World Bank ICT Policy Specialist
The ICT Sector Unit is recruiting an ICT Policy Specialist (two year contract) through the JPPAD (Junior Professionals Program for Afro-Descendants and US Minorities). He/She will be based in Washington, DC and will report to TWICT’s ICT Program Coordinator for the Africa Region.
The ICT Policy Specialist will work in the following two areas:
1. Be part of the ICT Sector Africa team in the Africa Region (AFR) for the delivery of lending IBRD/IDA operations and related tasks.
2. Support the coordination of the ICT for Transformation agenda in the Africa region.
Sustainable development is fundamental to the World Bank's ability to deliver on its mission of poverty reduction. In order to fulfill its mission, the World Bank created the Sustainable Development Vice Presidency to help our client countries, as well as other stakeholders, think through and carry out programs and policies that advance sustainable development to ensure lasting poverty reduction. This involves working with our clients to drive growth in a greener and inclusive way and strengthening the “triple bottom line” of economic, environmental, and social sustainability for people to fully benefit from development initiatives. Our work is carried out in conjunction with developing nations and emerging economies, but also in global fora with all stakeholders where we advocate for sustainable development practices. The Bank's Sustainable Development Network (SDN) brings together people and programs across six operational regions and six “anchor” departments: agriculture and rural development; energy; environment; social development; transport, water, and ICT; and finance, economics and urban development. These anchor departments are housed within the SDN Vice Presidency to help provide strategic leadership by the SDN Council, develop new financial and knowledge products, manage partnerships, promote operational quality, and ensure sector expertise contributes to a data driven and results focused business associated with a $110 billion lending portfolio. Close to 2,000 staff are associated with the SDN Network professionally, and approximately 780 staff work directly within the Anchor.
About the ICT Sector Unit
The Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) unit is part of the Transport, Water and ICT Department of the Sustainable Development Network. The ICT unit serves as anchor for the ICT sector and as regional ICT sector unit for each of the six World Bank Regions.
The ICT unit's work program includes investment and policy lending activities, technical assistance, and knowledge sharing and global initiatives in the following areas:
• Connectivity Infrastructure: Support to sector reforms in areas of policy, regulation and institutions, and catalytic financing of connectivity infrastructure usually in the form of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs).
• ICT-enabled Transformation: Supporting other sector departments of the World Bank to assist their clients in the integration of ICT into sector programs (e.g. education, health, infrastructure, rural development, public administration) and in using ICT for greater development results. This agenda also includes helping client countries put in place cross-sector foundations (policy, institutions, infrastructure) for e-government and for the use of ICT in service delivery across sectors.
• ICT Innovation: Policy advice, program design and financing of programs aimed at developing IT industries (through support of IT parks, skills development programs, enabling environment, etc.) and at promoting ICT-based innovation and competitiveness across the economy.
ICT Policy Specialist
The ICT Policy Specialist will work in the following two areas:
1. Be part of the ICT Sector Africa team in the Africa Region (AFR) for the delivery of lending IBRD/IDA operations and related tasks.
2. Support the coordination of the ICT for Transformation agenda in the Africa region.
Sustainable development is fundamental to the World Bank's ability to deliver on its mission of poverty reduction. In order to fulfill its mission, the World Bank created the Sustainable Development Vice Presidency to help our client countries, as well as other stakeholders, think through and carry out programs and policies that advance sustainable development to ensure lasting poverty reduction. This involves working with our clients to drive growth in a greener and inclusive way and strengthening the “triple bottom line” of economic, environmental, and social sustainability for people to fully benefit from development initiatives. Our work is carried out in conjunction with developing nations and emerging economies, but also in global fora with all stakeholders where we advocate for sustainable development practices. The Bank's Sustainable Development Network (SDN) brings together people and programs across six operational regions and six “anchor” departments: agriculture and rural development; energy; environment; social development; transport, water, and ICT; and finance, economics and urban development. These anchor departments are housed within the SDN Vice Presidency to help provide strategic leadership by the SDN Council, develop new financial and knowledge products, manage partnerships, promote operational quality, and ensure sector expertise contributes to a data driven and results focused business associated with a $110 billion lending portfolio. Close to 2,000 staff are associated with the SDN Network professionally, and approximately 780 staff work directly within the Anchor.
About the ICT Sector Unit
The Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) unit is part of the Transport, Water and ICT Department of the Sustainable Development Network. The ICT unit serves as anchor for the ICT sector and as regional ICT sector unit for each of the six World Bank Regions.
The ICT unit's work program includes investment and policy lending activities, technical assistance, and knowledge sharing and global initiatives in the following areas:
• Connectivity Infrastructure: Support to sector reforms in areas of policy, regulation and institutions, and catalytic financing of connectivity infrastructure usually in the form of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs).
• ICT-enabled Transformation: Supporting other sector departments of the World Bank to assist their clients in the integration of ICT into sector programs (e.g. education, health, infrastructure, rural development, public administration) and in using ICT for greater development results. This agenda also includes helping client countries put in place cross-sector foundations (policy, institutions, infrastructure) for e-government and for the use of ICT in service delivery across sectors.
• ICT Innovation: Policy advice, program design and financing of programs aimed at developing IT industries (through support of IT parks, skills development programs, enabling environment, etc.) and at promoting ICT-based innovation and competitiveness across the economy.
ICT Policy Specialist
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