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WASHINGTON, June 15, 2017— The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved three grants totaling US$80 million for hurricane recovery efforts. The additional financing aims to restore the quality and supply of health services and scale up cholera prevention and response; secure safe, reliable and resilient water supply services; and sustain agricultural production through farming subsidy and cash for works schemes in hurricane affected areas in the South of Haiti. “With the approval of these grants, the World Bank is striving to fulfill its commitment to the people of Haiti to help them recover and be more resilient to natural disasters,” said Mary Barton Dock, the World Bank’s Special Envoy for Haiti. “As the government has started to prepare for the new hurricane season, this additional support puts a greater emphasis on strengthening resilience of essential agriculture, health and water services and target those most in need”. According to the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment, losses in agriculture, livestock and fishing was estimated at US$ 593 million, with a long term impact on the livelihoods of the rural population. While the education and health sectors were less impacted, the population was significantly affected by the interruption of services and destruction of schools and health centers. Water services and sanitation have long been lacking and were particularly vulnerable to natural disasters in these areas: only 58 percent of Haitians have access to water (48 percent in rural areas) and 28 percent to improved sanitation (19 percent in rural areas).Eight months after the hurricane, recovery is under way. Part of the winter harvest was saved and about 8,000 hectares have been planted with various food crop for the spring harvest in Les Anglais, Dubreuil, Chantal, D’Avezac, and Dory. Through the additional financing in agriculture, about 20,000 farmers will receive cash for work, and thousands of producers will receive agricultural inputs, livestock, technical support, and benefit from restored irrigation systems. This will contribute to rebuild their assets and productive capacities under more climate resilient conditions. Rapid scaled-up response in water and sanitation interventions, and in health resulted in a decrease in suspected new cases of cholera and in cholera related deaths. Through the additional financing in health and water, about 385,000 Haitians living in affected areas will get improved access to water; mothers and children will have access to improved health services; communities in cholera affected areas will benefit from intensified surveillance, prevention efforts and treatment; and 40 health facilities will be rehabilitated and fully functioning.   These grants are part of the US$100 million package of support mobilized by the International Development Association’s (IDA) Crisis Response Window* for reconstruction after the devastating impact of Hurricane Matthew. A US$20 million grant to rehabilitate roads and bridges, and strengthen the disaster risk management capacity of the civil protection teams was already approved last week. Background on how the World Bank is helping Haiti recover from Hurricane Matthew: In the immediate aftermath, the World Bank mobilized more than US$49 million from existing resources for emergency efforts including rehabilitation of roads and bridges, school repairs and school meals, rehabilitation of water systems and emergency sanitation, scaling up a rapid cholera response, distribution of seeds and fertilizer for the winter planting season, and cash to repair irrigation canals. An additional US$30 million grant was mobilized a month after the storm to improve learning and enrollment of students in the four departments of Southern Haiti, and a total of US$100 million was pledged from IDA’s Crisis Response Window to support the most affected population in the South in recovering and improving resilience in the agriculture, health, water and sanitation, and transport sectors. * The IDA Crisis Response Window is designed to help low-income countries recover from severe disasters and crises. ———————————– Learn more about the work of the World Bank in Latin America and the Caribbean: www.worldbank.org/lac Visit us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/worldbank Be updated via: Twitter: @WBCaribbean YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/worldbank

