Specialists - Social Urban, Rural, and Resilience at World Bank

The Social, Urban, Rural, and Resilience Global Practice works to help clients build inclusive, resilient, and sustainable cities, villages and communities, with strong linkages to the World Bank Group's twin goals: ending extreme poverty, and boosting shared prosperity.

The SURR GP covers a wide gamut: (i) developing green, inclusive, and resilient cities; (ii) addressing the social inclusion of the poor, vulnerable, and excluded groups through accountable institutions, and ensuring compliance with social safeguards; (iii) enhancing urban and rural development through supporting and managing the urban-rural transition, assisting local development through developing land tenure, management, and information systems; and (iv) assisting in disaster risk management through issues of risk assessment, risk reduction (including flood management, urban drainage, coastal management, and retrofitting of infrastructure), disaster preparedness (including hydromet services, early warning systems, and civil defense), risk financing, and resilient reconstruction (including post-disaster damage and loss assessment). A key responsibility of the GP is to provide professional expertise and operational support to other GPs to implement the World Bank Group social policies to deliver sustainable development results that ensure that any adverse impacts of Bank Group interventions are limited and mitigated.

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Disaster Risk Management (DRM): GG Senior DRM Specialists – Professionals with solid masters degrees (urban planning, engineering, environmental sciences, preferably with DRM specialization) and at least 8 years of relevant professional experience in developing and implementing disaster prevention, response, and reconstruction systems at the city, regional level, or country level, preferably in developing countries.

- GG Senior DRM Specialists

Urban: GF Urban Development Specialists – Professionals with solid masters degrees (urban or regional planning, urban or regional economics, preferably with housing specialization) and at least 5 years of relevant professional experience in: (a) slum upgrading; and (b) housing policy, financing, and investment solutions for the poor. Professionals with excellent trajectory of performance and achievement in IFIs, metropolitan governments, or national agencies would be good candidates.

- GF Urban Development Specialist

Land: GG Senior Land Administration Specialists – Professionals with solid masters degrees (land administration, rural/urban or territorial development, land economics, land law, land surveying or information technology) and at least 8 years of proven leading expertise in relevant land tenure, land administration and land management theme, in developing countries and/or countries in transition experience in developing and implementing disaster prevention, response, and reconstruction systems at the city, regional level, or country level, preferably in developing countries.

GF Land Administration Specialists – Professionals with solid masters degrees (land administration, rural/urban or territorial development, land economics, land law, land surveying or information technology) and at least 5 years of working experience in developing countries and/or countries in transition and proven track record in team work in dynamic contexts and with developing project cycles.

- GG Senior Land Administration Specialist

- GF Land Administration Specialist

Social Development:

GF-GG Social Development Specialists (focus on Social Safeguards Policies) – Professionals with solid masters degrees (social sciences) and extensive knowledge and at least 5 (for GF) or 8 (for GG) years of proven experience in addressing issues covered by social safeguards policies (involuntary resettlement, indigenous peoples) in complex and challenging settings, including the ability to provide high quality advice by taking principled and balanced positions and presenting them effectively to decision makers at all levels of public administration and actors at the community level, task team members or management, preferably in developing countries.

- GF Social Development Specialists (focus on Social Safeguards Policies)

- GG Senior Social Development Specialists (focus on Social Safeguards Policies)

GF-GG Social Development Specialists (focus on Social Inclusion) – Professionals with solid masters degrees (Social Sciences) and at least 5 (for GF) or 8 (for GG) years of proven experience in complex social development issues, including the ability to provide high quality advice by taking principled and balanced positions on social development issues and presenting them effectively to decision makers at all levels of public administration and actors at the community level, task team members or management, preferably in developing countries

- GF Social Development Specialists (focus on Social Inclusion)

- GG Senior Social Development Specialists (focus on Social Inclusion)

GF-GG Social Development Specialists (focus on Conflict & Fragility) – Professionals with solid masters degrees (Social Sciences) and at least 5 (for GF) or 8 (for GG) years of proven experience in complex social development issues, including the ability to provide high quality advice by taking principled and balanced positions on social development issues and presenting them effectively to decision makers at all levels of public administration and actors at the community level, task team members or management, preferably in developing countries

- GF Social Development Specialists (focus on Conflict & Fragility)

- GG Senior Social Development Specialists (focus on Conflict & Fragility)