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E T Consultant – Senior Disaster Management
Job #: req36430
Organization: World Bank
Sector: Disaster Risk Management
Grade: EC3
Term Duration: 1 year 0 months
Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment
Location: Washington, DC,United States
Required Language(s): English
Preferred Language(s)
Closing Date: 5/8/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Description
Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank consists of two entities – the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA). It is a global development cooperative owned by 189 member countries. As the largest development bank in the world, the World Bank provides loans, guarantees, risk management products, and advisory services to middle-income and creditworthy low-income countries, and coordinates responses to regional and global challenges. For more information, please visit www.worldbank.org .
Infrastructure Vertical
The WBG Infrastructure Vertical provides public and private solutions to operational teams and clients across the WBG to produce scalable impact. Its mandate is to deliver knowledge for impact to support the WBG to achieve its goals in support of our mission and specifically: providing guidance on creating more and better jobs by: (i) supporting foundational infrastructure and human capital, (ii) policy environment, and (iii) enabling and mobilizing private sector capital. With 60 years of experience, the WBG is poised to support the sector becoming an engine of growth and jobs through improving policies and governance, foundational infrastructure and private sector investments. The WBG lending in the sector is expected to grow substantially. The Infrastructure VPU’s objectives in driving outcomes include replicating and scaling effective solutions, enhancing thought leadership and innovation, and delivering timely knowledge to client teams. For more information: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/infrastructure
The Disaster Management, Solutions & Impact Unit (KIUSD) supports low and middle-income countries to understand, manage, and reduce their risks from natural hazards and climate change. Within KIUSD, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) umbrella trust fund is a global partnership that helps low- and middle-income countries better understand and reduce their vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change. GFDRR supports analytics and technical assistance to governments in the most vulnerable countries and communities where it will have the greatest positive impact. As a donor-funded program, GFDRR consults regularly with donors and actively strives to maintain and develop new partnerships for increased impact. For more information: https://www.gfdrr.org/en
Please note this position is financed by a Trust Fund and renewal is contingent upon availability of funding, in addition to other factors, including but not limited to business needs, staff performance and skills fit.
Job Duties And Responsibilities
The ETC will support and provide technical guidance to Disaster Management, Solutions & Impact Unit (KIUSD)’s expanding work on heat resilience, contributing to analytics, operational integration, and program delivery as detailed below:
Poverty has no borders. Neither does excellence. We continually search for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds from around the globe. 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.
WBG Culture Attributes
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.
Learn more about working at the World Bank and IFC including our values and inspiring stories.
Job #: req36430
Organization: World Bank
Sector: Disaster Risk Management
Grade: EC3
Term Duration: 1 year 0 months
Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment
Location: Washington, DC,United States
Required Language(s): English
Preferred Language(s)
Closing Date: 5/8/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Description
Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank consists of two entities – the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA). It is a global development cooperative owned by 189 member countries. As the largest development bank in the world, the World Bank provides loans, guarantees, risk management products, and advisory services to middle-income and creditworthy low-income countries, and coordinates responses to regional and global challenges. For more information, please visit www.worldbank.org .
Infrastructure Vertical
The WBG Infrastructure Vertical provides public and private solutions to operational teams and clients across the WBG to produce scalable impact. Its mandate is to deliver knowledge for impact to support the WBG to achieve its goals in support of our mission and specifically: providing guidance on creating more and better jobs by: (i) supporting foundational infrastructure and human capital, (ii) policy environment, and (iii) enabling and mobilizing private sector capital. With 60 years of experience, the WBG is poised to support the sector becoming an engine of growth and jobs through improving policies and governance, foundational infrastructure and private sector investments. The WBG lending in the sector is expected to grow substantially. The Infrastructure VPU’s objectives in driving outcomes include replicating and scaling effective solutions, enhancing thought leadership and innovation, and delivering timely knowledge to client teams. For more information: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/infrastructure
The Disaster Management, Solutions & Impact Unit (KIUSD) supports low and middle-income countries to understand, manage, and reduce their risks from natural hazards and climate change. Within KIUSD, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) umbrella trust fund is a global partnership that helps low- and middle-income countries better understand and reduce their vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change. GFDRR supports analytics and technical assistance to governments in the most vulnerable countries and communities where it will have the greatest positive impact. As a donor-funded program, GFDRR consults regularly with donors and actively strives to maintain and develop new partnerships for increased impact. For more information: https://www.gfdrr.org/en
Please note this position is financed by a Trust Fund and renewal is contingent upon availability of funding, in addition to other factors, including but not limited to business needs, staff performance and skills fit.
Job Duties And Responsibilities
The ETC will support and provide technical guidance to Disaster Management, Solutions & Impact Unit (KIUSD)’s expanding work on heat resilience, contributing to analytics, operational integration, and program delivery as detailed below:
- Extreme Heat Resilience: Knowledge and Tools
- Develop a portfolio review and monitoring methodology to map World Bank Group financing against an ‘investment menu’ of extreme heat resilience interventions.
- Conduct a stock-taking review on extreme heat resilience applying portfolio review, desk research and focus groups to identify strategic entry points for scaled-up impact.
- Develop and operationalize knowledge services to support task teams with addressing extreme heat impacts including a Heat Scan Rapid Assessment and a Building Overheating Risk Tool for IDA and IBRD financed projects.
- Draft operational guidance for Task Team Leaders on integrating extreme heat resilience into projects, in close collaboration with Social Protection & Labor and other relevant global departments.
- Program Management, Communications and Partnerships
- Support the preparation and monitoring of annual work programs, including preparation of Business Plan drafts, progress reports, and year-end summaries.
- Prepare Results Stories, blogs, presentations, and inputs to donor reporting showcasing program achievements and lessons learned.
- Backstop the Team Leader on supervising deliverables, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets and quality standards.
- Contribute to strategic partner and donor dialogue through preparation of presentations, briefings, and strategic documentation.
- Work Program Delivery
- Support the origination and delivery of client-facing engagements, including (i) heat risk assessments applying ‘quick scan’ methodologies; (ii) custom analytics; (iii) participatory heat mapping campaigns; and (iv) sector-specific guidance notes and knowledge products.
- Lead or co-author technical studies, workshops and knowledge products, coordinating with internal and external specialists.
- Support the integration of heat resilience in lending operations including through participation on operational missions where requested.
- Ensure quality assurance of outputs, including technical review, editing and production oversight.
- Advanced degree (Master’s or equivalent) in public policy, economics, finance, international development, environmental management, or a related field.
- A minimum of eight years of relevant professional experience in disaster risk management, climate adaptation, public health, or urban resilience, ideally with exposure to operations in developing country contexts.
- Demonstrated technical expertise on issues related to urban heat resilience and/or international development finance, including familiarity with adaptation planning, climate risk analytics, or investment programming.
- Strong knowledge of the World Bank Group - its mission, strategy, and operational policies - particularly in relation to disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation, and urban resilience.
- Established professional network within one or more GFDRR donor constituencies and/or other development partner institutions.
- Proven ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders, including government counterparts, NGOs, private sector entities, and development partners.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and diplomatic skills, with the ability to engage effectively across organizational boundaries and in multicultural environments.
- Demonstrated initiative, strategic thinking, and results orientation, with strong planning, coordination, and organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
Poverty has no borders. Neither does excellence. We continually search for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds from around the globe. 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.
WBG Culture Attributes
- Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
- Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
- Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.
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.
Learn more about working at the World Bank and IFC including our values and inspiring stories.