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 EAP is a large and diverse region, ranging from Small Island States of the Pacific to the Philippines and China! Despite substantial economic growth and poverty reduction, the EAP region faces huge development challenges. Growth has been uneven across and within countries, institutions still need strengthening, and most countries are heavily affected by climate change. The Bank plays a significant role on global public goods, including climate, biodiversity, water pollution, and health. The COVID pandemic, and more recently food and energy price increases are compounding the impact of the global economic slowdown. The World Bank Group is seen as a premier development institution in the Region, with a leadership role on analytical and advisory services as well as financing. East Asia and the Pacific Region: https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/ea The Extended Term Consultant (Climate Change Specialist, EC2) is expected to support the preparation and implementation of carbon pricing instruments (CPIs) and related climate change activities in Malaysia and the East Asia and Pacific region. The Extended Term Consultant will report to the Task Team Leaders, Taisei Matsuki, Senior Climate Change Specialist based in Singapore, Stavros Papageorgiou, Senior Natural Resources Management Specialist based in Washington, D.C. and Martijn Gert Jan Regelink, Senior Financial Sector Specialist based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The position will be based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Job duties and accountabilities The Extended Term Consultant (Climate Change Specialist) will provide operational, coordination, and analytical support to the different World Bank task teams on climate change, carbon pricing activities and carbon market in the East Asia and Pacific region as follows: Carbon Pricing and Carbon Market in the EAP region: Under the Partnership for Market Implementation (PMI) and other programs in Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines as well as other related work programs in the EAP and other region, s/he will report to the Task Team Leader(s) with day-to-day coordination in close collaboration with the Country Management Unit and key government counterparts. The Extended Term Consultant will undertake the following responsibilities:

• Support the work of the coordinating ministry of the Technical Working Group for carbon pricing instrument (CPI) development and implementation in Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and other countries, including organizing meetings and consultations, preparing and maintaining records of materials, and ensuring proper documentation of meetings and agreements.
• Coordinate with key government agencies and relevant private sector stakeholders.
• Provide the Bank task team with timely and relevant information relating to CPI development and policy developments in Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, and other countries.
• Assist relevant ministries and agencies in facilitating internal and external stakeholder engagement for CPI preparation and implementation.
• During World Bank missions, lead in preparing related communications and coordinating with government agencies and other stakeholders on scheduled meetings and activities.
• Contribute to the preparation and quality review of core project documents, including Aide-Memoires, Implementation Status and Results Reports (ISRs), technical notes, and management briefs.
• Track progress of the work program against agreed deliverables, milestones, and results indicators, and proactively follow up on agreed actions.
• Support the preparation and implementation of capacity building activities and stakeholder engagement efforts, including study tours, workshops, and training programs related to carbon pricing.
• Contribute to analytical work on carbon pricing, including impact analysis, policy design, MRV system development, and crediting mechanism design under the PMI work modules.
• Support communications and awareness activities around carbon pricing work as needed.
• Provide other local operational support to the Bank task team as required, including on the Long-Term Strategy (LTS) work program.
• Support the World Bank Malaysia's climate and nature finance agenda, including by contributing to relevant analytical work, stakeholder engagement, and coordination activities, as further defined once additional funding arrangements are confirmed.
• Carry out other relevant operational and analytical tasks as requested by the Task Team Leaders or Regional Managers.