E T Consultant at World Bank Lesotho

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World Bank

E T Consultant – Social Protection Specialist

Location: Maseru, Lesotho

Job Identification: req38995

Sector: Social Protection

Grade: EC2

Term Duration: 1 year

Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment

Required Language: English

Preferred Language: Sesotho

Closing Date: 12 November 2026 at 11:59 PM UTC

Job Description

At the World Bank, a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges.

With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, the World Bank works with governments, the private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives.

For more information, visit the World Bank website.

VPU Context

Eastern and Southern Africa (E AFR) Region

Home to about 700 million of Africa’s people, Eastern and Southern Africa is a geographically, culturally and economically diverse region of 26 countries stretching from the Red Sea in the North to the Cape of Good Hope in the South. Children under 18 make up almost half of the total population.

The subregion boasts some of the world’s richest human and natural resources and, apart from South Africa, the countries are predominantly raw material exporters.

The subregion also faces protracted conflicts, rendering many of its countries fragile. Significant gaps in education, health and skills development continue to keep people from reaching their full potential. This creates major development challenges, impacts heavily on people’s lives and livelihoods, and hinders regional integration and trade.

The World Bank’s Eastern and Southern Africa Region, comprising approximately 1,207 staff, mostly based in 26 country offices, supports countries in realizing their considerable development potential by focusing on the following priorities:

Creating jobs and transforming economies.

Building the digital economy.

Making institutions more efficient and accountable.

Investing in people.

Supporting climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Addressing the drivers of fragility, conflict and violence.

Building partnerships and working across the African continent.

Learn more about the Eastern and Southern Africa Region.

Unit Context

The Social Policy Group (SPG) within the People Vice Presidency focuses on supporting countries in building equitable, inclusive and resilient societies.

It supports countries in addressing deep-rooted social problems stemming from fragility, climate change, exclusion and the digital age through people-centred solutions that build on local values and institutions.

The SPG engages with citizens, communities and governments to deepen resilience, build inclusion, and empower vulnerable and marginalized groups to have influence and voice. It prioritizes participatory, multi-sectoral approaches that build on norms and informal institutions to address social challenges and build more inclusive, empowered communities.

The group also designs and scales social assistance programmes and delivery systems, including adaptive social protection systems that build climate resilience, cash transfer initiatives targeting vulnerable populations, and multifaceted economic inclusion programmes aimed at the ultra-poor, including in fragile and conflict-affected contexts.

On the labour side, the department promotes skills development, youth employment and labour market participation through training and apprenticeship programmes.

Duties and Accountabilities

The ETC Social Protection Specialist will support World Bank engagement in Lesotho’s social protection sector through implementation support, policy dialogue, and efforts to streng