Gender Specialist
Job #:
req28517
Organization:
MIGA
Sector:
Gender
Grade:
GF
Term Duration:
4 years 0 months
Recruitment Type:
International Recruitment
Location:
Washington, DC,United States
Required Language(s):
English
Preferred Language(s):
French, Spanish
Closing Date:
8/6/2024 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Description
Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is a member of the World Bank Group, and our mission is to promote foreign direct investment into developing countries to help end extreme poverty and boost share prosperity. We do that through the provision of political risk insurance and credit enhancement to investors and lenders against losses caused by noncommercial risks. For more information, visit www.miga.org.
MIGA seeks to maximize the gender differentiated impacts of its projects. MIGA's prioritizes building on the foundation it laid to enhance effective gender interventions in the private sector. To this end, the Economics and Sustainability Group (MIGES) within MIGA, which consists of Economics; Sustainability and Climate; Integrity; Evaluations; and Gender, is recruiting a Gender Specialist with expertise in gender, gender analysis, gender interventions in the private sector, strategy implementation, and project management.
Duties and Accountabilities
The Gender Specialist will support MIGA and its Gender Team in its corporate, client engagement and partnerships activities. We are looking for a motivated and dynamic professional with experience on addressing gender and inclusion issues in the context of private sector operations, exceptional analytical skills, hands-on results measurement experience in the private sector, and a track record of managing processes working across teams. Under the leadership of the Head of Gender and in collaboration with the Gender Team, the Gender Specialist will:
- Support MIGA's client engagement by delivering high-impact gender interventions for clients through the design of impactful Gender Action Plans (GAPs). The Gender Specialist will consult directly with clients on their business and gender activities; undertake gender gap analysis at the sector/country level; identify client actions to narrow gender gaps; identify indicators to measure client/project impact over time. Collaborate with MIGA operations team on inputs to relevant project documentation during due diligence and underwriting process.
- Support day-to-day activities to develop client engagement capabilities on a range of gender related themes, including climate resiliency and job creation.
- Provide support for ad hoc activities related to the operationalization of the WBG Gender Strategy.
Selection Criteria
- Advanced university degree (minimum master's degree in gender, economics, international development or social studies, political science, or other related fields).
- 5+ years of experience in gender, social development, economics, or another relevant field.
- 5+ years of experience working in a client-facing role, preferably in a private sector context. Demonstrated ability to understand client businesses, operating model and to identify appropriate gender interventions to support gender equality. Proven ability to engage with clients in a positive and service orientated manner. Experience working with financial services firms or on financial inclusion and/or with energy sector clients is a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze and synthesize data and information to develop recommendations for clients related to gender.
- Excellent effective and persuasive verbal and written communication skills in English, including ability to communicate complex issues to a wide range of audiences. Working knowledge of other, widely spoken languages a plus (e.g., Spanish or French).
- Ability to work independently on complex tasks on tight deadlines. Takes personal ownership and accountability to meet deadlines, achieve agreed-upon results, and has the personal organization to do so.
- Ability to work in a multicultural environment in an international setting to influence and work constructively across teams to find effective solutions.
- Experience with Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), private sector, and/or strong understanding of UN (United Nations) system, frameworks, and structures, particularly those related to gender equality and women's empowerment, both at the corporate, client engagement and partnership levels.
World Bank Group Core Competencies
The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.
Learn more about working at the World Bank and IFC, including our values and inspiring stories.
What We Do
The World Bank Group is a multilateral organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., whose members include most of the world’s countries. Five institutions make up the World Bank Group to collectively serve as a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries.
We have set two goals that will shape our work through 2030:
- Ending extreme poverty by decreasing the percentage of people living on less than $1.25 a day to no more than 3 percent.
- Promoting shared prosperity by fostering income growth of the bottom 40 percent for every country.
We are tackling these challenges through financing, customizing development solutions, leveraging knowledge, research and technology, and by bringing people together to solve complex problems.
The five institutions that make up the World Bank Group work together to foster development in poor and middle-income countries and to confront such global challenges as climate change.
- The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) or World Bank, tackles poverty in middle-income and creditworthy low-income countries.
- The International Development Association (IDA), also part of the World Bank, provides interest-free loans, technical assistance, and policy advice to governments in the world’s poorest countries.
- The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector. IFC finances investment, mobilizes capital in international financial markets, and provides advisory services to businesses and governments.
- The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) promotes foreign direct investment into developing countries. MIGA fulfills this mandate by offering political risk insurance and credit enhancement to investors and lenders.
- The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) provides international facilities for conciliation and arbitration of investment disputes.
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