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Background General Description: 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 International Bank for Reconst ruction and Development . Eastern and Southern Africa (E AFR) Region Home to about 700 million of Africa’s people, Eastern and Southern Africa is a geographically, culturally and economically diverse region of 26 countries stretching from the Red Sea in the North to the Cape of Good Hope in the South. Children under 18 make up almost half of the total population. The subregion boasts of some of the world’s richest human and natural resources and, apart from South Africa, the countries are predominantly raw material exporters. The subregion harbors some of Africa’s protracted conflicts, rendering many of its countries fragile, while significant gaps in education, health, and skills development continue to keep people from reaching their full potential. This creates a huge development challenge, impacts heavily on the lives and livelihoods of people, and hinders regional integration and trade. But it also creates an opportunity to work closely with country leaders, civil society, development partners, and young people to chart a brighter course for the future. The World Bank’s Eastern and Southern Africa Region, comprised of approximately 1,207 staff, mostly based in 26 country offices, has been helping countries realize their considerable development potential by focusing on the following priorities: (i) creating Jobs and Transforming Economies, (ii) building up the Digital Economy, (iii) making institutions more Efficient and Accountable, (iv) investing in People, (v) supporting Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption: (vi) addressing the Drivers of Fragility, Conflict, and Violence; (vii) Building Partnerships and Working across the African Continent. Eastern and Southern Africa (E AFR)Region: https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/afr/eastern-and-southern-africa. The People Vertical The People Vice Presidency advances investment in people by delivering knowledge and public-private solutions to WBG teams and clients. It promotes equitable access to quality health care, education, and social protection so people can build and use their human capital throughout life. The People Vice Presidency works with countries and global partners to:

• Provide affordable, quality health services to 1.5 billion people by 2030 through financing, knowledge, and partnerships.
• Halve learning poverty by 2030 and expand education and job-relevant skills.
• Close gender gaps, end gender-based violence, and advance women’s health, economic inclusion, and empowerment.
• Connect policymakers, enable cross-learning, and advance human capital investment and policy through the nearly 100-country Human Capital Project.
• Reach 500 million people with social assistance programs by 2030.
• Promote health, education, gender, and social policy investments that drive growth and jobs through better infrastructure, policies, regulations, and private capital. The People Vertical scales effective solutions, strengthens thought leadership and innovation, and delivers timely knowledge to client teams. It draws on expertise from staff, clients, development partners, and civil society to tailor solutions to country needs. For more information: https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/unit/human-development Social Policy Group Social Policy Group (SPG) within the People Vice Presidency focuses on supporting countries in building equitable, inclusive, and resilient societies. It supports countries address deep rooted social problems stemming from fragility, climate change, exclusion, and the digital age with people centered solutions that build on local values and institutions. The SPG engages with citizens, communities and governments to deepen resilience, build inclusion, and empower vulnerable and marginalized groups to have influence and voice. The SPG prioritizes participatory, multi-sectoral approaches that build on norms and informal institutions to address social challenges and to build more inclusive, empowered communities. It also designs and scales social assistance programs, including shock-responsive and adaptive social protection systems that build climate resilience, as well as cash transfer initiatives targeting vulnerable populations. It also supports multifaceted economic inclusion programs aimed at the ultra-poor, including in fragile and conflict-affected contexts. On the labor side, the department promotes skills development, youth employment, and labor market participation through training and apprenticeship programs. Gender in AFE The World Bank Group’s Gender Strategy 2024–2030 (“Accelerate Gender Equality to End Poverty on a Livable Planet”) prioritizes concerted action and financing at scale to (i) end all forms of gender-based violence and strengthen human capital; (ii) expand and enable women’s economic opportunities, including more and better jobs and greater ownership and use of economic assets; and (iii) advance women’s leadership and participation in decision-making, including by widening access to enabling services. In AFE, this agenda is advanced through operations and analytics that address binding constraints for women and girls—especially gender-based violence—and strengthen accountability for gender outcomes across the portfolio. Complementing World Bank engagement, IFC is scaling investments and advisory services in AFE to increase access to finance for women-led SMEs, promote women’s participation and leadership in firms, and strengthen gender-smart business practices across priority sectors and value chains. Across Eastern and Southern Africa, gender platforms coordinate and support country and sector teams to systematically advance women’s and girls’ empowerment across the portfolio. Led by the Social Policy Gender Team and anchored in close coordination with Country Management Units and sector teams, the platforms work directly with operational teams to identify and operationalize entry points to strengthen gender equality in design and implementation; generate and disseminate user-oriented country analytics (including gender and GBV assessments and operational good practice notes) to inform client dialogue and policy engagement; and deliver client capacity building through training, partner coordination, and outreach to champions in government, development partners, and civil society. Through these functions, the platforms accelerate implementation of the WBG Gender Strategy 2024–2030 and the AFE Regional Gender Action Plan by translating strategic priorities into concrete operational support, while also strengthening results focus and accountability by helping teams meet and track corporate commitments reflected in the Corporate Scorecard. Duties and accountabilities HAES3 seeks to hire an ETC that will be a core member of the AFE Socia Policy gender team. In this assignment, the consultant will serve as a technical analyst supporting gender and operational engagements in Madagascar and Comoros. Specifically, the ETC will provide operational support to integrate gender considerations across country strategies and portfolios; advising and supporting Task Teams on gender tagging and gender-informed project design from concept through implementation; supporting regional portfolio monitoring and reporting tools; identifying and promoting good practice operations; delivering trainings and participating in relevant technical discussions with teams, clients, and partners; and producing and disseminating knowledge products (e.g., toolkits, good practice notes, scorecards, blogs, and learning materials) to strengthen cross-sector learning, communications, and capacity building across the region. In addition, the ETC will support the supervision of operations that are led by the Social Policy team in Madagascar and Comoros.