E T Consultant

Job #: req39218 Organization: World Bank Sector: Operations Grade: EC2 Term Duration: 1 year 0 months Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment Location: Rome,Italy Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s): Closing Date: 11/6/2026 (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.

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Established in 2010 at the request of the G20, the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) is a global financing instrument designed to invest in agriculture and food security in low-income countries. Hosted by the World Bank as a Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF), GAFSP aims to reduce poverty, improve food and nutrition security, and strengthen the resilience of smallholder farmers through investments and technical assistance along the agri-food value chain. Since inception, GAFSP has received over $2 billion in funding from 12 donors and supports over 80 projects across 40+ countries.

GAFSP’s unique governance structure features equal representation of donors and recipient countries, with Supervising Entities (SEs) such as the World Bank, IFC, regional development banks, and Rome-based UN agencies implementing the portfolio. Further details on GAFSP can be found on the website: www.gafspfund.org

VPU Context:

The WBG Planet Vice Presidency leads the World Bank Group’s efforts to make the planet livable—a vital foundation for job creation and poverty elimination. This office is responsible for delivering effective public and private sector solutions to operational teams and clients, aiming for scalable impact. Its mandate includes providing guidance on job creation, with a focus on agribusiness, infrastructure (especially water),



and health (including sanitation and nutrition). The team supports foundational infrastructure, human capital, policy environments, and private sector mobilization, while advancing key initiatives such as AgriConnect, Water Strategy Implementation Plan, and the Climate Change Action Plan.

The Vice Presidency

Unit (VPU) strives to replicate and scale effective solutions, foster thought leadership and innovation, and deliver timely knowledge to client teams.

Unit Context:

The Coordination Unit is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the GAFSP FIF and supporting the Steering Committee in the execution of its functions. It operates as part of the World Bank, led by an Executive Head and comprised of a small team of professional and administrative staff. The Coordination Unit carries out its roles and responsibilities in accordance with World Bank policies and procedures.

This role provides support to a Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF). Roles funded by a FIF are subject to the WBG Staff Directives and Procedures. Additionally, the FIF's governance framework and funding are also relevant to this role.

Duties and accountabilities:

- Facilitating regular meetings and consultations to ensure the seamless flow of information and communication between the GAFSP CSO SC members and Service Providing CSOs engaged in the GAFSP, maximizing their collaboration and synergies on GAFSP related activities • Supporting the GAFSP Program Executive Head, the Deputy Program Coordinators and the Communication Lead, and all relevant CU staff when needed, in the monitoring of the CSOs Consortium budget, work plan and associated deliverables based on the contract signed, as well as supervising consistency and quality of outputs.
- Support the CU in assessing the successful performance of the CSOs Consortium and the potential renewal of the contract as outlined in the terms of reference agreed by the GAFSP SC.



• Support the CSOs Consortium in their work including by coordinating with CU staff to identify relevant countries and projects for field-visits, identify the best outputs to be featured at global and regional events, ensure the outputs are in line with the GAFSP objectives, while respecting the autonomy of the CSOs.
- Support the CSOs Consortium in informing the SC and the CSOs SC members on a broad a range of CSO perspectives in GAFSP SC meetings.

Selection Criteria

- Advanced Degree (Master's or PhD) with a minimum of 5 years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.• Experience in international development; civil society engagement; food security and agriculture; communications;
- Ability to exercise considerable judgment and diplomacy and perform independently on complex tasks• Excellent written and oral skills in English and an ability to communicate effectively with high-profile stakeholders and partners
- Excellent conceptual skills and the capacity to respond quickly, selectively and with flexibility to a wide range of issues• Excellent project management and organizational skills and ability to multitask with the capacity to plan, execute, and deliver systematically and efficiently on a broad set of initiatives and decisions
- Familiarity with GAFSP and World Bank operations and with operations of at least one of the other GAFSP Supervising Entities operations would be an asset.

WBG Culture Attributes:

- Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
- Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
- 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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