E T Consultant

At the World Bank, a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives. For more information, visit https://www.worldbank.org/en/who-we-are/ibrd The World Bank Group is looking to recruit an Extended Term Consultant to support the External relations and Communications (Ext / Comms.) for The Gambia Country office. The Ext / Comms. Extended Term Consultant in The Gambia will coordinate closely with the Communication and External Relations Team in the Senegal office (both IFC and IBRD/IDA). Duties and Responsibilities The External Term Consultant will be based in The Gambia and will report to the World Bank Group Resident Representative in The Gambia. The Ext / Comms ETC will be responsible for: Advice and strategic communications:

• Serve as a trusted advisor on external relations and communications to the WBG management and staff supporting the WBG portfolio in The Gambia.
• Provide recommendations on internal and external communications, partnerships opportunities, and stakeholder engagement.
• Coordinate with other regional Communications colleagues to execute and localize effective communications strategy in The Gambia that elevates the World Bank Group’s brand in the CMU.
• Follow up on communications activities and track impact of engagement.
• Contribute input on political and social developments, pertaining to The Gambia, to WBG management including to briefing notes prepared by the Country office. Messaging and Products:
• Develop, under the Ext / Comms. Manager’s guidance, communication products (e.g., feature stories, news releases, talking points, speeches, op-eds, blog posts, speeches, presentations, briefing notes, online and social media content, etc.) and thought leadership pieces. Networks:
• Initiate effective professional relationships with key external and internal constituencies (e.g., the media, civil society, academia, businesses, government agencies, influencers, creative industries players, tech ecosystems, World Bank Group colleagues, etc.), in accordance with priorities defined by the operational teams and Communications Management. Events:
• Oversee communications aspects for WBG’s-organized conferences and seminars, executive missions and speaking engagements, public or broadcast appearances, press briefings involving external and/or internal audiences. Risk management:
• In collaboration with the Regional Ext / Comms team, pay close attention to reputational issues and promptly bring risks and potential risks to the attention of management:
• Support risk identification and mitigation activities in the context of regional and operational communication interventions.
• Contribute to political economy analysis of The Gambia. Focus includes current events, public opinion, social or political issues and other external or internal developments