E T Consultant - Brasilia - World Bank Group

World Bank Group

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Job #:

- req27115
Organization:

World Bank
Sector:
Transportation
Grade:
EC2
Term Duration:
1 year 0 months
Recruitment Type:
Local Recruitment
Location:
Brasilia,Brazil
Required Language(s):
English Portuguese
Preferred Language(s):

Closing Date:

4/26/2024 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Description

Latin America and the Caribbean (LCR) Region. The WBG serves 30 client countries in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region (LCR). Clients range from large rapidly growing sophisticated middle-income clients to IDA countries to small Caribbean states to one fragile state. Despite immense resources, dynamic societies, and an average annual per capita income of about $4,000, deep inequalities persist in most LCR countries, with nearly a quarter of the Region's people living in poverty.

The last Bank's strategy for LCR focused on three pillars:
(a) supporting the foundations for inclusive growth; (b) investing in human capital and protecting the poor; and (c) building resilience. In the aftermath of the COVID19 pandemic, this strategy will need to be adjusted to better support the countries deal with a health crisis without precedents and an economic crisis not seen since modern statistical records started in 1900.

Yet, the basic elements of the strategy:

accelerating growth (following a projected GDP contraction in 2020 of 7.2%), investing in human capital, including in health (in the most affected region by COVID19), and building resilience appear fully relevant.

The Infrastructure Practice Group.

Globally, 840 million people live more than 2 kilometers from all-weather roads, 1 billion people lack electricity, and 4 billion people lack Internet access.

Access to basic infrastructure services is critical for creating economic opportunities for the poor.

The Infrastructure Practice Group is charged with developing sustainable solutions to help close infrastructure gaps in developing and emerging economies.

In Latin America and the Caribbean Region, the Infrastructure Department (ILCDR) is responsible for delivery of the transport and energy programs in the LCR region and it comprises a Transport unit (ILCT1) headed by a Transport Practice Manager and an Energy unit (ILCE1) headed by a second Practice Manager (PM) as well as a small front office.

The LCR Transport Unit (ILCT1).

The LCR Transport Unit (ILCT1) has an active portfolio of 23 active lending operations with total commitments of about US$3.9 billion, 19 ongoing Analytical and Advisory Activities (ASA) and approximately 10 new investment lending deliveries for next FY.

ILCT1 also provides significant policy input to an increasing number of policy-based lending operations (DPLs).

The current portfolio is evenly split between inter-urban and rural roads projects (35% by number) and urban transport operations (43% by number), followed by airports/aviation operations (17% by number) and waterways projects (4% by number).

The ILCT1 unit is looking to recruit a transport specialist,, on an Extended Term Consultant contract, with a solid track record in planning, designing, financing and implementing operations in the transport sector.

The specialist should have expertise in one or more of the following sub-sectors of transport: urban mobility, roads/highways, railways, waterways/ports and/or regional/logistic corridors projects and knowledge of transport services, governance frameworks in transport, with good understanding of climate change (decarbonization, resilience), road safety, social and health impacts, and gender issues in transport.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Specialist will be part of a team responsible for: (i) supporting the implementation of the transport program in Brazil, which includes projects on rural, interurban, and urban transport; (ii) supporting the technical dialogue (advisory and analytics) in the transport sector with the Brazilian authorities and other stakeholders in the country; (iii) identifying new opportunities and supporting the preparation of new projects in the country; (iv) supporting policy/institutional reforms and mainstreaming key initiatives on road safety, gender, active mobility, digitalization, green transport infrastructure, decarbonization and services; (v) developing analytical and advisory work and knowledge activities, leveraging on best practices, international experiences, and innovative tools and data analytics; and (vi) in all above activities, contribute to maximizing private sector participation/financing by partnering with IFC/MIGA/WB IPG.

The specific duties will include project preparation, supervision, and contribution to analytical studies consistent with the World Bank's sector strategies, with a particular focus on:

Supporting the day-to-day implementation of active projects in Brazil, including lending and non-lending operations.
Providing inputs for WB advice to Brazil's government counterparts on technical matt