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The Social
Protection and Jobs Global Practice
The WB is the largest provider of development
finance and solutions for social protection and jobs, working with high-income,
middle-income, and low-income countries to develop country-tailored solutions
for specific social protection and labor challenges. These range from
increasing the efficiency with which social resources are spent (where
well-designed social safety net programs, effective pension programs, and
integrated social protection systems are proven solutions) to improving
employment outcomes through employability programs and associated policy
reforms, often most effective when targeted to the poor or the young.
The Social Protection & Jobs Global Practice
(SPJ GP) delivers operational approaches and evidence-based solutions to help
individuals and families manage risk, cope with chronic or transitional
poverty, and access better livelihoods and jobs. These include:
• Strategy,
analysis and financing of programs delivering social safety nets social
assistance in the form of cash transfers, public works programs, social
services, and fee waivers.
• Advisory
and analytical services on design and delivery of social insurance programs,
contributory transfers, including old-age pensions, unemployment insurance,
disability and survivor benefits, and their fiscal sustainability (including
budget support for transitions).
• Analysis,
design and delivery of Labor market and youth employment programs, with a focus
on supply side interventions and intermediation policies, as well as policy
advice on labor market regulations and interventions.
• Strategy, analysis, financing and design of integrating
social protection delivery systems (e.g., payments, identification, registries,
systems assessments) as underpinnings of effective social programs that can
help cope with climate shocks or underpin fiscal reforms.
HCSLP, the regional SPJ unit for the
Latin America and Caribbean Region (LAC), manages operations and analytical
work across the region. In recent years, the Social Protection and Jobs GP has
developed an important work program across the region. The total portfolio of
some eleven projects amount to over US$ 2.8 billion in net commitments across
Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and South America. In addition, the GP
manages analytical work, reimbursable advisory support (RAS) and Trust Funds.
As a result of COVID
19, the GP has seen as important additional number of project requests and
project restructurings to support country response to the effects of the
crisis. Operations include safety net systems and transfers, labor and jobs
specific operations, support to restructure unemployment insurance, and
operations to support productive inclusion initiatives across many countries in
the region. Additionally, the unit maintains an ongoing program of analytical
and advisory work at both country and regional level spanning the full range of
SPJ thematic areas.
SPJ in Haiti.
Haiti is an example of countries in which the COVID 19 crisis has triggered the
rapid implementation of emergency assistance, but also the medium-term
development of safety net systems. The crisis in Haiti has been compounded by a
powerful earthquake in August 2021 that led to significant losses and damages
to housing and assets, further exacerbating the plight of chronically poor
households and pushing many vulnerable households into poverty. In addition, a deterioration of the
security situation triggered by an increase in gang activities and social
unrest following an increase in fuel prices in 2022. The SPJ portfolio in
Haiti now covers a range of large investments across both
operations and analytics, including a US$ 75 million Adaptive Social Protection For Increased
Resilience project [under implementation] providing both regular cash transfers
as well as accompanying measures to promote financial inclusion and better
health and nutrition for increased resilience; a new [under implementation]
operation to promote economic inclusion of persons with disabilities , various analytical
activities focusing on generating evidence on the impact of cash transfers and
of behavior change interventions but also technical assistance to support the delivery
of social assistance and adaptive social protection in Haiti to
help the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor to build its capacity to plan
for, budget, and execute SPJ programs.
DUTIES
AND ACCOUNTABILITY
The World Bank is
seeking an Extended Term Consultant to join the SPJ team for Latin America and
the Caribbean, based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
but expected to travel to other regions within the country. The ETC will be a
core member of the SPJ-country engagement team. This will include working on safety
nets operations throughout the project cycle, facilitating trust fund
activities, contributing to country dialogue, and providing operational and
technical assistance.
S/he will contribute
to the successful day-to-day delivery of SPJ sector policy dialogue, operations
and analytical and advisory tasks by working jointly with other team members in
the World Bank, clients, development partners and academia that actively
support the development and reform of social protection and labor systems. Within
the World Bank, s/he shall work with other GPs and contribute to multi-sectoral
tasks as per business requirements.
The overall role of the incumbent would be to support the SPJ team in advancing
on its objective of supporting the Haitian government in developing an adaptive
social protection system through technical assistance, analysis, and financing.
Specifically, her/his main responsibilities will
include:
- Provide technical and supervisory support to key project implementing agencies, namely, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MAST) and its partners, and the Agency for Persons with Disabilities (BSEIPH) to help ensure successful implementation of social protection programs at the central and local levels (with a focus on Grande Anse department);
- Review annual work plans, budgets, Terms of Reference, procurement documents, and other project-related documents as needed;
- Organize, support and participate in World Bank missions related to social protection in Haiti;
- Coordinate activities with stakeholders in Port au Prince and in the field (including Government but also UN partners) and support engagement and coordination with other partners – donors, NGOs, civil society operating in the social safety nets space;
- Coordinate capacity building activities for the Project Implementation Unit at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor and provide operational support to institutionalize the PIU within MAST administrative structures;
- Support Monitoring & Evaluation tools implementation and reporting. This may include, but not limited to on-site moniting surveys, post-distribuion monitoring surveys, focus group discussions, monthly and quarterly reports, etc;
- Advise on and support the development of specific tools supporting the program implementation, monitoring, and grievances redress mechanism (GRM). This may include but not limited to beneficiaries outreach, selection and registration, operational monitoring, information systems (social registry, beneficiary registry, integrated management information system MIS), GRM Standard operations procedures, etc;
- Identify innovative and practical modalities for delivery of program related activities in a fragile and low capacity context. This may include but not limited to electronic payments of tranfers, use of non-standard data such as detailed phone calls data for remote identification, selection and enrollment, delivery of behaviour change awareness measures, and geo spatial enabled monitoring of activities;
- Contribute to Aide Memoires, Implementation Status Reports, and other Bank documentation as needed;
- Prepare inputs for notes, briefs, papers, and reports related to social protection and safety nets;
- Provide support to SPJ task team on analytical and advisory services (ASA) efforts with a focus on delivery systems (e.g., payments, identification, registries, systems assessments, financing instruments) as underpinnings of effective shock responsive social programs, working with other Global Practices as needed.
- Support data collection exercises across Ministry of Finance, line ministries, social services infrastructures, private sector organizations, and World Bank PIUs for the implementation of Bank-Executed Trust Fund activities;
- Review and provide technical inputs to methodology, survey instruments, reports, and other planned deliverables;
- Contribute to knowledge exchange and dissemination activities;
- Represent the Bank as needed in meetings with stakeholders;
- Assist with other related tasks, as assigned.
The successful candidate will report to the
Practice Manager of Social Protection and Labor Global Practice for LAC. S/he
will be part of the Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice in the Latin
America and Caribbean Region and will work closely with the Human Development
teams and Program Leads for Haiti and the Caribbean.