Environmental Specialist

2 weeks ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia World Bank Group Full time

Job #:

- req21840
Organization:

  • World Bank
    Sector:
  • Environment
    Grade:
  • GF
    Term Duration:
  • 4 years 0 months
    Recruitment Type:
  • Local Recruitment
    Location:
  • Sydney,Australia
    Required Language(s):
  • English
    Preferred Language(s):

Closing Date:

  • 4/4/2023 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
    Description
This position is a locally recruited position, not an internationally recruited position, in the World Banks hiring structure.

Locally recruited positions are paid in local currency at salaries based on the local salary markets, and are not eligible for expatriate relocation benefits.

Locally recruited staff are not expected to relocate regularly, as is required of internationally recruited staff.


The Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy Global Practice (ENB GP) is located within the World Bank's Sustainable Development Practice Group.

We provide expertise, technical assistance and financing to help low
- and middle-income countries manage land, sea and freshwater natural resources in a sustainable way to help create jobs, improve livelihoods, enhance ecosystem services, decrease pollution and increase resilience to climate change Over 360 ENB staff working across the globe help set developing countries on a clean, green growth trajectory for resilient economies and healthy communities.


We have five key business lines consisting of lending and non-lending services in (1) Forests, Landscapes and Biodiversity; (2) Blue Economy; (3) Pollution Management, Environmental Health and Circular Economy; (4) Environmental Economics, Policies and Institutions; and (5) Environmental Risk Management.


ENB has three broad and distinct functions:

  • Provide clients with lending and non-lending services aimed to support the GP's key business lines
  • Support effective environmental risk management and sustainability by managing risk at the project level and creating opportunities to advance sustainable development, in part through the implementation of the World Bank's environmental risk management policies; and
  • Work closely with other sectors to mainstream environmental considerations into their policies, strategies, and operations.


The SEAE1 unit, covers three country units (China & Mongolia, Indonesia & Timor-Leste, and Papua New Guinea & Pacific Islands).

We are one of two ENB units in the East Asia and Pacific Region (EAP) and comprise around 40 staff, with 70 percent based in Country Offices.

The rest of the team is based in Washington DC. This position would involve working as part of the Papua New Guinea and Pacific Island ENB team.

Country Context:


The World Bank member countries of the Pacific Region are the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.

Five of these countries are considered to be fragile states. Our existing portfolio in the Pacific is about 95 projects with a value of US$3.0 billion. New lending is about 14 projects in FY24 with a value of US$428 million.

The portfolio is heavily focused on infrastructure development, particularly ports, roads, hydropower, solar power, coastal reinforcement; human resource development, particularly health and education; and natural resource management in such areas as fisheries.


The ENB Pacific program includes six active projects focused on fisheries and resilience, and another seven fisheries projects in preparation It also includes an active analytical and advisory program working with country clients to improve their decision-making and policies for renewable natural resources (including fisheries, forestry, and biodiversity) and environmental sustainability.


Job duties and responsibilities:

We are seeking to recruit an Environmental Specialist to support the growing country environment program.

You will focus primarily on the fisheries and natural resource management agenda, including ocean fisheries, near shore fisheries, community development, resilient coastal and landscape management, coastal pollution and climate change.


  • Leading and/or contributing to design and implementation supervision of World Bankfinanced lending or grantsupported programs focused on fisheries, forestry and/or resilience;
  • Providing technical leadership of components or activities to ensure they reflect best practice, incorporating lessons learned from previous World Bank or global experience;
  • Supporting clients and in ensuring compliance of World Bank ENB project objectives and requirements;
  • Ensuring that the World Bank's responsibilities for administrative, operational and performance reporting and tasks are fulfilled as required by the institution and donors including PROBLUE, PROGREEN and GEF;
  • Overseeing regular and adhoc reporting internally to management and externally including to donors and other stakeholders, including briefs and presentations;
  • Leading and/or contributing to sub

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