E T Consultant - Urban Analyst

E T Consultant - Urban Analyst

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 https://www.worldbank.org/en/who-we-are/ibrd

 Infrastructure Vice Presidency

Globally, one billion people live more than 2 kilometers from all-weather roads, 685 million people lack electricity, and nearly 4 billion people lack internet access. Access to basic infrastructure services is critical for creating economic opportunities for the poor. The Infrastructure (INF) Vice Presidency within the World Bank is charged with developing sustainable solutions to help close infrastructure gaps in developing and emerging economies. It currently consists of four global departments: Energy & Extractives (EEX); Transport (TRA); Urban, DRM, Resilience, and Land (URL), and Global Infrastructure Finance Department. It oversees the Bank's work across energy and transport sectors, urban development, as well as efforts to promote energy transition, low-carbon transportation, livable cities, disaster risk resilience, land management, and quality infrastructure services through public-private partnerships. Infrastructure represents around $110 billion of the Bank’s portfolio. For more information: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/infrastructure

Unit Context: 

The Urban, Subnational Finance, Tourism, and Disaster Management Global Department covers a range of issues including: (i) supporting the development of green, inclusive, resilient and productive cities, including harnessing urbanization to contribute to growth and poverty reduction, and strengthening local governments’ capacity to plan, finance and deliver services and infrastructure investments; (ii) promoting efficient, well-coordinated spatial and territorial development processes including strengthening rural-urban linkages and developing lagging regions; (iii) strengthening disaster risk management policies, institutions and regulations and mainstreaming resilience across development sectors including risk assessment and mapping, risk reduction, disaster preparedness and risk financing; (iv) post-conflict reconstruction and recovery; (v) strengthening land tenure, management and information systems; (vi) supporting the development of national and sub-national spatial data infrastructure and supporting the development of geospatial information, and (vii) promoting tourism as a major global economic sector, accounting for over 10% of global GDP and supporting hundreds of millions of jobs worldwide.

Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC)

The Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) program is a partnership of the Government of Japan and the World Bank Group, based in Tokyo, Japan. TDLC serves as a leading global urban knowledge hub with a mission to identify Japanese and global best practices, generate new insights, and share actionable solutions to maximize the impact of World Bank–financed urban development projects in developing countries and emerging economies. TDLC supports an active portfolio and growing lending and analytical activities relating to topics such as housing, urban infrastructure, municipal finance, urban transport, urban planning and land governance, urban resilience, climate and disaster resilience.

Duties and accountabilities: 

The Urban Analyst will support the design and delivery of TDLC Practitioner Programs and related analytical and partnership activities. The role requires versatility across program delivery, urban analysis, and engagement with Japanese cities and institutions. The Analyst will report to the Manager of the global unit, with day-to-day guidance and supervision from the TDLC Program Manager.

• Practitioner Program delivery: Support the full learning-to-action journey, including needs identification, collaborative learning, the Technical Deep Dive in Japan, advisory support, community engagement, and results capture.
• Urban analysis and knowledge products: Conduct research and prepare case studies, briefs, reports, and other outputs on relevant Japanese and global urban practices.
• Operational relevance: Work with World Bank task teams to identify knowledge gaps and translate urban practices into actionable inputs for operations and policy dialogue.
• Japanese partnerships: Liaise with partner cities, national agencies, academia, private sector organizations, speakers, and practitioners to co-create and deliver activities.
  Operational support: Work with World Bank task teams to identify their knowledge needs and translate relevant urban practices into practical recommendations for projects and policy discussions.
• Program coordination: Prepare concept notes, agendas, session briefs, workflows, and progress updates, while tracking milestones and deliverables.
• Knowledge capture and dissemination: Synthesize lessons, implementation insights, and emerging results into accessible products and communication materials.
• Team contribution: Support missions, technical assistance, preparation of events, and other strategic or analytical priorities requested by the TDLC Program Manager and unit Manager.

Selection Criteria

• Master’s degree in urban development, urban planning, public policy, international development, or a related field.
• Minimum two years of relevant experience in urban development, applied research, knowledge programs, or development operations.
• Experience designing and delivering learning or knowledge-exchange activities, in person and virtually, is an advantage
• Strong analytical skills and ability to convert complex material into clear, practical outputs.
• Professional fluency in written and spoken English and Japanese.
• Demonstrated ability to work with Japanese cities, government agencies, academia, or private sector partners, is an advantage
• Strong organization, initiative, judgment, client orientation, and ability to deliver across multiple workstreams in a multicultural team.
  

WBG Culture Attributes:

1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

As per WBG policy, an Extended Term (ET) appointment is subject to a lifetime maximum of three (3) years. Former and current ET staff who have completed or are in the process of completing their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.

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