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Eastern and Southern Africa (AFE) Region

We need the best and brightest talent focused on our region in order to harness the potential and innovation happening across the continent. Home to about 700 million of 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 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.

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 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 Senior Procurement Specialist to be based in Bujumbura, Burundi to provide support as ADM procurement Specialist for part of Burundi portfolio and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and provide Hands on Expanded Implementation Support (HEIS) to any other country where required. The Procurement Specialist will be working under the guidance of the Procurement Team Leader based in Kinshasa, DRC and will report to the AFE Accredited Practice Manager based Pretoria.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• 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, preparing Project Procurement Strategy for Development and develop procurement plans
• Lead in the preparation of OPRC case reports and conduct initial review of OPRC cases
• 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
• Provide hands on expanded implementation support (HEIS) to other countries as required
• Lead procurement reforms including implementation of e-procurement systems working closely with Public Procurement Regulatory body
• Leads 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.