Team Lead – Gambia

Aninver Development Partners SL (www.aninver.com) is looking for a Team Lead for a consultancy assignment financed by World Bank in Gambia.

Aninver Development Partners is seeking an expert Team Lead for a prospective World Bank-supported consultancy assignment in Gambia. The initiative focuses on operationalizing a feasible, sustainable, accessible, and financially viable system for continuous updates to the national social registry, serving as the country's primary tool for identifying and targeting poor and vulnerable households.

The successful candidate will lead a multidisciplinary team to design functional local and digital update interfaces, establish offline verification workflows, develop comprehensive costing and risk assessment models, and deliver a robust change management and capacity-building roadmap aligned with international best practices for dynamic social registry management.

Aninver is preparing a proposal for this assignment. The selected expert will be part of the proposed team; the engagement is conditional on the contract being awarded to Aninver. The full Terms of Reference for the position are shared with shortlisted candidates.

Objectives of the assignment

• Lead the overall technical delivery and management of the assignment in Gambia, ensuring high-quality outputs within the contract timeframe.
• Validate and operationalize the local interface design through targeted institutional consultations and coverage gap assessments.
• Oversee the development of functional requirements for digital interfaces, offline verification workflows, and backend system integration.
• Formulate realistic costing models and financing options for the setup and long-term operation of the continuous update system.
• Deliver a comprehensive change management, capacity-building, and pilot rollout roadmap.

Scope of work

• Validate hosting recommendations and institutional arrangements for local interface extension workers and regional service points.
• Outline functional and accessibility standards for digital update channels, including alignment with parallel USSD implementations.
• Design a clear verification typology, workflow standards, and grievance redress mechanism for update requests.
• Develop a detailed costing model covering staffing, equipment, connectivity, and periodic data refresh cycles across diverse geographic contexts.
• Assess technical requirements for connecting update interfaces to the social registry MIS backend.
• Conduct risk assessments covering data quality, fraud, security, privacy, and digital exclusion.
• Formulate pilot location recommendations, success criteria, and a structured implementation roadmap.

Your role as Team Lead

• Provide overall strategic direction, technical leadership, and project management for the consulting team throughout the assignment.
• Liaise closely with the World Bank, national authorities, and key stakeholders in Gambia to guide policy parameter definitions for registry updates.
• Supervise the validation of local hosting models and the assessment of coverage gaps in remote, hard-to-reach, and vulnerable communities.
• Direct the design of the offline verification workflow, citizen-facing appeals paths, and decision rules for household update requests.
• Oversee the creation of the financial costing model, evaluating sustainability scenarios and funding options beyond the project period.
• Coordinate the technical assessment of MIS backend integration requirements and system architecture compatibility.
• Guide the identification of implementation risks and the drafting of mitigation measures related to data privacy, security, and digital inclusion.
• Lead stakeholder consultations, validation workshops, and the finalization of all key deliverables including the inception report and roadmap.

Requirements

• Education: Advanced degree in public administration, social protection, development studies, information systems, or a related field
• At least eight years of experience in social registry systems, adaptive social protection, or decentralized service delivery reform, with strong skills in operational workflow design, institutional assessment, and costing
• Languages: Fluency in English required; knowledge of local Gambian languages is a strong advantage

Desirable

• Knowledge of local Gambian languages is a strong advantage.
• Previous professional experience in West Africa or similar sub-Saharan contexts.
• Demonstrated expertise in digital government solutions or social protection management information systems.

An experienced Team Lead with a strong background in social registry systems and adaptive social protection, capable of driving complex institutional reforms and managing stakeholder relations in Gambia.

Assignment details

• Location: Gambia
• Financed by: World Bank
• Contract: individual consultancy (conditional on award)

About Aninver Development Partners

Aninver is an international development consulting firm headquartered in Spain. It supports governments, development banks, UN agencies and bilateral donors with feasibility studies, technical assistance, evaluations and capacity building across Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Asia-Pacific, working with a network of international and national experts.

Why apply

• Join a multidisciplinary team on a World Bank-financed project in Gambia.
• Individual consultancy: flexible, output-based engagement with an experienced proposal team.
• Your CV stays in Aninver's expert network for future assignments that match your profile.

How to apply

Sign in (or create a free account) and upload your CV in English. Add your LinkedIn profile, indicative daily rate and availability to speed up the assessment. Aninver will contact the shortlisted candidates.

Frequently asked questions

Is the position confirmed? The engagement depends on the contract being awarded to Aninver. Shortlisted experts are included in the proposal with their consent.

Can I apply if I am not based in the country? Yes, unless the requirements say otherwise; relevant regional experience is an asset.

What happens with my CV? It is used to assess your fit for this and future positions and is not shared with third parties without your consent.