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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 Background In the Caribbean, the World Bank Education team manages a large and expanding education portfolio. This includes the regional Windward Islands Sector Transformation for Learning Enhancement (WISTLE) Project (P508559) in Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, financed by a USD 10 million System Transformation Grant (STG) from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). The World Bank was competitively selected in September 2024 as the Grant Agent to implement the System Transformation Grant, as well as the remaining System Capacity Grants (SCG), equivalent to USD 3.25 million. The countries' priority reforms are the following:

• Dominica: developing, implementing and sustaining a comprehensive, inclusive and equitable curriculum by integrating technology, life skills, TVET, arts and resilience education, and serving the needs of all students in both general and special education settings.
• Grenada: successful implementation of an enhanced curriculum and assessment strategy for lower secondary schools.
• Saint Lucia: climate resilient technology, infrastructural enhancement and equitable quality educational delivery towards the acquisition of 21st century competencies, skills and learning outcomes.
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: comprehensive technology integration for enhanced education. Beyond the Windward Islands, the team's Caribbean engagement includes the System Capacity Grant in Guyana and the Fostering Resilient Learning Project (FRLP, P172753) in Sint Maarten, where inclusive education is an area of growing demand. Inclusive education has become a substantial workstream across these engagements, alongside education technology, artificial intelligence and the use of data for decision-making. Objectives The Education Global Practice (HLCED) is recruiting an Extended Term Consultant (ETC) to lead the inclusive education workstream, to support education technology, AI, EdTech and data activities, and to support GPE-related processes across the Caribbean portfolio. The assignment covers three engagements, with the indicative distribution of time set out in Section 4: the WISTLE Project and its related System Capacity Grant activities (75 percent), the Guyana System Capacity Grant (20 percent), and inclusive education under the Fostering Resilient Learning Project in Sint Maarten (5 percent). Scope of Work WISTLE and related System Capacity Grant activities (75 percent)
• Lead the development and adaptation of national inclusive education policies and operational plans in Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, including the preparatory work and the undertaking of special educational needs (SEN) sector assessments.
• Draft the inclusive education framework, policies and implementation plans, including budget, roles and responsibilities, and monitoring and evaluation arrangements.
• Coordinate the overall inclusive education work programme, including the regional Inclusive Education Technical Working Group to be co-chaired with the Caribbean Development Bank, which requires significant coordination with countries, development partners and stakeholders, including the OECS Commission.
• Lead the inclusive education capacity building programme, including the development of a certification for education practitioners based on trainings available in the Caribbean.
• Support education technology, artificial intelligence and data activities, including , learning management system content development, curriculum and assessment, the use of artificial intelligence in teaching to improve education effectiveness (including supporting the piloting of the AI Tutor program), and capacity building on the use of data and evidence for decision-making, including EMIS reporting and data usage.
• Draft a short policy note on school dropout in WISTLE countries
• Support GPE-related processes and activities, including the mid-term review of the partnership compacts in the four countries and the regional workshops that support and share knowledge on the implementation of the priority reforms.
• Provide quality assurance on terms of reference, technical proposals and evaluation reports, support the recruitment of consultants, and liaise with Project Implementation Units and governments.
• Prepare for and participate in implementation support missions, contributing technical inputs, presentations, sections of the Aide-Mémoire and Back-to-Office Report, and follow-up matrices. Guyana System Capacity Grant and support to the education portfolio (20 percent)
• Support the implementation of the Guyana System Capacity Grant and provide technical support to the country team
• Provide technical inputs to the design and implementation of grant-financed activities, including terms of reference, technical notes, budget and review comments.
• Support coordination with government counterparts and development partners, and contribute to mission preparation, technical inputs and reporting. The precise level and focus of engagement will be confirmed with the Guyana task team as the work programme is finalized.
• Provide support to the education portfolio, based on need Sint Maarten — Inclusive Education (5 percent)
• Provide technical advice on inclusive education and special educational needs under the Fostering Resilient Learning Project (P172753), drawing on the frameworks and instruments developed under the regional programme.
