Overview
The Project Officer will contribute to sector diagnostics, project and program design, portfolio management, project administration, and project processing activities related to loans, grants, and TA projects, and knowledge management.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to sector diagnostics and country programming, and portfolio management activities by assessing performance, supporting project design, developing databases, preparing reports, and providing stop-gap support.
- Participate in country portfolio review missions, project processing missions and tripartite portfolio review meetings.
- Contribute to the review of mission reports, aide memoires, back-to-office reports, progress reports, and other project performance indexes.
- Monitor and review data accuracy and consistency for Project Performance Reports, analyze projections and performance on contract awards/disbursement, and make recommendations.
- Review and ensure the quality of loan, grant, and/or TA processing and administration documents.
- Coordinate and provide inputs to sector office initiatives in project administration.
- Ensure compliance with the checklist on use of no objection procedure for various financing instruments.
- Lead or contribute to project administration tasks for assigned loans and TAs, especially in procurement, and provide guidance on procurement guidelines.
- Identify, follow up, and coordinate actions to ensure contract awards and disbursements, including financial management reports and safeguard compliance.
- Lead/co-lead or participate in project inception, review, mid-term review, special loan administration missions, and project completion review missions.
- Address project administration red flags for corrective actions.
- Prepare aide memoires, back-to-office reports, progress reports, and other reports.
- Advise project processing staff in the preparation of project reports, Project Concept Notes, Report and Recommendation of the President, and linked documents.
- Support project processing missions in designing project implementation arrangements, procurement/disbursement procedures and project management set up, and the review of financing plans.
- Contribute to the preparation of the annual portfolio management program.
- Support regular engagement with key government counterparts, provide policy advice, monitor policy reforms, and help identify new lending and technical assistance opportunities.
- Coordinate with other sector specialists, thematic groups, and trust funds to explore innovative financing modalities and integrated solutions.
- Facilitate coordination with development partners to promote complementarity, cofinancing, and well coordinated support.
- Provide inputs to country programming, support sector diagnostics and pipeline discussions, and contribute to resident mission reporting, management briefs, and sector updates.
- Perform other responsibilities that may be assigned as reflected in your workplan.
Required Experience
At least 8 years' relevant professional experience with urban development or water projects experience and project processing or administration experience, an advantage.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in engineering, urban development or planning, water management, economics, development studies, business administration, or other related fields, preferably with advanced training.
