Practice Manager

**Job #**:

- req30000**Organization**:

- World Bank**Sector**:

- Social Development**Grade**:

- GH**Term Duration**:

- 4 years 0 months**Recruitment Type**:

- International Recruitment**Location**:

- Singapore**Required Language(s)**:

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

- 11/11/2024 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC**Description**

**East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) Region**

EAP is a large and diverse region, ranging from Small Island States of the Pacific, currently IDA recipients, to large MIC countries and IBRD borrowers such as the Philippines, Indonesia, and China. Despite substantial economic growth and poverty reduction, the EAP region faces huge development challenges. Growth has been uneven across and within countries, institutions still need strengthening, and most countries are heavily affected by climate change. The Bank plays a significant role in promoting global public goods, including climate, biodiversity, water pollution, and health. The COVID pandemic, and more recently food and energy price increases are compounding the impact of the global economic slowdown. The World Bank Group (WBG) is seen as a premier development institution in the Region, with a leadership role on analytical and advisory services as well as financing.

**EAP Planet**

The Planet Vertical helps countries tackle their most complex challenges in the areas covered by the four Planet Departments, namely Social Development, Agriculture and Food, Environment, and Water, as well as the cross cutting area of Climate Change. In addition, Social Development staff provide services to the rest of the Bank’s program on environmental and social risk management, gender, and citizen engagement, and leadership on crafting climate action.

**Social Development Context**

Within the Planet Vertical, the Social Development Global Practice (GP) helps countries tackle deep rooted social problems stemming from fragility, climate change, exclusion, and the digital age with people centered solutions that build on local values and institutions. The Social Development GP engages with citizens, communities and governments to deepen resilience, build inclusion, and empower vulnerable and marginalized groups to have influence and voice. The department prioritizes participatory, multi-sectoral approaches that build on norms and informal institutions to address social challenges and to build more inclusive, empowered communities. It also works across the Bank’s portfolio to implement the Environment and Social Framework (ESF) standards and strengthen inclusive development. Cross-GP collaboration is critical for the ESF and for the direct operational work of the staff.

**EAP SOCIAL Development UNIT (SEAS2)**

EAP has two Social Development units: SEAS2 and SEAS1. SEAS2 covers two Country Management Units (CMUs): (i) Indonesia and Timor Leste; and (2) Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. The two units share a Regional Standards Coordinator and are responsible for: (i) undertaking social analysis during project preparation and implementation, to mainstream social development and inclusion issues throughout the Bank’s work in the region; (ii) ensuring compliance with the Bank’s social safeguards policies on Involuntary Resettlement and Indigenous Peoples and the implementation of the ESF; (iii) undertaking Advisory Services and Analytics in the form of thematic studies on social development issues, country social analysis, and providing Reimbursable Advisory Services; (iv) leading and contributing to the preparation and supervision of lending operations that promote social inclusion of the poor and vulnerable by empowering people, building cohesive and resilient societies, and making institutions accessible and accountable to citizens; and (v) facilitating partnerships and dialogue with civil society through outreach and engagement.

SEAS2 works closely with staff across the two CMUs, the other CMUs covered by SEAS1, and with all other Verticals and with other parts of the WBG.

**Duties and accountabilities**:
The Practice Manager (PM) is accountable for delivering the agreed upon work program through cost-effective use of resources (human and budget) within the agreed parameters and in compliance with internal controls and policies and ensures timely delivery and overall quality of the outputs.

The PM collaborates across technical, geographic and institutional boundaries to help design and deliver development solutions to a diverse range of clients.

The PM is an active member of the Social Development Department/Talent Board, the EAP Regional Management Team, and the EAP Planet Leadership Team.

The PM represents Social Development before key stakeholders, clients, beneficiaries, the general public, internal and external partners Is responsible for effective communication with them.

**The PM is responsible for the following specific areas**:
**Manage teams**:

- Set a strategic vision and business plan for the unit

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