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 The Infrastructure Vice Presidency (INF) supports countries in developing sustainable, inclusive, and resilient infrastructure that promotes economic growth, improves service delivery, and enhances quality of life. Through financing, technical assistance, innovation, and partnerships, INF helps clients address complex development challenges across infrastructure sectors. The Urban, Resilience, and Land Global Department (URL), within the Infrastructure Vice Presidency (INF), supports client countries in building sustainable, inclusive, resilient, and productive cities and territories. Through financing, analytics, advisory services, technical assistance, knowledge exchange, and partnerships, URL works with national and local governments to strengthen institutions, improve service delivery, promote economic development, enhance resilience, and address pressing climate and development challenges. The East Asia and Pacific Urban, Resilience, and Land Unit helps client countries manage urbanization and build resilient, inclusive, and sustainable cities. Through a combination of lending, advisory services, analytics, and technical assistance, the unit supports urban infrastructure and services, municipal finance, housing, land administration, territorial development, and climate and disaster resilience. By bringing together global knowledge and regional experience, the unit works with national and local governments to improve urban management, strengthen institutions, unlock land and infrastructure investments, and enhance the livability, productivity, and resilience of cities across the East Asia and Pacific region.

Duties and Accountabilities

The ETC will support the East Asia and Pacific Urban, Resilience, and Land Unit (IEAU1) in the preparation and implementation of activities related to municipal finance, urban infrastructure financing, regional development, and sustainable urbanization in Indonesia. The consultant will work under the guidance of the Task Team Leaders and designated team members, contributing to operational, analytical, and client-engagement activities related to the Global Environment Facility Sustainable Cities Impact Project (GEF-SCIP), regional development initiatives, and the Bali Reimagined program. Specific duties and responsibilities will include:

• Conduct analytical work on municipal finance, intergovernmental fiscal systems, local government revenues and expenditures, infrastructure financing, fiscal sustainability, and public investment management to support World Bank operations and advisory services.
• Support the assessment of financing needs, fiscal capacity, affordability, creditworthiness, and financing options for subnational governments, utilities, and infrastructure service providers.
• Contribute to the design and evaluation of financing mechanisms and instruments, including performance-based grants, intergovernmental fiscal transfers, municipal borrowing, public-private partnerships, blended finance solutions, and private capital mobilization approaches.
• Support the implementation and supervision of GEF-SCIP activities, particularly those related to innovative financing approaches, investment planning, and development of financing frameworks for sustainable urban investments.
• Assist in the identification, prioritization, sequencing, and structuring of urban and regional infrastructure investments, including assessment of economic, financial, institutional, and implementation feasibility.
• Support the Bali Reimagined initiative through analysis of infrastructure investment needs, financing pathways, institutional arrangements, public and private financing opportunities, and implementation models to support sustainable, high-value, and job-rich growth.
• Contribute to regional development analytics and operations, including assessments of growth corridors, city economic regions, territorial development strategies, infrastructure financing gaps, and investment mobilization opportunities.
• Prepare technical reports, policy notes, presentations, financial analysis, investment briefs, aide-memoires, concept notes, and other operational and analytical outputs for internal and external audiences.
• Support engagement with national and subnational government counterparts, development partners, financial institutions, private sector stakeholders, and consultants through meetings, workshops, consultations, and technical discussions.
• Assist in the preparation and review of terms of reference, consultant deliverables, procurement documents, budgets, implementation plans, and knowledge products related to municipal finance and urban development activities.
• Contribute to knowledge management, capacity-building, and dissemination activities, including preparation of training materials, workshops, learning events, and good-practice notes on municipal finance and sustainable urban infrastructure financing.
• Perform other tasks as requested by the Task Team Leaders and Practice Manager in support of the Unit's urban, municipal finance, regional development, and infrastructure portfolio.