The World Bank Communications Officer

Background / General
description:

The Competitive Industries and Innovation Program The developing world needs to create at least 350 million jobs in the next decade, especially for women and youth, just to keep pace with the working-age population. Africa will need 11 million new jobs each year, as its working-age population expands by 30%.  South Asia will see a 20% increase, requiring 14 million new jobs each year.  The vast majority of those jobs will have to come from the private sector. An approach is needed that will go beyond the macroeconomic reform agenda to identify and address the real microeconomic barriers to the growth of industries with high economic and social benefits. In response to this challenge, the FPD Network of the World Bank Group (WBG) and a number of donors have launched the Competitive Industries and Innovation Program (CIIP).  This is a 5-year global program with a target funding of $100mn with the objective to boost industry competitiveness to create jobs and income opportunities at scale.   CIIP will provide direct funding to World Bank teams to help them develop targeted, multi-year structural reform initiatives to systematically address critical market failures that stifle industry competitiveness and innovation and achieve significant private sector growth.  Operationally, CIIP projects will be implemented under the guidance of the WB Country Director and relevant Sector Director. FPD’s Competitive Industries (CI) and Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship Global Practices will assist in this process, including helping in the design of the specific CIIP intervention and leading multi sectorial teams.  At the technical level, the day-to-day operations and guidance of the CIIP will be the responsibility of the Chief Technical Specialist for Competitive Industries who will officially head the entire Program, reporting to the FPD VP. The World Bank is seeking a Communications Officer to support the development and implementation of a communications program with a focus on raising the profile of CIIP internationally while ensuring a regular flow of information to CIIP partners and   stakeholders within the WBG.

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.

Duties and
Accountabilities:

The Communications Officer will report directly to the CIIP Program Manager and the FPD Communications Manager. .  The Communications Officer will work closely with CIIP program team and liaise with Bank Group communications professionals. Specific duties include:
1. Develop and implement a cohesive communications strategy for the CIIP and the CI Practice that aligns with WBG-wide themes.
a. Build and maintain effective strategic relationships and dialogue with key constituencies (including the media, NGOs, academia, businesses, government agencies, etc.) to strengthen the program’s overall effectiveness.
2. Lead continual strategic and tactical communication and outreach with the CIIP’s development partners:
a. Organize donor outreach events, e.g., CIIP donor events, interactions between donors and CIIP clients (where appropriate), and between them and the CI “brains trust” and “advisory panel” (where appropriate).
b. Lead the conception, design and production of CIIP material for development partners (e.g., design and publication of an annual report, quarterly updates, etc.).
c. Provide just-in-time communications products based on development partner requests.
3. Position CIIP and CI externally in traditional media and social media.
a. Draft and/or edit stories, one-pagers, fact sheets and other materials featuring results for print and online dissemination.
b. Conceive and supervise production of multimedia products (videos, slide shows, podcasts, visuals) around projects and results for internal and external audiences.
4. Provide communications support to CIIP teams including hiring and supervising consultants.
5. Align and coordinate activities with the FPD Communications Team to ensure CIIP/CI approaches align with broader FPD and Bank Group positioning.

To see full Job Description please visit www.worldbank.org/careers .

Interested candidates are invited to apply to vacancy #130467 on www.worldbank.org/careers.   

 This vacancy closes on 19 Mar 2013.  Only online applications submitted through our careers site will be admitted. 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.  All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence