E T Consultant
| Job #: | req34339 |
| Organization: | World Bank |
| Sector: | Governance |
| Grade: | EC3 |
| Term Duration: | 1 year 0 months |
| Recruitment Type: | Local Recruitment |
| Location: | Kyiv,Ukraine |
| Required Language(s): | English |
| Preferred Language(s): | Ukrainian |
| Closing Date: | 10/10/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC |
Description
Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group (WBG) provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org Institutions Global Practice Context The Institutions Global Practice supports client countries to build capable, efficient, open, inclusive, and accountable institutions. Countries with strong institutions prosper by creating an environment that facilitates private sector growth, reduces poverty, delivers valuable services, and earns the confidence of its citizens. Further information: The Practice has the following business-lines: • Anticorruption, Openness and Transparency• Fiduciary Assurance• PFM/PIM• Public Administration • Justice Administration • SOEs/Corporate Governance• Subnational/Decentralization • Tax and Customs AdministrationThe Institutions GP engagements range from diagnostics, technical assistance, and advisory services; learning, innovation and knowledge management; preparation of financing operations and provision of project implementation support, monitoring and reporting. An important part of its responsibilities is to deliver operational support to other Practices, including through inputs for policy-based operations, hands-on implementation advice, and direct fiduciary due diligence of investment financing. Regional Context The Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region comprises 30 extremely diverse, predominantly middle-income countries, with a population of nearly 500 million people. ECA countries face structural and legacy issues, including an incomplete transition to a market economy and declining productivity, weak institutional capacity, dependence on fossil fuels, limited physical and digital connectivity and, in many instances, aging populations. Recent shocks (COVID-19, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, weather shocks and natural disaster) have further exacerbated these challenges, with significant impacts on the level, inclusiveness and sustainability of growth and overall living standards. The World Bank Group is working closely with client countries in the region to address these issues, with increasing focus on productivity growth and job creation, energy security and water management, human capital and economic inclusion, and physical and digital connectivity. The region has a strong lending pipeline and a large portfolio of projects spanning a number of sectors. In addition, knowledge is critical to the Bank’s value proposition to client countries in the ECA region.Ukraine World Bank Program The World Bank Group has been a close and committed partner to Ukraine since February 2022, having mobilized more than $81bn from internal resources and the international community to provide urgent and timely support. As of July 1, the Bank’s portfolio in Ukraine includes a total of 20 projects with commitments of approximately $44bn with operations in the energy sector, transport, housing, social protection, education, health, agriculture and public sector management. The largest operation in Ukraine, and the largest in the Bank’s history, the Public Expenditures for Administrative Capacity Endurance (PEACE) project, has been the centerpiece of the Bank’s response since, helping to sustain the provision of essential public services under emergency circumstances. The Bank has also supported development policy operations (DPOs) to assist the government as it undertakes critical reforms to strengthen public sector management and to provide the foundation for private sector investment which will be essential for recovery and reconstruction. Ukraine Governance Program. The Governance Practice has a long-standing engagement with the Government of Ukraine. On-going and pipeline Governance operations, analytical and advisory work includes: • The Public Expenditures for Administrative Capacity Endurance (PEACE) Project supporting public sector employment and social welfare payments, the largest operation in the Bank with commitments of $35 billion; • The Supporting Reconstruction through Fiscal Governance (SURGE) Program for Results Operation which supports public investment, local government budgeting and tax transparency reforms; • The Strengthening Government Capacity For Fiscal Reform Implementation Investment Project (STRONG) which finances technical assistance to support public investment management and reconstruction planning; and • Trust Fund-financed technical assistance, advisory services and analytical work on civil service management, public financial management, public investment management, tax administration, state-owned enterprise governance, integrity and anti-corruption. The Governance Practice operates as part of the Prosperity Practice Group contributing the design, preparation, and implementation of operations, analytical and advisory work led by other practices. Many of the Governance Practice’s activities in Ukraine are co-financed by development partners. Duties and Accountability The ETC will report to the Governance Practice Manager. The Governance Specialist will: • Serve as the Governance Practice’s primary contact point for engagement with Government counterparts, civil society, and development partners. • Support and contribute to Governance operations as a technical specialist and team member, progressively taking on leadership roles. • Identify and develop Governance business opportunities and help mobilize financing for Governance activities.• Coordinate the development and implementation of the Governance program with internal and external stakeholders.• Monitor and advise the Governance team about developments that may impact the Governance program.• Support and progressively lead the design, preparation and supervision of investment operations and contribute to development policy operations. • Engage in policy dialogue on governance issues with senior officials and development partner agencies. • Integrate governance in operations led by other practices, supporting the preparation of analytical products and design and supervision of operations. • Represent the Bank in events and liaise with key external partners to promote the Bank as a knowledge leader.• Contribute to briefing materials, country policy and institutional assessments, country program products, and other on-demand outputs.
Selection Criteria
A highly motivated and passionate technical specialist with:• A Master’s degree in a relevant field such as economics, public policy, law, or public administration. • At least 8 years of relevant professional experience, ideally with experience working in a central finance agency within government. • Strong technical skills in at least one of the following: public financial management, public investment management, and revenue administration. • Familiarity with broader public administration reform issues and the ability to contribute across the Governance agenda. • A good understanding of Government of Ukraine governance, public administration, planning, and financial management systems and practices. • Ability to take a strategic view of the governance agenda and work with clients to define problems and identify practical solutions. • A track record of business development and client engagement. • Experience in the design and implementation of institutional reforms and navigating political economy of reform.• Excellent written communication skills delivering technical information in a clear, easily understandable, and effective manner.• Excellent presentation skills and ability to communicate data, technical information, and complex concepts to specialists and non-specialists.• Strong drive for results, taking personal ownership and accountability to meet deadlines and achieve agreed-upon results. • Ability to function effectively independently and as a member of multi-disciplinary teams and resolve conflicts constructively. • Excellent writing skills in English and Ukrainian.
WBG Culture Attributes:
1. Sense of Urgency – Anticipating and quickly reacting to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful Risk Taking – Taking informed and thoughtful risks and making courageous decisions to push boundaries for greater impact.
3. Empowerment and Accountability – Engaging with others in an empowered and accountable manner for impactful results.
World Bank Group Core Competencies
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Note: The selected candidate will be offered a one-year appointment, renewable at the discretion of the World Bank Group, and subject to a lifetime maximum ET appointment of three years. If an ET appointment ends before a full year, it is considered as a full year toward the lifetime maximum. Former and current ET staff who have completed all or any portion of their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.
