Job Purpose
The Purpose of this position is to: (i) provide specialised support and expertise to Country Operations Managers, Operational Team Leaders (OTLs), Project Management Specialists and Executing Agencies (EAs) in in the Regional Hubs in identifying, mainstreaming and monitoring conflict sensitivity lens in Bank operations during the identification, preparation, appraisal, implementation, and completion stages (throughout project lifecycle); (ii) carry out in close coordination with the regional hubs the Fragility and Resilience Assessments, (FRAs), and design specific programs and projects supporting the member countries affected by fragility and conflict; (iii) ensure that humanitarian development nexus is mainstreamed in Bank’s programs and projects in fragile and conflict affected member countries; (iii) provide support and report to the Manager, Fragility and Resilience Division to coordinate the operationalization and implementation of Fragility, Conflict and Resilience (FCR) policy of the Bank; (iv) contribute to the evaluation, improvement and dissemination of fragility and resilience policy; and (v) contribute to the formulation, development and effective implementation of IsDB’s strategic initiatives relevant to FRC including knowledge products including bi-annual resilience flagship report, capacity building activities, and provide high level advisory, guidance and tools to the Regional Hubs and Member Countries. Key Accountabilities
The Purpose of this position is to: (i) provide specialised support and expertise to Country Operations Managers, Operational Team Leaders (OTLs), Project Management Specialists and Executing Agencies (EAs) in in the Regional Hubs in identifying, mainstreaming and monitoring conflict sensitivity lens in Bank operations during the identification, preparation, appraisal, implementation, and completion stages (throughout project lifecycle); (ii) carry out in close coordination with the regional hubs the Fragility and Resilience Assessments, (FRAs), and design specific programs and projects supporting the member countries affected by fragility and conflict; (iii) ensure that humanitarian development nexus is mainstreamed in Bank’s programs and projects in fragile and conflict affected member countries; (iii) provide support and report to the Manager, Fragility and Resilience Division to coordinate the operationalization and implementation of Fragility, Conflict and Resilience (FCR) policy of the Bank; (iv) contribute to the evaluation, improvement and dissemination of fragility and resilience policy; and (v) contribute to the formulation, development and effective implementation of IsDB’s strategic initiatives relevant to FRC including knowledge products including bi-annual resilience flagship report, capacity building activities, and provide high level advisory, guidance and tools to the Regional Hubs and Member Countries. Key Accountabilities
Strategic and Operational Planning and Implementation:
- Contribute as an expert and participate in project appraisal, design as well as processing and approval process as team member along with relevant regional hub. Lead provision of input on Fragility and Resilience aspects/
- Contribute and mainstream fragility and resilience in Member Country Partnership Strategy (MCPS) formulation, country dialogue and engagements with relevant departments at HQ and regional hub.
- Lead in the development of strategic policies, plans, guidelines, analytics and other products related to fragility and resilience with the fragility and resilience division and with other Global Practices in Director General – Global Practices and Partnerships Complex
- Lead the design and development of fragility and resilience programs and projects of the Bank to support the member countries to respond to the crisis.
- Implement the conflict sensitivity booklet and guideline of the Bank to guide the Bank’s staff in mainstreaming this in program and projects
- Monitor and assess initiatives related to relief, development, fragility, conflict and humanitarian trends
- Contribute to the selection of the Program / Portfolio which maximize the utilization of resources and concentrate on results-based impact on humanitarian development peace, fragility and resilience in MCs.
- Closely work with other units of the Bank on fragility and resilience and humanitarian development nexus, which entails providing intellectual leadership on positioning the Global Practice (GP) internally and externally in relevant domains
- Provide advisory on GPs work on fragility and resilience, identifying staff and learning needs and setting competencies and standards for their global, regional, and country-specific solution areas to support the national institutions
- Prepare and disseminate Fragility and Resilience Assessments (FRAs) to identify drivers and source of fragility and resilience of the MCs
- Provide the regional hub staff with the necessary technical guidance and expertise in operationalizing the fragility, conflict and resilience
- Provide expert advisory on the delivery of selected global engagement products on Fragility, Conflict and Resilience (FCR), and when needed, directly lead and participate in country dialogues and deliverables (such as those related to MDBs, UN agencies, OECD and CSOs), in addition to capacity building workshops in Member Countries.
- Lead the monitoring of the implementation of Fragility and Resilience Policy of IsDB projects during implementation.
- Identify, and report on projects mainstreaming Fragility and Resilience Policy
- Participate in safeguard policy/Bank Procedure (BP) review and update as needed and contribute to the Bank consultation and submission approval process, taking the lead on FCR Policy aspects
- as needed liaise with clients, non-government organizations (NGOs), development partners
- Build and maintain strategic partnerships with other leading works on FCR within the IsDB and Academia, MDBs and other key partners, outside IsDB, on relevant research/analysis, events, and outreach.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of policies of humanitarian development peace nexus and resilience.
Capacity Building:
- Identify, assess, and monitor overall capacity building needs FCR and and conflict sensitivity lens within the Bank, including Regional Hubs, and among clients.
- Develop and administer as needed technical assistance (TA) and emergency response grants and other training programs for capacity building
Strategic Partnership:
- Work, in coordination with the Fragility and Resilience Division and others, on the leading work on FRC within the IsDB, and academia, MDBs and other key partners, outside IsDB, on the relevant research/ analysis, events and outreach.
- Contribute to the response mobilization efforts to increase concessional and grant resources for the Bank to respond to the crisis and FRC.
- Liaise with the international FRC finance institutions, such as UNHUCR, UNICEF, UNDP, GFDRR, ICRC, IFRC, MDBs, UNDP and other specialized agencies in FRC and emergency response
Knowledge Sharing & Innovation:
- Track external issues and processes relevant to the best practices in FCR. Keep abreast of external developments and provide technical support to management on engagement in key external processes on these issues. This includes, but not limited to, IsDB partnership with specialized UN agencies, multilateral development banks, bilateral finance institutions.
- Coordinate forums for knowledge generation, exchange and dissemination on issues of FCR across the bank functions (with relevant GPs and Regional Hubs).
- Coordinate knowledge generation and advisory on FCR with external stakeholders of relevance to IsDB’s activities, but not limited to, Member Country agencies, IFIs, think tanks and consultants.
- Work with Fragility and Resilience team to identify areas of work beyond emergency response where new recovery and development projects may be catalyzers for new lending products.
- Contribute significantly to activities for advocacy, dissemination and knowledge building relating to IsDB’s FCR policy.
Reporting & Communication:
- Contribute to the preparation of progress reports on thematic related activities in compliance with the Bank rules and procedures.
- Bachelor’s degree in fragility, conflict and resilience, social development, economics, engineering, etc.) or any related field
- Higher Degree (Master’s/PhD) preferred
- Minimum 8 years of relevant experience (of which 4 years are in a developing country context)
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of fragility, conflict and resilience.
- Demonstrable professional experience in humanitarian development nexus, recovery, and reconstruction
- Experience working with IFIs/Development Agencies/Multilateral Development Banks preferred.
- Demonstrable analytical skills to assess institutional and country capacity and to design / review practical arrangements for implementing complex projects’ FCR aspects.
- Demonstrated ability to contribute to high-level analytical work and policy dialogue in IsDB Member Countries
- Planning & organizing / project management skills
- Analytical thinking
- Problem solving
- Sound knowledge of FCR Finance.
- Report Writing skills.
- Presentation Skills
- MS Office skills.
