Senior Mining Specialist, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Organization: The World Bank Recruitment opportunities
Office: World Bank in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Senior Mining Specialist
Organization: World Bank
Required Language(s): English, French
Description.
Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank consists of two entities - the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA). It is a global development cooperative owned by 189 member countries. As the largest development bank in the world, the World Bank provides loans, guarantees, risk management products, and advisory services to middle-income and creditworthy low-income countries, and coordinates responses to regional and global challenges. For more information, please visit www.worldbank.org.
Infrastructure Vice Presidency
Globally, one billion people live more than 2 kilometers from all-weather roads, 685 million people lack electricity, and nearly 4 billion people lack internet access. Access to basic infrastructure services is critical for creating economic opportunities for the poor. The Infrastructure (INF) Vice Presidency within the World Bank is charged with developing sustainable solutions to help close infrastructure gaps in developing and emerging economies.
The global mining sector continues to evolve rapidly in response to the energy transition and changes which include higher:
(i) demand for minerals and metals needed for the energy transition and related higher commodities prices, which are affecting developing countries on both the supply and demand sides;
(ii) emphasis on strengthening governance and sustainability, ensuring the benefits from mining reach the poor, mitigating environmental and social risks of mining, advancing the gender dimension of mining, protecting the rights of people affected by mining investments; and
(iii) global drive on promoting resilient investments in strategic mineral value chains to enhance the resilience of the supply of minerals and metals needed for renewable and clean sources of energy to mitigate the effects of climate change.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Contribute towards the framing of the World Bank's strategy and service responses to the evolving technical, fiscal, regulatory, environmental, and social challenges in the mineral sector and related areas.
Lead in a cross-sector context and in multidisciplinary teams on operational work and policy dialogue with countries and internally in the World Bank Group across a broad range of mineral sector issues on long-standing and emerging business lines and contribute to new business development in these areas.
Initial scope of work will likely concentrate on the World Bank's ongoing mining sector financing and advisory support to countries of the Southern and Eastern Africa Region (AFE), including Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo.
Provide expert policy and technical advice to governments on policy, fiscal, institutional and regulatory frameworks for mineral development, processing, governance, negotiations, national economic and infrastructure linkages, and mine closures.
Lead on the development of innovative approaches supporting the Bank's efforts in mining projects including adoption of approaches to decarbonize mining activities and the development of resilient supply chains for metals needed for the energy transition.
Take a lead role in partnering with others within the World Bank Group (including IFC and MIGA) and on joint initiatives with industry, government, NGOs, and regional institutions to implement the Bank's broader mining agenda.
Conduct outreach to key stakeholders including delivering presentations to World Bank Group management, staff and a range of external audiences.
Knowledge of the intersection between mining and the climate change agenda, including approaches to climate mitigation and adaption in the context of mining, greening mineral value chains and decarbonization, and sustainable extraction and processing of critical minerals.
Demonstrated experience of assessing macro and micro trends (economic, social or technological) that affect the mining industry as well as geopolitical trends affecting investments, supply chains, and resource governance.
Demonstrated ability to coordinate, participate in strategic cross-sector dialogues within the network, across countries, among a multi- disciplinary team of colleagues and other development institutions, government, and other organizations.
Recruitment opportunities.
The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
Closing Date: 4/21/2025
For more information, please visit www.worldbank.org.