WASHINGTON, 15 juin 2017 — Le Conseil des administrateurs de la Banque mondiale a approuvé trois dons d’un montant total de 80 millions de dollars afin d’appuyer les efforts de redressement d’Haïti après le passage de l’ouragan Matthew. Les objectifs de ces financements supplémentaires sont les suivants : restaurer l’offre et la qualité des services de santé et amplifier les efforts de prévention et de lutte contre le choléra ; garantir la sécurité, la fiabilité et la résilience des services d’alimentation en eau ; et soutenir la production agricole par le biais de subventions et d’activités de travail contre rémunération dans les zones du sud du pays les plus affectées par l’ouragan. « En accordant ces dons, la Banque mondiale s’efforce de tenir son engagement d’aider la population haïtienne à se relever et à mieux faire face aux catastrophes naturelles, » souligne Mary Barton Dock, envoyée spéciale de la Banque mondiale à Haïti. « Alors que les autorités du pays ont commencé à se préparer à la nouvelle saison des ouragans, ce soutien supplémentaire met davantage l’accent sur le renforcement de la résilience dans les secteurs essentiels de l’agriculture, de la santé et de l’eau, et vient cibler les plus démunis. » Selon l’évaluation des besoins post-catastrophe, l’ouragan Matthew a entraîné des pertes dans les secteurs de l’agriculture, de l’élevage et de la pêche estimées à 593 millions de dollars, avec des répercussions durables sur les moyens de subsistance de la population rurale. Bien que les secteurs de l’éducation et de la santé aient été moins touchés, la population a été considérablement affectée par les dommages et l’interruption des services dans les établissements scolaires et sanitaires. Enfin, les services d’eau et d’assainissement, insuffisants depuis longtemps, étaient particulièrement vulnérables aux catastrophes naturelles dans les zones sinistrées : 58 % seulement des Haïtiens ont accès à l’eau  (48 % dans les zones rurales) et 28 % à des installations d’assainissement améliorées (19 % dans les zones rurales).Huit mois après l’ouragan, la reprise est en cours. Une partie de la récolte hivernale a pu être sauvée, tandis qu’environ 8 000 hectares ont été plantés de cultures vivrières diverses aux Anglais et à Dubreuil, Chantal, Avezac et Dory. Grâce aux ressources supplémentaires destinées au secteur agricole, quelque 20 000 agriculteurs seront intégrés dans des chantiers de travail contre rémunération, tandis que plusieurs milliers de producteurs recevront des intrants agricoles, du bétail et un soutien technique, tout en bénéficiant de la remise en état des systèmes d’irrigation. L’ensemble de ces interventions permettra aux agriculteurs de reconstituer leur patrimoine et leurs capacités productives en renforçant parallèlement leur résilience aux aléas climatiques.                                                                                       Le déploiement rapide des opérations d’urgence dans les domaines de l’eau et de l’assainissement et de la santé a entraîné une baisse des décès dus au choléra ainsi que des nouveaux cas suspects. Les ressources supplémentaires destinées au secteur de l’eau et de l’assainissement permettront d’améliorer l’accès à l’eau pour 385 000 habitants des zones sinistrées et les services de santé pour les mères et les enfants. Dans les régions touchées par le choléra, les populations bénéficieront d’une intensification de l’offre de soins ainsi que des efforts de surveillance et de prévention. Enfin, ce financement permettra de réhabiliter totalement 40 équipements sanitaires.   Les trois dons approuvés aujourd’hui relèvent de l’enveloppe de 100 millions de dollars mobilisée par le Mécanisme de riposte aux crises* de l’Association internationale de développement (IDA) afin de soutenir le processus de reconstruction après le passage dévastateur de l’ouragan Matthew. Un don de 20 millions de dollars pour la remise en état des routes et des ponts et le renforcement des capacités d’intervention de la protection civile en cas de catastrophe a déjà été approuvé la semaine dernière. Comment la Banque mondiale contribue au relèvement d’Haïti à la suite de l’ouragan Matthew :                          À la suite de la catastrophe, la Banque mondiale a immédiatement mobilisé plus de 49 millions de dollars sur les ressources déjà allouées à Haïti pour les réorienter d’urgence sur la réfection de routes et de ponts, la réparation d’établissements scolaires et la distribution de repas aux élèves, la remise en état de systèmes d’alimentation en eau et d’assainissement, l’intensification rapide de la lutte contre le choléra, la distribution de semences et d’engrais pour la saison hivernale, et des chantiers de travail contre rémunération pour le nettoyage des canaux d’irrigation. Un don supplémentaire de 30 millions de dollars a été mobilisé un mois après la catastrophe afin d’améliorer la scolarisation et l’apprentissage des élèves des quatre départements du sud du pays ; la Banque mondiale a également engagé une enveloppe totale de 100 millions de dollars à travers le Mécanisme de riposte aux crises* de l’IDA afin de soutenir les populations du Sud les plus touchées et de les aider à se relever et à renforcer leur résilience en agissant dans les secteurs de l’agriculture, de la santé, de l’eau et de l’assainissement, et des transports. * Le Mécanisme de riposte aux crises de l’IDA a été mis en place pour aider les pays à faible revenu à se relever après la survenue d’une grave crise ou catastrophe. —————————- Pour en savoir plus sur les activités de la Banque mondiale en Amérique latine et dans les Caraïbes : www.worldbank.org/lac Rejoignez-nous sur Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/worldbank Suivez notre actualité :          Sur Twitter : @WBCaribbean Sur YouTube : http://www.youtube.com/worldbank

WASHINGTON, June 14, 2017 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved the following project: Haiti –Improving Maternal and Child health Through Integrated Services Project – Additional Financing IDA Grant: US$25 million Project ID: P163313 Project Description:  The objective of the project is to restore the quality and supply of health services and scale up cholera prevention and response in areas affected by Hurricane Matthew. More information:  http://projects.worldbank.org/P163313?lang=en

World Bank News Release: Loan and Credit Summary WASHINGTON, June 20, 2017 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved the following project: Haiti – Municipal Development and Urban Resilience Project IDA Grant: US$48.40 millionStrategic Climate Fund Grant: US$7 million Project ID: P155201 Project Description:  The objective of the project is to reduce urban flooding and enhance resilience in the city of Cap Haitian; and improve the capacity of six municipalities in the Cap-Haitian metropolitan area to plan, finance and deliver basic municipal services and management. Contact: Christelle Chapoy, +1(202) 458 2656  More information:  http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/147381497273688193/Haiti-Municipal-Development-and-Urban-Resilience-Project

Organization: Creative Associates International
Country: El Salvador
Closing date: 31 Jul 2017

