The World Banks Transport and ICT Global Practice is looking for a highly organized, energized and experienced individual Short Term Consultant (STC) to serve as Transport Specialist/Highway Engineer based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The candidate will participate primarily in the Banks transport sector work and operations in Tanzania.
See full tender here: Transport Specialist or Highway Engineer – Tanzania.
Deadline: October 26, 2014
1. Make use of the services provided by the Dutch government: World Bank liaisons
2. Elevator pitch (different from Sales Pitch, which is a don’t!)
3. Schedule a follow up (in person, by phone or by e-mail)
4. Gain knowledge on project procedures and guidelines documents/cycles
5. Research speaker(s): the World Bank is a multicultural environment.
6. Identify specific interests, purpose and deliverables for your visit
7. Ask questions
1. Make a sales pitch / sell products
2. Expect contracts and/or donations on the spot
3. Be general about intentions and interests
4. Expect quick wins; working with the World Bank takes patience and endurance
5. Cancel meetings last minute
6. Come to the meeting without knowledge of the World Bank (and its structure)
7. Distribute handouts (send an email with attachment afterwards instead)
If you have any questions or need advice to prepare for your meeting(s) please contact the World Bank Liaison officers at the Netherlands embassy here
Ever wondered where you can find World Bank project tenders?
The two sources provided by the World Bank are e-Consultant2 for all the corporate procurement tenders, and the World Bank project page for country executed projects.
Other sources that can be used to find tenders are Devex, Devbusiness and dgMarket. These are independently run websites that provide a clear overview of the available tenders of almost all the IFI’s, not necessarily only the World Bank.
In an earlier blog entry we published the new organizational structure of the World Bank after the change process, explaining the new Global Practices (GPs) and Cross-Cutting Solution Areas (CCSAs). But more than the organizational structure the change process also impacted both the role of WB country offices vis-à-vis Headquarters, as well as the role of the different World Bank Units. To further illustrate the roles of the different organizational units, recall the figure below.
Earlier this month we published an overview of the new Global Practices (GPs) and Cross-Cutting Solution Areas (CCSAs), along with the Senior Directors in charge of these new divisions. This new set-up is a direct result of the change process at the World Bank. But how are these GPs and CCSAs structured exactly, and what consequences does the change process have for the structure of regional staff?
Netherlands for the World Bank 
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