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 Forced displacement remains a major global development challenge. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), an estimated 117.8 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced at the end of 2025 as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, and human rights violations, including 68.7 million people displaced within their own countries by conflict and violence. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) account for the majority of the world's forcibly displaced population and, together with their host communities, face significant development challenges that require sustained engagement beyond humanitarian assistance. Over the past decade, the World Bank Group (WBG) has significantly expanded its engagement on forced displacement in low- and middle-income countries. This includes dedicated financing mechanisms to support refugees and host communities, notably the Window for Host Communities and Refugees (WHR) and the Global Concessional Financing Facility (GCFF), as well as growing efforts to address the development needs of IDPs and their host communities through country strategies and operations. The Bank is now focused on translating its approach to internal displacement into operational practice. Key priorities for FY27 include disseminating and implementing the Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) Good Practice Note on the Inclusion of IDPs in Bank-Financed Projects, strengthening country-level engagement, and improving data and evidence on internal displacement. The work program also encompasses continued support to refugee operations, particularly through the WHR eligibility process and portfolio. The Fragility, Conflict, and Violence (FCV) Group, through its Forced Displacement Team, leads and coordinates the WBG’s work on forced displacement in collaboration with Country Management Units, Global Practices, and external partners. Duties and Responsibilities The Extended Term Consultant (ETC) will report to the GTFS2 Manager under the supervision of the Forced Displacement Team Lead. The selected candidate is expected to work with proactivity and autonomy within the broader forced displacement team, to lead key workstreams under the FCV Group's internal displacement agenda and to contribute to the work program on refugee operations. The ETC will coordinate closely with colleagues in Global Practices, Country Management Units (CMUs), field-based GTFS2 colleagues, and corporate units, as well as external partners. Specific activities will include: Disseminate and implement the ESF Good Practice Note (GPN) on the Inclusion of IDPs in Bank-financed projects, including:

• Organize knowledge-sharing events with targeted CMUs to disseminate the best practices and recommendations of the GPN;
• Build internal capacity by establishing and managing a community of practice on IDP inclusion, including through training, regular communications, and peer-to-peer exchanges. Based on demand, provide country-level support to operationalize the Bank's approach on IDPs, including:
• Provide technical assistance to country teams with significant IDP populations (for example, DRC, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Yemen, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Syria), including support to policy dialogue on IDP-related issues, project preparation, and integration of IDP needs into country-level diagnostics;
• Engage with project teams and CMUs, especially in countries with the highest numbers of IDPs, to ensure that, where appropriate, Bank-supported projects target IDP-hosting areas and include IDPs as project beneficiaries;
• Help deliver programs supporting IDPs that address both conflict and displacement dimensions, and support successful implementation of the corresponding projects, as needed;
• Provide leadership or support for key regional and country analytical activities and internal displacement strategies, with a view to linking analytics, planning, and programmatic and policy responses;
• Coordinate internal displacement-related activities of field-based GTFS2 colleagues. Strengthen data and analytics on internal displacement, including:
• Advise on the corporate scorecard indicator on forced displacement and contribute to the annual calculation process;
• Collaborate with the UNHCR-World Bank Joint Data Center (JDC) to strengthen statistical systems and data collection on IDPs, including technical support for global standards through the Expert Group on Refugee, IDP and Statelessness Statistics (EGRISS) and support to integrating IDPs into national surveys, with an emphasis on socioeconomic data to inform operations and policy;
• Review proposals under the Forced Displacement Trust Fund (FDTF) and the Partnership for Improving Prospects for Forcibly Displaced Persons and Host Communities (PROSPECTS), and contribute to analytics that include IDPs. Engage in global efforts to advance the response to internal displacement, and leverage critical partnerships, including:
• Serve as the World Bank technical-level focal point for the UN Global Solutions Hub on Internal Displacement, and contribute to UN-led efforts to advance the IDP agenda, particularly in light of diminishing humanitarian funding;
• Strategically engage with humanitarian, peace, development, and private sector actors, with a view to mutually influencing strategic approaches at global and country level;
• Work with key donors and selected host countries to influence the global debate. Contribute to the refugee agenda, including the Window for Host Communities and Refugees (WHR), including:
• Support the WHR eligibility process, including dialogue with hosting countries, collaboration with UNHCR, eligibility missions, and the preparation of eligibility notes;
• Review WHR projects and participate in supervision missions as needed;
• Support task teams in project preparation, including in areas that also host IDPs;
• Analyze the WHR portfolio and share insights to inform decision making. Advance the agenda within the WBG and consolidate the team and its resources, including:
• Respond to corporate demands (briefs, events, etc.).