Job Description

E T Consultant

Job #: req38676 Organization: World Bank Sector: Environment Grade: EC3 Term Duration: 1 year 0 months Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment Location: Addis Ababa,Ethiopia Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s): Closing Date: 10/23/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

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 sector, 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 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Eastern and Southern Africa (AFE) Region

Home to about 700 million of Africa’s people, Eastern and Southern Africa is a geographically, culturally and economically diverse region of 26 countries stretching from the Red Sea in the North to the Cape of Good Hope in the South. Children under 18 make up almost half of the total population. The subregion boasts of some of the world’s richest human and natural resources and, apart from South Africa, the countries are predominantly raw material exporters.

The subregion harbors some of Africa’s protracted conflicts, rendering many of its countries fragile, while significant gaps in education, health, and skills development continue to keep people from reaching their full potential. This creates a huge development challenge, impacts heavily on the lives and livelihoods of people, and hinders regional integration and trade. But it also creates an opportunity to work closely with country leaders, civil society, development partners, and young people to chart a brighter course for the future.

The World Bank’s Eastern and Southern Africa Region, comprised of approximately 1,200 staff, mostly based in 26 country offices, has been helping countries realize their considerable development potential by focusing on the following priorities:

• Creating Jobs and Transforming Economies: We are working with countries across Africa to stimulate job creation and economic transformation by leveraging all sources of finance, expertise, and solutions to promote investment.
• Building up the Digital Economy: We are supporting Africa’s vision to ensure that every African individual, business, and government is connected by 2030 – a vision that, if realized, can boost growth by up to 2 percentage points per year, and reduce poverty by 1 percentage point per year in Sub-Saharan Africa alone.
• Making Institutions more Efficient and Accountable: Our support helps governments strengthen public policy processes, manage resources effectively, and reinforce fair and reliable delivery of public services.
• Investing in People: We are at the forefront of helping African countries accelerate human capital gains and empower women by improving their access to education and skills acquisition, sexual and reproductive health services, and employment opportunities.
• Supporting Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: In the face of increasing climate-related risks, we are working with African countries to advance efforts to adopt renewable energy, climate-smart agriculture, and green infrastructure.
• Addressing the Drivers of Fragility, Conflict, and Violence: Given the cross-border nature of conflicts in Africa, we are employing an approach that simultaneously focuses on the drivers of fragility while also supporting well-targeted regional initiatives to create opportunities for peace and shared prosperity.
• Building Partnerships and Working across the African Continent: We are scaling up our work on regional integration, taking a holistic view of the continent that covers both North and Sub-Saharan Africa. https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/afr/eastern-and-southern-africa.

The Planet Practice Group

The Planet Practice Group helps countries tackle their most complex challenges in the areas of Environment; Agriculture and Food; Water; Environmental and Social Risk Management; Social Sustainability and Inclusion; and Climate Change.

Environment Department

The sustainable management of the environment and natural resources is vital for economic growth and human wellbeing. When managed well, renewable natural resources, watersheds, productive landscapes and seascapes can provide the foundation for sustained job creation, inclusive growth, food security and poverty reduction. https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/environment

Unit and Country Context

The Environment Operations Unit for Eastern and Southern Africa (SAEEO) has 33 staff working on lending and knowledge products in 26 client countries, with an active portfolio of 24 projects totaling US$2.3 billion in commitments, and 12 active ASA engagements. About two-thirds of the staff are based in country offices, with the rest in Washington DC travelling to the region frequently. The skills of these staff include environmental economics, management of natural resources including forests, fisheries, landscapes and watersheds, conservation of biodiversity, environmental health and pollution management, nature-based solutions for climate resilience, and innovative finance for nature and climate.

The Position

This unique position will serve as the key link between the ENV GP’s work in Ethiopia and IFC’s private-sector activities. The ETC will support high-quality analytical and operational work across five core areas: environmental policy analysis, private-sector diagnostics, value chain development and private-sector linkages, payment for ecosystem services, and coordination of Ethiopia’s engagement in COP32 climate negotiations and events:

• Environmental Policy Analysis: Support the preparation of a new Analytical and Advisory Services (ASA) on natural resource management in Ethiopia, leading and coordinating the analytical inputs that will identify and assess key reform areas, for example: land governance, forest policy, and private-sector enabling actions in natural resource management. Translate findings into actionable policy recommendations for the Government of Ethiopia and World Bank DPO series.
• Private sector diagnostics. Support private sector diagnostics in natural resource sectors, including timber non-timber forest products.
• Advance the work on payment for ecosystem services in Ethiopia.
• Coordinate Ethiopia’s engagement in COP32, including with climate change group, GPs, IFC, and CMU.
• Support the preparation/reporting of TF applications including GPS, PROGREEN, and others.
• Support the development and signing of MoUs with private-sector partners to strengthen agribusiness value chains, enhance productivity, competitiveness, sustainability, and market linkages under the CALM II and RLLP II programs.
• Support the rollout of agribusiness leadership training and coaching for cooperatives, aggregators, commercial farms, and SMEs through training, business advisory services, and leadership development.
• Promote adoption of AgTech and digital agriculture solutions, including digital extension services, e-payment systems, traceability tools, and data-driven decision-making platforms.
• Deliver high-quality project management, monitoring, and reporting, including implementation planning, results measurement, supervision reporting, consultant management, and project completion documentation.
• Document IFC–WBG collaboration that catalyzes private investment, scales successful business models, and advances inclusive agricultural growth, job creation, and rural economic development.

Selection Criteria

• Advanced Degree in a Relevant Field. Master's degree in Environmental Economics, Natural Resource Economics, Agricultural Economics, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 8 Years of Relevant Professional Experience. Experience in agribusiness, value chain development, private sector engagement, or natural resource management, preferably in Ethiopia or East Africa.
• Experience with Private Sector Diagnostics and Partnerships. Track record of conducting diagnostics in natural resource or agricultural sectors and developing strategic partnerships with private sector actors and cooperatives.
• Experience with Environmental Policy and Sustainable Landscape Management. Ability to conduct environmental policy analysis, support land governance and forest policy reform, and produce policy recommendations for government and development partners.
• Knowledge of Agribusiness Value Chains. Experience supporting agribusiness value chain development for SMEs, cooperatives, and commercial farms, including familiarity with AgTech and digital agriculture solutions.
• Familiarity with World Bank Group Operations. Prior experience with the World Bank, IFC, or comparable multilateral institutions, including knowledge of operational procedures and trust fund mechanisms.

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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