E T Consultant

About the Role

The World Bank Group (WBG) is seeking an Extended Term Consultant for a Value Management role within the Project/Program Management stream. This position will be based in Chennai, India, and will provide operational, governance, portfolio, and project coordination support to the ITSCB management team and broader ITSCO stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate operational processes for the Chennai-based ITSCO and ITSCB workforce, including onboarding, offboarding, access and equipment follow-up, orientation logistics, staff and contractor records, and status tracking.
• Support contractor and consultant administration by coordinating requests, documentation, extensions, purchase-order or invoice follow-up, and issue resolutions.
• Maintain an integrated view of ITSCB initiatives, products, projects, quarterly deliverables, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and management actions.
• Coordinate governance calendars, review cycles, project checkpoints, steering or working-group materials, and follow-up actions.
• Maintain action, decision, risk, issue, dependency, and milestone logs, ensuring owners and target dates are recorded and periodically refreshed.
• Support the maintenance and quality of Azure DevOps boards and portfolio dashboards, including work-item completeness, ownership, dates, status, links, and traceability to agreed deliverables.
• Document current processes, identify coordination bottlenecks, and propose pragmatic improvements, automation opportunities, controls, or reusable templates.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Teams
• Microsoft SharePoint
• Azure DevOps

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with 2 years of experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience (e.g., Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 1 year of related work experience in the IT field).
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, SharePoint, and related collaboration tools.
• Ability to maintain effective controls over records, deadlines, follow-ups, and confidential information while managing multiple priorities.
• Excellent written and oral communication in English, with the ability to tailor content for technical teams, business stakeholders, managers, and senior audiences.
• Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, practical judgment, and a continuous-improvement mindset.
• Ability to work independently within defined objectives, seek clarification when needed, and collaborate effectively without relying on formal authority.
• Knowledge of project and program coordination practices, including planning, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, actions, decisions, status reporting, and governance routines.
• Working knowledge of value management concepts, including outcome definition, benefits or value hypotheses, prioritization, measures, evidence, and value realization tracking.

Additional Information

• Term Duration: 1 year
• Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment
• Location: Chennai, India
• Required Language(s): English
• Extended Term (ET) appointment is subject to a lifetime maximum of three (3) years.