Team Assistant - req34437

Overview

Team Assistant – World Bank, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Location : Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Grade : GB. Term Duration : 3 years. Recruitment Type : Local Recruitment. Location : Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Required Language(s) : Arabic; English. Closing Date : 10 / 8 / 2025 at 11 : 59pm UTC.

Description

Attention : Only applicants who are nationals, legal residents, or otherwise have legal presence in the duty station independent of any employer, and who are authorized to work in the duty station, will be considered.

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity to help clients solve development challenges. The World Bank Group is a large source of funding and knowledge for developing countries, with a global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development.

Regional Context

The Middle East and North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan Region serves 22 countries, with a mix of active / potential borrowers and non-lending services. The region focuses on sustainable growth, job creation, poverty reduction, and good governance, and values teamwork, transparency, trust, and client service.

Country Management Unit Context

The World Bank’s GCC Country Management Unit (CMU) is the liaison between the World Bank and the six Arab States of the GCC. The GCC Country Department manages relationships with GCC countries, working with WB technical departments to provide advisory and technical services. The team is based in Riyadh and supports the RAS program in Saudi Arabia.

Roles & Responsibilities

Under the guidance of the Program Manager, the Team Assistant will perform the following responsibilities :

• Provides quality control of internal and external documents, reviews documents for accuracy and adherence to World Bank guidelines and procedures.
• Assists in drafting, editing, formatting, and production of documents and correspondence.
• Coordinates schedules, monitors changes, and communicates information to staff and external officials.
• Solves non-routine problems and responds to research requests.
• Assists with organizing meetings, conference calls, video conferences, workshops, and conferences, including administrative and logistic arrangements, preparing materials, sending invitations, and follow-up. Builds a participant database and drafts event reports.
• Coordinates travel requests for consultants when necessary.
• Assists with coordination of mission agendas as needed.
• Maintains current distribution lists, project contacts, and distributes documents to relevant task teams.
• Maintains up-to-date project and file records (paper and electronic).
• Manages logistics for visiting missions of the units and handles travel bookings, visas, and related arrangements.
• Collaborates with team members to contribute to the team’s output and include others in the work process.
• Generates reports as needed.
• Assists with other administrative and operational matters in the department.
• Back-up support for colleagues as required.

Selection Criteria

Education / Experience

Required Competencies

WBG Culture Attributes

World Bank Group Core Competencies

The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits and is an equal opportunity employer.

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