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 VPU Context: We need the best and brightest talent focused on Sub-Saharan African countries in order to harness the potential and innovation happening across the continent. Africa is a continent on the move, with a young population and a growing market of nearly 1.2bn people. We are committed to making the Africa regional teams into leading innovation hubs. Yet, these vast opportunities are tempered by persistent gaps in education, health, and skills, which have Africa only reaching forty percent of its estimated potential. Moreover, conflict, food insecurity, population growth, and the disruptive forces of climate change threaten to curtail or even reverse the progress that has been made over the past decades. In West and Central Africa, the World Bank is a leading partner with a growing portfolio of 350 projects totaling more than $38 billion in areas such as agriculture, trade and transport, energy, education, health, water and sanitation- all to support job creation, gender equality, poverty reduction, and better lives. Across the continent, the World Bank’s program has nearly doubled over the last 10 years. By 2030, about 87% of the world’s extreme poor are projected to live in Sub-Saharan Africa, so this is where our mission to end extreme poverty and to promote shared prosperity will be achieved. Are you ready to make an impact? We are looking for dedicated professionals to join our innovative and diverse team to improve people’s lives and help countries build back better after COVID. https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/afr/western-and-central-africa Unit Context: The Governance Global Practice (GGP) helps countries build capable, efficient, transparent, and accountable public institutions that can deliver better services and achieve development outcomes. EAWG2, part of the Prosperity Practice Group in the Western and Central Africa Region, supports governments in Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone in strengthening public financial management, domestic revenue mobilization, public sector governance, corporate financial reporting, and state-owned enterprise reforms through investment financing, policy operations, advisory services, and analytical work. The unit works closely with country management units, development partners, and government counterparts to advance institutional reforms that promote sustainable and inclusive growth. Duties and accountabilities:

• Work as a member of individual project teams under leadership and guidance of FMS(s) in charge, liaising closely with the Task-Team Leader(s), other team members, and government counterparts.
• Work as a member of the Institutions team, contributing to governance assessments, events, and strategic discussions on portfolio financial management, public financial management, and governance and anti-corruption risks in Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
• Support compliance with OPCS financial management policies, directives, and guidance; monitor the resolution of portfolio exceptions with the assigned Financial Management Specialists; and contribute to country-specific capacity-building plans to strengthen financial management systems in Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
• Contribute, as required, to analytical work and technical assistance in public financial management, corporate financial reporting, and state-owned enterprise governance in Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, including opportunities for regional knowledge exchange and cross-country learning.