E T Consultant
Job #:
req39083
Organization:
World Bank Group
Sector:
Transportation
Grade:
EC2
Term Duration:
1 year 0 months
Recruitment Type:
Local Recruitment
Location:
Washington, DC,United States
Required Language(s):
English
Preferred Language(s):
French, Spanish
Closing Date:
11/5/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Description
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. 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 WBG's Transport & Logistics (T&L) Department supports public and private sector clients in delivering sustainable, efficient, and resilient transport solutions. This integrated Knowledge Bank site provides Investment and Operations staff, as well as other WBG colleagues, with easy access to curated knowledge resources, operational tools, and practical insights to support learning, collaboration, and informed decision-making.
Duties and accountabilities:
The Institutional and Safety-Security E T Consultant will report to the hiring manager and will work mainly under the supervision of the task team leaders of the two donor-funded projects. The Institutional and Safety-Security E T Consultant is also expected to work closely with other team members and internal stakeholders, specifically colleagues in regional teams, to further the practice-oriented value proposition of the Knowledge Bank.
The primary objective of the Institutional and Safety-Security E T Consultant will be to support the mission of the Global Transport & Logistics Department, enable the implementation of two large-scale donor-funded projects related to the maritime transport sector and strengthen the Knowledge Bank's analytical and advisory value proposition in terms of water-borne transport.
Core duties and accountabilities of the Institutional and Safety-Security E T Consultant will include:
• Contribute to institutional and governance diagnostics for maritime administrations, port authorities, and port community stakeholders (including roles, mandates, incentives, capacity, and accountability arrangements), and propose reform options, especially in the light of climate change, digitalization, and safety and security.
• Analyze and advise on port sector governance and business models (e.g., service/tool/landlord ports and corporatization/privatization options), including regulatory design, tariff oversight, competition issues, safety-security considerations, and the social license to operate.
• Track and synthesize key policy and regulatory developments affecting shipping and ports (incl. but not limited to digitalization/cybersecurity and decarbonization) at international, regional, and national levels, and translate implications into actionable guidance for World Bank teams and clients.
• Provide technical input to World Bank lending and advisory operations, including review of policy, legal, and regulatory frameworks and readiness assessments related to safety, security, environmental performance, and digitalization/cybersecurity and decarbonization requirements for ships and port operations.
• Support PPP and private sector participation workstreams in ports and related logistics (including concession frameworks, risk allocation principles, contract management and renegotiation issues), in close coordination with World Bank and International Finance Corporation staff and client counterparts.
• Contribute to delivery of the two maritime donor-funded projects through day-to-day project management (work planning, coordination, quality assurance, progress reporting, and donor/Project Advisory Committee meeting support), and by managing consultants' and partners' deliverables.
• Draft, edit, and peer-review knowledge products (policy notes, technical guidance, toolkits, and sections of flagship reports) and design and support capacity-building activities for public sector counterparts and port stakeholders (e.g., workshops, trainings, and communities of practice).
• Support external engagement and business development, including client dialogue, coordination with development partners and industry bodies, and dissemination of knowledge products through events and cross-regional exchanges.
Selection Criteria
The Institutional and Safety-Security E T Consultant should possess the following qualifications and skills:
1. A master's degree in political sciences, International Relations, Public Policy, Economics, or a related field.
2. A very good understanding of traditional and emerging trends in the shipping and ports sector, including but not limited to climate change, air pollution and the environment, digitalization, safety and security (also in the cyberspace), and resilience, and related regional and international standards as well as best practices in the sector.
3. At least 5 years of professional experience in institutional development, safety-security enforcement, capacity building and enhancement, as well as policy-making and regulatory enforcement in shipping and ports.
4. Proven track record in working for public institutions at the national, regional, or international level, such as national authorities, supranational organizations, or development finance institutions working on institutional, public governance, private sector involvement issues in shipping and ports.
5. Extensive professional networks in the shipping industry and among various port stakeholders are a plus.
6. Excellent interpersonal skills and proven ability to build strong partnerships with clients, different stakeholders and colleagues across units and departmental boundaries in a multi-cultural environment with virtual teams located in different countries.
7. Strong written and oral communication skills in English (required) and preferably another foreign language such as French or Spanish, including an ability to communicate complex issues in simple terms and to engage in evidence-based dialogue with clients.
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.
