Purpose of Job
The Principal, Water Sector Policy Specialist will support the Bank’s policy engagement, sector reform and technical cooperation activities in the water sector across Central Asia, with a strong focus on alignment with EBRD investment operations.
Working as part of cross-functional teams comprising Banking, Legal Transition, economists and other policy units, the role will contribute to the design and implementation of water sector policy dialogue, sector reform roadmaps, and technical assistance programmes addressing water supply and sanitation, irrigation, water resource management, climate resilience and sector governance.
The position will play a key role in strengthening the policy, regulatory, institutional and financial underpinnings of water sector investments, particularly in early and intermediate transition contexts characterised by climate stress, transboundary water challenges, ageing infrastructure and capacity constraints.
Background
Water is a critical and finite resource underpinning economic development, food and energy security, public health and environmental sustainability. Across Central Asia, the water sector faces acute challenges including climate-induced water scarcity, dependence on transboundary river systems, deteriorated Soviet-era infrastructure, low financial sustainability of utilities, and fragmented governance arrangements.
Under the Bank’s Strategic and Capital Framework and Sustainable Infrastructure ambitions, the EBRD supports the water sector through a combination of sovereign and sub-sovereign investment, policy dialogue and technical assistance, focusing on incremental reform, institutional strengthening and long-term sustainability.
The Water Sector Policy Specialist will contribute to this agenda by ensuring that policy reform objectives are technically sound, well sequenced and operationally linked to investments, and by supporting Central Asian authorities and utilities in adopting improved governance, regulatory and resource management practices in line with international good practice.
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