E T Consultant

At the World Bank, a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives. For more information, visit Background The Social Policy Global Practice delivers operational approaches and evidence-based solutions to help individuals and families manage risk, cope with chronic/transitional poverty, and access better livelihoods and jobs. These include: Strategy, analysis, financing and design of social programs delivering social safety nets/social assistance in the form of cash transfers, public works programs, and fee waivers. Advisory and analytical services on design and delivery of contributory transfers (including old-age pensions, unemployment insurance, disability and survivor benefits), and their fiscal sustainability (including budget support for transitions). Analysis, design and delivery of labor market and youth employment programs (with a focus on supply side interventions and intermediation policies), as well as policy advice on labor market regulations and interventions. Strategy, analysis, financing and design of integrated social protection delivery systems (e.g., payments, identification, registries, systems assessments) as underpinnings of effective social programs that can help cope with climatic shocks or underpin fiscal reforms. Unit Description The Social Policy (SP) Global Practice has a large and growing portfolio in East and Southern Africa (AFE), which includes long-standing engagements supporting Governments to strengthen social safety net programs as well as promoting innovations around climate-adaptive social protection (ASP), youth employment and jobs as well as human capital investments. The two AFE SP teams work closely together across unit boundaries. The successful candidate will be a core member of the AFE SPJ team as part of the Southern Africa unit of SP (HAES2). The candidate will report to the Practice Manager for this unit but will work across the two AFE SP units, typically as back up to other team members, as part of the overall Quality Assurance Team and with the two Practice Managers (HAES1, HAES2). The successful candidate will be a senior member of the Operations Quality Assurance (QA) team in AFE SP which oversees the efficient and effective delivery of the units’ pipeline, portfolio and ASA. The team provides operational advice and support to task teams, as well as strategic and operational guidance to the Practice Managers. The candidate will work closely with another GG-level Senior Social Protection Specialist, who coordinates the QA team, as well another GG SP Specialist, one Analyst and one Administrative and Client Support (ACS) staff. Duties Accountabilities Pro-actively provide advice and support to TTLs on operational aspects of their projects during all parts of the project cycle, including: guidance on WB’s operational policies and procedures, problem solving on complex issues of project preparation and implementation, occasional training, as needed. Provide operational review of all project documents, project and mission letters, ISRs on behalf of Practice Managers and support the PMs in undertaking their ADM roles as well as in making sound operational decisions. Ensure overall portfolio quality, review and prepare regular and ad hoc reports on aggregate portfolio quality indicators, identify cross-cutting problem issues and find solutions, as part of the AFE Ops Quality team. Remain current on all (current and new) operational policies and practices, including corporate commitments, and able to explain them clearly and in context to TTLs and managers. Ensure high quality preparation and implementation support to the task teams and oversight of risk management issues working with relevant legal, fiduciary and safeguards experts. Contribute actively and collaboratively to the SP AFE Operations QA Team, sharing knowledge and providing back-up as needed. Provide mentoring and training on operational issues to QA team colleagues, ACS and task teams. Develop strong networks with service partners on behalf of TTLs, including with E S and fiduciary units, Legal, DFI, AFR Front Office, TACT and others. Lead or contribute to policy dialogue, project preparation/ supervision, and/or ASA on social protection, youth and jobs as needed either as TTL or as Team Member, depending on skills and interest of the successful candidate. Contribute to the global knowledge base of the SPJ GP and other country programs, as well as in corporate, policy and operational reform processes, as agreed with the Practice Managers.