E T Consultant

At the World Bank, a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sectors, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives. For more information, visit https://www.worldbank.org/en/who-we-are/ibrd VPU Context: The WB Eastern and Southern Africa Region is committed to helping the countries in AFE to realize their considerable development potential and become more competitive in the global economy by focusing on (i) Creating Jobs and Transforming Economies, (ii) Building Up the Digital Economy, (iii) Making Institutions more Efficient and Accountable, (iv) Investing in People, (v) Supporting Climate Change Mitigation and (vi) Adaption and Building Partnerships and Working across the African Continent. More information: https://www.worldbank.org/ext/en/region/afr/eastern-and-southern-africa Unit Context: Transport Global Practice Better transport has the potential to improve the lives and livelihoods of billions of people by facilitating access to jobs, markets, and essential services such as healthcare or education. The World Bank provides financial and technical assistance to help countries implement sustainable mobility solutions that create real, lasting development benefits. https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/transport Duties and Responsibilities: The ETC reports to the Practice Manager. S/he is expected to work on transport projects on urban mobility, land transport, regional connectivity and logistics. The transport portfolio in Mozambique currently consists of one Bus Rapid Transit project and three road projects, while the engagement in the region also includes port and airport projects in Madagascar and Mauritius. The objectives of the assignment will be to: • Support preparation, implementation, and supervision of transport projects in Mozambique and neighboring countries, including urban mobility, roads, regional connectivity, and logistics. • Contribute to technical, economic, financial, climate, gender, road safety, and operational analysis, including data collection activities such as traffic counts, road condition assessment, and socioeconomic data, to inform project design, implementation, and policy engagement support. • Support project quality through technical inputs, peer reviews, consultant oversight, missions, progress reviews, and report implementation issues to task team leaders, ensuring compliance with World Bank standards. • Provide inputs to, or prepare, operational and analytical outputs including aide memoires, management letters, ISRs, project documents, briefings, reports, case studies, data analysis, technical drawings, maps, and presentations. • Under the guidance of senior staff, assist in preparing for World Bank-organized workshops and conferences, support client engagement and meetings with external stakeholders and development partners, contribute cross-sectoral inputs to policy notes, Country Partnership Frameworks and sector studies, participate in Communities of Practice, and support the World Bank's representation in relevant transport sector forums.