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The Middle East and North Africa Region 
Countries across the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan Region (MENAAP) confront a vast array of development challenges, from an uncertain global environment, deepening geopolitical divisions, protracted regional conflicts, and climate change. These overlapping crises are amplified by longstanding structural relating to economic governance that contribute to an outsized presence of the state in the economy, high unemployment rates among women and youth, and limited intraregional trade and investment. Overcoming these challenges will allow MENAAP countries to realize their vast development potential. With a rapidly growing and highly educated population, this is a highly urbanized region with a geo-strategic location, and abundance of renewable energy potential. To unlock this potential, the World Bank is advancing inclusive, sustainable, and resilient development through a two-pronged strategy that seeks to respond to sudden and severe crises while supporting reforms that spur structural transformation and job creation, advance gender equity, strengthen regional cooperation, and accelerate green transitions. This strategy is operationalized through a differentiated approach that reflects the distinct circumstances of the World Bank's clients in the region. 
The MENAAP Region comprises of 22 countries that range from active/potentially active IBRD/IDA borrowers and recipients (Afghanistan, Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Pakistan, Syria, West Bank and Gaza, Tunisia and Yemen) to recipients of reimbursable advisory services and non-active countries with whom the Bank maintains a policy dialogue (Bahrain, Kuwait, Libya, Malta, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates).
For more information on the MENAAP region, please visit www.worldbank.org/en/region/mena
Infrastructure Practice Department
The Infrastructure Department includes Energy, Transport and Urban, Disaster Risk Management and Land  Practices, and helps countries tackle their most complex challenges in these three areas.
The MENAAP urban, resilience and land unit (IMAPU)
IMAPU's urban program comprises a diverse mix of projects and ASA (including RAS) broadly focused on improving productivity, jobs and urban livability in MENAAP countries.  The unit's urban, DRM, and land 5 billion investment lending portfolio spans 15 countries. It is complemented by ASA and RAS supporting key analytics for future business development as well as capacity building and technical assistance.   
By supporting (i) resilient, low carbon infrastructure and services; (ii) safe, adequate housing and buildings; (iii) vibrant local economies; and (iv) strong local governments, unit activities contribute to improving services, housing, and local government performance across the region.  Cross-cutting areas underpinning the livable cities agenda include climate change, digital, private capital mobilization, gender and inclusion, fragility, conflict and violence, and jobs. The unit sees particular demand for: (i) regional development, tourism, and competitiveness projects (including investments in improved urban areas, tourism assets development and cultural heritage preservation; and (ii) Improved municipal finance and service delivery projects (local roads, municipal water and wastewater, improved solid waste management, reconstruction of municipal public buildings to bring them up to the modern standards on functionality and energy efficiency, including schools, kindergartens, cultural centers, etc.).  
Position
The position will be based in Washington DC and the selected candidate will report to the MENAAP Urban, Resilience and Land Practice Manager, based in Tunis, Tunisia.
Duties and accountabilities:
The successful candidates will be a critical member of the MENAAP Infrastructure and Urban, Resilience and Land Operational Team, supporting complex and time-sensitive operations, as well as broader portfolio and budget monitoring. In addition, the candidate will play a key role in keeping abreast of changes affecting operational and analytical products, and ensuring smooth and timely adoption of new and changing processes by the various task teams. The role requires extensive operational background, demonstrated ability to work flexibly and proactively across various instruments, as well as a track record of delivering critical support to teams with quality and timeliness.
Portfolio Monitoring and Reporting.
Conduct unit-level pipeline and portfolio data analysis, monitor and analyze portfolio data (including TFs), prepare materials for portfolio reviews, and identify cross-cutting issues and key trends, including customized reports using BI dashboards.
Maintain close collaboration and synergies with other members of the MENAAP infrastructure operational teams to enhance synergies, innovation, and learning - and provide ad-hoc cross-support at departmental level if needed.
Support the coordination of large and, at times, complex RAS programs, such as programmatic engagement, by tracking timelines, monitoring progress, and planning and executing budgets to ensure timely and budget-efficient delivery of advisory outputs.
Prepare tables, regular operational updates, reports, and spreadsheets on the status of the portfolio and large contracts (e.g., STEP, Standard Reports, Operations Portal, Business Warehouse, SAP, etc.).
Contribute to active portfolio monitoring by identifying risks, issues, and bottlenecks affecting disbursements.
Monitor and report on follow-up actions resulting from portfolio reviews and discussions.
Coordinate unit inputs and updates to the Corporate and Portfolio Risk Lists.
Handle ad-hoc duties on operational matters and corporate initiatives or requirements as needed.
Budget Monitoring and Reporting
Track budget planning and execution to ensure smooth and balanced implementation of the budget (fixed/variable, BB and TF).
Analyze key trends, including through the creation of customized reports and the use of various dashboards in close collaboration with RM.
Coordinate the preparation of bi-weekly budget meetings, including by routinely addressing low-level issues and working closely with TTLs.
Lead follow-up actions stemming from budget reviews, working closely with TTLs.
Work closely with Resource Management to ensure seamless flows of budget information.
Operational Support.
Support complex and time-sensitive operational delivery at all stages of the project cycle. This includes creation of Activity Initiation Note (AIN) codes and targeted inputs to project documents, such as PID, Concept Paper, Project Document, Negotiation Package, ISRs, Aide Memoire, ICRs, and other relevant documents.
Monitor and update active project and task milestones in SAP, coordinate formal Board date change requests, and follow up on completion of the Activity Completion Summary (ACS) for ASA.
Advise teams and TTLs on key operational policies and regional processing guidelines. Liaise as needed with ITS and OPCS to troubleshoot issues related to the Operations Portal or other operational systems, and provide time-sensitive, constructive assistance in resolving operational issues, including those related to the Operations Portal and STEP.
Provide guidance and advice to teams in the design, preparation, and implementation of trust-funded activities. In particular, provide guidance to task teams on operations and trust fund procedures, help resolve operations and trust fund issues, and assist teams with trust fund administration and reporting.
Contribute to the unit's weekly update series by identifying and showcasing selective operational, policy, administrative, and portfolio updates.
Quality Assurance.
Assist in the review of Implementation Status Reports (ISRs), Aide Memoires, simple project restructurings, ICRs, Trust Fund (TF) proposals, and other TF programs, terms of reference (ToRs), portal project management tasks and various operational documents. 
Help ensure that the World Bank's responsibilities for administrative, operational and performance reporting are fulfilled.