E T Consultant

E T Consultant

Description

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. Please visit www.worldbank.org.

Within this architecture, the Prosperity Vertical focuses on the policies and institutions that underpin inclusive and sustainable growth, bringing together fiscal policy, public finance management, macroeconomic and poverty analysis, and private sector–enabling reforms. Prosperity’s Fiscal Policy and Growth department includes the Distributional Impact of Policies Global unit which, among other tasks, undertakes analytical work at the intersection of poverty measurement, climate resilience, and spatial analysis. This includes efforts to geocode harmonized household surveys in the Global Monitoring Database (GMD) using the H3 spatial indexing system, enabling the merging of geospatial and climate information with household-level welfare data. Complementary analytical streams focus on distributional analysis; understanding how climate shocks, policy changes, and economic trends affect different segments of the population. It also entails supporting country teams with the tools and methods to carry out such analysis in their operational contexts.

To deepen and scale this work, the DIP unit is seeking an Extended Term Consultant (ETC) to provide sustained technical support across the spatial analysis and climate resilience agendas, with a strong distributional lens.

Scope of Work and Tasks

The consultant will be embedded in the DIP unit and will contribute to the spatial analysis and climate resilience teams, including support to country teams, maintenance and development of tools, and support to global teams. The consultant will undertake the following activities:

• Provide hands-on technical assistance to country teams in implementing distributional analysis, including poverty and welfare impact assessments linked to climate, spatial, and policy dimensions.
• Support the geocoding of household surveys using the H3 spatial indexing system. 
• Support the construction of poverty maps, including the integration of spatial variables. 
• Support country teams integrate geospatial data and climate information into their analytical workflows.
• Contribute to the ongoing maintenance, improvement, and expansion of the WISE-APP (Welfare Impacts of Weather Shiny App), including enhancements to both the user interface and the underlying analytical engine.
• Support the development and upkeep of other relevant tools and dashboards used by the spatial analysis and climate resilience teams.
• Ensure code quality, documentation, and version control across all tool development activities.
• Contribute to multi-country analytical work on spatial analysis and distributional impacts of policies.
• Support the preparation of reports, briefs, and presentations summarizing analytical findings for internal and external audiences.
• Assist with data management, quality assurance, and the production of publication-ready outputs, including tables, figures, and maps.
• Develop training materials and deliver trainings/webinars on tools, dashboards, analytical methods and geospatial skills to build capacity across teams.  

Duration and location 

• This contract will be for one year, based in Washington, DC, with possibility of extensions contingent on performance and business need.

Selection Criteria

• Master's degree (PhD preferred) in economics, data science, statistics, geography, or a related field.
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience applying economic data, and analytical tools, with a demonstrated track record of producing high-quality results independently.
• Strong programming skills in R and/or Python, including experience with data manipulation, statistical analysis, and visualization.
• Familiarity with geo-spatial analysis, including experience working with spatial data formats, GIS tools, and geospatial indexing systems.
• Familiarity with welfare analytics, including experience constructing consumption aggregates and working with household survey microdata.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, including the ability to translate complex technical findings into clear, accessible language. 
• Experience building or contributing to interactive web applications (e.g., R Shiny, Streamlit, or similar frameworks) is an advantage.
• Strong data management skills and experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a multicultural, multi-team environment.

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.

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