E T Consultant

World Bank

The World Bank Group (WBG) seeks an Extended Term Consultant (ETC) to provide dedicated support to the Sustainability Governance Program and the CFMCA Secretariat. The Specialist will provide day-to-day technical and operational support to the Sustainability Governance Program and the CFMCA Secretariat.

The ETC will work under the leadership of the Global Lead for Sustainability Governance and report to the WKPGF Practice Manager.

Duties and Accountabilities

The selected candidate will provide day-to-day technical and operational support to the Sustainability Governance Program and the CFMCA Secretariat; contribute to global knowledge, tools, and scalable solutions on sustainability governance; and work with regional and country teams to translate these approaches into practical support for

Ministries of Finance and other central finance institutions. The position requires strong technical expertise and a sound understanding of government processes and cross-cutting environmental issues, such as climate change and disaster risk finance and management. Prior experience within a Ministry of Finance or another central finance agency would be a significant advantage.

Specific duties and accountabilities include:

• Provide policy advice and operational support to the Bank’s climate agenda, including the creation and/or implementation of World Bank-administered climate change governance-related trust funds.
• Create and deliver knowledge products and analytical resources on sustainability governance at the global, regional, and country levels, including toolkits, frameworks, research, climate governance datasets, dashboards, and other tracking tools.
• Conduct Climate Change Institutional Assessments (CCIAs) and similar assessments, ensuring alignment with the WBG’s Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDRs) and other governance-related diagnostics, such as Climate PEFA, the Disaster Resilience and Responsive PFM toolkit, and C-PIMA.
• Provide timely advice and on-demand operational support to World Bank staff in preparing, implementing, reporting on, evaluating, and closing climate governance-related projects and analytical work. Serve as a WKPGF resource on climate governance.
• Support capacity-building efforts for World Bank staff and borrower countries on sustainability governance, WBG climate commitments, and other relevant topics, in close collaboration with regional task teams and other global departments.
• Help cultivate and manage strategic partnerships across a wide range of Bank units and external stakeholders. The latter involves liaising with donors and establishing or maintaining coordination and collaboration arrangements.

The Specialist will also work under the general direction of the CFMCA Secretary to deliver tasks, reports, analyses, and materials in a timely manner with minimal supervision. These include, but are not limited to the following:

• Provide technical leadership and coordination support for the Coalition’s HP4 workstream and thematic policy priority areas.
• Mobilize and coordinate capacity-building activities and manage thematic working groups aligned with the Coalition’s Strategic Work Program and cross-cutting priorities, including priorities that span multiple Helsinki Principles.
• Develop policy notes, guidance, and peer-learning activities that strengthen efforts to mainstream climate considerations into macro-fiscal policy, budgeting, and public investment, and that link fiscal frameworks with NDCs, LTSs, and finance mobilization.
• Curate and synthesize member practices (e.g., from Climate Action Statements, member surveys) and track emerging trends.
• Support content development for high-level Ministerial events, deputies’ meetings, regional convenings, and COP engagements.
• Liaise with the communications team to distill technical outputs into accessible blogs and notes, and maintain the HP4 page on the Coalition website and other Secretariat channels.
• Contribute to Secretariat reporting (workplans, progress updates, annual reports).

Selection Criteria

• Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in Economics, Public Policy, Public Administration, Finance, Political Science, or another related field.
• A minimum of eight years of relevant experience. First-hand country experience in working on climate change governance issues, especially regarding developing or implementing climate-smart PFM or public administration solutions in a client-facing role, is highly desirable.
• Experience working in (or closely with) ministries of finance, budget, central bank or local government agencies.
• Extensive and up-to-date knowledge of relevant analytical tools, and technical and administrative functi