E T Consultant - Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Coordinator

About the Role

The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) is the centerpiece of Thailand 4.0 strategy. However, the region suffers from chronic water management challenges. Current water infrastructure is inadequate to cope with peak demand during the dry season, leading to critical shortages that affect the industrial sector, public utilities, tourism, and ecological systems. Currently, only around half of the water demand is being met, and by 2037, the deficit is projected to remain high at about 40 percent even with planned investments in water supply.

To address these challenges, the Eastern Economic Corridor Office (EECO) established the EEC Water Multi-Stakeholder Partnership (MSP) in January 2026. This initiative is supported by a joint initiative of the 2030 Water Resources Group (WRG) and the World Bank Group (WBG) to assist the Thai Government. The 2030 WRG advances global water security through public-private collaboration, bringing together governments, businesses, and civil society to develop sustainable solutions across water for food, water for cities, and water for the planet. WRG is a multi-donor trust fund administered by the World Bank's Global Department for Water and funded by partner contributions.

The EEC-MSP on water aims to ensure long-term water security for the EEC through engagement and collective action of all key public sector and private stakeholders. The MSP operates through a Steering Committee and three core workstreams focusing on Bulk Water Supply, Demand Management and Efficiency Improvement, and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse.

The joint WRG-WBG initiative is seeking a highly qualified Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform (MSP) Coordinator as Extended Term Consultant (ETC), The World Bank, to support the Co-Chairs of the EEC-MSP on Water. This position will serve as a catalyst between public and private sectors, facilitating the development and implementation of concrete projects, policies, and financing mechanisms to enhance water security in the EEC. The MSP Coordinator (ETC) will coordinate closely with a secretariat team from the World Bank Bangkok Office, the International Finance Corporation Bangkok Office and WRG.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership and Program Management: Directly support the MSP Co-Chairs in strategic leadership; develop and refine the strategy and implementation plan for the EEC Water MSP in alignment with EECO and WRG-WBG objectives; ensure delivery of concrete projects and programs across the three workstreams; monitor program progress and ensure quality of activities and deliverables; support identification and mobilization of qualified local technical resources and consultants.
• Stakeholder Convening and Engagement: Facilitate the convening of the MSP Steering Committee (meets at least twice a year) and organize regular workstream meetings; lead stakeholder engagement at senior levels across government agencies such as ONWR, RID, DWR, and PWA, as well as private sector entities and academic institutions; maintain dialogue with relevant parallel initiatives; identify and develop partnerships embedding resource mobilization for successful delivery of outputs.
• Content and Knowledge Management: Coordinate closely with the secretariat team from the World Bank Bangkok Office, IFC Bangkok Office and WRG to ensure seamless execution; develop and implement a communication strategy and outreach agenda for the EEC Water MSP; support knowledge management on multi-stakeholder processes and water resources management; synthesize lessons learned and facilitate cross-learning with other WRG-WBG programs globally; prepare detailed work programs, budgets, and assist in preparation of Terms of Reference and tender documents for consultancies.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience engaging government officials, private sector leaders, and civil society organizations.
• Proven experience in program strategy, implementation planning, project delivery, and monitoring.
• Experience convening stakeholders at senior levels and developing partnerships and resource mobilization strategies.
• Experience in communications, knowledge management, and in preparing work programs, budgets, Terms of Reference and tender documents for consultancies.
• Fluency in Thai is required; English is preferred.

Additional Information

• Organization: World Bank Group (WRG-WBG joint initiative).
• Term Duration: 1 year 0 months.
• Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment.
• Location: Bangkok, Thailand.
• Required Language(s): Thai. Preferred Language(s): English.
• Closing Date: 6/26/2026 at 11:59pm UTC.

Deliverables: The MSP Coordinator will be respo