Project Summary:

The U.S. Agency for International Development-funded Crime and Violence Prevention Project (CVPP) seeks to improve citizen security in El Salvador by working with the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, mayors and community representatives across 55 high and medium-risk municipalities. To achieve its objectives, the project works across three key components i) increasing the Government of El Salvador’s capacity to prevent violence and crime on a national scale, ii) supporting municipal-led, and community-based crime and violence prevention initiatives, iii) and replicating and adapting innovative crime and violence prevention models.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Advise the Chief of Party and USAID on program and strategic direction of programming;
• Identify program opportunities and potential local partners;
• Manage, oversee, and report on activities implemented to the CoP and USAID;
• Ensure compliance with all requirements for activity development, recipient worthiness, activity implementation, management, monitoring, evaluation, and activity closing. This includes ensuring compliance with USAID and Creative’s regulations and procedures, ensuring that all procurement processes are perceived as transparent by beneficiary communities, assuring fair and transparent procurement processes, review of financial management, and monitoring activity implementation;
• Under the guidance of USAID and Chief of Party, contribute to the design and implementation of the M&E system at the activity level and ensure that all activities implemented are monitored and evaluated;
• Ensure the quality and completeness of information that is uploaded into the Activity Database and ensure that office staff use, maintain, and upload information into the Activity Database;
• Supervise local staff assigned to design and implement activities, both on programs and operations;
• Oversee operations related to specific activities, including logistics, procurement, budgeting, finance, and property management; and
• Identify new ways of achieving project efficiencies.

Required Qualifications:

• At least five (5) years of relevant experience working with a USAID Contractor or international NGO managing an office or program, and with some demonstrated supervisory experience;
• A minimum of two (2) years of experience working on complex, high-speed and challenging field operations in developing countries;
• Experience with OTI grants management, preferably in-kind and small grants;
• The candidate should be fluent in the USAID’s policies and procedures in regards to financial management, financial reporting, procurement processes, and grants management;
• Experience working in Latin America is required, preferably in a fragile or transitional state environment;
• Financial management experience, including budgeting; tracking, reporting and accounting; and procurement;
• Experience with activity design, development, and implementation;
• Fluency in English and Spanish is required; and
• Excellent writing skills in English.

Desired Qualifications:

• Relevant work experience implementing programming related to violence prevention working with community groups and/or government institutions;
• Demonstrated management and leadership skills, including the ability to mentor staff; and
• Past representational experience with host governments, other donors, and civil society and demonstrated success with inter-agency coordination and joint programming ideally.

How to apply:

Please apply on company website: https://rew21.ultipro.com/CRE1010/JobBoard/JobDetails.aspx?__ID=*6B970217DE70E684

Organization: Counterpart International
Country: Guatemala
Closing date: 20 Jul 2017

Counterpart International helps people build better lives and more durable futures, community by community. We equip individuals, organizations and communities-our counterparts- to become solution creators in their own families, communities, regions and countries. We work with them in some of the world’s most challenging places to tackle social, economic, environmental, health and governance issues that threaten their lives and undermine their futures.

For more information on Counterpart, please visit our website at www.Counterpart.org

Job Profile:

Counterpart International is currently seeking a Chief of Party (COP) to provide overall technical and administrative leadership and expertise for the anticipated five-year USAID Communities Building Peace Together (CBPT) Project. The COP will serve as primary liaison with USAID/Guatemala on management and technical matters and will be responsible for communications with USAID, for publicly representing the Project, and for liaising with the Government of Guatemala and other institutions and stakeholders on issues related to conflict mitigation and community development, particularly in the Western Highlands. The overall goal of the Communities Building Peace Together Project is to address social conflict in the Western Highlands, specifically focusing on and empowering youth and families, while building peace at the community and municipal levels. The Project will seek to address the drivers of social conflict by focusing on four general categories—youth and families; governance; land; and extractive industries and natural resource exploitation. The COP will have a demonstrated ability to work in complex, politically charged, environments, across different cultures; and manage diverse teams to deliver impact within agreed timelines.

This is will be a full-time position (contingent on funding) based in Guatemala City, Guatemala. This position will report to the Regional Director of Latin America and Caribbean Programs. Guatemalan nationals are encouraged to apply.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Manage all aspects of project implementation in meeting the objectives of the cooperative agreement including, but not limited to, technical, administrative, operational, and logistical management of project activities, reporting directly to the designated USAID AOR.
• Lead coordination among USAID and key stakeholders, and other implementing partners.
• Ensure all project assistance is technically sound and appropriate.
• Ensure highest quality of project monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and communications.
• Identify obstacles and risks related to implementation in a timely manner and suggest appropriate adjustments to the home office and donor.
• Provide mentoring and professional development support to project staff, with emphasis on building capacity of national staff.
• Oversee all administrative, contracting, hiring, recruitment, financial, and logistical aspects of the program in compliance with Counterpart policies and procedures.
• Coordinate activities between the field office and Counterpart headquarters; ensure cooperation and communication with other Counterpart programs in Guatemala.
• Assume financial accountability and ensure successful implementation of the program.
• Ensure compliance with Counterpart and USAID rules and regulations, particularly with respect to financial and grant management.
• Serve as primary liaison to USAID, local and national governmental authorities, local nongovernmental organizations, community organizations, and other donor organizations to coordinate activities and facilitate monitoring and reporting of project objectives and achievements of results.
• Establish and maintain critical working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders to secure buy-in and active participation in program activities.
• Leverage networks, program investments, and project successes to seek opportunities for program expansion and promoting Counterpart’s practice areas.

