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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 International Bank for Reconst ruction and Development . OBJECTIVE The objective of the Extended-Term Consultant is to support the education team and lead major activities related to operations with national and subnational governments in Brazil and to contribute to the ongoing analytical work conducted by the World Bank Group. BACKGROUND The Latin America and Caribbean Education Practice in Brazil works to deliver evidence-based projects to federal and subnational governments to improve learning in most vulnerable areas, reduce inequalities, and promote efficient spending in education. Ultimately, it aims to make every child able to learn using frontier technology, promote innovative and evidence-based policies, including to reduce gender-based violence at schools, and reduce learning poverty. Some areas of action include:

• Support on the preparation and implementation of lending operations related to learning acceleration, reduction of school dropout, and building adequate physical learning environments in Brazil at federal and subnational levels when necessary;
• Support implementation of education reforms in Brazil;
• Advise and dialogue on education policy, identify the key challenges and disseminate evidence-based solutions to counterparts;
• Contribute to analytical work on the main education bottlenecks in Brazilian Education (learning losses, violence at schools, teacher training and career, inclusive education, efficient spending, full-time schools, early grades literacy, school management and accountability, etc).
• Support the team in generating opportunities for engagement with new partners and governments. Additionally, the Education Global Practice has a portfolio in Brazil in all levels of basic education. At state level, the World Bank is supporting the state of Mato Grosso on the implementation of a program for sustainable and resilient learning. In primary education, the Education team also supports two ambitious projects promoting human development in the Municipality of Salvador (Bahia) and to augment childcare coverage in Belém (Pará). Additional to these activities, the team is engaged in several multi-sectorial projects in Alagoas, Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará, Tocantins and Acre. In general, the team supports strategic areas:
• Primary and Lower Secondary Programs. A priority lies in early grade literacy, full-time schools, inclusive learning, fight against learning inequalities, early dropout and age-grade distortion. Effective action needs to start at the earliest stage of education.
• Gender-Based Violence at Schools. Schools can be effective instruments to promote social change. They are spaces where students learn, teachers interact and the community gather. The use of classrooms as tools of transformation are the foundational for changing social norms that justify violent behavior towards women.
• Accelerating Learning and most vulnerable areas. The on learning has declined threatens the recent gains in Brazil. For instance, a strong response from governments is essential. The World Bank is proposing a set of evidence-based policies (scholarships to students conditional on returning to school, adaptative tutoring, Early Warning Systems, socioemotional programs and so forth).
• Climate change and education.

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will contribute to the climate agenda by adapting and mitigating the risks posed to school systems by climate change induced events and natural disasters. The climate agenda will be addressed by the expansion of sustainable and resilient schools’ infrastructures. Investment can be made in infrastructure (retrofitting and construction) and in education technology (EdTech), which are aligned with climate and environmental standards. Investments in EdTech enable learning continuity in the event of climate disasters or other shocks that could result in school closures.

• Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) bridge the persistent gap between the skills demanded by employers and those available in the labor force. A stronger TVET system can support young people’s transition into the labor market, improve the productivity and employability of adults, and respond to changing skill needs associated with digitalization, automation, the green transition, and the expansion of modern services and advanced manufacturing. In a country marked by large regional and socioeconomic inequalities, high informality, and uneven access to quality post-secondary education, well-designed TVET can also promote social mobility by providing practical, labor-market-relevant qualifications to students who might otherwise have limited opportunities.
• Efficiency in Education Spending. Fiscal pressures on states and municipalities will require robust reforms to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of public spending. Strengthening subnational governments’ spending efficiency and management capacity remains a priority in the post-COVID period. To support this agenda, the World Bank is promoting a package of school management systems, helping design reforms to the ICMS “Quota-Parte,” and contributing substantially to the reformulation of the new FUNDEB.
• Analytical Work. The Education team is developing a comprehensive set of reports to foster dialogue in education. One example is on ICMS in Brazil, which discusses the magnitude of learning gains after the ICMS reform in Ceará comparing schools and hospitals at the state border. Other example is a note on “Teachers Futures” and “Gender Based Violence at Schools”. Other examples are the analytical works on classroom-based approach to recover and accelerate learning and teachers’ professional development in early childhood education. This agenda is complemented by random evaluations, studies on education financing reform. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES The LAC Education GP in Brazil seeks an ET conversion (ETC) to support its operational and analytical portfolio. The ETC reports to the Latin American Education Global Practice Manager and is expected to be part of the Brazilian Education Team in Brasília. She/he will take part in advisory tasks and operations at the country level and in multiple states. The ETC will:
• Advise and support the preparation, design and implementation of new projects;
• Interact directly with national and subnational clients on the development of operations;
• Contribute to the state- and country-specific operations (led by the education practice and cross-sectorial);
• Contribute to analytical reports in education (involving microdata analysis, literature review, supervision of consultants’ outputs, design of instruments for surveys, etc.).
• Support World Bank TTLs in policy dialogue, coordination, and capacity building of governments considering evidence-based results;
• Lead and supervise the activities related to the education component in national and subnational operations;
• Participate in activities for professional development, as requested.
• Organize datasets, produce analysis, policy notes and PPTs, when necessary;
• The work will entail participation as a member in World Bank missions and joining selected discussions and policy dialogue with government representatives;
• The ETC will have to travel to states or municipalities where the World Bank is having operations or policy dialogue. Travel to Washington D.C may also be required for training related activities. Benefits: Extended-Term (ET) appointments are for a minimum of 12 months, renewable for an additional 12 months. ET staff are eligible for: 1) Two personal days of leave for each full month of service. 2) Medical Insurance Plan. 3) Life Insurance Plan. 4) Worker’s Compensation Insurance. 5) Special Compensation Measures, where applicable. 6) Hazard and Fragility Pay, where applicable. 7) Maternity Leave: 12 weeks of leave. Of which, 4 weeks are paid and the rest unpaid (LWoP). 8) Termination Payment (15% of final salary for each year and fraction of a year of ETC/ETT service).