E T Temporary

**E T Temporary**

**Job #**:

- req23821**Organization**:

- World Bank**Sector**:

- Administration/Office Support**Grade**:

- ET2**Term Duration**:

- 1 year 0 months**Recruitment Type**:

- Local Recruitment**Location**:

- Bogota,Colombia**Required Language(s)**:

- English**Preferred Language(s)**:

- Spanish**Closing Date**:

- 8/22/2023 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC**Description**

**Regional Context**

The WDG serves 30 client countries in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region (LCR). Clients range from large rapidly growing sophisticated middle-income clients to IDA countries to small Caribbean states to one fragile state. Despite immense resources, dynamic societies, and an average annual per capita income of about $4,000, deep inequalities persist in most LCR countries, with nearly a quarter of the Region's people living in poverty. The last Bank's strategy for LCR focused on three pillars: (a) supporting the foundations for inclusive growth; (b) investing in human capital and protecting the poor; and (c) building resilience. In the aftermath of the COVID19 pandemic, this strategy will need to be adjusted to better support the countries deal with a health crisis without precedents and an economic crisis not seen since modern statistical records started in 1900. Yet, the basic elements of the strategy: accelerating growth (following a projected GDP contraction in 2020 of 7.2%), investing in human capital, including in health (in the most affected region by COVID19), and building resilience appear fully relevant.

**CMU and Country Office Context**

The LCCO Country Management Unit (CMU) comprises Colombia and is part of the larger LCC1 CMU that also includes Mexico and Venezuela. The Country Director (CD) is based in a decentralized office in Mexico City which is aided by an Anchor Office in Headquarters. The Colombia country office is headed by a Country Manager based in Bogota and has almost 40 staff, covering all aspects of the operational business from the ground. The CMU oversees a wide range of Bank activities, including a large number of financial services and a strong program of innovative knowledge, reimbursable and convening activities. Given the setup of the CMU, extensive communication and coordination among virtual teams working in Bogota and Headquarters is required.- The World Bank Group is committed to achieving diversity in terms of race, gender, nationality, culture, and educational background. Individuals with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply.**Roles & Responsibility**:
Responsibilities will involve collaboration with team members in the Bogota Office and in other World Bank Group Units, as well as frequent interaction with external counterparts such as consultants, Government officials, international donors, service providers, vendors and members of the private sector and civil society.**Duties/Accountabilities**

Provide Support to GP Teams as assigned:
- Provide overall administrative support to task teams (VC arrangements, back and forth communications with consultants and country program/project team).
- Provide assistance to visiting missions (travel arrangements, logistics for meetings), and participate in field work and coordinate events as required).
- Ensure effective processing of documents through all stages of the project cycle, including appropriate clearances and distribution; handling logístical planning for negotiations, Board presentations and signings.
- Update project milestones in SAP and project processing steps in the Operations Portal.
- Serve as an information resource of status of Project/Products and draft a variety of standard project-related correspondence.
- Answer client inquires, draft letters and closely follow-up as needed
- File in WB Docs all related information for the projects and grants in the area of your TTLs.
- Provide back-up support when the TTL or other team members are on mission, maintaining communication in critical decision-making.

**General Office Support**:

- Provide backup support to colleagues when needed.
- Research information using Bank's systems, databases and internet and retrieve Bank Project Related Reports.
- Provide overall administrative and operational support including coordination of Colombia GP Programworkflow and act as point of contact to provide advice and dissemination of information.
- Support on transaction processing as required for contractual service requests, consultant's request and fee claims.
- Assist or direct internal and external clients with general inquiries and/or provide guidance accordingly.
- Ensures dissemination and smooth distribution of information among staff
- Help to prepare logistics for conferences, workshops, donor meetings, study tours.
- Maintain institutional filing system and databases.
- Collaborate with the ACS based in the Office and HQ.
- Monitor timely notification of the Global Practices and other Networks or Regions missions to the Government.
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