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 The World Bank's Social Policy Global Practice supports client governments across the Western and Central Africa (WCA) region in designing, implementing, and strengthening social policy interventions to reduce poverty, build resilience, and enhance human capital. In Liberia, the World Bank is supporting the Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection (MGCSP) and related agencies through investment projects such as the Liberia Women Empowerment Project (LWEP). In Ghana, the Bank is supporting the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs (MLGCRA) through the Gulf of Guinea Northern Regions Social Cohesion Project (SOCO) and related jobs-creating initiatives designed to expand economic opportunities for the most vulnerable communities. Given the growing portfolio of Social Policy operations in both countries—spanning livelihoods and economic inclusion, community resilience, and institutional capacity building—there is a need for dedicated technical, analytical, and operational support to ensure effective project preparation and implementation, strengthen results monitoring and learning, and support ongoing operational coordination. The Extended Term Consultant (ETC) will be based in Washington, DC, and will provide continuous, hands-on support to the task teams managing Ghana and Liberia operations, serving as a key link between the World Bank team, government counterparts, and development partners. Scope of Work The ETC will work under the overall guidance of the Practice Manager and the direct supervision of the Task Team Leaders (TTLs) for Ghana SOCO and LWEP. The scope of work includes, but is not limited to: 1. Operational and Analytical Support

• Support the preparation, implementation, supervision, restructuring, and additional financing of SOCO and LWEP, including inputs to project and implementation documents.
• Review implementation progress, identify emerging issues and bottlenecks, and provide analytical inputs to support follow-up and decision-making.
• Support preparation and follow-up of missions, including aide-mémoires, management letters, briefing materials, action matrices, and other operational documentation. 2. Monitoring, Evaluation, and Results
• Support the development, refinement, and monitoring of Results Frameworks, including indicator methodologies, targets, data quality, and reporting arrangements.
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative implementation data and prepare results summaries and other analytical inputs for task teams and counterparts.
• Support improvements in project monitoring systems, results reporting, and the use of evidence to inform implementation.
• Contribute to evaluations, assessments, and synthesis of implementation lessons across SOCO and LWEP. 3. Technical and Implementation Support
• Provide technical and analytical support to relevant workstreams under SOCO and LWEP, including livelihoods, local economic development, women’s economic empowerment, community resilience, and related areas.
• Support the development and refinement of implementation approaches, technical guidance, and sustainability arrangements.
• Support the preparation and implementation of additional financing activities, including related technical and implementation coordination.
• Contribute to pilot initiatives and related trust-funded activities and synthesize lessons from implementation. 4. Coordination, Knowledge, and Reporting
• Support engagement and coordination with government counterparts, Project Implementation Units, development partners, donors, consultants, and other stakeholders in Ghana and Liberia.
• Prepare briefing notes, presentations, analytical materials, and talking points for management and government engagements.
• Support periodic project reporting, portfolio reviews, donor updates, trust fund reporting, and related resource mobilization activities.
• Document implementation lessons and good practices for knowledge sharing across the two operations and broader region.