Governance Specialist

Responsibilities

• Develop and coordinate the delivery of the Adaptation Fund’s policy, risk, and legal work for the Secretariat and Board.
• Analyze, review, design, and implement operational policies and guidelines, including Environmental and Social and Gender policies.
• Contribute to the amendment, interpretation, and application of legal agreements used by grant implementing entities.
• Review and update the Fund’s risk framework and manage its implementation.
• Participate in the negotiation of project legal agreements with implementing entities.
• Provide analysis regarding the Fund’s interface with the UNFCCC and related decision texts.
• Serve as a primary point of response for the Fund’s Ad Hoc Complaint Mechanism.

Requirements

• Master's degree in law, public policy, or a related field.
• At least five years of experience coordinating legal and policy work within an international development organization or similar fund.
• Proven experience in end-to-end project management of policy work, including drafting, updating, and implementation.
• Experience negotiating policies and legal agreements.
• Experience managing institution-wide risk frameworks and their linkages to legal and program functions.
• Knowledge of board and committee governance processes and decision-making.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Superior analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills with the ability to work in a multicultural environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Fluency in another official World Bank language (e.g., French or Spanish).
• Basic knowledge of the Adaptation Fund's position within the international climate finance context.
• Experience working with diverse external stakeholders, including government officials and development partners.

Benefits

• Comprehensive retirement plan.
• Medical, life, and disability insurance.
• Paid leave, including parental leave.
• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

About the Company

The World Bank Group is a unique global partnership of five institutions driven by a bold vision to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet. Through the Adaptation Fund, we support country-driven projects and programs to build national and local adaptive capacities to climate change, reaching the most vulnerable groups globally.