Procurement Specialist Job #: req34794 Organization: World Bank Sector: Procurement Grade: GF Term Duration:ย 3 years 0 months Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment Location: Maputo,Mozambique Required Language(s): English / Portuguese Preferred Language(s): Closing Date: 11/20/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Description
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Eastern and Southern Africa (AFE) Region
We need the best and brightest talent focused on our region in order to harness the potential and innovation happening across the continent.ย Home to about 700 million of Africaโs people, Eastern and Southern Africa is a geographically, culturally and economically diverse region of 26 countries. The subregion harbors some of Africaโs protracted conflicts, rendering many of its countries fragile, while significant gaps in education, health, and skills development continues to keep people from reaching their full potential. This creates a huge development challenge, impacts heavily on the lives and livelihoods of people, and hinders regional integration and trade! But it also creates an opportunity to work closely with country leaders, civil society, development partners, and young people to chart a brighter course for the future.ย ย More information about Eastern and Southern Africa (AFE) Region:ย https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/afr/eastern-and-southern-africa
The Institutions Global Department comprises a variety of different professional disciplines working on public institutions, including procurement, public sector management, governance and anti-corruption, and financial management. The Procurement Department convenes a leading group of practitioners focused on advancing cutting-edge practices and innovations in the fields of procurement, anti-corruption and open government. To enhance its capacity, the Department seeks to recruit/appoint a highly organized, energized and experienced professional, capable of operating effectively.
The Eastern and Southern Africa (AFE) Regionโs Procurement Unit is largely decentralized and based in the 20+ country offices. The Procurement team in AFE is managed by an Accredited Practice Managers (PM) who is based at Nairobi and Pretoria. AFE Procurement Unit seeks to recruit a locally hired Procurement Specialistย to be based in Maputo, Mozambique to provide support Mozambique portfolio. The Procurement Specialist will be working under the guidance of the Procurement Team Leader based in Maputo and will report to the AFE Accredited Practice Manager based Pretoria.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
โข Provides technical fiduciary advice on procurement activities and engage in policy dialogue to strengthen procurement systems in client countries.โข Supports clients in achieving value for money (VFM) in public procurement to enhance service delivery and development outcomes with integrity.โข Understand relevant procurement markets using analytical tools and approaches to define more effective procurement strategies.โข Supports Borrowers to conduct market research and early market engagement to define optimal procurement approaches and develop procurement plansโข Participates in missions and plays a key role in developing practical approaches to procurement while simultaneously dealing with difficult policy and operational issues.โข Prepares and/or comments on draft operational directives and policy papers; produces major/complex reports.โข Develops and executes training modules on complex sector related procurement topics.โข Provides hands on support to Borrowers to prepare bidding documents and procurement strategy for developmentโข Participates in capacity building activitiesย
The work implies frequent interaction with the following stakeholders:
โข Management in the duty station and on some occasions in HQ or other countries.โข Government officials and equivalent contacts in other international organizations, partner entities, etc.โข Procurement specialists within the World Bank and government units.โข Counterparts in the Bank across VPUs, Global Practices and other units involved in meeting the Bankโs business objectives.โข Other external constituencies and expert groups.
Selection Criteria
โข Masterโs degree in a relevant field (e.g. business administration, engineering, commerce, law, procurement, etc.)โข Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in carrying out technical duties in public procurement on Donor/MDB financed project procurement.ย ย โข Knowledge of the concepts, principles and practices governing international procurement, with the ability to translate concepts into operational work, such as VFM, sustainable procurement, strategic sourcing, market analysis, contract management, etc...โข Ability to deal sensitively in a multi-cultural environment and build effective working relations with clients and colleagues.โข High levels of integrity.โข Excellent command of English and Portugueseโข Knowledge on institutions and procurement reforms in Mozambiqueโข Good knowledge of concepts, principles and approaches to international procurement and of public procurement systems.โข Good knowledge of excel and basic knowledge of data mining and analyticsโข Knowledge of FCV Context - Applies to operations and analytical tasks a substantive understanding of fragility, conflict and violence, etc.
Note: If the selected candidate is a current Bank Group staff member with a Regular or Open-Ended appointment, s/he will retain his/her Regular or Open-Ended appointment. All others will be offered a 3-year term appointment.
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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.
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