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 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Job Description The objective of this assignment is to provide senior technical, operational, and strategic advisory services to support the design, preparation, implementation, and supervision of World Bank operations and analytical activities related to financial inclusion, Indigenous Peoples' economic development, climate and biodiversity finance, social inclusion, and community-driven development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The assignment will support the integration of inclusive financial mechanisms and locally led development approaches into World Bank operations and regional initiatives, while strengthening partnerships, knowledge exchange, and client engagement. Scope of Work Under the guidance of the Social Protection and Jobs and Social Sustainability teams, the ETC will:

• Provide strategic and technical advice on the design and implementation of projects and programs that promote financial inclusion, economic empowerment, and sustainable livelihoods for Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendant communities, women, youth, and other underserved populations.
• Lead and advice teams throughout the project cycle, including project identification, preparation, implementation support, supervision, and completion, ensuring the integration of social inclusion, social protection, climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, and community development objectives.
• Provide technical expertise to the design and operationalization of community-based financial mechanisms, Indigenous financial institutions, conservation-linked financing instruments, benefit-sharing arrangements, and locally led development initiatives.
• Lead or oversee the preparation and review of analytical work, technical assessments, implementation arrangements, operational manuals, terms of reference, results frameworks, and other project documentation.
• Lead high-level engagement and policy dialogue with government counterparts, Indigenous Peoples' organizations, financial institutions, development partners, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders to advance project objectives and strengthen partnerships.
• Provide strategic guidance and operational leadership to regional and country-level initiatives related to climate finance, biodiversity finance, Indigenous economies, economic autonomy, forest governance, and community resilience, including activities supported through trust funds and global financing mechanisms.
• Lead and support the preparation of knowledge products, technical notes, policy briefs, presentations, and learning materials that document lessons learned and good practices on financial inclusion and Indigenous Peoples' development
• Contribute to the organization and facilitation of workshops, consultations, conferences, learning exchanges, and high-level dialogues involving clients, Indigenous organizations, development partners, and World Bank teams.
• Support business development, partnership building, and resource mobilization efforts by contributing technical inputs to concept notes, proposals, and strategic discussions related to ongoing and future operations. Deliverables The ETC will provide, as requested by the task teams:
• Technical inputs and advisory notes supporting project preparation, implementation, and supervision activities.
• Technical contributions to project documents, implementation arrangements, operational manuals, results frameworks, technical reports, and analytical products.
• Background papers, briefs, presentations, and knowledge products related to financial inclusion, Indigenous Peoples' economic development, climate finance, biodiversity finance, social protection and social inclusion.
• Technical advice and documentation and technical support for consultations, stakeholder engagement processes, workshops, seminars, and knowledge exchanges.
• Inputs to partnership development, donor engagement, and resource mobilization initiatives, including concept notes and technical proposals.
• Periodic progress reports summarizing activities completed and results achieved during the assignment.