E T Consultant
New Closes 29 Oct 2026 · 3 days EDT (UTC-4)
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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 https://www.worldbank.org/en/who-we-are/ibrd Eastern and Southern Africa (AFE) Region We need the best and brightest talent focused on Sub-Saharan African countries in order to harness the potential and innovation happening across the continent. Africa is a continent on the move, with a young population and a growing market of nearly 1.2bn people. We are committed to making the Africa regional teams into leading innovation hubs. Yet, these vast opportunities are tempered by persistent gaps in education, health, and skills, which have Africa only reaching forty percent of its estimated potential. Moreover, conflict, food insecurity, population growth, and the disruptive forces of climate change threaten to curtail or even reverse the progress that has been made over the past decades. People are at the heart of Africa’s development, and the region has the potential to be one of the most productive in the world: between 2030 and 2050, Sub-Saharan Africa will have 90% of the growth in the world’s working-age population. The Africa Human Capital Plan, which presents a blueprint to empower women through education and skills for future jobs; enhanced sexual and reproductive health rights; economic inclusion and jobs; and empowerment and voice, and large-scale programs such as The East Africa Girls’ Empowerment and Resilience Program are serving as catalysts to accelerate progress in the key areas of education, health, and nutrition services, job creation, and empowering women and girls.
Education
is the key to helping people break the cycle of poverty. In AFE, 62 million children, adolescents, and youth are projected to be out of school by 2030. Without substantial action, approximately 89% (or 122.8 million) of school-aged children will be ‘learning poor’. The World Bank is striving to help countries reduce learning poverty in the region from 89% to 65% by 2030 and is providing support to countries to: expand education systems with more infrastructure, teachers, and materials; equip youth, entrepreneurs, and higher education systems with the essential skills and training; and empower girls and children with disabilities to stay in school and enjoy more opportunities for building skills. Are you ready to make an impact? We are looking for dedicated professionals to join our innovative and diverse team to improve people’s lives and help countries build back better after COVID. Eastern and Southern Africa Region: https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/afr/eastern-and-southern-africa Education and Skills in Eastern and Southern Africa (HAEE2) The World Bank’s Eastern and Southern Africa Education unit (HAEE2) serves 13 countries, across three Country Management Units (CMUs), impacting over 107 million school-aged children, with more than 40 percent of the children residing in fragile and conflict-affected situations. The region has made significant progress over the last 20 years, with primary enrollment nearly doubled over the last two decades and 11 countries achieving a gross enrollment rate of over 100. However, despite progress, 9 million children are out of school and even for those in school, learning level remains low, with children in the region attaining only 5.3 years of learning- adjusted schooling. Amongst many, learning poverty, gender inequality, and completion rates remain a significant challenge. Through its analytical and operational projects, HAEE2 unit continues to work with governments and development partners in addressing these challenges. The unit currently has 22 active projects amounting to $4.24 billion in IDA lending, supplemented by six advisory services and analytics (ASAs) and 58 grants totaling $470 million. The countries the unit covers include Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Somalia, DRC, Burundi, Angola and Sao Tome and Principe, South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho, Botswana and Namibia. The diversity of our sectors, from basic education to skills and higher education, reflect HAEE2’s commitment to enhancing educational outcomes and addressing the unique challenges faced by these countries. The transformation of Africa’s educational outcomes holds global significance, as investments today will prepare Africa's youth to lead in the future. Our AFE business plan emphasizes the necessity of building a coalition for progress, accelerating adaptation, and embracing successful practices to create an educational ecosystem that can help meet the needs of over 300 million children and youth across Africa East and South (AFE). This ambitious vision is underscored by specific, measurable targets such as reducing learning poverty by 25 percent, increasing secondary access for adolescent girls by 50 percent, and reducing the number of youths not in education, employment, or training (NEET) by 22 percent. AFE is committed to delivering impact at scale by supporting large-scale educational reforms beyond individual projects. This involves leveraging catalytic financing, bringing together countries facing similar challenges, and promoting new regional initiatives like the Africa Center of Excellence. By expanding results-based financing (RBF) and using vertical and horizontal multi-project agreements (MPAs), our unit aims to shape and sustain efforts to improve education outcomes across the continent. The focus on transformational spaces, policy reforms, and a collaborative approach with development partners is expected to create a resilient and equitable educational framework for our countries’ futures. The HAEE2 Education Unit is seeking an E T Consultant-Education Specialist /Economist to support the World Bank’s education portfolio in Somalia, including operations focused on foundational learning, girls’ education, teacher development, education systems strengthening, skills development, and non-state education delivery. The portfolio includes implementation support to basic education operations and the Rajo Kaaba project, which aims to expand access to literacy, numeracy, life skills, and livelihood opportunities for women and girls in underserved and fragile contexts. The role requires close collaboration with federal and state-level counterparts, development partners, implementing agencies, and multidisciplinary World Bank teams to support operational delivery in a complex FCV environment. For more information: Education and Skills: https://www.worldbank.org/ext/en/topic/education Duties and accountabilities:
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