Transport Analyst at World Bank
Eastern and Southern Africa
Home to about half a billion of Africa’s people, Eastern and Southern Africa is a geographically, culturally, and economically diverse region of 26 countries stretching from the Red Sea in the North to the Cape of Good Hope in the South. Children under 18 make up almost half of the total population. The subregion boasts of some of the world’s richest human and natural resources and, apart from South Africa, the countries are predominantly raw material exporters.
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The subregion harbors some of Africa’s protracted conflicts, rendering many of its countries fragile, while significant gaps in education, health, and skills development continues to keep people from reaching their full potential. This creates a huge development challenge, impacts heavily on the lives and livelihoods of people, and hinders regional integration and trade. But it also creates an opportunity to work closely with country leaders, civil society, development partners, and young people to chart a brighter course for the future.
The World Bank’s Eastern and Southern Africa Region, comprised of approximately 1,207 staff, mostly based in 26 country offices, has been helping countries realize their considerable development potential by focusing on the following priorities:
•Creating Jobs and Transforming Economies: We are working with countries across Africa to stimulate job creation and economic transformation by leveraging all sources of finance, expertise, and solutions to promote investment.
•Building up the Digital Economy: We are supporting Africa’s vision to ensure that every African individual, business, and government is connected by 2030 – a vision that, if realized, can boost growth by up to 2 percentage points per year, and reduce poverty by 1 percentage point per year in Sub-Saharan Africa alone.
•Supporting more Efficient and Accountable Institutions: Our support is helping governments strengthen public policy processes, manage resources effectively, and reinforce fair and reliable delivery of public services.
•Investing in People: We are at the forefront of helping African countries accelerate human capital gains and empower women by improving their access to education and skills acquisition, sexual and reproductive health services, and employment opportunities.
•Supporting Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption: In the face of increasing climate-related risks, we are working with African countries to advance efforts to adopt renewable energy, climate-smart agriculture, and green infrastructure.
•Addressing the Drivers of Fragility, Conflict, and Violence: Given the cross-border nature of conflicts in Africa, we are employing an approach that simultaneously focuses on the drivers of fragility while also supporting well-targeted regional initiatives to create opportunities for peace and shared prosperity.
•Building Partnerships and Working across the African Continent: We are scaling up our work on regional integration, taking a holistic view of the continent that covers both North and Sub-Saharan Africa.
The World Bank is a dedicated partner for Eastern and Southern African countries, helping them deliver strong development outcomes for their people. A brighter future for Africa is a better future for the world.
Transport Practice Group in Africa
The Africa Transport Practice Group consists of four units across two regions led by two Regional Vice Presidents (East and Southern Africa, and West and Central Africa). The transport units are led by Practice Managers who report to the Regional INF Directors, as well as the Global INF Practice Group highlighted above.
The Transport Unit in Eastern Africa is now seeking a locally recruited Transport Analyst based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to support the design, preparation, and supervision of lending operations and technical assistance activities and new business development in the sector. The Analyst will join the transport team in Tanzania and will be guided by the Practice Manager based in Nairobi and the Infrastructure Program Leader based in Dar es Salaam.
Duties and Responsibilities
The Transport Specialist reports to the Practice Manager, Transport, Eastern Africa. They are expected to work on the overall Tanzania transport portfolio which includes projects on land transport, maritime, rail transport and aviation as well as regional connectivity, climate resilience, and urban mobility. The transport portfolio in Tanzania currently consists of five ongoing projects and several under preparation, including additional financing, and a variety of analytical work across topics such as economic corridor development, intelligent transport systems for public transport, railway performance and sustainability, road safety, and climate resilience in the sector. The portfolio is large and the team requires an additional country-based analyst to help design investment projects, programmatic approaches and reform policies; technical analysis of project proposals; analytical work to strengthen World Bank transport engagements; and contribute to country analytical work such as the Country Climate and Development Report, Country Partnership Framework, and public expenditure reviews. The objectives of the assignment will be to:
• Support task teams in the preparation and implementation of transport projects in Tanzania, covering the core elements (planning, financial and economic analyses) while also incorporating key cross-cutting issues such as gender, climate change, road safety, and private sector participation.
• Engage with clients in designing and advancing sector policy and institutional reforms and capacity building programs, seeking to develop capacity in the implementing entities to plan, develop, and manage transport projects under their jurisdiction, with gender opportunities and climate resilience embedded.
• Participate in the policy dialogue under the guidance of the Country Director, Practice Manager and Operations Manager, with external stakeholders/development partners in the country and region.
• Provide support to improve the quality of transport projects in general, through peer reviews, technical advice, quality assurance.
• Advise government counterparts on technical matters associated with transport projects, including assessment of technical soundness of project investments.
• Supervise the work of consultants and technical specialists to ensure quality and consistency with the World Bank standards.
• Provide information and analyses for the development of policies, strategies and innovative approaches for transport network development, road asset management, maritime and aviation transport systems, and multimodal logistics.
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• Participate in cross-sectoral teams responsible for preparation of policy notes, Country Partnership Frameworks, public expenditures reviews, sectoral studies, and research and policy development activities on topics/sections pertaining to transport, urban development, trade and competitiveness, and agriculture sectors.
• Support the World Bank-wide professional community of staff engaged in the transport practice by participating in a selected number of thematic technical groups (Global Solutions Groups or Communities of Practice) and contribute to the drafting of technical notes, and supporting cutting-edge work in collaboration with other global practices to enhance knowledge creation and dissemination, and expanding the existing knowledge base.
• Stay abreast of recent developments in the transport sector world-wide, and on cross-cutting issues, in relation to the topics of specialization for this position; identifying knowledge gaps and disseminating relevant knowledge to clients.
Selection Criteria
Technical Competencies
The position requires candidates with expertise and practical experience in engineering, infrastructure planning, or sector policy. Specialist knowledge of a particular transport thematic focus (such as urban mobility or climate resilience) would be an additional asset, while experience in working in developing countries is essential.
Candidates for the position will be selected based on the following considerations:
• Master’s degree or higher in civil/transport engineering, economics, planning, public policy, finance or other related disciplines;
• Minimum 2 years proven experience in the transport sector (either with a government’s transport authority, contractor(s), design or supervision consultant(s), or development institutions), with demonstrated ability to work on: (a) transport design or planning; (b) civil works contract management and execution; (c) procurement of civil works and consultancy contracts; (d) sustainable transport infrastructure asset management; and (e) economic, social, and environmental impact of transport investments;
• Experience of working with programs financed by development partners;
• Work experience in developing countries;
• Experience in analytical work, such as on international and national transport policy, strategy, institutions and regulation as they relate to the transport sector;
• Knowledge of key developments in related sectors and on cross-cutting issues affecting the performance of the transport sector, such as private sector engagement, environmental and social impacts including gender-based violence, road safety, operational health and safety issues, and climate change;
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• High degree of self-motivation, as well as the ability to work with minimal supervision;
• Ability to identify and develop potential areas for future World Bank transport sector initiatives based on client consultation and analysis;
• Willingness to travel to and work in challenging country environments;
• Excellent written and communications skills in English; French would be a desirable additional asset.
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