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 https:// www.worldbank.org/en/who-we-are/ibrd The World Bank’s engagement in Ukraine and the wider Eastern Europe region has expanded significantly in response to the ongoing conflict and associated recovery needs. The Bank supports a growing portfolio of IPF and PforR operations across health, infrastructure, energy, housing, education, water, finance, and social protection sectors, requiring sustained and high-quality environmental and social oversight to ensure compliance with the World Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework (ESF). Given the scale and complexity of the portfolio, additional support is required from an experienced in-country ET consultant to provide operational environmental and social support, as well as analytical, policy, and stakeholder engagement expertise. 2. SCOPE OF WORK The ET will provide environmental risk management support through deliverable-based assignments to World Bank teams supporting selected operations in Ukraine, as agreed with the responsible World Bank Environmental Specialist and/or Project Task Team Leader (TTL). The ET will support the identification, assessment, management, and monitoring of environmental risks and impacts, ensuring consistency with the World Bank ESF, relevant Environmental and Social Standards (ESSs), World Bank Group Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines, and applicable national requirements. The ET may support multiple World Bank projects under the same contract, using written task instructions or work orders that define the exact scope, deliverables, timelines, pricing, and any travel requirements for each task. The ET will support the following projects, or other assignments as specifically agreed. Projects and allocations of days is as indicated in the table below: CMU Project name Project ID Number of days ECCEE Restoration Project of Winterization and Energy Resources P180332 15 ECCEE Improving Power System Resilience for European Power Grid Integration Project P176114 15 ECCEE Delivering Resilient Infrastructure in Vulnerable Environments in Ukraine Project P504999 20 ECCEE Repairing Essential Logistics Infrastructure and Network Connectivity (RELINC) Project P180318 20 ECCEE Health Enhancement and Lifesaving (HEAL) Ukraine Project P180245 30 ECCEE Housing Repair for People’s Empowerment (HOPE) Project P181200 10 ECCEE Resilient, Equitable and Accessible Credit for Housing (REACH) Project P517177 40 The ET will provide independent technical support on environmental risk management throughout the project cycle. Responsibilities may include environmental risk screening and assessment under the ESF; review of environmental instruments and deliverables; guidance on environmental compliance and risk management; monitoring implementation of environmental commitments and advising on corrective actions; support for environmental due diligence, capacity building, and ESMS development; preparation of environmental inputs to World Bank operational documents; participation in implementation support missions and site visits; and contributions to knowledge sharing, peer review, and strengthening environmental sustainability in investment operations. 3.DELIVERABLES AND MILESTONES Specific assignments and associated deliverables will be agreed in writing with the responsible World Bank Environmental Specialist and/or TTL. Depending on the assignment, deliverables may include:

• written reviews and technical comments on environmental and social instruments, implementation reports, and other project documentation;
• technical memoranda, guidance notes, recommendations, mission inputs, site visit findings, and proposed corrective or risk-mitigation measures;
• reviews, gap assessments, and recommendations for the development, strengthening, operationalization, or implementation of ESMSs;
• other environmental and social advisory outputs agreed for the relevant assignment. 4. LEVEL OF EFFORT AND TIMELINES Services will be provided on an as-needed basis, supporting project preparation, implementation and supervision milestones, including review of ES instruments, supervision, site visits, assessment of design or scope changes, ESMS-related work, and capacity building. This is a task-based framework contract. Work may only commence upon written authorization from the World Bank through a task instruction, work order, or email from an authorized TTL. The contract may cover multiple assignments and projects, depending on operational needs, budget availability, and procurement requirements. Each assignment will have its own scope, deliverables, timeline, and travel authorization, as applicable. No continuity of work, travel, or expanded scope should be assumed unless expressly authorized in writing by the World Bank. 5. EXPECTED OUTPUTS The Consultant will provide technical advice, reviews, due diligence, and implementation support on environmental risk management and compliance in World Bank-financed operations, in line with the ESF, applicable ESSs, national requirements, and international good practice. Deliverables may include technical reviews and recommendations on environmental instruments and assessments, environmental due diligence and compliance assessments, ESMS-related analyses and recommendations, environmental inputs to project and corporate documentation, mission and site visit findings, capacity-building materials, and other technical outputs required to support project preparation, implementation, supervision, and environmental performance. All deliverables shall be prepared professionally and in a timely manner, in accordance with World Bank requirements and assignment-specific instructions. 6. COORDINATION AND SUPERVISION The ET will coordinate regularly with the designated World Bank Environmental Specialist and relevant Project TTL(s) to agree on priorities, assignments, timelines, and deliverables, and report on progress and completed work. The ET will ensure the quality of all outputs and submit deliverables electronically to the designated World Bank counterparts. The ET will report to the responsible World Bank Environmental Specialist and the respective Project TTL(s).