Financial Sector Specialist

  • World Bank Group
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JOB # 161382

JOB TITLE Financial Sector Specialist

JOB FAMILY Finance & Markets Department - Global Practice

JOB TYPE Professional+&+Technical

GRADE GF

LOCATION Baku, Azerbaijan

RECRUITMENT TYPE Local Hire

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT Azerbaijani [Essential]; English [Essential]; Russian [Desired]

CLOSING DATE 23-Jun-2016

Duties and Accountabilities:

This will be a Financial Sector Specialist position, for a 2 year period, with a possibility to extend based on successful completion and availability of funding. The position requires profound knowledge of financial sector operations and development issues, a mix of operational and analytical skills, the demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and work in a multi-cultural environment, have sufficient experience in financial sector, demonstrate ability to work in a team and meet stringent deadlines.

The Financial Sector Specialist will be based in Baku and report to the Practice Manager and Country Manager and be managed and overseen on a daily basis by the projects’ managers based in Washington DC. The selected candidate will work closely with other staff in HQ and in the field office, as well as with senior external experts that are part of the team.

Selection Criteria:

• Master’s or advanced Degree in economics, finance, banking, public policy, international development, international relations;
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience in financial sector;
• Deep understanding of the financial sector issues (macro and micro), relationship between financial sector development and growth, financial sector development and stability agenda;
• Experience and knowledge of financial market and challenges in Azerbaijan and ECA region is an advantage;
• Strong familiarity and/or past experience with working with the Government of Azerbaijan, international donors, World Bank Group is highly preferred;
• Fluency in English and Azeri is a must. Fluency in Russian is an additional advantage;
• Absence of conflict of interest

Candidates must possess the following competencies:

• Lead and Innovate - Develops innovative solutions.
• Deliver Results for Clients - Proactively addresses clients’ stated and unstated needs.
• Collaborate within Teams and Across Boundaries - Collaborates across boundaries, gives own perspective and willingly receives diverse perspectives.
• Create, Apply and Share Knowledge - Applies knowledge across WBG to strengthen solutions for internal and/or external clients.
• Make Smart Decisions - Interprets a wide range of information and pushes to move forward.
• Profound financial sector knowledge - Demonstrates sound knowledge of financial sector development, stability, growth and regulatory issues; knowledge of regional and country specific aspects of financial sector development and challenges is required
• Client Orientation - Takes personal responsibility and accountability for timely response to client queries, requests or needs, working to remove obstacles that may impede execution or overall success.  Ability to conduct client dialogue on a broad range of financial sector policy issues is a must
• Analysis and Writing Skills – has strong analytical skills, ability to collect and process data and proven ability to prepare analysis, has knowledge of statistical and analytical models as a plus, demonstrated ability to write reports, letters and communication memos, and writing ability to support multi-disciplinary teams.
• Operational Project Management – learns fast and demonstrates ability and knowledge of WBG operations, systems, procedures; participates in preparation of documents, review of relevant reports and documents, contributes to missions’ works, and facilitates communication with the clients on key aspects of project preparation, implementation, completion, supervision.

The World Bank Group is committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, nationality, culture and educational background.  Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.  All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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