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Lead Irrigation Specialist

The Water Anchor Unit of the Transport, Water and ICT Department (TWI) is located in the Sustainable Development Network (SDN) Vice Presidency. Its core functions are to: (i) serve as secretariat for the Water Sector Board; (ii) develop corporate strategy and policy in consultation with sector and country units and with other networks; (iii) act as an information clearing house; (iv) provide training for staff in collaboration with thematic groups; (v) provide state-of-the-art skills through cross support for Regional operations; (vi) disseminate knowledge and serve as an incubator for new ideas and policy research; and (vii) strengthen cooperation with external partners.

The Water Anchor is seeking a Lead Irrigation Specialist to lead its agricultural water management team (AWM). The selected candidate will report directly to the Sector Manager of the Water Anchor. The candidate will focus on advancing the World Bank Group's work on AWM in both irrigated and rainfed agriculture, and is expected to integrate AWM into broader water and rural development approaches in strong coordination with professionals of the water practice and the ARD family. This will also include involvement in the Bank’s responses to global food price volatility and its impact on food security in the short-term (such as the Global Food Crisis Response Program) and in the longer term (including the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program), as well in the work on improving food and water security in coordination with the G20 process.
Lead Irrigation Specialist