E T Consultant - Environmental and Social Development Specialist, Washington DC

E T Consultant - Environmental and Social Development Specialist Job #: req37426 Organization: IFC Sector: Risk Grade: EC2 Term Duration: 1 year 0 months Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment Location: Washington, DC,United States Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s): Closing Date: 7/16/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

Build a career with impact. Working at the World Bank Group (WBG) provides a unique opportunity to help countries solve their greatest development challenges. As one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries, the WBG is a unique partnership of five global institutions dedicated to ending poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, the WBG works with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges.
The WBG Chief Risk Officer (CRO) Vice Presidency is the core unit responsible for Group-wide institutional risk oversight, including establishment and monitoring adherence to risk policies and guidelines and risk assessment and reporting to the Board and executive management.  Its mission is to enable and support the WBG to achieve its goals in a financially sustainable manner. The VPU assists management with identifying and managing Group-wide cross-cutting risks, enhancing risk response decisions, reducing financial and operational surprises and losses, seizing opportunities and improving deployment of capital.   The WBG CRO Vice Presidency includes the IBRD/IDA, IFC, and MIGA risk teams and covers a wide range of financial and non-financial risks.  To enhance accountability and credibility, the World Bank Group (WBG) has established an independent second line of environmental and social risk oversight within its Chief Risk Officer (CRO) function called CROES. While operational teams at the World Bank, IFC, and MIGA are responsible for designing and implementing projects in accordance with E&S policies, the newly formed E&S Risk Department—led by the WBG Global Director for Environment and Social Risk—oversees, monitors, and evaluates E&S risk and performance. The department is currently seeking a highly motivated Social Development Specialist (ETC) as a core member of its team.  He/she will support the CROGA team to manage the WBG grievance redress service 
CROES is looking for a seasoned, dynamic and motivated E&S development professional with sound technical judgement and minimum 5 years of relevant experience on E&S risk management and managing effective grievance resolution for project-affected communities.
The selected candidates will work as part of a seasoned team, guided by and reporting to Lead Grievances and Accounting, Grievances and Accountability Unit.
Duties and Accountabilities
Work in collaboration with the CROGA team on complaints handling and oversight role across the WBG. This would include: •   Provide support to the Intake and Evaluation of new complaints, by reviewing complaints submitted to WBG, preparing Intake reports, and where it is necessary to communicate with complainants or Bank task teams to gather sufficient information to ascertain admissibility •   Support preparation of monthly Corporate and CMU-specific logs of current GRS cases. •   Support oversight of portfolio cases through oversight and monitoring to provide guidance to operations teams on solution implementations and closure, identify trends and issues in sectors/regions/themes etc. •   Support in the review of management responses, action plans, and monitoring reports for IPN/CAO cases. •   Support Senior Management reviews and reports providing inputs and data. •   Input to the Integrated Risk (IR) Dashboard that will provide World Bank Group (WBG) senior leadership and the Enterprise Risk Committee with a consolidated, actionable view of Environmental and Social (E&S) risks across all WBG operations (IBRD/IDA, IFC, MIGA). •   Develop and deliver regular progress reports, guidance materials, and lessons learned as needed. •   Supporting and contributing to development of high-quality work products that clearly and logically frame and concisely communicate unit function deliverables.

Selection Criteria

•   Master’s degree in social sciences, law, political science, environmental or natural sciences or other relevant discipline. •   Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience, including private sector experience in sustainability and E&S risk management. WBG experience a plus. •   Good knowledge of the World Bank Group environmental and social policies and standards (IFC Sustainability Framework / EB Environmental and Social Framework). •   Demonstrated maturity and sound judgment, attention to detail, ability to handle confidential information, and proven track record in conveying complex messages succinctly and diplomatically in a clear and concise manner to different stakeholders in multi-cultural contexts. •   Capacity to multi-task—working on a variety of tasks simultaneously, adjusting to priorities and achieving results with agreed objectives and deadlines. •   Ability to work independently, i.e. to fully comprehend tasks, to develop a strategy for implementing those tasks and drawing up a variety of resources to ensure completion. •   Good analytical skills, ability to think strategically, analyze and synthesize diverse information sources, and draw conclusions from sometimes limited data •   High personal integrity and emotional intelligence, with demonstrated ability to handle confidential matters in a discreet and respectful manner. •   Ability to communicate effectively and concisely in spoken and written English is essential. Additional language skills are desirable. •   Good interpersonal listening and communication skills include the ability to relate well with a wide range of internal and external parties. •   Ability to work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural team. 

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1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.

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