Safeguard Policy Advisor

2 weeks ago


Jeddah, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia Islamic Development Bank Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly qualified Safeguard Policy Advisor to join our team at the Islamic Development Bank. As a senior member of our operations team, you will play a critical role in ensuring that our social safeguard policies are effectively implemented across various projects.

About the Role
  • Contributing to the development of strategic policies, plans, guidelines, analytics, and other products related to social safeguards and aspects within the Women & Youth Empowerment and civil society engagement practices and with other Global Practices in Director General - Global Practices and Partnerships Complex.
  • Leading the global practices work on social safeguards and benefits, identifying staff and learning needs and setting competencies and standards for their global, regional and country-specific solution areas.
Responsibilities
  • Monitoring social safeguards policy compliance of IsDB projects during implementation.
  • Identifying and reporting on projects with high social safeguards including negative social impact, gender, and civil society engagement sensitivity.
Requirements

To be considered for this role, you must have:

  • A Bachelor's degree in social development, Gender, development studies, social policies, economists, or any related field.
  • Higher Degree (Master's/PhD) preferred.
  • Minimum 8 years of relevant experience of which 4 years are in a developing country context.


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