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At 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 www.worldbank.org Europe and Central Asia Region The Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region comprises 30 extremely diverse countries, with a population of nearly 500 million people. Three of our client countries are IDA only and another two are IDA blend countries. The remaining 25 are IBRD eligible. Although ten of our clients have joined the European Union and seven of these have graduated from IBRD, most continue to remain active recipients of knowledge and/or financing. ECA has a strong lending pipeline as well as a large and growing portfolio of Reimbursable Advisory Services. Knowledge is critical to the World Bank’s value proposition to client countries in the ECA region in both lending and advisory services. A predominantly middle- and high-income region, ECA continues to be at the forefront in confronting the numerous development challenges that countries face in the evolving global economy. The region is at the vanguard of building regional connectivity while having to manage the changing structure of the labor market. At the same time, digital technologies are changing the nature of work, populations are aging, and large migration flows have generated social tensions that have contributed to increased political polarization. More recently, the invasion of Ukraine and its aftermath threaten to reverse the region’s achievements in regional integration, poverty reduction and shared prosperity. Compounding these challenges, the ECA region is highly exposed to natural hazards — including earthquakes, floods, droughts, and landslides — that pose significant risks to lives, livelihoods, and hard-won development gains, with climate change further intensifying the frequency and severity of these events. Urban, Resilience and Land Global Practice Sustainable urban development has the potential to transform the lives of billions of people by improving access to economic opportunities, essential services, and resilient living environments. Urban, Resilience and Land (URL) Global Practice leads the World Bank's work on cities, urban infrastructure, disaster risk management, and land administration, helping countries build inclusive, green, and resilient urban futures. With one of the most active lending portfolios among the Bank's Global Practices — spanning investment project financing, development policy operations, and advisory services across all regions — the URL GP works at the intersection of urbanization, climate resilience, and territorial development to deliver lasting development outcomes. At the heart of this work lies a commitment to building resilience — integrating disaster risk management, climate adaptation, and risk-informed urban planning to help countries and cities anticipate, absorb, and recover from shocks, while ensuring that growth is not built on vulnerability. The ECA Urban, Resilience, and Land Unit (IECUR) The ECA Urban, Resilience, and Land Unit (IECUR) manages a dynamic and diversified portfolio of lending operations and advisory services across the Europe and Central Asia region, covering urban development, disaster risk management, land administration, and climate resilience. The unit's work spans a range of country contexts — from EU member states navigating post-accession reforms to middle-income countries strengthening their urban institutions and infrastructure, disaster resilience, and land management practice. IECUR's development objectives include: (i) promoting inclusive urban growth and improving access to urban services and affordable housing; (ii) strengthening national and local capacity for urban planning, land management, and integrated territorial development; (iii) enhancing resilience to natural hazards and climate change through both infrastructure investment and institutional capacity building; and (iv) supporting the green and low-carbon transition of cities through innovative financing, nature-based solutions, and climate-smart urban planning. The unit maintains a strong knowledge agenda through its analytical work and engages actively with clients through policy dialogue, technical assistance, reimbursable advisory services (RAS), and strategic partnerships. The World Bank is a key partner supporting the Kyrgyz Republic’s disaster and climate resilience agenda. Since 2018, the flagship Enhancing Resilience in Kyrgyzstan (ERIK) Project (US$110 million, including the parent project and two additional financings) has supported strengthened disaster preparedness and response systems, resilient school infrastructure, and enhanced financial protection against natural hazards. A proposed third Additional Financing (AF3) of US$5 million will support completion of remaining school infrastructure investments and achievement of the project’s development objectives. The World Bank is also preparing the Kyrgyz Hydrometeorological Modernization Project (KHMET, US$40 million), which will strengthen hydrometeorological services, forecasting capacity, and multi-hazard early warning systems. These investments are complemented by an active program of analytical and advisory services focused on school infrastructure resilience, hydrometeorological modernization, fire and rescue services, disaster preparedness, and climate-resilient public investment planning, while future engagement may include support for disaster risk financing and crisis preparedness instruments such as a Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option (Cat DDO). Role Responsibilities The Extended Term Consultant (ETC) will be part of a IECUR Disaster Risk Management team responsible for: (i) supervising the existing DRM lending program in Kyrgyz Republic and Central Asia, (ii) carrying out technical dialogue in the DRM sector with client governments, Project Implementation Units (PIUs) and other stakeholders; (iii) identifying new opportunities (advisory and lending) and preparing new Projects and/or Additional Financings; (iv) supporting policy/institutional reforms and mainstreaming key initiatives with a focus on governance and institutions, funding and financing, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and private sector participation; (v) developing analytical and advisory work and knowledge activities in close collaboration with other Global Practices, leveraging on best practices, international experiences and innovative tools and data analytics; and (vi) in all above activities, collaborating with IFC and MIGA to mobilize private sector and expertise. The selected ETC will report to the Practice Manager. The ETC’s duties will include but are not limited to the following:

• Support Project preparation and implementation on specific Project (investment financing, policy loans, technical assistance) activities as agreed with TTL, including regular follow-up with clients and counterparts, across different World Bank teams, and experts, to ensure proper diligence and timely and quality execution.
• Co-lead or contribute to the development of high-quality knowledge products and project outputs, and technical and operational support to implementation of technical assistance projects.
• Provide technical inputs related to disaster and climate resilience, safer schools, emergency preparedness and response, and civil protection, to support implementation of technical assistance projects and preparation of lending (including research, analysis, summary of key information in relevant formats/depth, any relevant information and news concerning disaster/climate resilience, including information of planned/downstream activities financed by the Government and/or international donors that may be relevant for the above activities).
• Provide operational support by providing inputs in relevant formats to World Bank’s Project documentation, such as Concept and Appraisal documents and other types, including mission-related documentation and internal reporting. Support quality review processes. Support activities related to corporate commitments and related to processing steps. Support the consolidation of inputs relevant to these. Support the development of relevant monitoring reports WB/to donors.
• Support coordination and communication with involved client/PIU/beneficiary stakeholders, including Governmental/non-Governmental, external independent contractors/vendors/firms, as well as the CMU / other WB teams.
• Participate in cross-sectoral teams responsible for preparation of Country-specific or regional Policy Notes, Rapid Damage and Needs Assessments (RDNA), Systematic Country Diagnostics, Country Partnership Strategies, Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDRs), public expenditures reviews, sectoral studies, and research and policy development activities on the topics/sections pertaining to the DRM sector.
• Support the preparation and development of communications and training materials, blogs, seminars, workshops, and conferences at the national and regional levels.
• Support the task team in case of disaster emergencies with preparation/implementation of activities
• Taking lead in activities or parts of above-mentioned activities as agreed with manager/TTL and a high level of independence in work are expected.
• As required, engage with internal and external stakeholders and form partnerships that can help in the implementation of WBG programs.