IDB3351 - Fragility and Resilience Specialist

The purpose of this position is to actively work on sector policies, strategies, design, management and implementation of programs and projects in the areas of humanitarian, fragility, conflict, and resilience in Member Countries (MCs) to ensure these areas are integrated in projects across IDB. The candidate is also expected to perform the following activities: (i) operationalize Fragility and Resilience Policies and strategies); (ii) develop specific initiatives, and products of the fragility and resilience; (iv) develop knowledge products and thematic reviews, analytics, provide key strategic findings, and disseminate the information to ensure knowledge transfer and use of best practices across the division; (v) manage efficiently the portfolio regarding the fragility and and resilience; (vi) mainstream the fragility and resilience in the Bank’s MCPS, Country Engagement Framework (CEFs), programs and projects through fragility and resilience assessments; and (vii) work and coordinate with the regional hub to trouble shoot portfolio issues in fragile and conflict affected member countries.

Strategic and Operational Planning:

• Contribute to operationalize and implement the fragility and resilience Policy of the Bank, including the development of strategic plans, analytics and other guidelines related to safeguards and with other Global Practices in Directorate General of Global Practices and Partnerships.

• Participate and contribute to develop the Fragility and Resilience Division work plan, program, and activities in close coordination with the team of the Division.

• Participate and contribute to develop, prepare, and implement policies, strategies and planning of humanitarian development peace nexus and fragility and resilience.

• Coordinate the efforts of the fragility and resilience within RCA Department in providing advice, building capacity, and advancing the development of the fragility and resilience policy in the IsDB context and within member countries (MCs) affected by fragility and conflict.

• Closely Work with Lead Fragility and Resilience Specialist, Senior Fragility and Resilience Specialist and other division and department’s teams to ensure that appropriate resources and capacity are deployed to effectively cover the fragility and resilience policy of projects in preparation and implementation within the Department.

Program and Portfolio Management:

• Provide technical support and closely work with the regional hubs to effectively implement and monitor relief, development, fragility and resilience initiatives, programs, and projects of the Bank as required.

• Collaborate and partner with stakeholders to support MCs affected by conflict, fragility, and protracted crisis.

• Monitor and assess initiatives related to relief, development, fragility, and resilience.

• Support to mainstream fragility, conflict sensitivity lens and resilience in projects and roll out flagship programs of the Bank.

• Contribute to the selection of the Program / Portfolio, which maximizes the utilization of resources and concentrates on results, based impact on relief, development, addressing fragility and building resilience in MCs.

• Contribute to the development of annual work plan and Divisional and Departmental budget.

• Actively review the signing off the Project Concept Note (PCN), Project Preparation Report (PPR), Project Appraisal Document (PAD) and RRM of the new program and projects to present to the relevant technical fora of the Bank.

• Prepare business cases for new initiatives for promoting assistance programs and present them to concerned division / department management members.

Partnership and Initiatives on Fragility:

• Contribute, in coordination with the Fragility and Resilience Division and others, on the leading work on Fragility and Resilience within the IsDB, and academia, MDBs and other key partners, outside IsDB, on the relevant research/ analysis, events and outreach.

• Participate in the efforts to strengthen partnership with other development partners in close coordination with Division, Resilience and Climate Action Department, in collaboration with the PGARM department and other units of the Bank.

• Network with the relevant stakeholders to increase resources allocated for the post-conflict and fragility.

Capacity Building:

• Participate in the Identification, assessment, and monitoring the overall capacity building needs on Fragility, Conflict and Resilience within the Bank, including Regional Hubs, and among clients.

• Prepare and process the emergency response grants and other training programs for capacity building in close collaboration with the CCD department.

Knowledge Sharing & Innovation:

• Contribute to Transferring knowledge of relief, development, fragility, and resilience to other employees within IsDB Group and externally to Member countries to ensure awareness.

• Organize knowledge sharing and dissemination events of fragility, conflict, and resilience of the Bank.

• Contribute to producing policy briefs, watching briefs, fragility and resilience assessments, flagship reports, resilience index, trends analysis and analytics in the areas of fragility, conflict, and resilience.

• Prepare regular internal status reports of all relief, development, fragility, conflict, and resilience activities within the IsDB Group and highlight any concern areas and success stories and to keep the Manager abreast of the work status.

• Contribute to preparing report for external use to demonstrate and provide required information regarding of relief, development, fragility, conflict, and resilience.

Reporting & Communication:

• Prepare progress reports on thematic related activities in compliance with the Bank rules and procedures.

• Bachelor’s degree in economics, social development, development studies, or other related fields.

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience in fragility, conflict and resilience, Humanitarian, addressing fragility and buildings resilience, 2 of which in multilateral development bank and/or international development agencies.

• Master’s degree is equivalent to one year of experience.

• Ph.D. degree is equivalent to two years of experience.

• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of fragility, conflict and resilience, humanitarian development peace nexus, recovery, and reconstruction.

• International experience working in development in several countries, coordinating and working in multi-disciplinary teams.

• Have a good knowledge and experience of project management and multi-criteria assessments, stakeholder engagement and consultation, community participation.

• Demonstrable analytical skills to assess institutional and country capacity and to design / review practical arrangements for implementing complex projects’ fragility, conflict, and resilience aspects.

• Demonstrated ability to contribute to high-level analytical work and policy dialogue in IsDB Member Countries.

• Planning & organizing / project management skills.

• Analytical thinking

• Problem solving

• Report Writing skills.

• Presentation Skills.

• MS Office skills.

• English - Mandatory

• Arabic - Preferred

• French - Preferred