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WBG Country Manager, Haiti
| Job #: | req39428 |
| Organization: | World Bank Group |
| Sector: | |
| Grade: | GH |
| Term Duration: | Open-Ended Staff (OPEN-OP) |
| Recruitment Type: | International Recruitment |
| Location: | Ouanaminthe,Haiti |
| Required Language(s): | English and French |
| Preferred Language(s): | |
| Closing Date: | 12/1/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC |
Description
The World Bank Group (WBG) is seeking a Country Manager based in Ouanaminthe, Haiti to represent IBRD/IDA, IFC, and MIGA and to lead the One World Bank Group engagement with government, private sector clients, and key partners.
To address country development needs and global challenges with impact and at scale, IBRD/IDA, IFC, and MIGA increasingly work as One World Bank Group through purposeful collaboration, coordination, and deployment of collective knowledge, financing, and advisory services. The Country Manager plays a critical role in delivering this integrated approach, ensuring coherent country engagement and effective mobilization of public and private solutions.
The Country Manager reports to the relevant IBRD and IFC Division Directors and serves as a member of the respective regional management teams.
VPU including Unit Context:
The Latin America and Caribbean Region (LCR) serves 33 diverse client countries, spanning middle-income economies, IDA countries, small states and fragile contexts. The Region’s priorities respond to three key challenges: low growth and productivity, insufficient quality jobs, and vulnerability to shocks, through a strong One WBG approach.
The Caribbean Country Management Unit (LC3 CMU) covers 17 countries with a combined population of about 19 million, with its leadership based in Kingston, Jamaica, and country offices across the Caribbean. Working with Global Practice Groups, LC3 supports client priorities through IBRD, IDA and trust fund financing, knowledge services and reimbursable advisory services. Its active program comprises 72 projects with $2.6 billion in commitments, alongside 49 Advisory Services and Analytics (ASA) products. Similarly, IFC works across the Caribbean with the WBG country team to originate and implement private-sector investment and advisory projects, support market creation, and mobilize private capital in a challenging operating environment, in close coordination with IBRD/IDA and MIGA. MIGA/WBG's guarantees support an ambitious growth agenda focused on building a pipeline by utilizing all guarantee products in key sectors such as water, energy (green hydrogen, transmission), agribusiness, and transport.
The WBG Country Office in Haiti is part of the Caribbean cluster and is the only Fragile, Conflict and Violence (FCV)-affected country in the Latin America and Caribbean region.
Duties and Accountabilities:
Business Management
• Drive WBG’s Country Partnership Framework (CPF) and its updating and implementation and lead policy dialogue, under the guidance of the Division Director and drawing on enhanced diagnostics and core analytics.
• Take accountability for increasing the speed, scale, and quality of results in the country, aligned with the CPF and WBG corporate scorecard, coordinating public and private sector solutions with sectoral/industry colleagues and the country management team.
• Support pipeline development and portfolio oversee performance and implementation quality, ensuring strong development impact on the ground, risk discipline, and delivery, in a fluid operating context.
• Drive IFC’s country strategy, pipeline origination, and portfolio performance, advancing private sector solutions aligned with CPF and market creation priorities.
• Mobilize private capital and philantrophic financing through close coordination with IFC, IBRD/IDA and MIGA, addressing constraints to investment via upstream and advisory interventions.
• Maintain senior-level client relationships and ensure strong development impact, risk discipline, and delivery of IFC operations in an FCV context.
• Lead the One World Bank Group engagement aligned with Country Partnership Framework (CPF) priorities, coordinating delivery of integrated public and private sector solutions.
• Drive business development, pipeline origination, and portfolio quality across IBRD/IDA, IFC, and MIGA.
• Promote upstream market creation approaches and policy dialogue to improve the enabling environment for private capital.
• Exercise sound business judgment balancing development impact, bankability, risk, and sustainability.
• Oversee portfolio performance and implementation quality, ensuring results on the ground.
Relationship Management
• Manage senior‑level relationships with government counterparts, private sector clients, and key stakeholders, in a complex and uncertain environment.
• Lead coordination with development partners, including bilateral, multilateral, humanitarian agencies, NGOs/CSOs, and regional institutions.
• Represent the WBG with credibility, diplomacy, and strategic clarity.
Knowledge Management and Communications
• Apply global WBG knowledge to country context and support evidence‑based decision‑making.
• Promote learning, innovation, and dissemination of best practices.
• Lead internal and external communications in coordination with communications teams.
Country Office and Team Leadership
• Lead and manage the WBG country office team.
• Oversee budget and administrative functions including office operation in various locations (Cap Haitian, Ouanaminthe and Port-au-Prince).
• Implements and is accountable for Country Office security and safety program covering WBG personnel (including registered dependents, travelers on WBG Group business, etc.), property, programs, and information in the assigned Country Office.
• Foster an inclusive, high‑performing, and collaborative workplace culture.
The duty station entails a restricted living environment, with staff accommodated in secure compound-based housing with limited access to amenities and services.
Selection Criteria
• Master’s degree or PhD in economics, finance, business, or a relevant field.
• Minimum 12 years of progressively senior experience in an international context.
• Demonstrated experience at the public–private interface, including country program management, investment, advisory, or operational leadership.
• Strong understanding of WBG instruments, products, and the Evolution Roadmap.
• Proven leadership, stakeholder management, and people management capabilities.
• Excellent communication, judgment, and diplomatic skills.
• Strong management skills to lead a team in a dangerous, complex, and volatile environment.
• Capacity to deal with uncertainty.
As the World Bank Group continues to evolve, we value candidates who:
- Demonstrate the ability to collaborate effectively across teams, disciplines, cultures, and institutional boundaries.
- Responsibly leverage digital and AI-enabled tools to enhance productivity, learning, and decision-making.
- Bring experience working in fragile, conflict-affected, and violent (FCV) contexts and are encouraged to highlight relevant experience in their application materials, where applicable.
WBG Culture Attributes:
1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.
World Bank Group Core Competencies
WBG Five Managerial Competencies Include only for managerial positions
The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.
Learn more about working at the World Bank and IFC including our values and inspiring stories.
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