Social Development Specialist (2 positions)
Local Term Appointment (Three Years, renewable)
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
The World Bank’s Africa Social and
Conflict Unit, part of the Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience (SURR) Global
Practice seeks to recruit two locally hired Social Development Specialists to
be based in Kenya Country Office.
(1) JOB# 160431 - Social
Development Specialist (Citizen Engagement, Community-Driven
Development)
Development)
The Social Development Specialist
will work on cross-cutting social development issues with a major focus on
social accountability and citizen engagement in devolution.
S/he will be expected to contribute
to the development of an innovative social development work program on issues
of social accountability and citizen engagement in Kenya’s devolution,
especially with respect to understanding and addressing issues and impacts
related to social inclusion, gender and support for marginal counties and
provide high quality operational support on citizen engagement, social
accountability, and social inclusion, at project identification, preparation
and supervision phases to various Bank units with operations within the Kenya
Country Management Unit.
2) JOB# 160435 - Social Development Specialist (Decentralization and Inclusion, Conflict
Prevention, Climate Resilience)
The Social Development Specialist will support integration of social inclusion, conflict prevention, climate change, and youth considerations in the Bank’s devolution support, including stand-alone analytical work and technical assistance, but increasingly focused on integrating these considerations in new and ongoing International Development Association (IDA) operations related to decentralization, community-driven development, and devolved service delivery.
Selection Criteria and Electronic Applications:
The successful candidates should hold
a Master’s degree with at least five years’ relevant experience, or
equivalent combination of education and experience in a related social.
S/he should demonstrate skills and
direct work experience with at least one or more of the following: public
consultations; participatory budgeting; participatory rural and urban
appraisal; participatory research methods (including observation, surveys);
participatory poverty assessments; participatory monitoring and evaluation; and
grievance redress mechanisms.
Electronic Applications:
For the full position descriptions,
complete selection criteria and required competencies for both positions,
candidates are requested to submit an application atwww.worldbank.org/careers.
Click on >Current job
openings>Job# 160431 and Job#160435 respectively.
The World Bank is committed to
achieving diversity of gender, race, nationality, culture and educational
background.
Individuals with disabilities are
equally encouraged to apply.
Only short-listed candidates will be
contacted.
Closing date is March 1, 2016.
