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 International Bank for Recons truction and Development . 1. Background The World Bank’s Debt Sustainability and Debt Management Unit (WKPES) supports client countries in strengthening debt management and maintaining debt sustainability. One of the emerging priority areas is the Global Hub for Debt Swaps for Development, which serves as a platform for knowledge sharing, coordination, and technical support to scale up debt-for-development swaps. In addition, WKPES contributes to broader analytical and policy work on sovereign debt issues, including global financial architecture, through the GSDR, Paris Club coordination, and support to various corporate debt priorities. 2. Objective The objective of this assignment is to provide operational, analytical, and coordination support to WKPES, with a primary focus on the Global Debt Swap Hub, and complementary contributions to broader debt policy and data-related workstreams. 3. Scope of Work and Key Responsibilities A. Global Debt Swap Hub Support The ETC will support the day-to-day operations and strategic development of the Hub, including:

• Website and Knowledge Platform o Support development, maintenance, and enhancement of the Hub’s website and online knowledge repository o Contribute to content curation, including case studies, templates, tools, and analytical outputs
• Work Program Implementation o Assist in the preparation and execution of the Hub’s annual and medium-term work program o Support tracking of deliverables and coordination across teams and partners
• Convening and Outreach o Support organization of events (e.g., workshops, roundtables, partner meetings) o Prepare briefing materials, presentations, and summaries o Facilitate engagement across stakeholders, including governments, creditors, MDBs, and partners
• Stakeholder Engagement o Maintain active communication with key stakeholders and partners o Support coordination with endorsing entities and contributors to the Hub
• Results Monitoring and Reporting o Support development and tracking of results frameworks, indicators, and KPIs o Contribute to progress reporting for management and donors B. Analytical and Policy Support
• Contribute to ongoing analytical initiatives within WKPES, including work on: o Sovereign debt challenges and global financial architecture o Debt restructuring frameworks and creditor coordination
• Support engagement and liaison with the Paris Club, including preparation of inputs, briefs, and follow-up notes C. Data and Corporate Priorities
• Support data-related workstreams underpinning corporate debt priorities, including: o Compilation and analysis of debt-related datasets o Contributions to internal notes, briefing materials, and corporate reporting o Support to cross-cutting initiatives aligned with World Bank debt agenda 4. Deliverables Expected outputs include, inter alia:
• Contributions to the development and maintenance of the Global Debt Swap Hub platform
• Work program tracking tools and periodic progress updates
• Event materials (concept notes, agendas, presentations, summaries)
• Analytical notes and background papers on debt policy issues
• Inputs to corporate reporting and data products
• Briefing notes and materials related to Paris Club and broader creditor engagement 5. Duration and Location
• Duration: 12 months
• Location: Washington DC, USA 6. Reporting and Supervision The ETC will report to the WKPES management team and work under the supervision of the PM and designated task leads for the Global Debt Swap Hub and related analytical workstreams.