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 https://www.worldbank.org/en/who-we-are/ibrd The ETC will provide operational, monitoring and coordination support to the Bank Task Team (TT) for the day-to-day management of the IPF and P4R portfolio, including tracking of implementation, results, procurement and disbursements, and the preparation of portfolio documents and supervision materials, to help ensure timely implementation and compliance with legal agreements and Bank policies.

Duties and Accountabilities

Under the supervision of the TTL, and in collaboration with MINEDUCYT, the PIUs and the TT, the ETC will:

• Implementation monitoring and coordination: maintain portfolio trackers and action logs on milestones, commitments and risks; follow up on agreed actions with MINEDUCYT and the PIUs; support and take minutes of weekly and biweekly technical and management meetings; and flag delays to the TTL.
• Results monitoring and reporting: support monitoring of the Results Frameworks and disbursement-linked indicators (DLIs); compile and check data and evidence; support the preparation of ISRs, semiannual Program Status Reports, aide-memoires and internal reports; and prepare analytical summaries, presentations, briefs and project fact sheets.
• Procurement and contract support: track procurement plans and processes; support review of procurement documentation under the guidance of Bank procurement staff; support review and approval requests through STEP; and follow up with the PIU on pending actions.
• Financial monitoring and disbursements: track disbursements against projections for the IPF, P4R and trust funds using the Operations Portal; prepare financing utilization summaries and support disbursement projections; and follow up on financial management and audit actions.
• Missions and client coordination: prepare supervision and implementation support missions (agendas, logistics, briefing materials); participate in missions, workshops and field visits; prepare mission documentation; track recommendations; and act as an operational contact for MINEDUCYT and PIU counterparts.
• Field follow-up of IVA supervision: support field follow-up of the work of the Independent Verification Agent (IVA) in verifying the achievement of P4R results (DLIs/DLRs), including coordinating field visits and access to documentation with MINEDUCYT; tracking verification schedules, findings and observations until addressed; and preparing short summaries of field findings for the TTL.
• Knowledge management and team support: maintain the team’s document repository; support the preparation of documents for Bank clearance and reviews; support analytical work as needed; and perform other related duties assigned by the TTL.