World Bank Group
Experience: 3 to 5 Years
Skill Required: Media and Communication
Apply By: 07-06-2024
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.
Innovation and partnership bond the five institutions of the World Bank Group (WBG): the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA), which together form the World Bank; the International Finance Corporation (IFC); the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA); and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). The World Bank Group is one of the world's largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries. It uses financial resources and extensive experience to help our client countries to reduce poverty, increase economic growth, and improve quality of life.
As part of the World Bank’s South Asia Region (SAR), the World Bank's Pakistan Country Management Unit (CMU), based in the Islamabad Country Office, is responsible for overseeing a large program providing US$1-2 billion per year to the Government of Pakistan, and mobilizing a modest amount of grant resources. This program includes financing a wide range of operations and direct Advisory Services and Analytics (ASA) for sensitive policy advice, small and large infrastructure operations, and services in a wide range of areas (health, social protection, education, finance, energy, digital, mobility, water and sanitation, solid waste management, urban, agriculture, disaster risk management, environment, domestic revenue mobilization, public financial management, trade, poverty reduction, governance, etc.). The Office has about 128 staff, including about 28 IRS staff (some with families), and hosts many visiting missions, the International Finance Corporations offices (Islamabad and Karachi). The CMU within this manages the overall portfolio and strategy of the program. The role of BFC has expanded after Islamabad is being declared as family post in 2019 and the office has grown.
The CMU is led by the Country Director for Pakistan, supported by the Operations Manager (OM) and the Operations team in Islamabad and the Sr. Country Officer and team in Washington DC.
Within the CMU, much of the logistics (visa processing, fleet management, conference and workshops, catering and cafeteria management, visiting mission support, support to internationally recruited staff) and facilities management are grouped under the Business Facilitation Center (BFC) which is under the leadership of the BFC manager and the Facilities Manager (who also report to the Operations Manager).
The Team Assistant for this advertised position will be part of the CMU’s BFC team and will be based in the World Bank office in Islamabad. The Team Assistant will report to the Operations Manager (OM) and will be under the general guidance of the BFC manager. The Team Assistant will be part of Administrative and Client Services (ACS) staff in the country office. ACS colleagues provide a range of administrative and client services to support a full range of functions of the World Bank Pakistan Country Office including office management, facilities management and operations. ACS report to the Operations Manager and may have co-supervisors depending upon their assignment. During the course of an ACS career, the Team Assistant for the advertised position may be assigned different responsibilities depending upon business need.
The Pakistan CMU is looking for a high performing, energetic member of its BFC team whose responsibilities will include:
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