E T Consultant
| Job #: | req38697 |
| Organization: | World Bank Group |
| Sector: | Operations |
| Grade: | EC1 |
| Term Duration: | 1 year 5 months |
| Recruitment Type: | Local Recruitment |
| Location: | Guatemala City,Guatemala |
| Required Language(s): | English, Spanish |
| Preferred Language(s): | |
| Closing Date: | 11/7/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC |
Description
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 Reconstruction and Development
The LCC2C Country Management Unit—hereinafter referred to as the LC2 CMU—is responsible for overseeing the World Bank’s program in Mexico, Central America and the Dominican Republic. Its responsibilities include country strategy formulation and implementation, policy dialogue, portfolio management, operational coordination, and country relations.
The CMU works with a diverse group of client countries with different income levels, institutional contexts, development challenges, and economic structures. The LC2 CMU covers Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
The subregion includes countries that have experienced some of the fastest economic growth rates in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as countries facing persistent challenges related to poverty, inequality, limited fiscal space, institutional capacity, vulnerability to climate-related and natural disasters, and insufficient economic transformation.
The economic and social effects of the COVID-19 pandemic compounded pre-existing macroeconomic, social, institutional, and governance challenges across the subregion. The countries covered by the CMU also face emerging challenges and opportunities related to climate change, migration, human capital development, infrastructure, job creation, digital transformation, private sector development, and the mobilization of private capital.
In Guatemala, the World Bank Group supports the country through a combination of loans, grants, analytical and advisory services, technical assistance, policy dialogue, and private sector investments and advisory engagements. Effective implementation of this program requires close coordination among the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corporation, the Government of Guatemala, development partners, private sector stakeholders, and other relevant actors.
The Extended Term Consultant will provide operational, analytical, strategic, and coordination support to the LC2 CMU, primarily in Guatemala. The consultant will support the implementation of the World Bank Group’s country program, portfolio and pipeline management, country engagement activities, missions, strategic products, and selected regional operations tasks.
II. Duties and Responsibilities:
The consultant will undertake the following activities:
1. Support For the World Bank Program in Guatemala
A) Operations Team Core Member:
Serve as a core member of the Guatemala operations team and support strategic and operational dialogue with the Public Credit Directorate of the Ministry of Public Finance and other relevant government counterparts.
Support dialogue aimed at strengthening portfolio implementation, facilitating the preparation and approval of pipeline operations, tracking institutional or procedural bottlenecks, and following up on actions agreed between the Government and the World Bank Group.
B) Program Monitoring:
Liaise with Task Team Leaders and relevant Global Practice and CMU staff to support the Senior Operations Officer in monitoring the Guatemala country program. Assist in tracking the preparation and delivery of lending operations, analytical and advisory services, technical assistance, and other country engagement products, while monitoring emerging implementation or delivery issues, following up on agreed actions, and facilitating coordination among country, regional, and technical teams.
C) Portfolio Monitoring:
Support the monitoring of the World Bank-financed portfolio in Guatemala by reviewing and tracking relevant operational variables, including: Disbursement balances and disbursement ratios; Project effectiveness and closing dates; Key implementation milestones; Project restructurings and extensions; Implementation Status and Results Reports; Implementation Completion and Results Reports; Project ratings and risk classifications; Legal covenant compliance; Results-framework indicators; Procurement, financial management, environmental, and social milestones, when relevant; and Agreed portfolio-level and project-level follow-up actions.
Prepare portfolio tables, dashboards, presentations, briefs, and other monitoring instruments for management and operational teams.
D) Project Review Participation:
Participate in project review and decision meetings, including Concept Note reviews, Decision Reviews, Appraisal Reviews, Regional Operations Committee meetings, and other relevant quality-enhancement or decision-making processes.
Provide inputs on: Country context and political economy; Government priorities and institutional arrangements; Strategic alignment with the World Bank Group’s country engagement framework; Operational feasibility; Implementation readiness; Stakeholder considerations; Interinstitutional coordination; Country sensitivities; and Potential reputational, political, or implementation risks.
