World Bank External Affairs Officer Jobs 2022 – Nigeria NGO Jobs

World Bank External Affairs Officer Jobs 2022 – Nigeria NGO Jobs. World Bank Nigeria programme looking for “External Affairs Officer”. Applicants with a Master’s degree may apply on or before 10 May 2022.

The World Bank Group (WBG) is one of the world’s largest sources of funding and knowledge for development solutions – providing loans, grants, equity investments and guarantees to its members and private businesses. The vision of the World Bank Group (WBG) is the eradication of extreme poverty and the promotion of shared prosperity by fostering income growth of the bottom 40 percent in each country.NGO Jobs in Nigeria 2022 [MyJobsMag]

World Bank External Affairs Officer Jobs 2022

The World Bank has published a job vacancy announcement on 27 April 2022 for qualified Nigeria’s to fill in the vacant post of External Affairs Officer to be based in Abuja, Nigeria.

Recruiter World Bank
Position External Affairs Officer
Location Abuja, Nigeria
Country Nigeria
Total Vacant Post N/A
Qualification Master’s degree
Experience Required Minimum 5 years
Application Deadline 10 May 2022

World Bank Job Vacancy 2022

Roles and Responsibilities: The External Affairs Officer contributes to planning, development, and implementation of effective communications and outreach strategies to support the WBG’s corporate, internal, and operational priorities, using the full range of modern communications tools including social media, digital publishing, and multi-media production.  It is critical that the External Affairs Officer be equipped to gauge risks associated with complex projects and to design and implement strategies to minimize those risks. The External Affairs Officer will report to the ECRAW Manager based in Washington D.C., but work on day to day under the supervision of the the Senior External Affairs Officer and the Country Management Unit based in Abuja.

His/her specific duties and accountabilities include:

  • Strategies: Responsible for relevant portions of planning, design, and implementation of strategies to promote effective communications with external and internal audiences on World Bank-financed operations, research products, and campaigns. Helps determine the most effective content and communications interventions to address challenges.
  • Outreach and Engagement: Collaboratively plan and execute outreach and engagement activities around key priority areas. This entails launch of flagship reports, outreach to external groups to ensure knowledge is well disseminated and visible across multiple channels that includes the World Bank website and social media channels.
  • Products: Produce a range of written products on the World Bank’s operational goals, results, and knowledge. Outputs range from traditional press releases and Op-Eds to web features, brochures, Q&As, briefing notes, and speeches. Responsible for updating the World Bank’s internal and external websites for the country.
  • Youth engagement: Facilitate collaboration and structured engagement with youth groups focused on World Bank priority areas to ensure youth voices are well reflected in initiatives supported by the World Bank. Ensure that global and regional youth initiatives such as the blog4dev and youth chapters are well publicized and active at the country level.
  • Events: Support communications activities and events ranging from press conferences to large seminars and town hall meetings, involving external and/or internal audiences.

Qualification & Experience:

  • Master’s degree with minimum 5 years of experience in a relevant discipline (communication, journalism, international affairs or other related fields)
  • Understanding of the humanitarian, development and security context in Nigeria.
  • Excellent written and spoken command English, and the ability to convey complex ideas in a creative, clear, direct, and lively style
  • Proven knowledge of visual communications principles and fluency with design software.
  • Strong understanding and experience with digital content and social media analytics.
  • Strong writing skills; ability with minimum supervision to prepare and edit simple online communication products and develop drafts of moderately complex products in a clear, concise, and web-friendly style.
  • Acute eye for detail.
  • Understands project management concepts sufficiently to propose and develop drafts of online communications plans and strategies with minimal supervision; can apply standard project ·management tools, methodologies, and processes; is able to identify and mitigate project risks as well as manage project issues.
  • Experience working in an international organization and on development issues.
  • In-depth knowledge of international trends and political/economic issues related to development
  • Strong diplomatic, interpersonal, and teamwork skills; sensitivity to working in a multicultural environment.

Other Details

  • Contract Type: Full Time
  • Selection Process: Interview
  • Salary: negotiable
  • Application Process: Online

How to Apply World Bank External Affairs Officer Jobs 2022

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The Closing Date: 10 May 2022

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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