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 The World Bank Group’s Social Policy Global Practice (SP GP) supports federal and subnational governments across Brazil in strengthening social protection systems, alleviating poverty, and broadening access to economic opportunities. Its engagement encompasses the design, implementation, and evaluation of policies and programs, with particular emphasis on populations experiencing vulnerability. In Brazil, the SP Team oversees a wide-ranging portfolio of engagements spanning the federal, state, and municipal spheres. The team supports major federal initiatives, including Bolsa Família and Cadastro Único, as well as projects in states such as Piauí and municipalities such as Salvador, Bahia. These operational engagements are complemented by analytical activities designed to generate policy-relevant evidence and actionable solutions to complex social protection and productive inclusion challenges. As the portfolio in Brazil continues to expand, the Social Policy Team is seeking an Extended Term Consultant (ETC) to provide substantive technical, analytical, and operational support. The ETC will contribute to the preparation, implementation, and evaluation of social protection and labor policies and programs; advance analytical work and policy dialogue; and support the effective management of the team’s portfolio. The position requires the capacity to translate evidence into practical, context-sensitive inputs responsive to Brazil’s diverse institutional and socioeconomic landscape. Objective The main objective of this consultancy is to strengthen the Social Policy Team’s operational and analytical engagement in Brazil on social protection and labor policies. The ETC will contribute to the preparation, implementation, and evaluation of projects and programs, as well as to the development of rigorous analytical reports and well-founded policy recommendations. In close collaboration with national and subnational governments, the ETC will deliver technical assistance and foster evidence-based policy dialogue aimed at addressing social protection challenges and advancing economic inclusion. Scope of Work The consultant will be assigned the following responsibilities: 1. Contribute to the design, preparation, and implementation of new social protection and labor projects at the federal and subnational levels. 2. Support engagement with national and subnational government counterparts, providing technical assistance and evidence-informed policy advice. 3. Contribute to the assessment and reform of social protection and labor policies, including through the analysis of administrative and survey data. 4. Support the preparation of analytical reports, technical notes, and policy briefs by undertaking literature reviews, analyzing microdata, and overseeing consultants’ outputs. 5. Support the planning and delivery of dissemination events, workshops, and capacity-strengthening activities for government counterparts and other relevant stakeholders. 6. Participate in World Bank missions and policy dialogue with client representatives, providing substantive technical inputs and contributing effectively to discussions in both English and Portuguese. 7. Develop presentations, reports, and other communication products that convey research findings and policy recommendations with clarity, precision, and analytical rigor. Deliverables The ETC will be accountable for delivering the following outputs: 1. Comprehensive technical notes, reports, and policy briefs addressing social protection and labor issues and carefully tailored to the Brazilian context. 2. Well-structured and thoroughly cleaned datasets, accompanied by detailed documentation of the underlying data sources and analytical methodologies employed. 3. Presentations and communication materials synthesizing salient findings and policy recommendations for dissemination events and stakeholder consultations. 4. Systematic documentation for policy dialogue and technical assistance activities, including meeting records and clearly delineated follow-up action plans. 5. Periodic progress reports setting out the status of ongoing projects, challenges encountered, and proposed courses of action.