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 overall objective of the assignment is to support the SP country teams in Haiti and Brazil, as described below. The consultant is expected to devote approximately 80 percent of their time to Haiti and 20 percent to Brazil. In Haiti, the consultant will provide technical and policy advice to the Haitian government in developing an adaptive social protection system through WB engagements of technical assistance, analysis, and financing. Specifically, her/his main responsibilities will include:

• Provide technical and supervisory support to key project implementing agencies, namely, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MAST) and its partners, and the Agency for Persons with Disabilities (BSEIPH) to help ensure successful implementation of social protection programs at the central and local levels.
• Review annual work plans, budgets, Terms of Reference, environmental and social norms documents, and other project-related documents as needed.
• Organize, support and participate in World Bank missions related to social protection in Haiti.
• Coordinate activities with stakeholders in Haiti (including Government and development partners) and support engagement and coordination with entities operating in the social safety nets space.
• Coordinate capacity building activities for the Project Implementation Unit at MAST and provide operational support to institutionalize the PIU within MAST administrative structures.
• Lead data collection exercises and provide support to SP task team on analytical and advisory services (ASA) efforts with a focus on delivery systems (e.g., payments, identification, registries, systems assessments, financing instruments) as underpinnings of effective shock responsive social programs, working with other Global Practices as needed.
• Support Monitoring Evaluation tools implementation and reporting. This may include, but not limited to moniting surveys, post-distribuion monitoring surveys, monthly and quarterly reports, etc.
• Advise on and support the development of specific tools supporting the implementation of PSARA and PROPIPED projects. This may include but not be limited to beneficiaries outreach, selection and registration, operational monitoring, information systems (social registry, beneficiary registry, integrated management information system MIS), GRM Standard operations procedures, etc.
• Provide technical advice on the Communication strategies and implementation plans for the PSARA and PROPIPED projects.
• Contribute to Aide Memoires, Implementation Status Reports, and other Bank documentation as needed.
• Prepare inputs for notes, briefs, papers, and reports related to social protection and safety nets.
• Contribute to knowledge exchange and dissemination activities.
• Represent the Bank as needed in meetings with stakeholders.
• Assist with other related tasks, as assigned. In Brazil, the consultant will primarily support analytical and advisory work and provide technical assistance across key areas of Brazil's social protection agenda. Specifically, the consultant's main responsibilities will include:
• Support the Social Policy team in delivering Analytical and Advisory Services (ASA) to the Ministry of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Fight against Hunger (MDS), in line with agreed priorities.
• Contribute to knowledge exchange and dissemination activities.
• Prepare technical inputs for notes, briefs, papers, and reports related to social protection and labor.
• Represent the World Bank, as needed, in meetings and discussions with government counterparts and other stakeholders. Brazil–Haiti Knowledge Cooperation:
• At the intersection of the work in both countries, the consultant will support knowledge exchange activities from Brazil to Haiti under the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, as part of the SPR-funded technical assistance, facilitating the exchange and adaptation of Brazilian experiences and practices to inform the development of Haiti's national social protection program.
• The consultant will also support dialogue between the Haiti SP and SPR teams with the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC), as needed. Deliverables:
• Strategic advisory notes and technical guidance on project design and implementation issues.
• High-quality contributions of project preparation and supervision outputs.
• Knowledge products and methodological tools supporting countries and regional agenda.
• Documented inputs to client dialogue and partnership engagement.