E T Consultant

Contract

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E T Consultant

Description

Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org

Governance Global Practice

The Governance Global Practice (GGP) helps client countries to build capable, efficient, open, inclusive, and accountable institutions. Countries with strong institutions prosper by creating an environment that facilitates private sector growth, reduces poverty, delivers valuable services, and earns the confidence of its citizens. Further information see WBG Governance.

The GGP has the following business-lines and cross-cutting areas of focus:

- Anticorruption, Openness and Transparency - Fiduciary Assurance - Digital Government - Public Financial Management - Public Investment Management - Political Economy - Public Institutions - State Owned Enterprises / Corporate Governance - Subnational/Decentralization - Tax Administration

GGP interventions range from diagnostics, technical assistance, and advisory services; learning, innovation, and knowledge management; preparation of financing operations and provision of project implementation support, monitoring and reporting. GGP provides operational support to other Practices, including through inputs for policy-based operations, hands-on implementation advice, and direct fiduciary due diligence of investment financing.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Extended-Term Consultant (ETC) will support GGP’s work in Guatemala, with a particular focus on the implementation of Guatemala Domestic Resource Mobilization Bank-Executed Trust Fund (BETF). The ETC is expected to serve as the local coordinator for the BETF. The ETC will report to the GGP Practice Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean and will work under the day-to-day supervision of the Task Team Leader for the BETF. The ETC’s responsibilities include:

- Serve as the focal point for the Task Team in Guatemala by maintaining close communication with government counterparts, World Bank country office, and BETF donor. - Assist the Task Team in planning and implementation of BETF activities. - Provide support to the Task Team in dialogue with local stakeholders. - Contribute to technical reports and advisory services where requested by the Task Team Leader. - Organize virtual and field missions and meetings with government counterparts and the donor according to the Trust Fund work program. - Participate in missions and virtual meetings, keep records of the agreements, and follow up accordingly with team leaders, team members, government counterparts, donor, and the country office. - Monitor the progress of consultant deliverables and provide support as needed to facilitate timely delivery. - Prepare periodic implementation progress reports (including annual reports) following requirements of the World Bank, the donor, and the government institutions - Provide briefings, reports, notes, and PowerPoint presentations as needed. - Undertake other tasks as requested by the Task Team Leader and Governance Practice Manager.

Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org

Governance Global Practice

The Governance Global Practice (GGP) helps client countries to build capable, efficient, open, inclusive, and accountable institutions. Countries with strong institutions prosper by creating an environment that facilitates private sector growth, reduces poverty, delivers valuable services, and earns the confidence of its citizens. Further information see WBG Governance.

The GGP has the following business-lines and cross-cutting areas of focus:

GGP interventions range from diagnostics, technical assistance, and advisory services; learning, innovation, and knowledge management; preparation of financing operations and provision of project implementation support, monitoring and reporting. GGP provides operational support to other Practices, including through inputs for policy-based operations, hands-on implementation advice, and direct fiduciary due diligence of investment financing.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Extended-Term Consultant (ETC) will support GGP’s work in Guatemala, with a particular focus on the implementation of Guatemala Domestic Resource Mobilization Bank-Executed Trust Fund (BETF). The ETC is expected to serve as the local coordinator for the BETF. The ETC will report to the GGP Practice Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean and will work under the day-to-day supervision of the Task Team Leader for the BETF. The ETC’s responsibilities include:

Selection Criteria

- Master’s degree in Public Policy, Public Administration, Economics, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, or other relevant fields. - At least 10 years of work experience in managing public sector reform projects in Guatemala, preferably in tax administration issues. - Proven capabilities in project management, planning, monitoring and evaluation. - Knowledge of tax policy and tax administration. - Knowledge of World Bank operational policies and procedures. - Demonstrated ability to engage in policy dialogue and resolve complex challenges. - Excellent writing abilities and oral communication skills, and ability to foster productive client relationships. - Fluent in Spanish, proficient in English.

Behavioral Competencies

- Client Orientation – Maintains client relationships in the face of conflicting demands or directions and provides evidence-based advice and solutions based on sound diagnosis and knowledge. - Drive for Results – Identifies the needed resources to accomplish results involving multiple stakeholders and finds solutions to obstacles affecting key deliverables. - Teamwork and Inclusion - Shows leadership in ensuring the team stays organized and focused, and actively seeks and considers diverse ideas and approaches. - Knowledge, Learning and Communication - Leads in the sharing of best practice, trends, knowledge and lessons learned across units and with clients and partners, articulating ideas verbally and in writing in a clear and compelling way across audiences of varied levels. - Business Judgment and Analytical Decision Making - Serves as a trusted advisor to others on their decisions, ensuring alignment across units and optimal impact on the organization.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.

Note: The selected candidate will be offered a one-year appointment, renewable for an additional one year, at the discretion of the World Bank Group, and subject to a lifetime maximum ET Appointment of two years. If an ET appointment ends before a full year, it is considered as a full year toward the lifetime maximum. Former and current ET staff who have completed all or any portion of their second-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.

Behavioral Competencies

World Bank Group Core Competencies

We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.

Note: The selected candidate will be offered a one-year appointment, renewable for an additional one year, at the discretion of the World Bank Group, and subject to a lifetime maximum ET Appointment of two years. If an ET appointment ends before a full year, it is considered as a full year toward the lifetime maximum. Former and current ET staff who have completed all or any portion of their second-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.

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Note: The selected candidate will be offered a one-year appointment, renewable for an additional one year, at the discretion of the World Bank Group, and subject to a lifetime maximum ET Appointment of two years. If an ET appointment ends before a full year, it is considered as a full year toward the lifetime maximum. Former and current ET staff who have completed all or any portion of their second-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.