection-related guidelines, standards and indicators *PR-Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) PR-Gender Based Violence (GBV) Coordination MG-Project Management PR-Human Rights Doctrine/Standards PR-International Humanitarian Law PR-Assessment of IDPs Status, Rights, Obligation PR-Climate change and disaster related displacement CO-Drafting and Documentation (Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential) Language Requirements For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English. For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language. For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English. All UNHCR workforce members must individually and collectively, contribute towards a working environment where each person feels safe, and empowered to perform their duties. This includes by demonstrating no tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment including sexual harassment, sexism, gender inequality, discrimination and abuse of power. As individuals and as managers, all must be proactive in preventing and responding to inappropriate conduct, support ongoing dialogue on these matters and speaking up and seeking guidance and support from relevant UNHCR resources when these issues arise. This is a Standard Job Description for all UNHCR jobs with this job title and grade level. The Operational Context may contain additional essential and/or desirable qualifications relating to the specific operation and/or position. Any such requirements are incorporated by reference in this Job Description and will be considered for the screening, shortlisting and selection of candidates. Desired Candidate Profile This job is advertised in the frame of the JPO Program and reserved exclusively for candidates with Korean nationality. General Requirements for candidates applying to the JPO Programme of the Republic of Korea: a) Korean citizenship b) Fluency in Korean and English c) Completion of university with a Bachelor's degree d) Certificate of English proficiency test: Applicants should score a minimum of (i) TOEFL iBT 100 or (ii) TEPS 430 or (iii) IELTS 7 or (iv) TOEIC 900 - TOEFL 'Home Edition' score is accepted while 'MyBest Scores' are not accepted - IELTS General Training and Academic test are both accepted - Test scores are valid for 2 years after the test date e) Not older than 32 years of age as of 31st December, 2025 (born after 1st January, 1993). The maximum age limit for those who served in the military will be extended accordingly: one year will be extended for those who served for less than one year; two years will be extended for those who served for more than one year and less than two years; three years will be extended for those who served for two years or more. f) Male applicants shall have completed the Korean military service or be exempted from it. Those who will be discharged from military service in the year of the application may also apply. g) Applicants can apply for a maximum of two JPO positions sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea during the year of application 2. Required Documents a) A complete application and motivation letter in English b) A scanned copy of applicant's Resident Register in English, issued by the Korean Government c) A copy of university degree (Bachelor's) certificate in English d) A copy of English proficiency test certificate. e) Only for male applicants who have completed the national military service: A certificate of Korean Military Service in English. The maximum age limit for those who served in the military will be extended in accordance with the Support for Discharged Soldiers Act and the Military Service Law. f) Only for low-income applicants: A scanned copy of a certificate of National Basic Livelihood Security Recipients issued in Korean and its unofficial translation in English g) Only for persons with disability: A scanned copy of a certificate of person with disability issued in Korean and English Please ensure that all the aforementioned required documents are uploaded under the Resume/Cover Letter section of your application by the specified application deadline. Required languages (expected Overall ability is at least B2 level): English Desired languages Korean Operational context Occupational Safety and Health Considerations: To view occupational safety and health considerations for this duty station, please visit: https://www.cdc.gov/travel Nature of Position: Currently, some 142,000 asylum-seekers and refugees are hosted in Greece. In 2024, some 62,000 people arrived either by sea or land. UNHCR provides expert advice to the State and evidence-based information that helps inform programmes and policies for asylum-seekers and refugees. Access to international protection, identifying durable solutions and support to vulnerable asylum-seekers and refugees, such as unaccompanied children and survivors of gender-based violence, are UNHCR's key priorities. UNHCR also works with national and local authorities, the private sector, civil society and refugee communities to advance protection solutions and inclusion, develop support networks and create employability and training opportunities for refugees. The Office retains a readiness to respond to emergencies and new arrivals, with a focus on immediate support to the most vulnerable. UNHCR Greece plays a strong advocacy role since continued support is needed, particularly from EU countries and EU institutions in providing immediate protection to those most at-risk through sufficient resources, ensuring capacity in the country and responsibility-sharing. UNHCR will continue to assist Greek authorities in responding to both short and long-term challenges. Forcibly displaced and stateless people continue to face increased risks of gender-based violence (GBV) and associated protection risks in Greece. In the context of Greece, this affects both persons granted international protection, and asylum-seekers still in the asylum procedure and may be linked to, or result from