E T Consultant

World Bank Group•Washington, DC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The World Bank Group is seeking an Extended Term Consultant (ETC) to provide sustained technical support across the spatial analysis and climate resilience agendas, with a strong distributional lens. The Prosperity Vertical focuses on policies and institutions that underpin inclusive and sustainable growth. The DIP unit, within the Prosperity Vertical, undertakes analytical work at the intersection of poverty measurement, climate resilience, and spatial analysis. This includes efforts to geocode harmonized household surveys, enabling the merging of geospatial and climate information with household-level welfare data. The role involves supporting country teams with tools and methods to carry out such analysis in their operational contexts.

Requirements

Master's degree (PhD preferred) in economics, data science, statistics, geography, or a related field.
A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience applying economic data, and analytical tools, with a demonstrated track record of producing high-quality results independently.
Strong programming skills in R and/or Python, including experience with data manipulation, statistical analysis, and visualization.
Familiarity with geo-spatial analysis, including experience working with spatial data formats, GIS tools, and geospatial indexing systems.
Familiarity with welfare analytics, including experience constructing consumption aggregates and working with household survey microdata.
Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, including the ability to translate complex technical findings into clear, accessible language.
Strong data management skills and experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a multicultural, multi-team environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience building or contributing to interactive web applications (e.g., R Shiny, Streamlit, or similar frameworks) is an advantage.

Responsibilities

Provide hands-on technical assistance to country teams in implementing distributional analysis, including poverty and welfare impact assessments linked to climate, spatial, and policy dimensions.
Support the geocoding of household surveys using the H3 spatial indexing system.
Support the construction of poverty maps, including the integration of spatial variables.
Support country teams integrate geospatial data and climate information into their analytical workflows.
Contribute to the ongoing maintenance, improvement, and expansion of the WISE-APP (Welfare Impacts of Weather Shiny App), including enhancements to both the user interface and the underlying analytical engine.
Support the development and upkeep of other relevant tools and dashboards used by the spatial analysis and climate resilience teams.
Ensure code quality, documentation, and version control across all tool development activities.
Contribute to multi-country analytical work on spatial analysis and distributional impacts of policies.
Support the preparation of reports, briefs, and presentations summarizing analytical findings for internal and external audiences.
Assist with data management, quality assurance, and the production of publication-ready outputs, including tables, figures, and maps.
Develop training materials and deliver trainings/webinars on tools, dashboards, analytical methods and geospatial skills to build capacity across teams.