E T Consultant- Procurement Specialist
| Job #: | req34003 |
| Organization: | World Bank |
| Sector: | Procurement |
| Grade: | EC2 |
| Term Duration: | 3 years 0 months |
| Recruitment Type: | Local Recruitment |
| Location: | Maputo,Mozambique |
| Required Language(s): | English, Portuguese |
| Preferred Language(s): | |
| Closing Date: | 8/20/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC |
Description
Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work 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. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org.
Eastern and Southern Africa (AFE) Region:
We need the best and brightest talent focused on our region to harness the potential and innovation happening across the continent. Home to about 700 million Africa’s people, Eastern and Southern Africa is a geographically, culturally and economically diverse region of 26 countries. The subregion harbors some of Africa’s protracted conflicts, rendering many of its countries fragile, while significant gaps in education, health, and skills development continue 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.
More information about Eastern and Southern Africa (AFE) Region: https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/afr/eastern-and-southern-africa
The Institutions Global Department comprises a variety of different professional disciplines working on public institutions, including procurement, public sector management, governance and anti-corruption, and financial management. The Procurement Department convenes a leading group of practitioners focused on advancing cutting-edge practices and innovations in the fields of procurement, anti-corruption and open government. To enhance its capacity, the Department seeks to recruit/appoint a highly organized, energized and experienced professional, capable of operating effectively.
The Eastern and Southern Africa (AFE) Region’s Procurement Unit is largely decentralized and based in the 20+ country offices. The Procurement team in AFE is managed by an Accredited Practice Managers (PM) who is based at Nairobi and Pretoria. AFE Procurement Unit seeks to recruit a locally hired Procurement Analyst t to be based in Maputo, Mozambique to provide support Mozambique portfolio. The Procurement Specialist will be working under the guidance of the Procurement Team Leader based in Maputo and will report to the AFE Accredited Practice Manager based Pretoria.
Duties and Accountabilities:
- Provides technical fiduciary advice on procurement activities and engages in policy dialogue to strengthen procurement systems in client countries.
- Supports clients in achieving value for money (VFM) in public procurement to enhance service delivery and development outcomes with integrity.
- Understand relevant procurement markets using analytical tools and approaches to define more effective procurement strategies.
- Supports Borrowers to conduct market research and early market engagement to define optimal procurement approaches and develop procurement plans
- Participates in missions and plays a key role in developing practical approaches to procurement while simultaneously dealing with difficult policy and operational issues.
- Prepares and/or comments on draft operational directives and policy papers; produces major/complex reports.
- Develops and executes training modules on complex sector related procurement topics.
- Provides hands on support to Borrowers to prepare bidding documents and procurement strategy for development
- Participates in capacity building activities
The work implies frequent interaction with the following stakeholders:
- Management in the duty station and on some occasions in HQ or other countries.
- Government officials and equivalent contacts in other international organizations, partner entities, etc.
- Procurement specialists within the World Bank and government units.
- Counterparts in the Bank across VPUs, Global Practices and other units involved in meeting the Bank’s business objectives.
- Other external constituencies and expert groups.
Selection Criteria
- Master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g. business administration, engineering, commerce, law, procurement, etc.)
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in carrying out technical duties in public procurement on Donor/MDB financed project procurement.
- Knowledge of the concepts, principles and practices governing international procurement, with the ability to translate concepts into operational work, such as VFM, sustainable procurement, strategic sourcing, market analysis, contract management, etc…
- Ability to deal sensitively in a multi-cultural environment and build effective working relations with clients and colleagues.
- High levels of integrity.
- Excellent command of English and Portuguese
- Knowledge on institutions and procurement reforms in Mozambique
- Good knowledge of concepts, principles and approaches to international procurement and of public procurement systems.
- Good knowledge of excel and basic knowledge of data mining and analytics
- Knowledge of FCV Context – Applies to operations and analytical tasks a substantive understanding of fragility, conflict and violence, etc
WBG Culture Attributes:
1. Sense of Urgency – Anticipating and quickly reacting to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful Risk Taking – Taking informed and thoughtful risks and making courageous decisions to push boundaries for greater impact.
3. Empowerment and Accountability – Engaging with others in an empowered and accountable manner for impactful results.
World Bank Group Core Competencies
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Note: The selected candidate will be offered a one-year appointment, renewable at the discretion of the World Bank Group, and subject to a lifetime maximum ET appointment of three years. If an ET appointment ends before a full year, it is considered as a full year toward the lifetime maximum. Former and current ET staff who have completed all or any portion of their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.
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