E T Consultant

Description

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Background
Developing countries face an increasingly complex risk landscape, marked by interconnected hazards that threaten to roll back the development gains of recent decades and undermine efforts to end extreme poverty by 2030. In 2018, the WBG’s Board of Executive Directors endorsed the management’s proposals to fully operationalize the Global Crisis Risk Platform (GCRP). The GCRP seeks to: (i) promote risk-informed investments in crisis prevention and preparedness; and (ii) strengthen institutional capacity for early response, especially where a combination of shocks amplifies impacts or spills across borders.

The GCRP Secretariat, housed in the WBG’s Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group, monitors, analyses, and shares knowledge on compound risks and crisis preparedness to support WBG operations. It focuses on the interaction of macro-financial shocks, natural hazards/climate change, conflict and fragility, food insecurity, and health risks. Its priorities include: (i) Enhancing the Bank’s internal toolkit for monitoring compound risks through the Compound Risk Monitor (CRM), a real-time early warning system that tracks ongoing or near-term threats across six dimensions of risk, including: natural hazards, FCV, macro-fiscal, socio-economic vulnerability, food insecurity, and health-related threats. The CRM also includes a global repository of cross-sectoral risks, showcased through an interactive dashboard; (ii) Building crisis preparedness in vulnerable countries by coordinating the roll-out of the Crisis Preparedness Gap Analysis (CPGA) across IDA countries and by supporting the integration of crisis preparedness priorities in country portfolios; and (iii) Knowledge generation and sharing on compounding and intersecting risks such as climate change and FCV, including working with external partners to address knowledge and capacity barriers to scaling climate adaptation in FCV settings.

The GCRP Secretariat is looking for an experienced data scientist to support the GCRP’s work related to monitoring current and future FCV-related risks. The Extended Term Consultant (ETC) will have a strong technical background in modelling of cross-sectoral risks, quantitative data analytics of FCV-related threats, and risk communication and visualization. The ETC will be a member of the GCRP Secretariat, working closely with GCRP TTLs and other members of the FCV Group, GPs, CMUs, and relevant corporate units. She/he will report to the GTFS1 Practice Manager.

Roles and Responsibilities
The Extended Term Consultant will contribute to:

- Maintaining the CRM database and GCRP analytics aimed at monitoring evolving compound risks. This includes updates to the CRM’s real-time database as well as contributions to the CRM’s analytical framework and code using the R programming language. As needed, the ETC will provide inputs and draft CRM products, including country and regional level summaries of compound risk.

- Supporting GCRP’s inputs to the development of novel tools for monitoring current and future FCV-related risks. This involves technical contributions to the design of in-house FCV risk monitoring and prediction exercises that can support crisis preparedness and anticipatory action. The ETC will ensure close links between the CRM and newly developed risk monitoring tools through data sharing, alignment of underlying methodologies and carrying out tailored research.

- Providing data inputs to relevant GCRP and FCVG activities and research. This includes contributing to tracking flows of climate finance to FCV-affected countries as part of the Scaling Adaptation Finance in Fragile Environments (SAFFE) activity and carrying out tailored data analyses to support Risk and Resilience Assessments and other FCVG analytics.

- Contributing to GCRP communication and outreach of risk information. This will involve providing data related inputs for FCVG and GCRP communication products related to compound and FCV-related risk, crisis preparedness and climate and FCV threats

- Actively contributing to the FCVG and GCRP knowledge program, including by designing and implementing knowledge management and learning activities related to FCV and compound risk monitoring in collaboration with CMU and GP colleagues.

Selection Criteria

PhD or master’s level qualification in economics, international development or other relevant field.

At least 5 years of directly relevant experience in crisis or disaster risk monitoring, data analytics related to FCV or compound risks, or crisis preparedness.

Proven experience in using the R statistical software and programming for aggregating and displaying risk information. - - Familiarity with other programming languages such as python, STATA, Tableau or similar tools is desired. Experience with web scraping is also a strong benefit (though not required).

Experience designing and maintaining risk-related early warning systems and real-time risk metrics to inform operational decision making.

Excellent interpersonal and team skills, and ability to work with a range of stakeholders.

Strong organizational skills, ability to prioritize, and to work within tight timeframes.

Superior communications skills in English, both verbal and written.

Competencies

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Note: If the selected candidate is a current World Bank Group Staff Member with a Regular or Open-Ended appointment, s/he will retain his/her Regular or Open-Ended appointment. If the selected candidate is a current World Bank Group Staff Member with a Term appointment that expires later than the end date of this appointment, s/he will retain the duration of his/her current Term appointment.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

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Note: The selected candidate will be offered a one-year appointment, renewable at the discretion of the World Bank Group, and subject to a lifetime maximum ET appointment of three 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 third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.