E T Consultant

Background General Description: 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 . VPU Context: The Water Global Practice helps countries achieve water security for people, economies, and ecosystems. It covers water supply and sanitation, irrigation, water resources management, and climate resilience. It combines financing, analytics, and technical assistance across all World Bank regions. Learn more: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/water Unit Context: The Global Water Informatics and Data Initiative (WIData) as part of Water, Policy Regulations Unit, strengthens evidence-based decision-making in the water sector by supporting World Bank operations with digital water solutions, technical assistance, and advanced analytics. It develops practical, scalable, and locally adaptable platforms and tools that combine geospatial data, Earth Observation, water accounting, real-time monitoring, AI-enabled forecasting, and climate-informed scenario analysis to help teams and clients address water-security challenges. (Auto populated for FIF-funded positions only) This role provides support to a Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF). Roles funded by a FIF are subject to the WBG Staff Directives and Procedures. Additionally, the FIF's governance framework and funding are also relevant to this role. Duties and accountabilities:

• Design, build, and maintain full-stack WebGIS applications, dashboards, and geoportals for water accounting and irrigation monitoring.
• Process satellite and climate data into water indicators such as evapotranspiration, crop water productivity, and land use.
• Apply spatial modeling, time-series analysis, and change detection to produce maps and analytical products.
• Apply machine learning and GeoAI to classification, downscaling, and spatial prediction.
• Build automated data pipelines, spatial databases, and OGC-compliant map services using cloud-native formats.
• Deploy and maintain applications on cloud and Linux servers using Docker, Git, and CI/CD practices.
• Support World Bank task teams and client counterparts with spatial analysis, technical advice, user guides, and training.