Social Specialist - Environment & Social Standard; ESS) Makers

Social Specialist - Environment & Social Standard (ESS) Makers

Job #: req
38277

Organization:
World Bank Group

Sector:
Social Development

Grade: GF

Term Duration: 4 years 0 months

Recruitment Type:
Local Recruitment

Location:

Gaza,West Bank & Gaza

Required Language(s):
English, Arabic

Preferred Language(s):
French

Closing Date: 9/21/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges.

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The Middle East and North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan Region serves twenty two countries across different income groups, of which fourteen are active/potentially active IBRD/IDA borrowers (Afghanistan, Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Pakistan, Syria, West Bank and Gaza, Tunisia, and Yemen), with a total of 251 projects and over $51 bn in total commitment. Eight are users of the Region's non-lending services, mostly on a reimbursable basis (Bahrain, Kuwait, Libya, Malta, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates).

The mission of the region is to foster sustainable growth with a focus on job creation and poverty reduction, economic and social inclusion, and good governance. The region attaches importance to creating a supportive work environment based on the values of teamwork, transparency, trust, and client service, underlined by professional excellence. The region places high value on diversity. The region is organized into seven Country Departments (CMUs), the Office of the Regional Chief Economist, and the Development Effectiveness Unit (MNADE).

With an expanded regional strategy, the World Bank aims to help the region weather the current crises, move from stabilization to transformation, unlock its vast economic potential of youth and women, develop its human capital to adapt to global megatrends, and foster innovation (
https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/mena
).

The Planet Practice Group (PG), working across all PGs and Country Management Units (CMUs), anchors the region's work on Agriculture and Food;
Environment, Natural Resources and the Blue Economy; and Water – together with Climate Change as a Global Theme. In addition, Planet PG is the Bank-wide steward for the Environment and Social Framework (ESF). The ESF offers an overarching platform for fostering inclusive approaches to ensure vulnerable groups benefit from Bank investments and mitigate against related risks. We help enhance the inclusiveness, efficiency, equity, and transparency of public and private investments.

The MENAAP Environment and Social Standards (ESS)-Makers unit (SMAM1) has a robust work program in West Bank and Gaza (WB&G) and the broader MENAAP region, supporting a wide range of engagements across sectors and financing instruments. The unit is looking to recruit ESS–Social Specialist to lead/support our ES policy, operational and risk management work in WB&G. In line with recent reorganization of the World Bank Group ESS functions, ES Specialist are expected to work across environment and social disciplines.

The Specialist will be based in Gaza and will report directly to SMAM1 Practice Manager. He/she will be expected to work closely with the WB&G Country Management Unit (CMU), Task Teams other country, regional and Global Practice teams.

• Provide technical leadership and operational support on environment and social impact and risk management for all Bank-financed projects throughout preparation and implementation phases.
• Lead/support the interface with Government counterparts to enhance the environment and social sustainability of WB-supported operations and in resolving issues where such operations have inadvertently impacted the environment and/or local community adversely; develop and evaluate proposed technical solutions and assist in the preparation of project documentation.
• Provide ES risk management…