Deadline: 10 February 2020
The World Bank Group (WBG) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Education Specialist in Monrovia, Liberia. The duration of this post is 3 years.
WBG has set two ambitious goals to push extreme poverty to no more 3 percent by 2030, and to promote shared prosperity and greater equity in the developing world.
Key Job Responsibilities
The Education Specialist will perform the following functions-
- Participate in the full cycle of project preparation, implementation support, and evaluation.
- Support mission preparation and contribute to mission objectives, including inputs to mission aides-memoire and implementation status reports (ISRs).
- Support monitoring and evaluation of project development objectives and implementation progress, intermediate outcomes, and results-based financing/disbursement linked indicators.
- Contribution to analytical work and non-lending services.
- Contribute to the design, preparation, and dissemination of analytical products (e.g. sector assessment, policy notes, impact evaluation, public expenditure reviews, country systems diagnostics, case studies, etc.).
- Work on cross-sectoral teams (especially, Health, Nutrition and Population; Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management; Social Protection and Labor; Governance; Trade and Competitiveness) to contribute to products such as public expenditure reviews, service delivery surveys, and impact evaluations.
- Contribute to the country diagnostics and other core analytical work.
- Advise country and sector teams on education issues and activities.
- Support to human development (HD) and other operational and analytical work.
- Provide education sector input to regular Bank’s products / outputs (e.g. HD sector briefings and memos, background reports, project performance reviews, etc.).
- Liaise with HD staff on integrated HD inputs and activities.
- Respond to ad-hoc information requests from internal and external parties.
- Work with staff from other global practices on HD / education related issues (e.g. development policy operations (DPOs) with HD triggers, analytical work related to governance, management and financing of education sector, etc).Support building client capacity.
- Supporting building client capacity to use findings of policy research / analytical work for developing new policies and undertaking sector reforms.
- Provide technical advice on key issues and strategic directions for the country’s education sector development.
- In coordination with the task team leader(s)s, represent the World Bank in bilateral or multilateral meetings and activities with other development partners.
- Participate in regular Local Education Group (LEG) meetings and contribute to its work and follow up on key recommendations.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have:
- Master’s Degree (PhD preferred) in economics, education (economics of education, education policy, etc.), public policy, or a related field.
- Minimum 5 year’s of experience in the education sector.
- Relevant experience with policies and interventions in the education sector, familiarity with World Bank’s operations and business processes will be a plus.
- Strong analytical and technical skills, including an understanding of the core education data sets, indicators, tools for analysis of this data, and the use of evidence for education policy.
- Strong client orientation and proven ability to work with government agencies, and with partner organizations.
- Proactive attitude to challenges and flexibility in quickly adjusting to changing work program requirements.
- Respond quickly to internal and external client requests, and set realistic priorities for self and others.
- Excellent communication (oral and written) skills in French and English.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications through online process.
For more information, please visit WBG.