Qualifications:

Skills and Experience:

• Minimum of 12 years of experience in international development with at least eight years’ experience in a management/leadership position, preferably in community development, youth development, governance, violence prevention, social cohesion, and/or civil society strengthening.
• Experience working with programs/projects that are of a similar scope and scale to this project, required.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully lead and manage challenging projects involving various stakeholders.
• High level of leadership, interpersonal, and analytical skills, including a demonstrated ability to interact effectively and collaboratively with a broad range of government, civil society counterparts, indigenous and local councils, private sector entities, and other key stakeholders.
• Guatemalan or regional experience is preferred, with additional consideration for demonstrated Guatemalan experience.
• Previous experience managing complex donor-funded projects. Knowledge of USAID development approaches, as well as understanding of USAID rules and regulations and mandatory reporting requirements.

Education:

• Minimum of a Master’s degree in law, international development, public policy, youth development, conflict transformation and/or mitigation, or other relevant field (a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and an additional three years of experience could be substituted for a Master’s degree).

Language:

• Fluency in spoken and written English and Spanish.

How to apply:

Please apply on the Counterpart website here.

Organization: Heartland Alliance
Country: Mexico
Closing date: 21 Jul 2017

Position: Country Director (CD), Mexico

Position Type: Full-time

Location: Mexico City, Mexico with frequent travel within the country

Reports To: Regional Director, Latin America and the Caribbean

Transform the lives of the most marginalized and vulnerable communities and be at the forefront of social change.

About YOU: A driven and passionate mid- to late-career professional hoping to manage an inspiring, dynamic team of leading human rights workers. Collaborative, hard-working, and visionary, the CD will have exceptional leadership skills and the ability to grow an office and take HAI’s successful programming to the next level. This person has experience living and working in hardship countries. The ideal CD has strong English writing skills, speaks Spanish, and has management experience in diverse and challenging environments.

Organization Summary : Heartland Alliance International (HAI) is the youngest and fastest growing part of Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights, a family of organizations that has been leading anti-poverty and social justice work in Chicago for more than 125 years. HAI is comprised of nearly a dozen country offices implementing programs on a broad range of human rights issues globally, as well as the Chicago-based Marjorie Kovler Center for the Treatment of Survivors of Torture, which serves individuals from more than 50 countries. HAI has significant expertise in the fields of trauma-informed mental health care and access to justice for survivors of rights abuses. It is also an industry leader in access to high-quality and stigma-free health care. Across all of its programs, HAI promotes progressive, innovative approaches to human rights protections and gender equality.

Position Summary: This position is based in Mexico City, Mexico and provides supervision of and support to all Mexico projects and offices (Guadalajara, Monterrey, and Michoacán). It serves as the senior representative of HAI in the country and leads the offices in strategic planning, creative program development efforts, and effective project implementation. The incumbent will grow HAI’s presence in Mexico with the strategic vision, expertise and passion necessary to execute an ambitious work plan and solidify HAI’s reputation as the United States’ largest service-based human rights organization and an innovative leader in social justice programming globally. The position requires national and international travel (30%+).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

This is not an exhaustive list of duties. The need for flexibility is required and the incumbent is expected to carry out any other related duties that are within the employee’s skills and capabilities whenever reasonably instructed.

Program Development and Senior Leadership (65%)

• Collaborate with Chicago-based senior management to develop a long-term country strategy to guide and inform future program development initiatives
• Lead implementation of HAI’s strategic plan in Mexico
• In-country lead for preparation of project proposals for external donors, conceptualizing and developing new project concepts, in close collaboration with Chicago-based staff
• Promote the work of HAI and provide HAI program briefings to donors and other stakeholders as needed
• Identify, evaluate, and cultivate new partnership opportunities with other international and local non-profits by regularly participating in local and regional coordination meetings
• Maintain close and positive collaboration with major donors and partners in the area of operation
• Represent HAI to local authorities, donor representatives, international organizations, and NGOs in the area of operation
• Work closely with Chicago-based staff regarding service issues, strategic planning, new opportunities, management issues, program successes, and security and safety concerns
• Monitor and communicate changes in the external operating environment, especially in regard to government and donor policy changes and security in the region
• Negotiate and/or approve contracts and agreements with suppliers, distributors, federal and state agencies, and other organizational entities in accordance with HAI signing authority policies
• Oversee staff supervision and support training opportunities for Mexico office staff, including, applying all related security measures for their safety in adherence with HAI’s training and staff supervision principles and security policies
• In collaboration with Chicago-based Human Resources department and Mexico office Director of Administration, develop and ensure compliance with human resources best practices, including the approval of local human resource policies and procedures; recruitment, selection, and on-boarding of in-country international or national staff
• Serve as HAI’s legal representative in Mexico

Project Supervision and Coordination (35%)

• Supervise implementation of projects to ensure that activities are implemented in accordance with agreed strategies, principles, implementation and M&E plans, and donor requirements
• Conduct frequent site visits and makes site assessments to ensure project goals are progressing and to strengthen and encourage staff as needed
• Ensure all monthly, quarterly and bi-annual updates/reports are prepared and submitted, in accordance with donor & central office requirements
• Provide project planning documents and recommendations to central office as requested.
• Oversee compliance with all relevant external and internal standards and associated reporting across all projects
• Direct, plan, and implement policies, objectives, and activities of the organization to ensure continuing operations and to increase productivity
• Cultivate a positive, inclusive, and creative work environment by fostering a mission-driven learning environment

Supervisory Responsibilities: Manages and directly supervises staff, subaward recipients, and volunteers in Mexico including, but not limited to, Director of Finance, Director of Administration, and Director of Institutional Development, Programs and Research.

Qualifications: Demonstrated passion for human rights work and eagerness to fill a senior leadership position that has the opportunity to design human rights programming; build the capacity of local staff and partners; and secure the sustainability of HAI’s resources for years to come. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skillset, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Education and Experience: Master’s degree (M.A.) or equivalent and at least five years of relevant senior leadership experience preferred; or, eight to 10 years related experience and/or training; a Bachelor’s degree with eight years of senior leadership experience may be considered; Experience must include:
  • Demonstrated commitment to advancing human rights; living in challenging, insecure environments; Budget development and financial management; Success in identifying funding opportunities and preparing successful proposals to international donors; Working in partnership with NGOs and other civil society organizations and networks throughout Mexico;
• Language Skills : Superb written and spoken English and Spanish
• Preferred Qualifications : Previous technical experience with one or more of the following program areas strongly preferred: crime and violence prevention; access to justice; mental health; migration and displacement; gender justice; and LGBT rights. Track record of working on human rights-related programs in Mexico.

Competencies: To perform the job successfully, an individual must demonstrate the following competencies.

External Representation

• Effectively designates a portion of time to external representation. Prioritizes donor communications and maintains positive relationships with donors. Regularly develops partnerships and relationships with external organizations as relevant to position. Actively seeks out opportunities to present, network, or engage externally to represent HAI.

Leadership

• Leads by example and serves as a model for others. Creates an environment where people feel valued. Humble demeanor.
• See problems as opportunities and provides solutions through inspiring and empowering others.
• Understand the strengths and weaknesses of others to improve performance. Takes responsibility for oneself or one’s employee’s performance. Provides constructive feedback and develops team members. Integrity to do the right thing even when it’s difficult or not popular.

Decision Making

• Models and trains staff in decision making. Even in the most difficult situations, recognizes problems or opportunities and determines whether action is needed, assesses risks, takes charge of and ensures integration of feedback from a group when it is necessary to facilitate a decision, and makes decisions in a timely manner under ambiguous circumstances and when there exists considerable risk.

Change Management

• Initiates the change process and energizes it on an ongoing basis through facilitating groups or teams to problem-solve and think creatively to develop and implement new approaches or systems. Helps employees to develop a clear understanding of what they will need to do differently, as a result of changes in the organization. Implements or supports various change management activities (e.g., communications, education, team development, coaching). Establishes structures and processes to plan and manage the orderly implementation of change. Able to identify when change is needed and focus on why changes are beneficial or necessary to successfully implement change.

Forward and Strategic

• Leads strategic planning processes and unites team members to achieve goals within the strategic plan. Demonstrates long-term thinking, planning and decision-making to help the organization achieve its goals. Ability to generate unique insights to improve HAI’s competitive advantage through clear understanding of HAI’s strengths and weaknesses compared to peers and competitors and knowledge of trends within the field. Able to engage, encourage collaboration, and effectively elicit a variety of perspectives on critical and complex issues to maximize engagement of all levels of staff in the strategic and other planning processes.

Professionalism

• Understands how they are perceived by others. Takes actions calculated to have a positive effect on others. Able to coach managers with vague concerns or complaints about a team member’s lack of professionalism, to clearly identify and articulate how the individual is not meeting expectations, as well as advise how to address that concern.

Reliability

• Shows commitment/ dedication and accountability not only in one’s work, projects, and goals, Takes responsibility for own mistakes; does not blame others.

Teamwork and collaboration

• Promotes and generates cooperation among one’s peers in leadership to achieve a collective outcome; fosters the development of a common vision and fully participates in creating a unified leadership team that get results. Able to leverage relationships across offices or HA partner companies to broaden managers’ knowledge and understanding of internal resources for collaboration and who the members of the team are.

Integrity and Authenticity

• Skilled at building trust, sincerely soliciting input with clear understanding of how input will be used, able to create and maintain a culture that enables staff to learn and grow from mistakes, and challenges others who are not acting with integrity. Maintains confidentiality regardless of pressure from others, admits mistakes and takes stands based on principles and values in spite of the potential for negative consequences.

Cultural Humility and Interpersonal Awareness

• Consistently open and approachable when resolving highly sensitive and complex issues; including with parties holding opposing viewpoints. Treats staff at all levels of the organization in accord with the 4R’s. Able to appropriately challenge others who are not demonstrating cultural humility.

Resilience and Stress Tolerance

• Able to not only recognize and mitigate personal stressors, but is skilled at coaching middle managers on how to anticipate increased stress in teams and implement systems to minimize the impact, and able to recognize and respond to changes in individual employee’s stress levels.

Service Orientation

• Able to recognize need for assistance or guidance without being asked, able to guide managers or team leaders on reprioritization and/or short and long term strategies to address staffing or other resource needs. Recommends or makes connections between staff across departments and/or countries to foster knowledge sharing.

Written Communication

• Uses an appropriate, grammatically correct business writing style. Tailors written communications to effectively reach an audience. Able to make persuasive and compelling arguments.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to be based in Mexico City and to make frequent trips to program sites ( Guadalajara, Monterrey, and Michoacán) .
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds for purposes of carrying in-kind gifts that need to be lifted, stored or delivered for the program. Also to carry a laptop computer, materials for presentations, and documents.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Work full-time in areas that might be considered unstable, insecure, and dangerous

How to apply:

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¿Alguna vez ha visitado un parque nacional o una reserva natural? Sus próximas vacaciones podrían ser en un lugar que, además de paradisíaco, protege el medio ambiente y es una fuente importante de ingresos para la comunidad local. Un descanso totalmente sustentable. Desde que el primer parque nacional se creó en Yellowstone, en el estado de Wyoming en Estados Unidos, hoy en día un 14% del territorio mundial cuenta con algún nivel de protección. Y en América Latina, esta cifra alcanza casi la cuarta parte del territorio regional con destinos tan diferentes como el continente lo permite: desde la frondosa vista desde arriba de una de las pirámides mayas en la reserva de la biosfera maya en Guatemala, pasando por las paradisíacas playas de Los Roques en Venezuela o el glaciar del imponente parque nacional Perito Moreno en Argentina. Es que el contexto actual dista mucho del de los años 90. En ese entonces, los territorios protegidos apenas se extendían a lo largo de una duodécima parte de la región. En contraste, hoy en día seis países latinoamericanos figuran dentro de los 30 con mayor porcentaje del territorio bajo protección. Son Venezuela, con el 54% (segundo lugar mundial), Nicaragua (37%), Belice (37%), Trinidad y Tobago (32,5%), Guatemala (32%) y Perú (31,5%), según datos del Banco Mundial. Así, América Latina suma más y más territorios protegidos. Más allá de su atractivo turístico, existen tres razones por las que es esencial proteger estas zonas: Son una fuente de ingresos para los países: Al crear el Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi en la Patagonia, Argentina, se convirtió en el tercer país en las Américas (tras Estados Unidos y Canadá) en establecer una red de parques nacionales. Hoy, más de 40 parques protegen a casi el 7% del territorio. Entre 2003 y 2014 se registró un 88% más de visitantes, lo cual ha contribuido significativamente al sector turístico que da cuenta del 10% del PIB y el 5,4% de los empleos. Son una fuente de energía: en muchos casos, los parques nacionales resguardan los recursos naturales utilizados para la generación de energía. El caso más destacado es el del agua. Por ejemplo, de acuerdo con la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO, por sus siglas en inglés), la reserva privada Bosque Eterno de los Niños en Costa Rica, recibe diez colones por hectárea al año como pago por proveer de agua a una empresa generadora de energía eléctrica. Protegen los recursos naturales: De acuerdo con la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, las áreas protegidas pueden ayudar a mitigar los impactos de los desastres naturales con la estabilización del suelo (por ejemplo, evitando avalanchas, derrumbes y erosión), reduciendo inundaciones (por ejemplo, mitigación en pequeñas cuencas, protección de llanuras aluviales y humedales), y protegiendo las costas (manglares, dunas de arena o arrecifes de coral como barreras contra tormentas). Desde 1990, las áreas protegidas en el Perú se han expandido en más de un 700%. Según el Banco Mundial, casi una tercera parte de su territorio está bajo protección. El Perú es uno de los 10 países megadiversos del mundo por albergar gran parte de la diversidad biológica del planeta; incluidas tres grandes cuencas hidrográficas que contienen 12.000 lagos y lagunas, más de mil ríos y tres mil glaciares. Su protección ha permitido que casi el 95% de su territorio se encuentre en buen estado de conservación según el Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado (SERNAP) permitiendo generar diversas oportunidades de desarrollo a través del aprovechamiento y manejo sostenible de los recursos naturales y servicios ambientales. Bajo amenaza A pesar de los enormes avances en materia de protección de áreas naturales, estos territorios y sus habitantes están todavía amenazados. La mitad de la vida silvestre del mundo desapareció en los últimos 40 años, mayormente debido a la pérdida de hábitats, el tráfico ilícito y la sobreexplotación – es decir, por culpa de nosotros, los humanos. Visitar y proteger estos territorios nos recuerda la importancia de luchar por la conservación de nuestros recursos naturales.

IDA Credit: US$18 million Terms: Maturity = 25 years, Grace = 5 years Project ID: P163246 Project Description:  In line with the original Project objectives, this additional financing will allow to implement complementary activities focused on strengthening the property rights of the population in the project area through improved regularization, titling, and registry services; and on improving Nicaragua’s capacity to respond promptly and effectively to an eligible emergency. Contact: Cynthia Flores Mora +505 2270 000 Ext.210 cfloresmora@worldbank.org For more information, please visit: http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/809621496169075161/Nicaragua-Second-Land-Administration-Project-additional-financing  

WASHINGTON, June 15, 2017— The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved three grants totaling US$80 million for hurricane recovery efforts. The additional financing aims to restore the quality and supply of health services and scale up cholera prevention and response; secure safe, reliable and resilient water supply services; and sustain agricultural production through farming subsidy and cash for works schemes in hurricane affected areas in the South of Haiti. “With the approval of these grants, the World Bank is striving to fulfill its commitment to the people of Haiti to help them recover and be more resilient to natural disasters,” said Mary Barton Dock, the World Bank’s Special Envoy for Haiti. “As the government has started to prepare for the new hurricane season, this additional support puts a greater emphasis on strengthening resilience of essential agriculture, health and water services and target those most in need”. According to the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment, losses in agriculture, livestock and fishing was estimated at US$ 593 million, with a long term impact on the livelihoods of the rural population. While the education and health sectors were less impacted, the population was significantly affected by the interruption of services and destruction of schools and health centers. Water services and sanitation have long been lacking and were particularly vulnerable to natural disasters in these areas: only 58 percent of Haitians have access to water (48 percent in rural areas) and 28 percent to improved sanitation (19 percent in rural areas).Eight months after the hurricane, recovery is under way. Part of the winter harvest was saved and about 8,000 hectares have been planted with various food crop for the spring harvest in Les Anglais, Dubreuil, Chantal, D’Avezac, and Dory. Through the additional financing in agriculture, about 20,000 farmers will receive cash for work, and thousands of producers will receive agricultural inputs, livestock, technical support, and benefit from restored irrigation systems. This will contribute to rebuild their assets and productive capacities under more climate resilient conditions. Rapid scaled-up response in water and sanitation interventions, and in health resulted in a decrease in suspected new cases of cholera and in cholera related deaths. Through the additional financing in health and water, about 385,000 Haitians living in affected areas will get improved access to water; mothers and children will have access to improved health services; communities in cholera affected areas will benefit from intensified surveillance, prevention efforts and treatment; and 40 health facilities will be rehabilitated and fully functioning.   These grants are part of the US$100 million package of support mobilized by the International Development Association’s (IDA) Crisis Response Window* for reconstruction after the devastating impact of Hurricane Matthew. A US$20 million grant to rehabilitate roads and bridges, and strengthen the disaster risk management capacity of the civil protection teams was already approved last week. Background on how the World Bank is helping Haiti recover from Hurricane Matthew: In the immediate aftermath, the World Bank mobilized more than US$49 million from existing resources for emergency efforts including rehabilitation of roads and bridges, school repairs and school meals, rehabilitation of water systems and emergency sanitation, scaling up a rapid cholera response, distribution of seeds and fertilizer for the winter planting season, and cash to repair irrigation canals. An additional US$30 million grant was mobilized a month after the storm to improve learning and enrollment of students in the four departments of Southern Haiti, and a total of US$100 million was pledged from IDA’s Crisis Response Window to support the most affected population in the South in recovering and improving resilience in the agriculture, health, water and sanitation, and transport sectors. * The IDA Crisis Response Window is designed to help low-income countries recover from severe disasters and crises. ———————————– Learn more about the work of the World Bank in Latin America and the Caribbean: www.worldbank.org/lac Visit us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/worldbank Be updated via: Twitter: @WBCaribbean YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/worldbank

WASHINGTON, 15 juin 2017 — Le Conseil des administrateurs de la Banque mondiale a approuvé trois dons d’un montant total de 80 millions de dollars afin d’appuyer les efforts de redressement d’Haïti après le passage de l’ouragan Matthew. Les objectifs de ces financements supplémentaires sont les suivants : restaurer l’offre et la qualité des services de santé et amplifier les efforts de prévention et de lutte contre le choléra ; garantir la sécurité, la fiabilité et la résilience des services d’alimentation en eau ; et soutenir la production agricole par le biais de subventions et d’activités de travail contre rémunération dans les zones du sud du pays les plus affectées par l’ouragan. « En accordant ces dons, la Banque mondiale s’efforce de tenir son engagement d’aider la population haïtienne à se relever et à mieux faire face aux catastrophes naturelles, » souligne Mary Barton Dock, envoyée spéciale de la Banque mondiale à Haïti. « Alors que les autorités du pays ont commencé à se préparer à la nouvelle saison des ouragans, ce soutien supplémentaire met davantage l’accent sur le renforcement de la résilience dans les secteurs essentiels de l’agriculture, de la santé et de l’eau, et vient cibler les plus démunis. » Selon l’évaluation des besoins post-catastrophe, l’ouragan Matthew a entraîné des pertes dans les secteurs de l’agriculture, de l’élevage et de la pêche estimées à 593 millions de dollars, avec des répercussions durables sur les moyens de subsistance de la population rurale. Bien que les secteurs de l’éducation et de la santé aient été moins touchés, la population a été considérablement affectée par les dommages et l’interruption des services dans les établissements scolaires et sanitaires. Enfin, les services d’eau et d’assainissement, insuffisants depuis longtemps, étaient particulièrement vulnérables aux catastrophes naturelles dans les zones sinistrées : 58 % seulement des Haïtiens ont accès à l’eau  (48 % dans les zones rurales) et 28 % à des installations d’assainissement améliorées (19 % dans les zones rurales).Huit mois après l’ouragan, la reprise est en cours. Une partie de la récolte hivernale a pu être sauvée, tandis qu’environ 8 000 hectares ont été plantés de cultures vivrières diverses aux Anglais et à Dubreuil, Chantal, Avezac et Dory. Grâce aux ressources supplémentaires destinées au secteur agricole, quelque 20 000 agriculteurs seront intégrés dans des chantiers de travail contre rémunération, tandis que plusieurs milliers de producteurs recevront des intrants agricoles, du bétail et un soutien technique, tout en bénéficiant de la remise en état des systèmes d’irrigation. L’ensemble de ces interventions permettra aux agriculteurs de reconstituer leur patrimoine et leurs capacités productives en renforçant parallèlement leur résilience aux aléas climatiques.                                                                                       Le déploiement rapide des opérations d’urgence dans les domaines de l’eau et de l’assainissement et de la santé a entraîné une baisse des décès dus au choléra ainsi que des nouveaux cas suspects. Les ressources supplémentaires destinées au secteur de l’eau et de l’assainissement permettront d’améliorer l’accès à l’eau pour 385 000 habitants des zones sinistrées et les services de santé pour les mères et les enfants. Dans les régions touchées par le choléra, les populations bénéficieront d’une intensification de l’offre de soins ainsi que des efforts de surveillance et de prévention. Enfin, ce financement permettra de réhabiliter totalement 40 équipements sanitaires.   Les trois dons approuvés aujourd’hui relèvent de l’enveloppe de 100 millions de dollars mobilisée par le Mécanisme de riposte aux crises* de l’Association internationale de développement (IDA) afin de soutenir le processus de reconstruction après le passage dévastateur de l’ouragan Matthew. Un don de 20 millions de dollars pour la remise en état des routes et des ponts et le renforcement des capacités d’intervention de la protection civile en cas de catastrophe a déjà été approuvé la semaine dernière. Comment la Banque mondiale contribue au relèvement d’Haïti à la suite de l’ouragan Matthew :                          À la suite de la catastrophe, la Banque mondiale a immédiatement mobilisé plus de 49 millions de dollars sur les ressources déjà allouées à Haïti pour les réorienter d’urgence sur la réfection de routes et de ponts, la réparation d’établissements scolaires et la distribution de repas aux élèves, la remise en état de systèmes d’alimentation en eau et d’assainissement, l’intensification rapide de la lutte contre le choléra, la distribution de semences et d’engrais pour la saison hivernale, et des chantiers de travail contre rémunération pour le nettoyage des canaux d’irrigation. Un don supplémentaire de 30 millions de dollars a été mobilisé un mois après la catastrophe afin d’améliorer la scolarisation et l’apprentissage des élèves des quatre départements du sud du pays ; la Banque mondiale a également engagé une enveloppe totale de 100 millions de dollars à travers le Mécanisme de riposte aux crises* de l’IDA afin de soutenir les populations du Sud les plus touchées et de les aider à se relever et à renforcer leur résilience en agissant dans les secteurs de l’agriculture, de la santé, de l’eau et de l’assainissement, et des transports. * Le Mécanisme de riposte aux crises de l’IDA a été mis en place pour aider les pays à faible revenu à se relever après la survenue d’une grave crise ou catastrophe. —————————- Pour en savoir plus sur les activités de la Banque mondiale en Amérique latine et dans les Caraïbes : www.worldbank.org/lac Rejoignez-nous sur Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/worldbank Suivez notre actualité :          Sur Twitter : @WBCaribbean Sur YouTube : http://www.youtube.com/worldbank