Senior Communications Officer

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? The World Bank Group (WBG) 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 and promoting shared prosperity. 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. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org.

The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) - one of the world's largest multilateral funds – uses climate finance to help low and middle-income countries accelerate low-carbon, climate-resilient development. CIF supports an inclusive and just climate-smart future, focusing on diverse partnerships that de-risk green markets and unlock additional investments and financing.

To date, 15 contributor countries have pledged over US$11 billion to CIF. CIF investments have mobilized an additional US$64 billion in co-financing in over 70 recipient countries. Since its start, CIF has worked in the areas of clean technologies, energy access, climate resilience, and sustainable forests. And now, after identifying the next frontier of climate challenges, CIF is investing in five new areas: the transition from coal, climate-smart cities, nature-based solutions, industry decarbonization, and renewable energy integration.
CIF's success is premised on a solid partnership with national governments, citizen groups and communities, private sector sponsors, the CIF governing bodies, and the five multilateral development banks that serve as co-financiers and implementing agencies of the CIF.

At the center of this collaboration is the CIF Secretariat hosted by The World Bank which supports the work of the CIF governing bodies, including strategy and policy development as well as reporting; manages internal and external institutional relations as well as strategic partnerships; supports program development; delivers a large program of thought leadership, knowledge and learning work; is responsible for portfolio risk management and new private sector capital mobilization modalities and initiatives.

Duties and Accountabilities:

The ideal candidate will:

• be a strategic thinking, results orientated individual with the ability to integrate complex information into communication materials with a hands-on approach to senior leadership.
• have demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects concurrently while regularly reporting progress and risks to senior management.
• have proven people management skills and a be team player with an ability to influence and motivate others.
• have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrating evidence of ability to work well in a cross-functional team.
• be practical in their approach to work with an emphasis on simplicity of communications.

Roles and responsibilities:

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), this is a senior management role within CIF and is responsible for developing, implementing and managing the Secretariat’s communication strategy.
Specific responsibilities include:

• Lead and manage the output of the Communications team, including management of the staff and consultants, to ensure that CIF’s values, brand and vision are effectively portrayed across all communication platforms and events.
• Lead delivery and implementation of the CIF Communications Strategy and annual Action Plans, including media and digital (web, social media, and email content) outreach.
• Manage CIF communication channels and effectively implement day-to-day communications operations to ensure that new and consistent information (article links, stories, and events) is shared regularly.
• Lead delivery and implementation of media relations plans.
• Drive the research, writing, editing, and production of a variety of corporate and marketing communications materials.
• In accordance with industry best practice formulate systems to track, measure and analyze the effectiveness of communications and lead continuous improvement.
• Develop and implement policies to enhance the efficiency of the communications team and to further develop the building and maintaining of a positive corporate brand.
• Support and supervise individual team members, who are working on projects under their management, ensuring that regular and consistent supervision and appraisals are provided, in line with organizational policies and procedures.
• Actively promoting coordination, collaboration, and information sharing within and across teams to maximize results across CIF’s full set of priority issues in pursuit of the secretariat’s objectives.
• Coordinate and manage key leadership communications.
• Lead the delivery of strategic events.
• Participate in annual budget planning and ensure responsible stewardship of resources.
• Manage relationships with key CIF stakeholders including the MDB’s, World Bank colleagues and third-party vendors to deliver the communications strategy.