Water Specialist at World Bank Group (WBG) Tanzania

Job #: req30122
Organization: World Bank
Sector: Water/Sanitation
Grade: GF
Term Duration: 2 years 0 months
Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment
Location: Dar Es Salaam,Tanzania
Required Language(s): English, Kiswahili
Preferred Language(s):

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. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org

Water Global Practice and the Sustainable Development Practice Group
The
water challenges of the world are tremendous. For human development,
livable cities, food security, and energy security the need for better
water resources management is growing. Even today, 2.5 billion people
lack access to improved sanitation, of which 1 billion people practice
open defecation. Poor sanitation, including inadequate wastewater
collection and treatment, impacts health, education, the environment,
and industries such as tourism. At least 800 million people lack access
to safe drinking water. The lack of access to safe water and sanitation
results in significant economic losses in many countries. This is
further exacerbated by climate change, water pollution, water scarcity,
and the global covid-19 pandemic in a fast-changing world.

The
Water Global Practice (WTR GP) is poised to deliver on a Water Secure
World through an approach that focuses on Sustaining Water Resources,
Delivering Services and Building Resilience. The WTR GP also seeks to
ensure that water issues are effectively addressed across all related
sub-sectors, such as agriculture, climate change and disaster risk
management, and energy (hydropower). An integrated approach is adopted
in each sub-sector, with the support of its respective Global Solutions
Group, which considers investment alongside issues such as governance,
institutions, and policies. Water in Agriculture (WIA) projects focus on
all aspects of agricultural water management, from governance in
service delivery, to modernization of irrigation, farmer led irrigation,
water accounting and resilience through improved agricultural water
practices.

The Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) projects
include rural and urban water and sanitation services, hygiene behavior,
improving the efficiency of utilities, and provision of services to the
poor. The Water Resources Management (WRM) projects include integrated
water resource management, including groundwater management, dam safety,
and flood management. Increasingly, while staff may specialize in one
sub-sector, they are encouraged and supported to address the full water
agenda in terms of analytical, policy and operational work – and the
position of Lead Water Sector Specialist is an integral element of
bringing together all elements to manage water security and “water writ
large”.

The Water GP is housed within the Sustainable Development
Practice Group, which brings together the cross-cutting sectors of
Water with Agriculture, Environment, Social Inclusion, and Urban and
Disaster Risk Management. The GP, through its fully integrated GWSP
Trust Fund, places highest priority on global knowledge into local
implementation, as well as in deploying staff to countries and regions
while still working globally.

Eastern and Southern Africa (AFE) Region
Home
to about 700 million of Africa’s people, Eastern and Southern Africa is
a geographically, culturally and economically diverse region of 26
countries stretching from the Red Sea in the North to the Cape of Good
Hope in the South. Children under 18 make up almost half of the total
population. The subregion boasts of some of the world’s richest human
and natural resources and, apart from South Africa, the countries are
predominantly raw material exporters.

The subregion harbors some
of Africa’s protracted conflicts, rendering many of its countries
fragile, while significant gaps in education, health, and skills
development continues to keep people from reaching their full potential.
This creates a huge development challenge, impacts heavily on the lives
and livelihoods of people, and hinders regional integration and trade.
But it also creates an opportunity to work closely with country leaders,
civil society, development partners, and young people to chart a
brighter course for the future.

The World Bank’s Eastern and
Southern Africa Region, comprised of approximately 1,207 staff, mostly
based in 26 country offices, has been helping countries realize their
considerable development potential by focusing on the following
priorities:
• Creating Jobs and Transforming Economies: We are
working with countries across Africa to stimulate job creation and
economic transformation by leveraging all sources of finance, expertise,
and solutions to promote investment.
• Building up the Digital
Economy: We are supporting Africa’s vision to ensure that every African
individual, business, and government is connected by 2030 – a vision
that, if realized, can boost growth by up to 2 percentage points per
year, and reduce poverty by 1 percentage point per year in Sub-Saharan
Africa alone.
• Institutions more Efficient and Accountable:
Our support is helping governments strengthen public policy processes,
manage resources effectively, and reinforce fair and reliable delivery
of public services.
• Investing in People: We are at the
forefront of helping African countries accelerate human capital gains
and empower women by improving their access to education and skills
acquisition, sexual and reproductive health services, and employment
opportunities. With the influx COVID-19, we are mobilizing financial
support and timely analysis and advice to countries across the subregion
deal with the pandemic.
• Supporting Climate Change Mitigation
and Adaption: In the face of increasing climate-related risks, we are
working with African countries to advance efforts to adopt renewable
energy, climate-smart agriculture, and green infrastructure. A number of
East African countries are currently facing a debilitating Desert
Locust infestation, threatening the already precarious food security
situation. The Bank has put together a program to help affected
countries deal with the scourge.
• Addressing the Drivers of
Fragility, Conflict, and Violence: Given the cross-border nature of
conflicts in Africa, we are employing an approach that simultaneously
focuses on the drivers of fragility while also supporting well-targeted
regional initiatives to create opportunities for peace and shared
prosperity.
• Building Partnerships and Working across the
African Continent: We are scaling up our work on regional integration,
taking a holistic view of the continent that covers both North and
Sub-Saharan Africa.

Eastern and Southern Africa (E AFR) Region: https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/afr/eastern-and-southern-africa

AFE Water Team (SAEW3)
Within
the Eastern and Southern Africa Region, the hiring unit, SAEW3 is
responsible for ensuring the translation of the World Bank’s Africa
Regional Strategy and the Water Global Practice’s Water Security
Strategy into practical results relevant to 12 countries. Specifically,
the unit supports the definition and achievement of these results
through analytical, policy, and investment activities. The unit has a
staffing complement of around 29 water professionals, with an active
portfolio of over $4.4 Billion, through 21 investment projects, 2
Programs for Results, Advisory Services and Analytics, and contribution
to Development Policy Financing.

The hiring unit has an active
portfolio of investments and lending projects in Kenya, Tanzania, and
Mozambique CMUs under implementation, focusing on water security,
including water supply, sanitation, irrigation, and water resources
management. These require intensive engagement with government
counterparts, and other stakeholders to ensure local ownership,
capacity, and sustained focus on implementation for results.
The
successful candidate will be recruited for a GF-level Locally Recruited
Staff position to be based in Tanzania for a Two-year term and report to
the SAEW3 Water Practice Manager.

OBJECTIVE AND CONDITIONS OF RECRUITMENT
The SAEW3 unit seeks to recruit a Water Sector Specialist to: