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Organization: AECOM International Development Inc.
Country: Honduras
Closing date: 30 Apr 2017
AECOM is currently seeking an Regional Director for an upcoming USAID-funded government reform project in Honduras that willincrease citizen security through civil society strengthening to prevent crime and violence and ensure that government resources are effectively targeted to improve citizen security.
Responsibilities:
Provides technical and administrative support and expertise to the regional program office located in San Pedro Sula.
Serves as the Chief of Party’s representative in the field and as a significant liaison with other implementing partners, government counterparts, other donors and other key stakeholders.
Minimum Requirements
Minimum of Master’s degree and 6 years of relevant work experience or a Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of relevant work experience.
Minimum of at least 6 years of project management experience with increasing responsibility of which 3 years must be in the areas of citizen security related community leadership development and municipal government capacity development.
Minimum of 3years of experience working with community police, at-risk youthand other vulnerable groups.
Minimum of 2years of experience achieving collaborative processes betweenstakeholders with proven successful results.
Minimum of 3years of relevant supervisory experience, including direct supervision of professional and support staff, quality evaluation of staff performance and deliverables, and project management under contracts.
Full professional proficiency in English and Spanish is required.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with USAID preferred.
How to apply:
To apply, click on the link below and follow the instructions.http://aecom.jobs/tegucigalpa-hnd/regional-director/D7E313892BA24DF6844FE8FBE66F7694/job/
Organization: AECOM International Development Inc.
Country: Honduras
Closing date: 30 Apr 2017
AECOM is currently seeking an Administrator for an upcoming USAID-funded government reform project in Honduras that will increase citizen security through civil society strengthening to prevent crime and violence and ensure that government resources are effectively targeted to improve citizen security.
Responsibilities:
Provides overall administrative management of program activities in coordination with the Chief of Party.
Responsible for all financial, information management and budgeting, grant management, and procurement process.
Minimum Requirements
Minimum 6 years of relevant work experience and a Master’s degree or 8 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor’s degree.
Minimum of5 years of work experience in US Federal Government or International Development Organizations’ grants management, financial management, financial reporting, budgeting, and contracting and procurement preferred.
Minimum of3 years of work experience with the US Federal Government, International Development Organizations, or other international donors.
Minimum of 3years of supervisory work experience, including direct supervision of professional and support staff, evaluation of staff performance and deliverables, and project management under contracts and grants.
Full professional proficiency in English and Spanish is required.
Preferred Qualifications: USAID experience preferred.
How to apply:
To apply, click the link below and follow the instructions:http://aecom.jobs/tegucigalpa-hnd/administrator/31952A752D8A44BBB64A89A841EC415F/job/
Organization: AECOM International Development Inc.
Country: Honduras
Closing date: 30 Apr 2017
AECOM is currently seeking a Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) for an upcoming USAID-funded government reform project in Honduras that willincrease citizen security through civil society strengthening to prevent crime and violence and ensure that government resources are effectively targeted to improve citizen security.
Responsibilities:
Provide technical and administrative support and expertise to the program.
Serves as lead in the absence of the COP.
Serves as liaison with USAID/Honduras, other implementing partners, other donors, and any other key stakeholders. The DCOP will have demonstrated ability to work in complex environments and manage diverse teams to deliver impact.
Minimum Requirements
Minimum of 6 years of relevant work experience and a Master’s degree or 8 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor’s degree.
Minimum offour years working on issues of citizen security, communityleadership development and/or municipal government capacity development inthe Latin American region.
Experience working with community police, at-risk youth and other vulnerable populations is strongly preferred.
Minimum oftwo years of experience achieving collaborative processes between diverse stakeholders with proven successful results.
Minimum offour years of field technical experience in designing andimplementing integrated program management in the areas of citizen security,governance, local service delivery, transparency and accountability, and citizen participation and in working directly with host country government (national,subnational and local) and civil society organizations.
Minimum offive years of experience with direct supervision of professional and support staff, quality evaluation of staff performance and deliverables, and project management under contract.
Highly developed leadership, interpersonal, technical and analytical skills,including experience interacting effectively with government counterparts, localand community organizations.
Full professional proficiency in English and Spanish is required.
Preferred Qualifications: USAID experience preferred
How to apply:
To apply, click on the link below and follow the instructions:http://aecom.jobs/tegucigalpa-hnd/deputy-chief-of-party/542E90F38FB744448044B4BD6A2EAAFB/job/
WASHINGTON, March 24, 2017 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved the following project: Mexico – Grain and Storage Information for Agricultural Competitiveness Project IBRD Credit: US $120 million equivalent Terms: Maturity = 13 years Project ID: P160570 Project Description: The loan aims to improve access to grain storage and information for agricultural producers in Mexico. Contact: Carlota Molina Hernández, +52-55-54804244, cmolinahernandez@worldbank.org For more information, please visit here: www.worldbank.org/mx
In many parts of the world, people do not need to think about the security of their land rights. They are simply taken for granted, either as landlords or tenants. However, for the majority of the world’s poor, secure property rights are a rare luxury. Only 30% of the world’s population has a legally registered title to their land. As discussed at the Land and Poverty Conference 2017, held this week at the World Bank, secure land rights are important for reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity at the country, community, and family levels. Land rights are fundamental to stimulating investment and growth, particularly in agriculture and infrastructure; for supporting countries and their people in building resilience by preventing land-takings and mitigating forced migration. “Addressing land tenure issues is at the center of building sustainable communities – countries, regions, cities, and rural communities need secure rights, clear boundaries, and accessible land services for economic growth,” said Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez, World Bank Senior Director for the Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice. “Authorities need accurate spatial information to plan roads, public services, and infrastructure, while creating jobs.” At the country level, for example, in FYR Macedonia, in 2005, only one-third of the apartments were registered at all. People simply did not know what their rights were and if they tried to find out, the agencies did not have accurate information. Through the Real Estate Cadastre and Registration Project (RECRP), the World Bank helped the government change their property laws and regulations. The RECRP supported the creation of the private surveyors sector, which allowed the Agency for Real Estate Cadastre to strengthen its quality control and supervision functions. In 2005, there were 14 licensed private surveyors in the country and zero firms. By the end of the project, in 2015, there were 249 licensed private surveyors and 152 firms. In addition, the online services became broadly available and accessible on all devices, including smartphones, in both the local language as well as in English to attract foreign direct investments in land. As a result, surveying of land went up from 43% to 99% of the country in 10 years. When it used to take two months to register a property sale or a mortgage, it now takes a day or two. This has leveraged private investments. In fact, the value of mortgages went up from EUR 450 million to EUR 3.4 billion. “The difference is obvious. I am now able to turn my real estate quickly into a capital asset to finance my business, which greatly helps in a dynamic market that we work in,” said Maja Dimitrievska, a businesswoman in Skopje. But land and property rights are not just good for a country’s growth and investment climate. It matters deeply for social inclusion, particularly for historically disadvantaged communities, such as Indigenous Peoples. In Nicaragua, Indigenous Peoples’ rights were not recognized. However, starting in 2002, with World Bank support, the government launched major legal, policy, and institutional reforms. Fast forward 15 years: Nicaragua has mapped and titled all 23 ancestral territories of Indigenous Peoples in the Caribbean Region. This is over 30% of the country’s territory.
WASHINGTON, March 24, 2017 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved the following project:Haiti – Statistical Capacity Building Project IDA Grant: US$5 million Project ID: P157531 Project Description: The objective of the project is to assist the Haitian Institute of Statistics and Information Technology (IHSI in French) to conduct, analyze and disseminate the findings of the Fifth Population and Housing Census and strengthen the human and technological capacities of the institute
IBRD Credit: US $100 million GFF Grant: US $9 million Terms: Maturity = 33 years, Grace = 6 years Project ID: P159213 Project Description: The objective of this project is to improve the practices, services, and behaviors that are key to curbing chronic malnutrition in Guatemala, with emphasis being placed on the first 1,000 days of life. The main beneficiaries will be children under 24 months and pregnant women and their families in seven departments with large percentage of chronic malnutrition and a predominantly indigenous population. Contact: Àngels Masó, (503)7860.8019, amaso@worldbank.org For more information, please visit here: http://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/guatemala
WASHINGTON, 27 de MARZO, 2017 –El Directorio Ejecutivo del Banco Mundial (BM) aprobó el pasado viernes 24 de marzo un préstamo de US$100 millones destinado a mejorar las prácticas, los servicios y los comportamientos claves para reducir la desnutrición crónica en Guatemala, con un énfasis en los primeros 1,000 días de vida. El “Proyecto de Nutrición y Salud para Guatemala Crecer Sano”, busca apoyar la Estrategia Nacional para la Prevención de la Desnutrición Crónica 2016-2020, que lanzó el Presidente Jimmy Morales en marzo de 2016. Los beneficiarios principales serán los niños menores de 24 meses, así como las mujeres embarazadas y sus familias en siete departamentos con elevado porcentaje de desnutrición crónica: Alta Verapaz, Chiquimula, Huehuetenango, Quiché, San Marcos, Sololá y Totonicapán. Casi todos estos departamentos tienen población predominantemente indígena. El proyecto aprobado será financiado por el BM y el Mecanismo Mundial de Financiación en Apoyo a la iniciativa Todas las Mujeres, Todos los Niños (GFF por sus siglas en inglés). Este nuevo fondo multidonante fue creado para financiar esfuerzos destinados a mejorar la salud reproductiva, materna, neonatal, infantil y adolescente (RMNCAH por sus siglas en inglés) y cuenta con el apoyo de un amplio conjunto de socios para el desarrollo, incluidos los gobiernos de Noruega, Canadá y la Fundación Bill & Melinda Gates. El GFF ayuda a financiar planes nacionales de ampliación de RMNCAH enfocándose en los resultados, apoya a los países a lograr una sostenibilidad en sus esfuerzos de movilización de recursos domésticos de RMNCAH y contribuye a una mejor coordinación entre los actores que financian actividades de RMNCAH. “Este préstamo es de suma importancia para Guatemala. Al reducir la desnutrición aumentaremos la productividad de nuestra futura fuerza laboral. Estamos agradecidos por la donación del GFF que nos permitirá beneficiarnos de mejores condiciones de préstamo y así canalizar más recursos para las poblaciones vulnerables de Guatemala”, señaló Julio Héctor Estrada, Ministro de Finanzas de Guatemala. Entre las acciones previstas en el proyecto se incluye el apoyo a la prestación de servicios de nutrición y salud a las madres y los niños, destinado entre otros a los cuidados prenatales, y la mejora del acceso a agua potable y saneamiento. Asimismo, se busca promover intervenciones destinadas a cambiar comportamientos, como asegurar la lactancia materna exclusiva durante los primeros seis meses de vida. Guatemala es el primer país que se beneficia de un aporte del GFF para reducir el pago de intereses de un préstamo del BM en US$9 millones. Esta disminución está asociada al logro de unas metas predefinidas y permite a Guatemala gozar de unos términos más concesionales que los préstamos estándar del BM. El gobierno se ha comprometido a utilizar la contribución del GFF y a agregar una cantidad equivalente. La suma final de US$18 millones se destinará a un programa de trasferencias condicionadas que busca mejorar el estado de salud y de nutrición de las familias. “A través de este instrumento financiero innovador, estamos orgullosos de apoyar a Guatemala a ampliar los recursos que benefician a madres y niños", dijo la Dra. Mariam Claeson, Directora del GFF. Si bien la desnutrición en Guatemala ha disminuido del 55% en 1995 al 46.5% en 2014/2015, sigue siendo la más alta de América Latina y El Caribe y una de las más elevadas del mundo, superando a la de países con un ingreso per cápita mucho más bajo, como Bangladesh, Etiopía o Vietnam. Los índices de desnutrición son particularmente elevados entre las poblaciones indígenas guatemaltecas (61%). Ello afecta la calidad del desarrollo humano de su población, y en consecuencia, su potencial de desarrollo y crecimiento. “Cuando miramos al país, vemos a dos Guatemalas: la rural y la urbana, la formal y la informal, la que tiene acceso a servicios básicos y la que no. Este proyecto y todo nuestro trabajo busca contribuir a cerrar esta brecha entre las dos Guatemalas y garantizar que las poblaciones vulnerables tengan acceso a un mejor futuro”, señaló Homa-Zahra Fotouhi, representante del Banco Mundial en Guatemala. El préstamo tiene un plazo de amortización de 33 años incluyendo un período de gracia de seis años. — Para conocer el trabajo del Banco Mundial en América Latina y el Caribe visite: www.bancomundial.org/alc Conozca más sobre el Banco Mundial en Guatemala: http://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/guatemala Visítenos en Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bancomundial Manténgase informado via Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/BancoMundialLAC Nuestro canal de YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/worldbank
WASHINGTON, March 27, 2017 – The Board of Directors of the World Bank (WB) approved a US$100 million loan on Friday, March 24 to improve the practices, services, and behaviors that are key to curbing chronic malnutrition in Guatemala, with emphasis being placed on the first 1,000 days of life. The “Crecer Sano: Guatemala Nutrition and Health Project” seeks to support the National Strategy to Reduce Chronic Malnutrition 2016-2020 launched by President Jimmy Morales in March 2016. The main beneficiaries will be children under 24 months and pregnant women and their families in seven departments with large percentage of chronic malnutrition: Alta Verapaz, Chiquimula, Huehuetenango, Quiché, San Marcos, Sololá, and Totonicapán. Almost all of these departments have a predominantly indigenous population. The approved project will be financed by the WB and the Global Financing Facility in Support of Every Woman Every Child (GFF), a new multi-donor trust fund financing facility for reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH), which was created to support the financing of the Global Strategy in Support of Every Woman Every Child and is supported by a broad set of development partners including the governments of Norway, Canada and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The GFF helps finance national RMNCAH scale-up plans while at the same time focusing on results. It supports countries in the transition toward sustainable domestic financing of RMNCAH; as well as contributes to a better-coordinated and streamlined RMNCAH financing architecture. “This loan is of paramount importance to Guatemala. By reducing malnutrition we will increase the productivity of our future work force. We are also thankful for the grant from the GFF which will allow us to benefit from better loan terms and thereby channel more resources to vulnerable populations in Guatemala,” said Julio Héctor Estrada, Guatemala’s Minister of Finance. Support with the delivery of nutrition and health services to mothers and children, which covers prenatal care among other things, and improved access to safe drinking water and sanitation are some of the activities provided for under the project. The project also seeks to promote interventions aimed at changing behaviors such as ensuring that mothers breastfeed exclusively during the first six months of life. Guatemala is the first country to benefit from a US$9 million performance-based WB loan buy-down from the GFF Trust Fund. Grant funds from the GFF are linked to key results and enable Guatemala to receive more concessional terms than standard WB loan terms. The government has committed to use the resources that are freed up from debt payments, match these with additional domestic resources and reinvest the combined amount of US$18 million in a conditional cash transfer program that aims to improve the health and nutrition status of families by providing transfers. “Through this innovative financing instrument, we are proud to support Guatemala to expand resources that benefit mothers and children” says Dr. Mariam Claeson, Director of the GFF. While the malnutrition rate in Guatemala has fallen from 55 percent in 1995 to 46.5 percent in 2014/2015, it remains the highest in Latin America and the Caribbean and one of the highest in the world, exceeding rates in countries with much lower per capita incomes, such as Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Vietnam. Rates of malnutrition are particularly high among indigenous populations (61%). These high malnutrition rates affect the quality of human development in Guatemala and, thus, its development and growth potential. “When we look at the country, we see two Guatemalas: rural and urban areas, formal and informal sectors, and those who have access to basic services and those who don’t. This project and all our work aim to help close the gap between the two Guatemalas and ensure that vulnerable populations have access to a better future,” noted Homa-Zahra Fotouhi, World Bank Country Manager for Guatemala. This loan has a final maturity of 33 years including a grace period of six years. — To learn more about the World Bank’s work in Latin America and the Caribbean, please visit: http://www.worldbank.org/en/region/lac Learn more about the World Bank in Guatemala: http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/guatemala Visit us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bancomundial Keep informed via Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/BancoMundialLAC Watch our videos on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/worldbank
