Job Description

E T Consultant

Job #: req39152 Organization: World Bank Group Sector: Other Grade: EC1 Term Duration: 1 year 0 months Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment Location: Kyiv,Ukraine Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s): Closing Date: 11/7/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

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The World Bank’s Fiscal Policy and Growth team for Ukraine is delivering a comprehensive work program that encompasses macroeconomic monitoring, policy-based budget support operations and policy dialogue to support economic reforms, analytical and policy work, and technical assistance programs on a broad range of macro-fiscal issues. As the country context is extremely dynamic, a significant portion of the work is just-in-time in nature. To support an expanding work program, the team is recruiting an economic analyst as an extended-term consultant to support the delivery of the work program. The consultant would be based in the World Bank Ukraine country office in Kyiv, together with the Lead Economist and local Senior Country Economist for Ukraine.

The successful candidate is expected to undertake the following tasks:

• Contribute to regular macro-fiscal monitoring, including reviewing economic developments and state budget execution, analyzing the macro-fiscal impacts of country developments, and preparing budget review notes and regular briefs.
• Contribute to macroeconomic projections and scenario development using the World Bank's MFMod framework.
• Undertake fiscal analysis, including updating the debt sustainability analysis.
• Prepare analytical inputs to the team's regular and corporate products, such as the Macro Poverty Outlook, and to briefings for World Bank management and external stakeholders.
• Lead or contribute to analytical modules within the team's analytical and policy work on growth, structural and macro-fiscal issues. This includes designing research outlines, conducting empirical analysis, synthesizing existing evidence, and identifying policy options.
• Oversee the maintenance of economic databases including public and non-public data sources.
• Support the design, preparation and supervision of policy-based budget support operations, including by coordinating with World Bank sectoral teams.
• Maintain relationships with government counterparts, development partners, think tanks and CSOs, private sector and other economic policy stakeholders in Ukraine.

Selection Criteria

The successful candidate is expected to have the following competences:

• A master’s degree in economics.
• Knowledge of Ukraine’s economy and public finances, including long-standing structural issues, the budget process, as well as challenges due to the impacts of the full-scale invasion.
• Knowledge of data sources and analysis techniques.
• Experience with macroeconomic projections and scenario analysis using macro-fiscal models, and with debt sustainability analysis frameworks.
• Experience with the World Bank's MFMod is an advantage.
• Experience in applied empirical research and policy analysis.
• Experience working with international organizations and/or the EU.
• Written and spoken fluency in Ukrainian and English.
• Excellent writing, data analysis and presentational skills and proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills.
• Ability to be agile and responsive to meet changing demands and work effectively and deliver under tight timelines and challenging contexts.

World Bank Consultants are eligible to be included in applications for military service deferrals. The successful candidate will be offered a 1-year appointment with possibility for a 1-year extension, subject to satisfactory performance.

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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