Overview
The Senior Mining Specialist will coordinate, manage, and provide strategic oversight for complex critical minerals engagements, primarily in the Asia region, ensuring alignment with investment activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate WBG support to India’s National Critical Minerals Mission.
- Support coordination across a large, multisectoral WBG team engaging with government and private sector.
- Assist in aligning analytical work, policy and regulatory reform support, and investment facilitation.
- Support an HQ and field-based team on a WBG engagement centered on a major copper-gold project and the broader development of the Tethyan Belt enabling environment.
- Coordinate upstream policy, regulatory, and institutional technical assistance with downstream IBRD, IFC, and MIGA transaction support.
- Work with a Senior Mining Specialist and P&R colleagues on technical assistance to strengthen mining sector institutions, policy frameworks, and environmental and social governance.
- Coordinate closely with IFC and other WBG colleagues on transaction support related to new investment operation.
- Support preparation for a potential Country Compact in Indonesia.
- Support the implementation of the M&M department’s global strategy in the Asia region.
- Provide expert policy and technical advice to governments on policy, fiscal, institutional and regulatory frameworks for mineral development.
- Help respective teams calibrating country-level narratives across our Asia portfolio.
- Work in close collaboration with the Metals and Minerals Solutions and Impact team (KIMSI).
- Lead on the development of innovative approaches supporting the WBG’s efforts in mining projects.
- Conduct outreach to key stakeholders including delivering presentations.
- Maintain dialogue and internal relationships with regional management units in headquarters.
- Mentor junior staff.
Required Experience
- At least 8 years of relevant mining sector experience.
- Significant experience in mining sector policy, regulation, and institutional reform, ideally combined with exposure to large‑scale mining investments and transactions.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate complex, multi‑country programs and work effectively across World Bank Group institutions and global practices.
Qualifications
• Minimum of a master’s degree or higher in mining, engineering, public policy, economics, or a related discipline and/or a master’s degree in finance or project management with demonstrated mining project transactions experience.
