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 . I. Purpose 1. The Sahel region faces some of the world’s most acute education challenges, shaped by a combination of rapid demographic growth, widespread learning poverty, persistent gender gaps, fragility, and escalating insecurity. The World Bank’s Education Global Practice maintains a substantial and growing portfolio across five Sahel countries — Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger — with a combined commitment of well over US$700 million in active and pipeline operations spanning foundational learning, skills development, and youth employment. Active operations include the Improving Learning Outcomes Project in Chad (US$150 million) and the LIRE project in Niger (US$370 million). Pipeline operations include the Enhancing Foundational Learning and Skills for Jobs Project in Chad (Board approval May 2027), the BAARA project in Mali (MPA, Board approval March 2027), a successor PforR operation in Mauritania under GPE grant agent responsibilities, and the RELANCE regional operation linking Mauritania and Chad. 2. Managing this five-country Sahel portfolio requires dedicated technical and operational support. The portfolio is at a critical juncture: several operations are entering advanced implementation stages while new operations are simultaneously under preparation, and the World Bank has been designated GPE Grant Agent in Mauritania for the next cycle of sector support. 3. The World Bank education team in the region is a key technical partner on the education landscape providing technical assistance to the ministry, policy dialogue on reform areas, and coordination between technical and financial partners. 4. The World Bank is seeking a qualified Extended Term Consultant to support the Sahel education task teams in: engaging in high-quality policy dialogue with government counterparts and stakeholders on key issues in education and skills development, provide timely and quality implementation support to the governments on the lending operations, support the preparation of new lending programs, and support analytical work and technical assistance. II. Scope of works The Main Responsibilities Include 1. Operations: as member of team, in the education sector or multi-sectoral operations, tapping into the Bank’s full range of lending instruments. Provide implementation support for the on-going portfolio. Provide timely advice and support to clients in implementing projects and help to build capacity of the education ministries and institutions and government officials. Priority programs include the active and pipeline operations across the five Sahel countries (Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, and Niger), including the RELANCE regional operation. Support for other programs in the CMUs of Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal will be determined per management request. Finally, the selected consultant will also be able to provide cross-support to other units within the World Bank Group. 2. Fundraising: as member of team, work closely to identify, develop and support new business areas of engagement, including piloting innovative solutions to learning crisis and skills scarcity. 3. Client Capacity Building: Build client capacity to use findings of policy research/ analytical work for developing new policies. Provide technical advice on key issues and strategic directions for the country’s education sector development, by bringing relevant international experience and research to assist in developing local solutions. 4. Partnerships: Work closely with funding partners including trust fund partners and lead coordination and collaboration among partners. 5. Contribute to policy dialogue: Identify and nurture opportunities for participating in the broader policy dialogue in the country especially in so far as they impact on education or where the education sector can make a contribution. 6. Analytical work and non-lending services: Lead and contribute to the design, preparation and dissemination of analytical products (e.g. sector assessment, policy notes, impact evaluation, public expenditure reviews, country systems diagnostics, case studies, etc.); provide input on a range of issues (e.g., education finance, management and governance, teacher policies, skills development) to support education into the respond to critical policy questions identified by the client and which have an impact on policy and operational design. III. Deliverables Portfolio Implementation Support and Capacity Building: Provide hands-on support for the implementation of education and multi-sectoral projects, ensuring timely advice to clients and building the capacity of ministries and institutions to manage Bank-financed operations effectively. Analytical Work and Policy Advisory: Lead or contribute to the design, preparation, and dissemination of analytical products (such as sector assessments, policy notes, and impact evaluations) and use these findings to advise clients on strategic directions and policy development for the education sector. Partnership Development and Coordination: Facilitate collaboration and coordination among funding partners, including trust fund contributors and other donors, to align objectives, leverage resources, and maximize impact in the education sector. Fundraising and Business Development: Identify and support new business opportunities, including piloting innovative solutions to address learning crises and skills gaps, and contribute to resource mobilization efforts through proposals and engagement with trust funds and external partners.