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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 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development The Infrastructure (INF) Vice Presidency is charged with developing sustainable solutions to help close infrastructure gaps in developing and emerging economies. It oversees the Bank's work across the energy and transport sectors and urban development, including efforts to promote energy transition, low-carbon transportation, livable cities, disaster risk resilience, land management, and quality infrastructure services through public-private partnerships. Its global departments are Energy Extractives, Transport, Urban, Resilience and Land (URL), and Infrastructure Finance. Duties and accountabilities

• Under the supervision of Practice Manager for Urban, Resilience and Land (URL), West and Central Africa (IAWU1), and the Task Team Leaders (TTLs), the consultant will:
• Contribute to tasks and activities of programs and projects relating to urban development and disaster risk management (DRM) in the CMU.
• Participate as a member of multidisciplinary project teams in project preparation, appraisal and supervision, including preparing project documentation and taking part in operational missions and fieldwork, with specific responsibilities assigned by TTLs.
• Provide technical input on urban planning, architecture, building and civil engineering documents (including technical designs, studies and terms of reference), reviewing them and advising teams on analytical and operational matters.
• Support the preparation of the Simandou Urban and Transport Connectivity MPA (P518517) and its Phase 1 (P519358), including technical inputs on urban planning, architecture, built environment and resilience aspects, preparation of project documentation, and coordination with the Transport Global Practice, government counterparts and other stakeholders.
• Support the preparation of the Integrated Mobility and Urban Development for Sustainable Growth in Abidjan MPA (P519357) and its Phase 1 (P519431), including technical inputs on integrated urban mobility and urban development, preparation of project documentation, participation in identification, preparation and appraisal missions, and coordination with the Transport Global Practice and government counterparts.
• Provide analytical and operational support to policy notes and reforms, and prepare briefing notes for management, partners and clients on urban development and DRM.
• Contribute to the unit's analytical and advisory work, research and policy development on the full range of URL topics, with attention to climate change and resilience in urban planning and architecture.
• Contribute to cross-cutting collaboration with colleagues in other sectors (governance, transport, finance and competitiveness, social and environmental), the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and other IFIs.