E T Consultant
NewDisaster Management, Solutions Impact Unit (KIUSD)
Closes 3 Nov 2026 · 5 days EST (UTC-5)
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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 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Infrastructure Vertical The WBG Infrastructure Vertical provides public and private solutions to operational teams and clients across the WBG to produce scalable impact. Its mandate is to deliver knowledge for impact to support the WBG to achieve its goals in support of our mission and specifically: providing guidance on creating more and better jobs by: (i) supporting foundational infrastructure and human capital, (ii) policy environment, and (iii) enabling and mobilizing private sector capital. With 60 years of experience, the WBG is poised to support the sector becoming an engine of growth and jobs through improving policies and governance, foundational infrastructure and private sector investments. The WBG lending in the sector is expected to grow substantially. The Infrastructure VPU’s objectives in driving outcomes include replicating and scaling effective solutions, enhancing thought leadership and innovation, and delivering timely knowledge to client teams. For more information: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/infrastructure Disaster Management, Solutions Impact Unit (KIUSD) supports low and middle-income countries to understand, manage, and reduce their risks from natural hazards and climate change. Within KIUSD, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) umbrella trust fund is a global partnership that helps low- and middle-income countries better understand and reduce their vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change. GFDRR funds analytics and technical assistance aimed at supporting decision making by governments in the most vulnerable countries and communities where it will have the greatest positive impact. As a donor-funded program, GFDRR consults regularly with donors and actively strives to maintain and develop new partnerships for increased impact. For more information: https://www.gfdrr.org/en The Understanding Risk Initiative The Understanding Risk (UR) Community is an open and global community in the field of disaster and climate risk management with representatives from government agencies, the private sector, multilateral organizations, NGOs, research institutions, academia and civil society. Its members number over 13,000 from over 190 countries. UR’s vision is to connect experts and practitioners in DRM, resilience, and climate in a fun, creative environment to share knowledge, spur innovation and inspire action. UR has convened at six global forums and nineteen smaller municipal, national or regional events. Up until the last global forum, all events had taken place in-person with the 2018 event attracting over 1,000 attendees for a five-day event. The 2020 edition—UR’s ten-year anniversary event—was moved to a virtual format in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and saw registration numbers above 6,500 and actual attendees throughout the three-day event at 2,500+ and the 2022 edition, organized in Florianopolis, hosted for the first time five concurrent satellites venues. The 8th edition of UR, The Understanding Risk Forum 2024 (UR24) Himeji+, from 16 to 21 June 2024, was the largest Understanding Risk Global Forum to date with more than 1,700 attendees arriving in Himeji City. UR24 was a true platform for collaboration, knowledge sharing, and innovation in Disaster Risk Management. The Forum hosted DRM experts from 135 countries, 700+ organizations representing Government Agencies, Multilateral Organizations, the Private Sector, NGOs, Research Institutions, Academia and Civil Society worldwide. The 9th Global UR forum, originally planned for October 2026 and now postponed to May 2027, will be held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates with the cooperation of The Emergencies, Crisis and Disasters Management Center - Abu Dhabi (ADCMC). This Forum seeks to convene the Community in Abu Dhabi at the UR Abu Dhabi Global Forum to showcase knowledge and innovation, discuss good practices, and facilitate the development of nontraditional partnerships among clients, regions, and external organizations Please note this position is financed by an EFO and renewal is contingent upon availability of funding, in addition to other factors, including but not limited to business needs, staff performance and skills fit.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
The World Bank (GFDRR) is looking for an ETC who can support the role for the creative direction for the Understanding Risk (UR) Abu Dhabi Forum to deliver a high-impact, cohesive brand and attendee engagement experience, digital integration, and pre-event engagement. This work will build directly on previous experience in delivering UR forums, as well as knowledge of GFDRR and innovation agenda. The primary duties and accountabilities for this ETC relate to the creation, preparation and delivery of UR Abu Dhabi 2027. The ETC shall be primarily responsible for establishing the foundational framework for the overall event production of UR Abu Dhabi, with a strong emphasis on on-site installations, physical branding, and pre-event communications. The main activities will include: Expo Area, Main Stage Interactive Installations (On-Site Engagement)
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