ET 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. 1. Background The World Bank is supporting the Government of Iraq across a range of governance, public sector, economic management, and institutional reform priorities under the broader Prosperity engagement. This includes ongoing dialogue and technical support on public financial management (PFM) modernization, digital government and institutional reform, as well as continued support to Iraq’s implementation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). The World Bank’s engagement increasingly requires sustained country-based support to facilitate dialogue with Iraqi institutions, coordinate across technical teams, maintain implementation continuity, support missions and management visits, and ensure systematic follow-up on reform actions, analytical work, and program deliverables. The position builds on an existing consultant role that has supported the Iraq EITI program and related governance activities. The scope is being broadened to reflect the continuing nature of the work and the consultant’s increasing involvement in Governance and cross-cutting Prosperity priorities in Iraq. 2. Objective of the Assignment The objective of the assignment is to provide sustained operational, analytical, coordination, and implementation support to the World Bank’s Governance and broader Prosperity engagement in Iraq. The consultant will support the preparation and implementation of selected public sector and institutional reform activities, including public financial management modernization, digital government, and related governance reforms, while continuing to provide coordination and implementation support to the World Bank’s Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) engagement. The assignment will also support government dialogue, portfolio coordination, missions, analytical work, results monitoring, knowledge management, and engagement with key Iraqi institutions. 3. Scope of Work A. Prosperity Program Support

• Support the preparation and implementation of Governance and selected cross-cutting Prosperity activities in Iraq.
• Contribute to engagement with the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning, Prime Minister’s Office and other relevant institutions on public sector and institutional reform priorities.
• Support work related to public financial management modernization, including areas such as IFMIS, Treasury Single Account (TSA), program and performance-based budgeting (PBB), budget modernization, and related institutional reforms, as requested by the task team.
• Support digital government and institutional modernization activities where these intersect with the Governance and Prosperity agenda.
• Prepare initial drafts of background notes, reform matrices, briefing materials, presentations, implementation trackers, and other analytical and operational materials for task-team review.
• Track government requests, agreed actions, commitments, and implementation milestones, and support systematic follow-up with relevant counterparts.
• Support preparation and coordination of missions, workshops, technical meetings, and management visits.
• Facilitate coordination among World Bank teams working on cross-cutting Prosperity priorities in Iraq, where relevant to the assignment. B. Extractive Industries Transparency and EITI
• Continue to support implementation of the World Bank’s Iraq EITI engagement and relevant EGPS-funded activities.
• Maintain regular coordination with the Iraq EITI National Secretariat, Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG), relevant ministries and agencies, civil society organizations, companies, and other stakeholders.
• Support implementation and follow-up of actions related to Iraq’s EITI Validation, corrective actions, annual work plans, and requirements under the applicable EITI Standard.
• Support collection, consolidation, organization, and review of EITI-related government data, documentation, and disclosures.
• Support preparation and implementation of EITI workshops, consultations, capacity-building activities, missions, and stakeholder meetings.
• Support coordination, content management, monitoring, and quality assurance related to the Iraq EITI website and systematic disclosure activities.
• Maintain implementation trackers and provide inputs to EGPS progress reporting, internal monitoring, and management updates.
• Support preparation and dissemination of EITI-related analytical outputs, knowledge products, and communications materials. C. Government and Stakeholder Coordination
• Maintain regular working-level engagement with relevant Iraqi ministries, agencies, and other institutions in support of assigned workstreams.
• Facilitate communication and follow-up between Iraqi counterparts and World Bank task teams.
• Support coordination across World Bank practices when an engagement involves multiple technical teams.
• Maintain clear records of government requests, decisions, commitments, and agreed next steps.
• Support preparation of high-level meetings, including briefing materials, agendas, stakeholder coordination, and post-meeting follow-up.
• Identify emerging implementation issues and bring them promptly to the attention of the relevant task team. D. Analytical and Operational Support
• Undertake desk research and initial analysis on governance, public sector, institutional reform, PFM, and related topics as requested.
• Collect and synthesize information from government institutions and other sources into structured notes, tables, matrices, and presentations.
• Prepare initial drafts of mission documentation, aide-mémoires, concept notes, briefing notes, presentations, and implementation updates for review by the task team.
• Support review of government strategies, roadmaps, reform proposals, draft regulations, and implementation plans within the scope of the assignment.
• Maintain institutional memory across relevant engagements and organize core program documentation for easy retrieval and follow-up.
• Contribute to operational preparation and implementation tasks consistent with the consultant’s role and World Bank procedures. E. Program Monitoring, Results, and Knowledge Management
• Maintain and regularly update implementation, results, and deliverables trackers in coordination with the relevant task teams.
• Support timely updating of relevant World Bank internal systems and program records, as requested and consistent with applicable access and procedures.
• Compile inputs for progress reports, management updates, trust-fund reporting, and portfolio reviews.
• Document implementation progress, emerging issues, lessons learned, and agreed actions.
• Support knowledge management and the preparation of concise internal notes, presentations, and other materials that facilitate continuity across the Iraq program. F. Missions, Workshops, and Technical Events
• Support the substantive preparation of World Bank missions, technical meetings, workshops, and management visits.
• Prepare or coordinate agendas, briefing notes, presentations, participant lists, background materials, and meeting documentation.
• Coordinate with counterparts and stakeholders to facilitate effective participation and follow-up.
• Document key decisions, recommendations, responsibilities, and deadlines arising from meetings and events.
• Track implementation of agreed next steps and flag delays or unresolved issues to the relevant task team. 4. Expected Outputs and Deliverables The assignment is expected to generate recurring and task-specific outputs across the Governance and Prosperity portfolio. Outputs will be agreed with the relevant task team and may include:
• Briefing notes, background notes, presentations, stakeholder maps, analytical inputs, and reform matrices.
• Implementation and results trackers for assigned Governance, PFM, digital government, and institutional reform activities.
• Documentation and follow-up related to PFM modernization priorities, including PBB, IFMIS, TSA, and other agreed reform areas.
• EITI / EGPS implementation records, stakeholder coordination materials, activity trackers, website/content quality-assurance inputs, and Validation-related follow-up.
• Mission and meeting materials, aide-mémoire inputs, records of decisions and actions, and follow-up matrices.
• Consolidated government data, tables, summaries, and structured documentation required for analytical and operational work.
• Inputs to internal reporting, trust-fund reporting, management updates, portfolio reviews, and knowledge products.
• Other closely related outputs required for effective implementation of the assigned work program. 5. Reporting and Working Arrangements The consultant will be based in Baghdad and will work under the overall guidance of the designated World Bank supervisor, in close coordination with the Governance team and other relevant Prosperity teams working on Iraq. The consultant will work closely with World Bank task team leaders, technical specialists, operations staff, the Iraq Country Office, government counterparts, and other stakeholders. Specific priorities and deliverables will be agreed periodically with the relevant task teams. The assignment will require flexibility to support missions, management visits, technical meetings, workshops, and other program activities, including occasional travel where required and approved in accordance with World Bank procedures. 6. Contract Modality and Duration The position is intended as an Extended-Term Consultant (ETC) assignment. The contract period for one year, with a possibility of extension as per the business need.