Lead Strategic Coordinator

About the Role

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) is seeking a Lead Strategic Coordinator to provide senior strategic coordination, executive advisory support, and performance oversight. This contract position is based in Jiddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, and focuses on ensuring the effective planning, delivery, monitoring, and reporting of Complex/Directorate priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate the preparation and consolidation of the Integrated Work Program, Annual Work Program, budget inputs, and related strategic plans for the Complex/Directorate.
• Support the Vice President (VP)/Director General (DG) in setting, monitoring, and reviewing Complex/Directorate KPIs, priorities, resource allocations, and implementation progress.
• Provide strategic and technical advice, executive briefs, and decision-support inputs on policy papers, strategy proposals, reports, and Bank-wide matters requiring VP/DG attention.
• Coordinate and follow up on the implementation of VP/DG directives, BED decisions, strategic initiatives, and cross-Complex/Directorate actions, reporting progress regularly.
• Ensure quality assurance for key documents submitted through the VP/DG Office, including Board-related documents, verifying completeness, accuracy, compliance, and timely submission.
• Strengthen stakeholder engagement, internal feedback mechanisms, and communication across business units, other Complexes/Directorates, IsDB entities, and relevant external institutions.
• Undertake background research, prepare supporting technical material for high-level engagements, and carry out other assignments as requested by the VP/DG.

Performance Monitoring and Reporting

• Provide secretariat support to committees and forums chaired by the VP/DG.
• Prepare for VP/DG participation in high-level institutional and multilateral engagements.
• Follow up on audit, evaluation, risk recommendations, and management action plans.
• Oversee the cascading of KPIs and alignment of scorecards between the VP/DG level and business units.
• Utilize the Bank's corporate systems and dashboards for performance tracking and records management.
• Coordinate and oversee the preparation and completion of special reports and speeches, as requested by the VP/DG.
• Design and oversee an Information Intelligence System for the VP/DG to support monitoring and informed decision-making.
• Oversee the design and implementation of an efficient Document and Information Management System in the Front Office.
• Review all key outgoing documents to ensure quality, compliance with procedures, completeness, and incorporation of comments from high-level meetings before VP/DG sign-off.
• Lead Complex/Directorate-wide communication efforts on staff engagement activities, initiatives, accomplishments, newsletters, annual report compilation, and staff surveys to gauge service levels.

Knowledge Sharing and Development

• Stay informed of new trends and developments relevant to the Complex/Directorate and share new concepts with the VP/DG and other stakeholders within the Complex/Directorate and the Bank.
• Produce and submit executive information briefs to the VP/DG on emerging international development issues/news related to the Complex/Directorate's mandate.
• Undertake research and represent the Complex/Directorate at appropriate professional and public forums, promoting its activities and programs internally and externally, as required by the VP/DG.
• Provide overall coordination of staff and operational management of the VP/DG Office within delegated authority.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience is required for this role.

Application Information

This is a contract position with salary details not disclosed. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply.