Etc - External Affairs Officer - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - IFC Systems Corporation

Description

ETC - External Affairs Officer

Job #:

- req26251
Organization:

• World Bank
  Sector:
• Communications
  Grade:
• EC2
  Term Duration:
• 1 year 0 months
  Recruitment Type:
• Local Recruitment
  Location:
• Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
  Required Language(s):
• English
  Preferred Language(s):
• English
  Closing Date:
• 2/27/2024 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
  Description

External and Corporate Relations Vice-Presidency (ECR)

The mission of External and Corporate Relations (ECR) is to help deliver financial and political support for the World Bank Group, strengthen the Bank Group's role as a global thought leader in development by enhancing and safeguarding its reputation, and supporting operational teams to achieve country outcomes.

ECR manages corporate communications and global engagement with key stakeholders, including media, civil society, foundations, private sector, donor countries, and international organizations, as well as employee engagement.

ECR also manages strategic communications for the World Bank's Regions and Global Practices and leads the management of reputation risk.

Country Context - Malaysia

Over the past 30 years, Malaysia has successfully curtailed high poverty rates and reduced income inequalities. Its goal is to attain high income status while ensuring shared prosperity. As an upper middle-income country, Malaysia both contributes development lessons to low

The East Asia Pacific External and Corporate Relations Unit (ECREA)

The East Asia and Pacific region remains one of the fastest growing and most dynamic regions in the world.

Over the past two decades, most countries in the region have achieved strong and stable growth that has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and transformed economies across the region.

Many East Asia and Pacific countries have risen to upper-middle income status and have set the goal of reaching high-income status in the near to medium term.

The East Asia and Pacific region includes 23 countries and 6 Country Management Units.


The ECREA team:

• Provides strategic support to operations by embedding communications into the operations project cycle and reform processes and tells the story of the impact and results of World Bank support to its clients.
• Proactively works to strengthens strategic relationships and alliances with key influencers in civil society, media, academia, think tanks, Parliament, faithbased groups, labor groups, etc., to build political support for the WBG's work in the region and incountry.
• Provides guidance, analysis, and advice as trusted advisors to regional and country management teams to help position the Bank as partner of choice, capitalize on opportunities to tell the development story and collaborates with operational teams to manage risks.

ECREA is recruiting a dynamic and seasoned professional to lead the World Bank's communications and stakeholder engagement in Malaysia. This position will report to the ECREA communications manager based in Washington, D.C.

and will be part of the BMPT communications team which is led by the Senior External Affairs Officer based in Manila.

The External Affairs Officer shall report directly to the ECREA Communications Manager based in Washington, DC.

Duties & Responsibilities

The World Bank Malaysia Country Office is seeking an experienced and dynamic communications professional who will work across the Malaysia office teams to share knowledge, build partnerships, promote key dimensions of these programs, and "market" the results of the programs to internal and external audiences.

Specific Duties - The ETC's major responsibilities will include, but are not limited, to the following:


Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute a communication strategy to support the Bank's work in Malaysia that demonstrates the Bank's impact and results.
• Identify, facilitate, and maintain strategic partnerships with a crosssection of local and international partners, including the government, the media, CSOs, academia, the international development community, and others.
• Manage media relations and broaden outreach opportunities with media based in Malaysia.
• Provide regular communications advice to the Country Manager and work closely with the Country Management Unit.
• Manage and support significant outreach efforts and launches in the region. Designs media and stakeholder engagement plans, coalitionbuilding strategies, and key messages to position the World Bank on major issues/projects/initiatives and maintain effective relationships with key national and international audiences.
• Provide realtime insight and analysis of ongoing political developments, changes, and potential outcomes.
• Provide general advice to management and project teams on navigating client relations/responses during a reputational risk challenge.
• Prepare and oversee delivery of relevant communication briefing notes, PRs, Speeches, Opeds/blogs, soci