various factors such as poor living conditions, limited access to national services and protection systems and to livelihoods. Moreover, forcibly displaced people may have experienced GBV in their country of origin, or in transit, prior to their arrival in Greece. While State actors have shown attention and have developed certain response mechanisms, preventative measures and support structures to victims are seriously lacking as well as lack of specialized and responsive national systems to address and prevent GBV. Moreover, access to public services and national protection systems by refugees and asylum-seekers, especially for those victims of GBV, as well as for those living with disabilities, elderly, unaccompanied and separated children, youth remained increasingly difficult. Recent trends and observations from the humanitarian actors indicate that GBV, signs of trafficking in human beings and survival sex prevail, including at border locations, reception facilities and in the urban areas, affecting mostly displaced people who cannot meet their basic needs. GBV constitutes a main priority for UNHCR in Greece in line with the High Commissioner's Strategic Directions (2022-2026), UNHCR Regional Strategic Directions (2024-2028) and UNHCR Greece 2023-2025 Strategy. Increased efforts will be needed to ensure access to territory and asylum for those seeking international protection, the realization of their rights and their integration, with a cross-cutting focus on assisting vulnerable refugees in 2025 and beyond. As part of UNHCR's participation in humanitarian coordination, strengthening national systems, increasing Government's response capacity and influencing policy, institutional and legal changes through expert advice, capacity building, monitoring and advocacy will remain a priority for the Office. Strategic focus and prioritization will be needed in areas related to identification and reception conditions, asylum processing, access to rights and services for the most vulnerable including GBV victims, socioeconomic inclusion, access to livelihoods, and participation of refugee communities. Living and Working Conditions: Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens is a family duty station, classified as H by ICSC. Public Transportation and medical facilities are well-developed and easily accessible. The educational institutions at all levels as well as international schools are available. The climate can be described as Mediterranean, with hot and dry summers and cool and mild winters. In accordance with UNDSS security risk assessment, the whole Greek operation is classified as Security Level 2 (low). Security Clearance is required for travelling in the country. For more detailed information please consult the continuously updated living conditions booklet on Intranet. Additional Qualifications Skills Education Bachelor of Arts: International Law, Bachelor of Arts: Law, Bachelor of Arts: Political Science Certifications Work Experience Case Management: Refugees, Child Protection, Field Operations, GBV, Legal, Training and Facilitation, Work Context: Protection, Work Context: Solutions, Development & Inclusion, Working with Persons of Concern: Asylum Seekers, Working with Persons of Concern: Others of Concern, Working with Persons of Concern: Refugees Competencies Accountability, Analytical thinking, Client & results orientation, Commitment to continuous learning, Communication, Empowering & building trust, Judgement & decision making, Negotiation & conflict resolution, Organizational awareness, Political awareness, Teamwork & collaboration UNHCR Salary Calculator https://icsc.un.org/Home/SalaryScales Compendium Additional Information ______________________________________________________________________ Important Application Information: Please submit your application only via the official website of the hiring organization or by using the "Apply" button on CinfoPoste, which will redirect you to the organization's application site. 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THE BANK: Established in 1964, the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is the premier pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent. There are 81 member states, including 54 in Africa (Regional Member Countries). The Bank's development agenda is delivering the financial and technical support for transformative projects that will significantly reduce poverty through inclusive and sustainable economic growth. In order to sharply focus the objectives of the Bank Group's new Ten Year Strategy (2024 – 2033) and ensure greater developmental impact, five major areas (High 5s), will continue be used to guide Bank operations, namely; energy, agribusiness, industrialization, regional integration and improving the quality of life for the people of Africa. THE COMPLEX: The Senior Vice-Presidency (SNVP) is responsible for supporting the President in the day-to-day management of the Bank Group to achieve its strategic objective and drive performance culture that will align all processes and systems to deliver high impact results. The SNVP will provide effective leadership and exceptional coordination to ensure implementation and monitoring of key corporate decisions as well as the identification of necessary corrective measures and actions. The SNVP will lead Senior Management discussions, decision-making processes and the implementation of key Board and Management decisions. THE HIRING DEPARTMENT: The SNVP supervises the Fiduciary and Inspection Department (SNFI), which acts as the custodian of the procurement (including procurement for private and public partnership) and financial management (FM) profession, and has the following responsibilities for its functions: (i) developing and interpreting policy, strategy and related guidance notes and manuals; (ii) preparing annual post review reports on the Bank's FM and procurement operations for the Board; (iii) developing training strategy for internal and external clients; (iv) and dialoguing