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Description

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? 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. Visit www.worldbank.org.

Prosperity  Group

The Prosperity Vice Presidency of the World Bank brings together Global Practices that help countries build the foundations for inclusive and sustainable growth. It supports client countries in advancing the World Bank’s twin goals of ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity through integrated policy advice, lending operations, and analytical work delivered in close collaboration with regional teams. It brings together four Global Practices—Finance, Competitiveness and Investment (FCI); Economic Policy/Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment (EP/MTI); Governance; and Poverty & Equity—to deliver integrated lending and analytical solutions in close collaboration with regional teams.

The Finance, Competitiveness & Investment (FCI) Global Practice supports countries in developing sound financial systems, fostering private sector–led growth, and creating markets. FCI combines expertise in financial sector development and private sector competitiveness to strengthen financial stability and integrity, expand financial inclusion, deepen capital markets, and improve the enabling environment for investment and innovation. Its work contributes to job creation, firm productivity, and sustainable economic growth.

For more, see the external FCI page: https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/unit/fci.

Country context

After a decade of conflict, Yemen faces severe economic fragmentation, currency divergence, market distortions, and operational challenges for firms. Real GDP per capita has dropped sharply since 2015, poverty affects at least 74% of the population, and food insecurity remains acute. Trade disruptions—including Red Sea shipping risks—exacerbate costs and supply chain constraints. The private sector operates largely in cash, with impaired banking systems, minimal credit, and widespread informality. The WBG’s engagement prioritizes sustaining basic services, protecting human capital, supporting resilience and livelihoods, and preparing the ground for private sector–led recovery, leveraging analytics, trust funds, and “One WBG” coordination across IDA, IFC, and MIGA.

Duties and Responsibilities

Policy Dialogue & Analytical Work

• Contribute to policy dialogue with government and stakeholders on private sector development, investment opportunities, jobs, and trade.
• Support the development of high‑quality analytical and advisory products, including policy notes, briefs, market intelligence syntheses, sector deep‑dives, value‑chain assessments, and financial/PSD diagnostics.
• Provide actionable recommendations for private sector recovery, SME/entrepreneurship growth, access to finance, value‑chain upgrading, trade competitiveness, diversification, and investment climate reform.
• Support or co‑lead lending, advisory, and knowledge engagements, ensuring quality inputs across WBG operations.
• Provide selected support to financial sector lending, advisory and knowledge engagements.

Cross‑WBG Coordination & Strategic Collaboration

• Coordinate closely with the FCI team, IFC/MIGA, CMU, global practices, and cross‑Bank units to ensure coherent private sector solutions and reforms.
• Support “One WBG” approaches in pipeline identification, upstream collaboration, de‑risking, and blended finance opportunities aligned with Yemen priorities.
• Prepare timely inputs for strategic documents such as CPFs, SCDs, CPSDs, and CMU briefings.

Stakeholder Engagement & Relationship Management

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with government counterparts, private sector actors, financial institutions, civil society, and development partners.
• Facilitate formal and informal engagements—including consultations, donor coordination, and outreach meetings—to ensure alignment and reduce duplication.

Project Operations & Implementation Support

• Provide implementation support across FCI‑led and cross‑GP operations, including missions, aide‑mémoire, ISRs, results monitoring, and risk/issue tracking.
• Troubleshoot operational bottlenecks (targeting, data collection, coordination, fiduciary/safeguard interfaces).
• Contribute to consultant management, including ToRs, recruitment, and quality review of deliverables.

Knowledge Dissemination & Outreach

• Organize and facilitate knowledge‑sharing activities—roundtables, consultations, workshops—to integrate market perspectives and disseminate results.

Risk Management & FCV Readiness

• Integrate FCV risk considerations—market volatility, access constraints, institutional capacity—into engagement plans.
• Ensure activities reflect do‑no‑harm principles, conflict sensitivity, and inclusion.
• Maintain readiness for operations in fluid contexts and support mission planning and tracking.

Selection Criteria

• Master’s or higher degree in economics, finance, business, public policy, or related fields.

• Minimum of five years of technical experience and expertise in one of the relevant sectors investment climate, value chain, PPP, SOEs and trade engagement.

• Preference given to experience or knowledge of the local economic and political context in Yemen and experience working in Yemen.

• Strong experience in Yemen related to private sector development, investment climate reforms, entrepreneurship, SME development, trade, competition policy, and value‑chain development. Similar experience in another FCV context will also be considered, but experience in Yemen is preferred.

• Preference given to experience working in international development, either with the World Bank or another IFI or donor.
 
• Demonstrated ability to identify, analyze, and implement policy reforms in emerging markets.

• Results‑oriented, effective in matrix environments.

• Strong communication skills and ability to work in multicultural settings.

• Technical proficiency in investment climate, competitiveness, value‑chains, trade/logistics, and financial sector operations.

• Experience in project implementation, M&E, consultant management, and operational troubleshooting.

• Strong stakeholder engagement experience.

• Excellent writing and synthesis skills.

• Languages: Arabic (fluent), English (excellent)

• Ability to operate in FCV environments and travel as needed.

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.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

As per WBG policy, an Extended Term (ET) appointment is subject to a lifetime maximum of three (3) years. Former and current ET staff who have completed or are in the process of completing their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.

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