Deadline: 31 January, 2023
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
The World Bank Group has opened applications for the role of Senior Education Economist/Specialist.
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.
Responsibilities
- Design and supervise operations, both as the leader and as a member of the team, in the education sector or multi-sectoral operations, tapping into the bank’s full range of lending instruments (including investment project financing, result-based financing, etc)
- Provide implementation support for the ongoing portfolio
- Provide timely advice and support to clients in implementing projects and help to build the capacity of the federal and state ministries of education, as well as parastatals under the ministries
- Conduct sectoral policy dialogue with clients at the highest levels, on a range of complex issues at different levels of education
- Identify and nurture opportunities for participating in the broader policy dialogue in the country
- Provide technical advice on key issues and strategic directions for the country’s education sector development by bringing relevant international experience and research to assist in developing local solutions on issues such as strategies to expanding access to quality primary and secondary education, girls’ education, improving the quality and relevance of skills development, use of digital technology in education, and public-private partnerships
- Design and lead the preparation of ‘cutting edge’ technical products that respond to critical policy questions identified by the client and which have an impact on policy and operational design on issues and policies related to education and training (including education finance, policy dialogue, governance, teacher policies, national large-scale assessments of student learning achievement, quality assurance systems, and skills development
- Lead/contribute to activities such as impact evaluation, feasibility study, economic analysis of education operations, public expenditure reviews and other education sector work
- Produce ‘just in time’ notes of high quality as well as lead longer analytical reports
- Work on cross-sectoral teams to contribute to products such as public expenditure reviews and implementation of decentralisation
- Contribute to the country’s diagnostics and other core analytic work
- Contribute to the unit’s analytical work by generating ‘think pieces’ and synthesis papers
- Provide education sector input to regular bank products and outputs, e.g., HD-wide analytical tasks, and CMU tasks
- Liaise with HD staff on integrated HD inputs and activities
- Work closely with the practice manager, the education team, the CMU and other sectors to identify, develop and support new business areas of engagement, including innovative financial products, technical advisory services and other services, as required
- Provide education sector input to regular bank products/outputs
- Liaise with HD staff on integrated HD inputs and activities
- Respond to ad-hoc information requests from internal and external parties
- Work constructively with local education group and partners, including bilateral and multilateral donors, UN agencies, NGOs, and private sector partners
- Contribute to alignment and coordination around country-led priorities
Requirements
- Master’s degree (preferably PhD) in Economics, Education (Economics of Education, Education Policy, etc.), Public Policy, or a related field
- Eight years, minimum, of directly relevant work experience in education; and demonstrated expert-level knowledge of education policy
- Experience in World Bank operations as demonstrated through TTL-ship and or being a core member for lending operations
- Demonstrated experience in education policy, including ECD, primary and secondary education, skills development and tertiary education
- Experience working with clients to build capacity and engage in dialogue on education service delivery
- Experience working with development partners
- Knowledge of the GPE processes is plus
- Strong analytical/technical skills
- Strong client orientation
- Ability to support policy dialogue, including ministries of education, Ministry of Finance, and other stakeholders
- Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with proven ability to work effectively and collaboratively in a team and multicultural environment, with minimal supervision
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