Program Manager

Program Manager

**Program Manager**

Job #:
req28749

Organization:
World Bank

Sector:
Other

Grade:
GG

Term Duration:
4 years 0 months

Recruitment Type:
International Recruitment

**Location**:
Riyadh,Saudi Arabia

Required Language(s):
English

Preferred Language(s):
Arabic

Closing Date:
8/16/2024 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

**Country Management Unit Context**

The World Bank's GCC Country Management Unit (CMU) is the principal liaison between the World Bank and the six Arab States of the Gulf Cooperation Council, namely Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The GCC Country Department facilitates the provision of Reimbursable Advisory Services (RAS) from the Bank to the GCC countries, the GCC Secretariat General and GCC affiliated institutions. The GCC Country Department's program and relationship is managed through four offices: a Regional Office in Riyadh, KSA, a Country Office in Kuwait, a Country Office in Abu Dhabi UAE, and an Anchor unit in the World Bank HQ in Washington, D.C. The Department's Management Team (DMT) comprises of the CD. Resident Representatives, the Program Leaders, the Program Manager, and the Senior Operations Manager based in HQ.

**Reporting Lines**

The Program Manager reports to Country Director (CD), who leads Saudi Arabia Country Management Unit (CMU) and will be a key member of the CMU Management Team.

**Roles and Responsibilities**
- Client Relations
- Assists the CD in representation of the Bank and outreach to key stakeholders, especially as they relate to program matters and the broader strategic agenda for the Bank.
- Day-to-day dialogue with the government on a broad range of policy and implementation issues and keeping the Country Team abreast of that dialogue.
- Country Strategy Formulation and Implementation
- Play a key role in the formulation and implementation of the Saudi Arabia Partnership Engagement.
- Advise the CD on the yearly WPA and MOU processes.
- Facilitate related business development, as requested by the CD, in collaboration with Program Leaders and other GP staff.
- Support the CD in facilitating cooperation with IFC and MIGA.
- Pipeline and Portfolio Quality and Monitoring
- Organize and lead, jointly with the client and other development partners as necessary, periodic portfolio review meetings in coordination with GPs.
- Closely monitor project portfolio and operational performance and ensuring compliance with Bank policies. Review and provide comments on all packages; liaise with projects' team leaders to ensure all comments are considered before clearance.
- Work closely with multidisciplinary project teams to ensure that new RAS are strategic in light of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 and Vision Realization objectives; ensure that at the technical level, the CMU is part of and influences the client conversation early on in the process, and that issues for management attention are timely flagged and followed up upon.
- Engage the Program Leaders and other members of the CMU in an effective way to influence the quality of the pipeline, portfolio, and ASA program.
- Review, comment on, and clear all out-going correspondence signed by the CD; manage in-coming correspondence; review/comment/clearance of all operational requests and provide inputs to corporate requests related to Saudi Arabia.
- Prepare a range of reports and briefs to counterparts, regional and senior management.
- In coordination with the Resource Management team, monitor the implementation of the WPAs, utilization of resources, including providing periodically updated information to TTLs for budget monitoring at task level; monitor the utilization of CMU resources during the Fiscal Year including reallocation of CMU budget towards operational uses/projects.
- Serve as a liaison, coordination, and integration point for the extended country team, providing guidance and advice on country developments, operational priorities and strategies as needed.
- Lead preparation of high-level missions and senior visits in Saudi Arabia.
- Support development/update of the CO administrative guidelines and contribute to their implementation, including Country Office Security and Safety Program and Business Continuity Plan covering Bank Group personnel (including travelers on Bank Group business).
- Business Management (incl. strategy, operations, and quality control) responsibilities
- Be an active member of the CMU Management Team, functioning as deputy to Country Director and act in his/her absence.
- Collaborate with Program Leaders and the operational team to promote integrated development solutions across the WBG.
- Lead work program discussions with the Government on WBG related activities.
- Provide ongoing updates, guidance, advice, and support on local political, social, economic, and other relevant developments to the CD and other CMU team members.
- Support the CD and serve as an active catalyst in implementing and planning the busin