E T Consultant- Specialist in implementation and Delivery on Disability Inclusion

E T Consultant- Specialist in implementation and Delivery on Disability Inclusion

Job #: req37410 Organization: World Bank Sector: Social Development Grade: EC2 Term Duration: 1 year 0 months Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment Location: Washington, DC,United States Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s): Closing Date: 7/9/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

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 on a livable planet, 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. 

Background:  
The WBG People Vice Presidency is responsible for getting the right public and private sector solutions to our operational teams and to our clients, and to produce scalable impact.  Its mandate is to deliver knowledge for impact to enable and support the WBG to achieve its goals in support of our mission and specifically: providing guidance on creating more and better jobs; supporting foundational infrastructure and human capital, policy environment, and private sector mobilization; focusing on agribusiness, healthcare, infrastructure, manufacturing, and tourism; and support and accelerate specific targets such as M300, Health 1.5bn, and SP 500. The VPU’s objectives in driving outcomes include replicating and scaling effective solutions, enhancing thought leadership and innovation, and delivering timely knowledge to client teams. 

Social Policy (SP) Global Department Context: 
Social Policy (SP) brings together the former Social Protection and Labor (SPL) and Social Development (SD) Global Practices into a unified platform for building inclusive and resilient social and labor systems. By addressing fragmentation across social, labor, and inclusion programs, SP strengthens policy coherence and places human capital accumulation at the center of social policy—recognizing that capabilities are built over time across the home, neighborhoods, and the workplace. 

Social protection is a core pillar of this framework. Through social assistance, social insurance, and labor-linked programs, it reduces poverty, manages risk, and guarantees a basic standard of living while enabling households to invest in nutrition, health, and education. By stabilizing incomes and protecting against shocks, social protection supports human capital formation in the home, promotes inclusion and equity through contributory and non-contributory systems, and strengthens resilience during crises. 

Labor markets are equally central, shaping income distribution, social inclusion, and economic stability. Active labor market programs, labor regulations, skills development, and links to social protection systems support human capital accumulation in the workplace by helping workers build skills through either wage or self-employment, access quality jobs, ensure safe and balanced working conditions, and manage transitions as economies evolve—combining opportunity with security. 

Community and local development anchor social policy in neighborhoods, where local institutions, service delivery, and social cohesion shape opportunity. By strengthening local capacity and resilience, improving access to services, supporting local economic opportunities, and linking community priorities with national policy, these approaches create environments that reinforce human capital development beyond the household and workplace. 

Together, social protection, labor markets, and community development form an integrated social policy framework that links protection, productivity, and participation. The merger reflects a shift from fragmented sectoral programs toward coherent social policies that support people across the life cycle—from childhood to old age—and across the spaces where human capital is built, deployed, and enhanced. 

The Social Policy Global Unit performs the following functions: 
• Defining strategic directions and business plan for the Social Policy Global Department. 
• Capturing and leveraging knowledge effectively across regions, and in collaboration with DEC. 
• Developing and coordinating the policy and regu