E) Briefing Notes and Country Analysis: Prepare concise, accurate, appropriately sourced, and audience-specific briefing documents for country, regional, and corporate teams, including briefing notes for senior management; materials for high-level visits and missions; talking points; meeting briefs; country program updates; political economy and institutional context updates; portfolio and pipeline summaries; background notes on government priorities and reforms; and contributions to reports and analytical products related to priority job creation and development issues.
F) Mission Support:
The consultant will also support the preparation and coordination of selected World Bank Group missions and engagement activities in Guatemala, including activities requiring coordination among multiple World Bank Group units.
G) Country Engagement and Strategic Products
Support the process of the Completion and Learning Review for Guatemala and preparatory or implementation work related to the relevant Country Partnership Framework cycle, among other strategic products.
Responsibilities may include:
- Coordinating inputs from Global Practices, Knowledge Bank, IFC, MIGA and other World Bank Group units;
- Reviewing results frameworks and performance indicators;
- Compiling and validating evidence;
- Assessing progress toward country engagement objectives;
- Supporting consultations with government, civil society, the private sector, development partners, and other stakeholders;
- Preparing analytical tables, narratives, presentations, and briefing materials;
- Supporting the identification of lessons learned; and
- Contributing to other joint World Bank Group strategic and diagnostic products.
2. LC2 CMU Regional Support:
A) Regional Operations Support:
Provide operational, analytical, and coordination support for LC2 regional activities, as requested by the Country Manager, Operations Manager or Senior Operations Officer.
This may include:
- Supporting regional portfolio and pipeline reviews;
- Preparing and formatting comparative operational data;
- Contributing to regional briefs and presentations;
- Supporting cross-country analytical products;
- Coordinating inputs from country and technical teams;
- Assisting with regional missions, workshops, and management meetings;
- Supporting knowledge exchange among LC2 countries; and
- Undertaking other regional operations assignments consistent with the needs of the CMU.
3) World Bank Group Country Engagement:
Support coordination between IBRD and IFC teams and contribute to the preparation and implementation of joint World Bank Group country engagement products and initiatives.
This may include contributions to:
- Systematic Country Diagnostics;
- Country Partnership Frameworks;
- Performance and Learning Reviews;
- Completion and Learning Reviews;
- Country Private Sector Diagnostics;
- Country Climate and Development Reports;
- Private capital mobilization initiatives;
- Joint analytical and advisory products; and
- Other World Bank Group strategic or country engagement activities relevant to Guatemala.
- Assist in coordinating IFC inputs, compiling supporting information, and ensuring that private sector perspectives, constraints, and opportunities are appropriately reflected in joint World Bank Group products.
Pipeline and Portfolio Monitoring: Support the monitoring of IFC’s investment and advisory services portfolio and pipeline in Guatemala, including maintaining project and client pipeline trackers; compiling information on active and prospective engagements; tracking key project milestones; supporting periodic portfolio and pipeline reviews; identifying delays, risks, or information gaps; preparing summaries for the Country Manager, Country Officers, and World Bank Group management; coordinating updates from relevant IFC industry and advisory teams; and ensuring the consistency, accuracy, and timely updating of country-level operational information.
The consultant’s role will be limited to analytical, coordination, and monitoring support and will not include making investment decisions, conducting independent credit approvals, or exercising formal portfolio supervision authority.
Management Briefings, Stakeholder Engagement, and World Bank Group Coordination: Prepare or contribute to briefing notes, talking points, presentations, mission materials, meeting notes, country updates, senior management briefs, background documents, event materials, and other communication and outreach products. Support the preparation of materials presenting IFC’s activities, pipeline, portfolio, development impact, and contribution to private sector development in Guatemala.
III. Reporting and Working Arrangements:
The consultant will report to:
- The Country Manager for Guatemala;
- The CMU Operations Manager and
- The Senior Operations Officer.
While the consultant’s primary responsibilities will be to support the IBRD program, assignments related to IFC activities will be carried out under the technical guidance of the Country Manager and the IFC Senior Country Officer.
The consultant will be expected to manage multiple assignments simultaneously, coordinate and collaborate effectively across World Bank Group institutions and teams, exercise sound judgment, communicate proactively, maintain confidentiality, and deliver high-quality outputs within agreed deadlines.