with external and global partners with a view to building partnerships and fostering harmonization; (v) providing the secretariat for the Procurement Review Committee (PRC); and (vi) inspecting and reporting on the performance of procurement and FM activities undertaken by the regions THE POSITION The Senior Procurement Operations Officer is responsible to ensure that the project procurement activities financed by the Bank in assigned country are compliant with the Bank's procurement policy. This is done by advising on procurement arrangements and reviewing procurement decisions within the project/program operations cycle from the identification to completion stages. The incumbent also contributes to the preparation of the Bank's Country Strategy Paper, and to building procurement capacity of Borrowers which includes training of Borrower staff, advising on project related procurement matters, and assessing and strengthening the Borrower's procurement systems. The Senior Procurement Operations Officer reports administratively to the Cameroon Country Manager (COCM) and functionally to the Division Manager - Procurement (SNFI.1). KEY FUNCTIONS: Under the direct technical supervision of the Regional Procurement Coordinator, the Senior Procurement Operations Officer will in his/her duty station: - Advise/assist the various Sector Divisions involved in the supervision of Borrowers project implementation activities as required by the relevant Presidential Instructions. - Advise Borrowers, Suppliers, Consultants, Contractors and other Entrepreneurs on all aspects related to the procurement of goods and services under Bank Group funded projects. - Participate in Preparation and Appraisal missions for projects with routine procurement components with a view to assisting Borrowers and Sector Divisions Staff to define the most appropriate modalities for procurement. - Prepare the procurement chapter in the Project Appraisal Report. - During the project/program preparation cycle missions, assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the procurement capacity at the Executing Agencies and Project Implementation Unit as well as provide advisory technical support to the project/program team on matters of procurement as an input to a new project. - Participate with other Multilateral Development Banks in the assessment of the Regional Member Countries procurement systems. - Participate in the project/program Launching Mission to assist the project/program team in developing capacity building of the Executing Agency in the area of procurement. - Review, provide comments and participate in working group meetings of lending and non-lending activities reports - Receive, review and approve all tender related documents requiring the Bank's "No Objection", "Approval" or "Action" under the Procurement Policy of the Bank; monitor practical aspects by assisting the Projects' Task Managers to supervise the procurement activities carried out by the Borrower throughout the project cycle. - Process complaints received from bidders, contractors or civil society in accordance with Bank's directives in force. - Maintain an on-going system of monitoring the compliance with the Bank's Procurement Policy by the Borrowers and actions taken by project management to implement internal and external audit recommendations and report on the status of implementation. - Facilitate and undertake training seminars /workshops for the Borrowers and Bank Staff and Business Opportunity Seminars for the regional and non-regional private sector. - Ensure that procurement information and data entering in SAP by sector experts are effective, correct and accurate. - Implement audit recommendations as directed – initiating the necessary corrective actions to address all audit findings in Procurement function and prevent any repeat thereof. - Undertake Annual Post Procurement Review Report on ongoing projects with a view to advising Management on lessons learnt - Contribute to the preparation of periodic activity reports and the Bank's Annual Procurement Reports. COMPETENCIES (skills, experience and knowledge): - Hold at least a Master's 2 degree in Engineering, Public/Business Administration, Law, Procurement, Economics or related fields - A minimum of five (5) years of relevant professional experience in providing procurement support and advice for the preparation and implementation of programs and projects financed by the Bank or any other similar institution in developing countries, having private sector experience will be an added advantage - Proven familiarity with and solid experience in the practice of procurement of goods and works and the acquisition of consultancy services under donor funding conditions, it would be desirable to have knowledge of the Bank's Procurement policy. - Experience in supervising and effectively managing implementation of development projects and programs. - Ability to be flexible, open-minded with integrity, client oriented and results oriented for achieving both the Bank's and Borrowers' objectives. - Effective consulting and advisory skills that enable Sector Staff and Borrowers to build their confidence and skills to deal with procurement issues. - Good networking skills and judgment are required while working within teams and when building professional relationships with procurement specialists and sector specialists working in the Region. - Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in French with a working knowledge of the English language. - Competence with standard MS Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), preferably combined with knowledge and experience of SAP operations. ______________________________________________________________________ Important Application Information: Please submit your application only via the official website of the hiring organization or by using the "Apply" button on CinfoPoste, which will redirect you to the organization's application site. 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