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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 VPU Context: The East Asia and the Pacific Region (EAP) has made the fastest progress in economic growth and poverty reduction of any region in the last quarter-century! We need the greatest talent focused on the EAP region to harness the potential and innovation happening across the continent. Despite progress, the EAP region still faces huge development challenges. A large portion of the region’s population remains vulnerable to income shocks, including from a global economic slowdown, changing global and regional value-chains, and climate-related risks. Addressing fiscal governance issues has been a longstanding challenge for several countries in the EAP region, including revenue mobilization, improved spending efficiency, and curbing of fiscal risks to secure the sustainability of public finances. Are you ready to make an impact? We are looking for dedicated professionals to join our innovative and diverse team! East Asia and the Pacific Region: https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/eap Unit Context: The Governance Global Department in East Asia and Pacific region of the World Bank is seeking to recruit a highly qualified candidate for the position of Extended Term Consultant to work in the EAP Governance unit. The Unit seeks a professional with strong technical skills and hands-on experience with addressing public finance challenges in developing countries. The Public Sector Specialist will work on the institutional reform agenda in Cambodia. She/he is expected to closely support the Task Team Leader (TTL) in driving forward the World Bank’s governance and public sector program in Cambodia and serve as a key local team member engaging regularly with government counterparts and development partners. The ETC will contribute to work on public finance and public sector performance issues in Cambodia primarily through Advisory Services and Analytics (ASA) and Technical Assistance (TA) activities, while supporting the preparation of future operational engagements, including the development of a potential lending operation. She/he will contribute to the unit’s interaction with senior management and partners, and support analytical and operational engagements. The position is based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and will cover the initial time period of December 1, 2026 to November 30, 2027, with possible extension. Duties and accountabilities: The selected candidate will be expected to undertake the following tasks:

• Support the Task Team Leader in the preparation and supervision of public sector governance analytical and advisory work and support the development of future operational engagements, ensuring effective and timely delivery of programs;
• Actively engage in dialogue and build working relationships with key government counterparts and development partners, serving as a key local focal point for engagement on governance and public sector reform issues;
• Support the Task Team Leader in advancing the governance program in Cambodia, including coordinating day-to-day engagement with government counterparts and supporting the implementation of ASA and technical assistance activities;
• Independently research and analyze a range of public sector management issues – including public investment management, public financial management, wage bill management, and domestic revenue mobilization;
• Produce high-quality analytic reports and policy notes on public sector management issues;
• Contribute to policy dialogue with government authorities on public sector management issues as part of technical assistance and analytical engagements and in preparation for potential operational engagements;
• Contribute public sector, governance and institutions inputs to a range of analytic products, including Climate Change Development Reports, Country Partnership Frameworks, Public Finance Reviews and Country Economic Memoranda.