Job Number: req35901
Organization: World Bank
Sector: Procurement
Grade: GF
Term Duration: 3 years 0 months
Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Required Language(s): English
Closing Date: 2026-03-25 at 11:59pm UTC
Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development with 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide.
The Eastern and Southern Africa (AFE) Region is home to about 700 million of Africa’s people, stretching from the Red Sea in the North to the Cape of Good Hope in the South. This region presents unique development challenges but also opportunities for collaboration with country leaders, civil society, and development partners.
The Governance Global Practice (GGP) focuses on public institutions, including procurement, public sector management, governance and anti-corruption, and financial management. The GGP-Procurement Department works to advance cutting-edge practices in procurement, anti-corruption, and open government.
Provides technical fiduciary services on procurement activities and engages in policy dialogue to strengthen procurement systems in client countries.
Supports clients in achieving value for money (VFM) in public procurement to enhance service delivery and development outcomes with integrity.
Reviews technical, commercial, and legal aspects of procurement at all stages of the project cycle.
Understands relevant procurement markets using analytical tools and approaches to define more effective procurement strategies.
Participates in missions and develops practical approaches to procurement while dealing with difficult policy and operational issues.
Prepares and/or comments on draft operational directives and policy papers; produces major/complex reports.
Contributes to the Bank's efforts in promoting procurement reform dialogue, collaborating closely with Governance sector colleagues.
Makes significant contributions to developing client country procurement systems, including supporting assessment of systems and creating capacity.
Supports review of procurement cases subject to Accredited Practice Manager and Operations Policy Review Committee (OPRC) level reviews.
Ensures the use of electronic tools like STEP to track exchanges with clients and performance metrics for the operations portfolio.
Designs and delivers capacity building workshops for Bank staff and borrowers.
Master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., engineering, commerce, law, procurement).
Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in public procurement or Donor/MDB financed project procurement.
Knowledge of concepts, principles and practices governing international procurement with the ability to translate into operational work.
Ability to deal sensitively in a multicultural environment and build effective working relations with clients and colleagues.
Excellent command of English.
Good knowledge of concepts, principles, and approaches to international procurement and public procurement systems.
If the selected candidate is a current Bank Group staff member with a Regular or Open-Ended appointment, they will retain their appointment. Others will be offered a 3-year term appointment.
Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to stakeholders' needs.
Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo for greater impact.
Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others, hold each other accountable for results.