E T Consultant

E T Consultant Job #: req34251 Organization: World Bank Sector: Environment Grade: EC1 Term Duration: 1 year 0 months Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment Location: Washington, DC,United States Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s): Closing Date: 9/19/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? 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

The Environment Department (ENV) of the World Bank provides expertise, technical assistance and financing to help low- and middle-income countries manage land, sea and freshwater natural resources in a sustainable way to help create jobs, improve livelihoods, enhance ecosystem services, decrease pollution and increase resilience to climate change. Over 400 ENV staff working across the globe help set developing countries on a clean, green growth trajectory for resilient economies and healthy communities. Key ENV focus areas include:

• Forests, Landscapes and Biodiversity
• Blue Economy
• Pollution Management and Circular Economy
• Environmental Economics, Policies, and Institutions

Learn more: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/environment

Responsibilities

ENV is recruiting a Knowledge & Learning Specialist (ETC1) to support its knowledge agenda. Working closely with the ENV Sr. Knowledge and Learning Officer, the Knowledge & Learning Specialist (ETC1) will support the implementation of the ENV Learning and Knowledge program and support the implementation of ENV programs’ and trust funds’ knowledge and learning tasks. The Knowledge & Learning Specialist (ETC) will be performing a diverse set of tasks liaising with staff across ENV and beyond. These tasks include but are not limited to:

Support development of large-scale knowledge platforms

• Develop a detailed concept for the knowledge portals in partnership with IT, External Communications and other corporate units.
• Gather information and documents from across various teams and institutions and build a data repository with reporting function.
• Liaise with trust funds and partner agencies to ensure their buy-in and alignment with their standards and expectations.
• Facilitate interactive ePackaging of data and analytics (e.g. in presentations, WebApps, Storymaps, eBooks, dashboards, etc.)
• Leverage AI tools to support the synthesis, organization, and dissemination of knowledge products and learning materials.

Learning program implementation

• Provide ongoing support in implementing learning events within ENV technical and non-technical learning streams: coordinate with speakers, create invites, book conference rooms and/or manage online conference platforms, organize dry-run sessions, and publish recordings.
• Provide targeted support on knowledge and learning initiatives to ENV trust funds and programs, including but not limited to: Global Program on Sustainability (GPS), PROBLUE - Global Program for the Blue Economy, and PROGREEN - Global Partnership for Sustainable and Resilient Landscapes, NBS Invest, Global Wildlife Program (GWP), GEF, Montreal Protocol, and others.
• Ensure event planning across ENV is well-coordinated, maintain and update event planning tools and liaise with other KM and Communications staff as needed.
• Contribute to the organization and logistics of Planet Vertical/ENV Week fora and other flagship events.
• Assist in the development of self-paced e-courses from both the instructional design and visual layout standpoints, liaising with the World Bank’s Open Learning Campus as needed.
• Assist in creating surveys and collecting and analyzing staff feedback on ENV knowledge and learning.

Content management & Intranet publishing

• Manage ENV Intranet sites using SharePoint, assuring content is up to date with latest knowledge pieces, events, training offerings, events, feature stories, blogs, etc.
• Design visually attractive intranet templates, liaising with the ITS Intranet team as needed.
• Build new intranet sites on request.

Data Management and AI

• Maintaining and update databases and running lists relevant for ENV work.
• Document, store, and organize results stories, briefs, case studies, guidance notes, and other knowledge products from ENV regional and global teams.
• Ensure compliance with the corporate record management policies.

Selection Criteria

• Master’s degree or equivalent, preferably two years of relevant professional experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in design and developing sector-focused knowledge platforms is a strong advantage.
• Demonstrated ability to utilize generative AI tools and other AI applications to streamline tasks, conduct research, and enhance productivity and creativity.
• Experience with online conference technologies including WebEx, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom, required.
• Experience with interactive data and knowledge dashboards used at the World Bank including GIS, Adobe Illustrator, Tableau, PowerBI is desirable and strong expertise with using the Microsoft Office suite of products is a must.
• Strong writing and editing skills in English.
• Ability to self-manage, multitask, work under pressure. Flexibility is required to meet a constraining schedule due to the nature of knowledge and learning activities.
• Problem solving, ability to communicate complex issues in a clear, concise manner, instructional design skills. 

WBG Culture Attributes:

1. Sense of Urgency – Anticipating and quickly reacting to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful Risk Taking – Taking informed and thoughtful risks and making courageous decisions to push boundaries for greater impact.
3. Empowerment and Accountability – Engaging with others in an empowered and accountable manner for impactful results.

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.