Gender & Social Inclusion Consultant

Gender & Social Inclusion Consultant

Description

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? The World Bank Group (WBG) is a unique global partnership of five institutions driven by a bold vision to create a world free of poverty on a living planet. As one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries, we help solve the world’s greatest development challenges. When you join the World Bank Group, you become part of a dynamic, diverse organization with 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide. We work with public and private sector partners, invest in groundbreaking projects and use data, research, and technology to bring tangible and transformative change around the globe. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org.

The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) is the world's largest multilateral climate fund, with $13.5 billion channeled through six Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to 78 countries. CIF financing catalyzes climate action in developing and middle-income countries by funding transformational projects that reduce emissions, build resilience, and accelerate the transition to clean energy and sustainable development.

CIF operates through a unique partnership model that brings together governments, MDBs, the private sector, and civil society. This collaborative approach ensures that climate finance reaches those who need it most while testing innovative solutions that can be scaled globally. As climate challenges intensify and the demand for climate finance grows, CIF continues to expand its instruments and impact. In 2025, CIF became the first multilateral climate fund to access capital markets, unlocking $500 million in private sector capital with the CIF Capital Markets Mechanism (CCMM).  

CIF funding, featuring high quality financing and high co-financing ratios, empowers developing countries, lowers risk, enables first-of-their-kind investments, and contributes to transformational change.  www.cif.org

Gender and Social Inclusion

CIF places gender equality at the core of its mandate, requiring gender considerations to be integrated throughout the investment cycle in line with MDB policies and international good practice. This approach is operationalized through Gender Action Plans that translate policy commitments into concrete requirements, tools, and processes across CIF-supported investments. Building on MDB partner commitments and implementation experience, CIF is currently developing a new Action Plan in Support of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Outcomes, which will retain a strong focus on gender equality while more systematically integrating social inclusion. The CIF Gender and Social Inclusion Team leads upstream integration across the portfolio, results monitoring and evaluation, strategic approaches to leveraging CIF finance for social impact, evidence generation and learning with MDBs and MCFs, and manages the Women-Led Coal Transitions (WOLCOT) grant mechanism under the Accelerated Coal Transitions Program in collaboration with the Energy team.

Duties and accountabilities:

Key Responsibilities :

1) Mainstreaming gender and social inclusion in CIF’s portfolio, reporting and evaluation

• Collaborate with the key internal and external CIF stakeholders to enhance the management of data and facilitate the flow of information on gender and social metrics and results.
• Coordinate and support Gender Team engagement with other CIF tems, follow up on information requests, represent the team in selected CIF meetings and events, and contribute gender perspectives to knowledge products.
• Conduct quality assurance reviews of gender and social inclusion components in CIF-financed projects prior to TFC approval.
• Support the drafting of periodic statutory reports and ad hoc documents for the Trust Fund Committee meetings. 
• Facilitate engagement with MDB counterparts, preparing meeting minutes, and following-up on key agreed actions; draft case-studies on activities carried out by MDBs with Country Engagement budget. 

2) Generating and synthesing evidence on gender and social inclusion 

• Support the drafting, finalization and dissemination of relevant knowledge products, including coordination with communications team on layout, design, and branding requirements, preparing supporting materials (e.g., executive summary, infographics, PPTs) for wider dissemination.
• Assist in designing and drafting materials for knowledge-sharing events; coordinate with stakeholders on logistics and content. 

3) Action Plan Finalisation and Implementation 

• Support consultation process of finalization of CIF’s Action Plan in Support of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Outcomes. 
• Lead on gathering data from the MDBs to monitor implementation of the Action Plan, once it is approved.  
• Collaborate closely with Portofolio and Results team to ensure gender reporting is embedded into reporting processes. 
• Lead on drafting case-studies of gender and social inclusion best-practices from CIF-financed projects. 

Selection Criteria

• Graduate degree in a relevant discipline, such as sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, gender, international development, law, environment, or climate science.
• Work experience in promoting gender equality, recognizing and assessing the differentiated experiences and vulnerabilities of women, men, and gender-diverse individuals in the face of climate change; identifying gender disparities in access to resources, decision-making power, and opportunities, and understanding how these disparities intersect with other social dimensions.
• Sectoral experiences working on social dimensions and gender equality aspects of climate change, particularly in the context of energy transitions, nature-based solutions or disaster risk reduction or urban planning etc.
• Minimum of 7 years of professional experience in development, preferably in areas such as knowledge generation, research, advocacy, policy, or projects/programs.
• Private sector experience in climate change mitigation and or adaptation projects is a plus.
• Working knowledge of the processes of international financial institutions.
• Experience working in developing countries preferred.

WBG Culture Attributes:

1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

As per WBG policy, an Extended Term (ET) appointment is subject to a lifetime maximum of three (3) years. Former and current ET staff who have completed or are in the process of completing their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.

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