| Description Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. 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, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. 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. Please visit www.worldbank.org.
External and Corporate Relations Vice-Presidency (ECR)
The mission of External and Corporate Relations (ECR) is to help deliver financial and political support for the World Bank Group, strengthen the Bank Group’s role as a global thought leader in development by enhancing and safeguarding its reputation, and supporting operational teams to achieve country outcomes. ECR manages corporate communications and global engagement with key stakeholders, including media, civil society, foundations, private sector, donor countries, and international organizations, as well as employee engagement. ECR also manages strategic communications for the World Bank’s Regions and Global Practices and leads the management of reputation risk.
ECR Global Engagement (ECRGE)
The Global Engagement Directorate leads the World Bank Group’s external engagement and partnership agenda, ensuring the Bank is a trusted partner to civil society, philanthropic organizations, academia, the private sector, technology and innovation networks, think tanks, and youth movements. ECRGE fosters collaboration at both global and regional levels, sharing insights and knowledge, building alliances, and extending the Bank’s convening power as a credible and neutral platform for dialogue.
The directorate works to create value, mobilize resources, and strengthen advocacy around the Bank’s priorities while remaining attuned to tension points at local, regional, and global levels. Through these partnerships, ECRGE helps advance the World Bank Group’s mission of eliminating poverty and boosting shared prosperity by promoting job creation and focusing on priority sectors where collective action can deliver meaningful impact.
ECR Mobilization & Engagement Team (ECRME)
ECRME builds on the Bank’s expanded engagement with key partners and organizations, driving the mobilization of resources and support through high-impact advocacy and campaigns. It advances innovative and results-oriented engagement across all stakeholder groups prioritized by the Global Engagement Directorate, including civil society, think tanks, philanthropy, youth networks, and academia—with a particular focus on strengthening collaboration with private-sector associations, business councils, and technology-focused organizations.
Moving beyond transactional relationships, ECRME works to educate and incentivize private actors on the long-term value of partnership with the World Bank Group. The team serves as a dedicated entry point for new categories of partners, generating fresh opportunities to expand both resource mobilization and strategic collaboration in support of the Bank’s mission.
Duties and Responsibilities
ECRME is seeking a Manager, Stakeholder Engagement, to lead the expansion and deepening of the Bank’s engagement with a diverse and growing set of external stakeholders, while fostering close collaboration with other ECR directorates. Beyond driving engagement with all stakeholders across global engagement directorate, the Manager will design and oversee campaign strategies, set standards, benchmarks, objectives, and milestones, and ensure alignment of high-impact advocacy and resource mobilization efforts—including the IDA replenishment, the Jobs campaign, M300 campaign, UHC campaign and others. The role also entails overseeing communications teams across innovation, outcomes, and knowledge directorate and working in close coordination with the Engagement and
Partnerships unit. The Manager’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Strategic Leadership & Campaign Design
• Lead the design and execution of high-impact advocacy and resource mobilization campaigns. • Develop and implement clear strategies, standards, benchmarks, objectives, and milestones to measure progress and ensure accountability. • Ensure alignment of campaign strategies with the Bank’s overall communications and engagement framework.
2. Stakeholder Engagement & Partnerships
• Expand and deepen relationships with a diverse set of stakeholders, including civil society, private sector associations, business councils, technology-focused organizations, and philanthropic organizations, and think tanks. • Serve as a key liaison and “front door” for new categories of partners, ensuring that engagement efforts create long-term value and move beyond symbolic and one of interactions. • Work in close collaboration with the Engagement and Partnerships unit and other ECR directorates to ensure coordinated outreach and impact.
3. Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
• Set benchmarks for an objective system to track performance and progress across all subsections and areas of focus. • Produce analysis, lessons learned, and recommendations to continuously improve engagement approaches. • Provide regular updates and reports to director of global engagement and ECR’s leadership as needed.
4. Management & Collaboration • Oversee the work of the team members, provide guidance and direction and ensure that the team stays proactive and responsive to the current challenges • Lead and inspire all teams creating a culture of collaboration and fluidity • coordination with ECR management and contribute to cross-directorate initiatives. • Represent ECRME in internal and external fora, ensuring alignment of messaging and institutional priorities.
Selection Criteria • Education & Experience: Advanced degree in communications, international relations, political science, public affairs, business administration, or related field, with 12–15 years of progressively senior experience in external affairs, advocacy, resource mobilization, or campaign management in a global, multi-stakeholder context. • Strategic Leadership: Demonstrated ability to design and execute high-impact advocacy and mobilization campaigns (e.g., IDA, IBRD, or comparable global initiatives) with measurable outcomes; proven track record of setting strategies, standards, benchmarks, objectives, and milestones. • Stakeholder Engagement: Strong experience building and deepening relationships with diverse stakeholders—civil society, private sector associations, business councils, technology-focused organizations, and think tanks—combined with the ability to act as a credible “front door” for new categories of partners. • Communications & Innovation: Proven success overseeing communications teams and leveraging digital platforms, knowledge products, and innovative tools to deliver cohesive, outcome-driven advocacy campaigns. • Entrepreneurial Mindset: A results-oriented, entrepreneurial, and solutions-driven leader who is a go-getter, problem solver, and change agent; able to design creative approaches, take initiative, and adapt to fast-moving institutional and global priorities. • People Leadership: Experienced in bringing diverse teams together, fostering collaboration across directorates, and nurturing staff through mentorship, coaching, and professional development; skilled at creating a culture of trust, accountability, and high performance. • Resource & Trust Fund Management: Knowledge of mobilizing and managing multi-donor trust funds, budgets, and resources in line with institutional policies, fiduciary controls, and compliance standards. • Analytical & Results Orientation: Strong capacity for monitoring, evaluation, and learning, including developing systems to track performance and generate lessons learned to inform strategy. • Institutional Acumen: Strong understanding of organizational priorities, communications strategies, and external engagement dynamics, with the ability to align and integrate campaign efforts across teams and functions. Familiarity with multilateral institutions and development organizations is preferred; an understanding of the World Bank Group is a plus. • Personal Attributes: Exceptional interpersonal and diplomatic skills; capacity to operate effectively at senior levels, both internally and externally; resilient, collaborative, flexible and decisive with the ability to balance vision with execution. Department Business Objectives Delivery • Ensure the ECRGE department delivers on its business objectives, overseeing the quality, timeliness, and completion of all outputs. • Collaborate across multiple departments and units within the World Bank Group to build ownership, alignment, and sustained support for key campaigns and initiatives. • Demonstrate results through a strong focus on quality, measurable impact, and systematic monitoring, documentation, and reporting. • Co-design, refine, and implement an effective ECRGE delivery model that supports both strategic goals and operational efficiency. • Support the Director in implementing strategies, executing priorities, piloting new ideas, and making mid-course adjustments to enhance delivery and impact. • Contribute to departmental budget planning, monitoring, and resource allocation to ensure effective use of funds. • Foster a collaborative management culture by supporting fellow managers and providing coverage when needed. WBG Managerial Competencies
WBG Culture Attributes:
1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results. The World Bank Group values diversity and encourages all qualified candidates who are nationals of World Bank Group member countries to apply, regardless of gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability. Sub-Saharan African nationals, Caribbean nationals, and female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. |
