Disaster Risk Management Specialist

Disaster Risk Management Specialist

At the World Bank
, a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives.

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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.

It consists of four global departments:
Energy & Extractives (EEX); the Transport and Logistics Department (KIT);
Urban, subnational finance, tourism & disaster management, and Global Infrastructure Finance Department (KIUDR). It oversees the Bank's work across energy and transport sectors, urban development, as well as efforts to promote energy transition, low‑carbon transportation, livable cities, disaster risk resilience, land management, and quality infrastructure services through public‑private partnerships. Infrastructure represents around $110 billion of the Bank’s portfolio. For more information: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/infrastructure

The Global Unit for Disaster and Risk Management Solutions and Impact (KIUSD) supports low and middle-income countries to understand, manage, and reduce their risks from natural hazards and climate change. Within KIUSD, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) umbrella trust fund is a global partnership that helps low and middle-income countries better understand and reduce their vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change.

GFDRR has 14 Global Technical Programs, which provide grant financing, analytics, and technical assistance to the most vulnerable countries and communities where it will have the greatest positive impact. As a donor‑funded program, GFDRR consults regularly with donors and actively strives to maintain and develop new partnerships for increased impact. For more information: https://www.gfdrr.org/en

• Lead, coordinate and contribute to development of knowledge products related to disaster risk management analytics and policies. This would include coordinating DRM analytics with the different KIUSD technical thematic areas.
• Coordinate the development and management of disaster risk assessments (hazards, exposure, vulnerabilities), ensuring the assessments are technically robust. The specialist will support regional TTLs to deliver actionable investments in Bank projects, enabling better support to clients.
• Participate in developing tools and databases to better understand and track various aspects of the exposure of the built environment to natural hazards. In addition to developing tools and scalable methods to quantify value of physical assets at the national and city level as well as for different sectors.
• Lead technical engagements support clients and Regional Task Teams in the identification, assessment, implementation and monitoring of Disaster…