• Review inclusive education materials and provide inputs to terms of reference, technical notes and just-in-time advice to the Sint Maarten task team. Allocation of Level of Effort The indicative distribution of the Consultant's time across the three engagements is set out below. The distribution may be adjusted during the contract period, in agreement with the supervising Task Team Leaders, to reflect the pace of implementation in each engagement. Engagement Financing source Share of time WISTLE Project and related System Capacity Grant activities (Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) WISTLE (STG) and SCG 75 percent Guyana System Capacity Grant Guyana SCG 20 percent Sint Maarten — inclusive education Fostering Resilient Learning Project (P172753) 5 percent Total 100 percent Cross-Cutting Duties and Responsibilities Across all three engagements, the Consultant will be expected to carry out the following duties and responsibilities:
• Reviewing and producing project-related technical and operational documents.
• Liaising with counterparts, development partners and stakeholders, and providing technical support.
• Providing operational support to the implementation of activities in countries, including follow-up with national teams and other consultants.
• Undertaking just-in-time research.
• Attending and organizing project-related meetings and drafting minutes, and maintaining action trackers and follow-up.
• Reviewing and supporting the development of national and project annual action plans and following up on key activities with counterparts.
• Preparing knowledge products and communication materials, such as blogs, technical notes and policy briefs.
• Any other tasks as needed to support project implementation and the work of the project team. Deliverables and Outputs The Consultant will complete the deliverables summarized below, with the level of effort outlined in Table 1.
• National inclusive education policies, frameworks and implementation plans for the four Windward Islands, together with the underlying SEN sector assessments.
• Regional Inclusive Education Technical Working Group packages: agendas, presentations, session materials, summary notes and follow-up actions.
• Design and materials for the inclusive education capacity building and practitioner certification programme.
• Technical notes, review comments, quality assurance notes and terms of reference inputs on inclusive education, education technology, artificial intelligence and the use of data.
• Inputs to the mid-term review of the GPE partnership compacts and to the regional knowledge-sharing workshops.
• Mission inputs, including presentations and sections of the Aide-Mémoire and Back-to-Office Report, and mission follow-up matrices.
• Policy and technical blogs, and brief periodic progress notes to the task team. Table 1: Deliverable schedule Workstream Key activities Outputs / Deliverables WISTLE and SCG: inclusive education policy leadership Lead the development and adaptation of national inclusive education policies and operational plans in the four countries. Undertake SEN sector assessments. Draft frameworks and implementation plans, including budget, roles and responsibilities, and M E. National inclusive education policies, frameworks and implementation plans; SEN sector assessment reports WISTLE and SCG: regional coordination and capacity building Coordinate the regional Inclusive Education Technical Working Group co-chaired with CDB. Develop the practitioner certification based on trainings available in the Caribbean. Liaise with countries, development partners and the OECS Commission. Working group agendas, presentations and summary notes; capacity building and certification package SCG: EdTech, artificial intelligence and data Support the use of AI to reduce dropout across the OECS, LMS content development, curriculum and assessment, and capacity building on data use and EMIS reporting. Technical notes, review comments and TOR inputs; policy and technical blogs; Short policy note on dropout in WISTLE countries; technical inputs for AI training programs AI tutor pilot GPE processes and mission support Support the mid-term review of the partnership compacts in the four countries and the regional knowledge-sharing workshops. Prepare for and participate in implementation support missions Compact mid-term review and workshop inputs; Aide-Mémoire and BTOR sections; follow-up matrices Guyana SCG and Sint Maarten FRLP Support Guyana SCG activities and provide technical inputs to grant-financed activities. Provide inclusive education and SEN advice to the Sint Maarten task team. TOR inputs, technical notes and review comments; mission and reporting inputs Accountability and reporting requirements The Consultant will work under the general supervision of Francisco Haimovich Paz, Senior Economist, and Denise Stolt, Economist, the WISTLE Task Team Leaders. Lauren Marston, Senior Education Specialist and Vincent Perrot, Senior Economist, the Guyana Task Team Leaders. Denise Stolt, Economist and Vincent Perrot, Senior Economist, the Sint Maarten Task Team Leaders. Day-to-day guidance on the regional work programme will be provided by task team members as needed. Duration The contract would be for one year, with the possibility of extension for a further year based on business needs and performance. The assignment is full time, with the distribution of effort across engagements set out in Section 4.