E T Consultant (Water Specialist)

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 Water Global Practice Water resources are under unprecedented and increasing pressures, driven by greater climate variability, population and economic growth, land use changes, and declining quantities and qualities of both ground and surface waters. With cross cutting impacts on agriculture, education, energy, health, gender, and livelihoods, water is an essential resource for all life on the planet and is at the center of economic and social development. The world will not be able to meet the great development challenges of the 21st century - human development, livable cities, climate change, food security, energy security, and universal access to services – unless we ensure a water-secure world for all. The Water Global Practice (GP) is in a unique position to help governments take an integrated and strategic approach to securing water for all through partnerships (e.g. Global Water Security and Sanitation Program, 2030 Water Resources Group, Water Forward), finance, and knowledge. The Water GP places water resource management (hydrology, economics, storage, groundwater use, rivers and deltas, disaster management), service delivery (to households, businesses, and farmers), and an understanding of water in the context of the broader economy at the center of its efforts to help countries address these challenges. For more information: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/water Water in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) and Armenia SCAWA is the unit covering the Europe and Central Asia region. The unit brings together about 35 staff (a third of which are in Washington DC), covering an existing project portfolio of 40+ projects. The unit also manages two important regional programs, the Central Asia Energy and Water Development Program (CAWEP) and the Danube Water Program (DWP). Over the last years, the demand from clients in ECA has been shifting from traditional infrastructure lending to a broader set of concepts around water security and water management, institutional development, and a wider range of instruments, including technical assistance and reimbursable advisory services. In Armenia, the World Bank's engagement covers all aspects of the water sector. The team is implementing a new multi-phase programmatic engagement under the WISE program across both water supply and sanitation and irrigation. 2. OBJECTIVE OF THE ASSIGNMENT The ETC will provide operational, policy, technical, analytical and coordination support to the World Bank’s water program in Armenia, with a primary focus on supporting the day-to-day implementation of the Water and Irrigation Services Enhancement (WISE) program. Drawing on substantial water supply and sanitation (WSS) experience, the ETC will also support the WSS agenda in Armenia and contribute to regional WSS activities across Europe and Central Asia, as needed. The assignment will connect sector policy and institutional reform with project preparation, implementation, operational problem-solving and stakeholder coordination. 3. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES The selected candidate will report to the Practice Manager and will work from the World Bank office in Yerevan, closely with the Armenia water team, Task Team Leaders (TTLs), task managers and colleagues across SCAWA. The ETC will exercise initiative and professional judgment within assigned responsibilities. Specific duties will include: 3.1 Day-to-day implementation support for WISE

• Support the day-to-day implementation of WISE, working closely with the World Bank task team, the Project Implementation Team, the Water Committee and other responsible government entities.
• Monitor implementation progress, milestones, results indicators, risks, decisions and agreed actions; maintain practical tracking tools and provide timely follow-up and escalation of constraints.
• Review and help strengthen implementation documents, including work plans, terms of reference, procurement and contract-management inputs, operational procedures, institutional arrangements and management reports.
• Support resolution of technical, operational, institutional and coordination issues affecting implementation, translating strategic priorities into practical actions, responsibilities and sequencing.
• Prepare mission materials, briefing notes, meeting records, management updates and follow-up matrices, and support missions, site visits and implementation meetings. 3.2 WSS technical and operational support in Armenia and the region
• Provide technical and operational inputs on water supply and sanitation services, including utility operations, service delivery, infrastructure planning, institutional performance and implementation arrangements.
• Support the Bank’s WSS policy dialogue and sector engagement in Armenia, including preparation of technical notes, options, presentations and inputs to project and analytical documents.
• Contribute WSS expertise to SCAWA operations, analytical work, knowledge activities and peer reviews in other countries of Europe and Central Asia, as requested and agreed with the Practice Manager and relevant TTLs.
• Review technical studies, designs, investment proposals, operational models and consultant outputs, identifying implementation risks and recommending practical improvements. 3.3 Operational and analytical contributions
• Lead or co-lead assigned operational responsibilities under the guidance of TTLs, including selected preparation, implementation support and supervision activities.
• Provide inputs to operational documents, sector and country briefings, analytical and advisory reports, portfolio reviews and management updates.
• Collect, validate and analyze sector, project, institutional, financial and operational information and maintain structured records and decision-support tools.
• Support knowledge generation and dissemination on WSS, irrigation, water-sector governance, infrastructure delivery and operational performance. 3.4 Stakeholder coordination and policy dialogue
• Maintain effective day-to-day coordination with government counterparts, utilities, project entities, development partners, consultants and other stakeholders on behalf of the team.
• Support the Bank’s policy and technical dialogue with Armenian authorities on strategic water, irrigation and WSS issues and on implementation of sector reforms.
• Organize and participate in missions, technical meetings, workshops, consultations and site visits, ensuring that decisions and follow-up actions are clearly recorded and monitored.
• Promote collaboration across World Bank teams and with external partners to improve the quality, coordination and development impact of the water program. 3.5 Team and portfolio support
• Prepare concise, decision-oriented briefing materials, meeting summaries and updates for the Practice Manager, TTLs and country team.
• Coordinate assigned workstreams and multidisciplinary inputs, manage deadlines and dependencies, and support timely delivery of agreed outputs.
• Undertake other water-related operational, technical and analytical tasks agreed with the Practice Manager and project teams.