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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 <https://www.worldbank.org/en/who-we-are/ibrd> Cameroon’s education system is among the most complex in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is organized around two parallel linguistic subsystems — Francophone and Anglophone — and is overseen by six ministries: the Ministry of Basic Education (MINEDUB), the Ministry of Secondary Education (MINESEC), the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training (MINEFOP), the Ministry of Higher Education (MINESUP), the Ministry of Youth and Civic Education, and the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Territorial Administration (MINEPAT), which is responsible for coordinating the Education and Training Sector Strategy (ETSS 2030). This fragmented institutional architecture creates significant challenges for sector planning, resource allocation, and data management, and remains a major constraint to effective sector governance. World Bank Portfolio Response The World Bank's engagement is comprehensive, with interventions at the basic, secondary and technical and vocational education levels, as well as in skills training, while also engaged in policy dialogue and support to deep systemic education reforms. The Education Reform Support Project (ERSP, P160926) – a US$175 million IDA grant complemented by a US$52.45 million GPE grant and Additional Financing of US$45 million – targets the foundational challenges of access, quality, teacher policy, and sector governance at the primary level. The Secondary Education and Skills Development Project (SESD, P170561) - a US$125 million IDA credit – addresses equity and relevance at the secondary and skills levels, with a specific focus on girls' access and market-oriented TVET programs. Active Trust fund instruments, including the TF SCG (System Capacity Grant) and the INSPIRE initiative, provide targeted complementary support for analytics, capacity building, and innovation. Looking ahead, the Cameroon education portfolio is expected to expand with two operations currently in the pipeline – a PforR targeting governance and accountability reforms in basic education, and a PforR focused on skills development and TVET system strengthening – reflecting the Government's commitment to deepening sector reform across both levels. The World Bank is also active in knowledge generation on key issues in the education sector in Cameroon. Analytical and advisory work includes: (i) support to the development and monitoring of the national Education and Training Sector Strategy (ETSS 2030); (ii) piloting and evaluation of performance-based financing (PBF) in conflict- and crisis-affected areas hosting refugees and IDPs; (iii) early childhood development (ECD) analytical and advisory services; (iv) the Read at Home initiative supporting home-based literacy interventions; (v) a systematic investigation of the teacher landscape through the Teach Sunset Trust Fund to develop scalable pedagogical interventions; (vi) skills and labour market analytics under the Skills P4R; (vii) student learning and data-driven pedagogical interventions under the INSPIRE initiative; (viii) social protection and education linkages under the Social Protection Fund Trust Fund (TF SPF); and (ix) mental health and psychosocial support interventions for crisis-affected learners and teachers under the MHPSS Trust Fund. Duties and Accountabilities The Extended Term Consultant is expected to: (i) support the implementation of the current operations, the preparation for project closing and the extensive Monitoring and Evaluation needed to ensure a robust Implementation Completion and Results Reports (ICRR); (ii) contribute to the project preparation of pipeline operations, including the PforR in Education and Skills, and the PforR in Governance and Education (basic education); and (iii) provide analytical support and contribute to the ongoing policy dialogue. Operational Support — Secondary Education and Skills Development Project (SESD, P170561) • Help prepare mission documentation and track PDO and intermediate results indicators, including enrollment, girls' access to secondary education, and skills development outcomes. • Contribute to the supervision of MCDC activities and TVET implementation under MINESEC and MINEFOP. • Assist in the drafting of ISRs, progress reports, and restructuring papers. • Follow up with government counterparts on implementation bottlenecks and ESF compliance under the guidance of the TTL. • Support project closing activities, data collection and preparation of the ICRR Operational Support — Education Reform Support Project (ERSP, P160926) • Help prepare and follow up on implementation support missions and field monitoring activities, including tracking of DLIs/PBCs across the three project components. • Contribute to the drafting of ISRs, aide-mémoires, and back-to-office reports. • Track progress on key reform pillars, including teacher recruitment and deployment, curriculum reform, textbook distribution, CPC expansion, and refugee/IDP integration. • Assist in follow-up with the PCMU and MINEDUB on fiduciary, safeguards, and M E matters. • Support the preparation of AWPBs, procurement plans, and documentation related to any restructuring or Additional Financing exercises. • Support project closing activities, data collection and preparation of the ICRR Operational Support- Pipeline PforRs • Support the program design and development- contribute to the diagnostic and analytical work underpinning the design of the PforRs, support in the defining realistic, measurable, and achievable results and targets, ensure a robust results framework, and disbursement linked indicator and its associated verification protocols, ensure strong Monitoring and Evaluation (M E) mechanisms. • Operational preparation- support the preparation of concept note, project document and other required documents. • Support continued consultations with stakeholders and capacity building of the Clients. Policy Dialogue and Client Capacity Building • Help prepare technical inputs and background materials for policy discussions with key government ministries (MINEDUB, MINESEC, MINEFOP, MINEPAT, and MINFI). • Contribute to briefing notes, aide-mémoires, and other materials supporting TTL engagement on sector policy and institutional reform. • Assist in the follow-up on policy commitments related to teacher policy, education finance, gender equity, and the inclusion of refugees and IDPs. Support to Trust Fund Activities — TF SCG, INSPIRE, TF SPF, and MHPSS TF • Assist in tracking implementation and disbursement for the TF SCG, including activities related to skills analytics and technical assistance. • Support coordination and follow-up on INSPIRE activities, including pedagogical interventions and stakeholder engagement deliverables. • Contribute to monitoring of TF SPF activities supporting social protection and education linkages. • Assist in the supervision of MHPSS Trust Fund activities providing psychosocial support to crisis-affected learners and teachers. • Help prepare progress reports, financial tracking updates, and donor-facing communications for all trust funds, under the supervision of relevant TTLs. Analytical Work, Portfolio Monitoring, and Partnerships • Contribute to the preparation of education sector analytical products, including sector assessments, education finance analyses, teacher policy notes, and governance diagnostics, and help translate PASEC and other learning assessment findings into policy-relevant outputs. • Assist in monitoring ETSS 2030 implementation and drafting inputs to ASAs and other knowledge products. • Maintain sector data dashboards and portfolio tracking tools, contribute to portfolio reviews and People sector briefings, document lessons learned, and support data quality assurance in coordination with EMIS teams and project M E specialists. • Support the team's participation in Local Education Group (LEG) meetings, assist in coordinating with development partners (GPE, UNICEF, UNESCO, AFD, AfDB, and EU), and contribute to cross-sectoral Human Capital Project activities in collaboration with SPJ and HNP colleagues. Cross-Support: Central African Republic and Gabon • Provide targeted cross-support to education operations in CAR and Gabon as needed, under the direction of the relevant TTLs and Practice Manager. • Assist with analytical tasks, mission preparation, and documentation for sub-regional engagements.