Announcement of Recruitment Process: Director General, World Bank Group Independent Accountability Mechanism

The World Bank Group has announced recruitment for the position of Director General of the new World Bank Group Independent Accountability Mechanism (WBG IAM).  The Director General will be appointed by, and report to, the WBG Boards under the oversight of the Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE) and will be independent of WBG management.

The Director General will lead a new, single WBG IAM building on decades of operational experience, institutional knowledge, and best practices of the IFC/MIGA Office of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO), the WB Inspection Panel (IPN) and WB Dispute Resolution Service (DRS). The WBG IAM will serve as an independent and accessible forum for people who believe that they have been, or are likely to be, adversely affected by a WBG-financed operation and will discharge its mandate through three functions: Dispute Resolution, Compliance, and Advisory.

The appointment will be for a nonrenewable period of five (5) years, and the Director General will not be employed by the WBG following the end of the term. Deadline for applications is September 3, 2026.

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