Selection Criteria
IV. COMPETENCIES AND EXPERIENCE:
The consultant should possess the following qualifications and experience:
Education:
• A master’s degree in Economics, International Development, Public Policy, Finance, Business Administration, Political Economy, or another field relevant to the assignment.
Professional Experience
- At least two years of relevant professional experience supporting World Bank Group or comparable international development institution country engagement, operations, portfolio management, or program coordination.
- Demonstrated experience contributing to country engagement products, operational documents, analytical products, management briefs, and high-level missions.
- Experience working with government institutions, development partners, technical teams, and other stakeholders.
- Familiarity with World Bank investment project financing, development policy financing, program-for-results financing, analytical and advisory services, and country engagement processes.
- Familiarity with private sector development, development finance, IFC operations, or public-private coordination would be an advantage.
- Knowledge of the economic, political, institutional, and development context of Guatemala and Central America.
Analytical and Operational Skills:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to synthesize complex economic, political, institutional, operational, and sectoral information.
- Ability to support the translation of country-context analysis into practical operational implications.
- Ability to monitor portfolios and pipelines and identify implementation risks and bottlenecks.
- Ability to prepare clear, concise, accurate, and logically structured written products.
- Strong attention to detail and demonstrated commitment to quality.
- Ability to organize and present quantitative and qualitative information through tables, charts, dashboards, briefs, and presentations.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and familiarity with relevant information-management and collaboration platforms.
- Ability to manage several assignments simultaneously and meet deadlines in a high-pressure environment.
Teamwork and Interpersonal Competencies:
- Proven ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary and multicultural teams.
- Ability to collaborate constructively with colleagues and stakeholders.
- Ability to provide well-reasoned analytical inputs and perspectives.
- Openness to different views and willingness to incorporate diverse perspectives.
- Strong interpersonal and stakeholder-engagement skills.
- Ability to listen actively and identify the needs of internal and external clients.
- Initiative, reliability, discretion, adaptability, and sound professional judgment.
- Ability to work independently with appropriate guidance and supervision.
Languages:
• Full professional proficiency in written and spoken English and Spanish.
V. WORLD BANK GROUP CORE COMPETENCIES AND CULTURE ATTRIBUTES:
The consultant will be expected to demonstrate the relevant World Bank Group core competencies and culture attributes, including:
Deliver Results for Clients:
Contributes to delivery of results for clients on complex issues: Sets challenging goals that align with the WBG mission and is always looking to improve. Takes personal responsibility for producing high-quality work, identifying and informing of risks, and delivering results for clients.
Collaborate Within Teams and Across Boundaries:
Keeps others fully informed to ensure integration and work consistency and displays a sense of mutuality and respect. Approaches conflicts as common problems to be solved. Seeks and listens to input from others to inform own decision making and openly shares information. Frames thinking/actions with a WBG corporate perspective in mind.
Lead and Innovate:
Brings new and different insights: Applies critical thinking to current approaches, identifies areas for improvement, and tries new solutions that drive results. Considers own behavior in context of WBG’s values and mission and recognizes impact one has on others. Operates in ambiguity and changing needs and supports others to do the same.
Create, Apply and Share Knowledge:
Actively contributes to and readily applies WBG’s body of knowledge for internal and/or external client solutions: Contributes to the department’s and WBG’s body of knowledge by applying lessons learned and expertise. Actively invests in own knowledge and seeks feedback. Builds personal and professional networks within and beyond the work group.
Make Smart Decisions:
Leverages available data and makes timely decisions: Seeks and analyzes facts, data and lessons of past experience to support sound, logical decisions regarding own and others’ work. Applies cost/benefit analysis to meet work program objectives. Contributes to decision making by providing relevant risk analysis. Shows initiative when necessary and makes decisions in a timely manner within own area of responsibility.
WBG Culture Attributes:
1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.
World Bank Group Core Competencies
As per WBG policy, an Extended Term (ET) appointment is subject to a lifetime maximum of three (3) years. Former and current ET staff who have completed or are in the process of completing their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.
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