The World Bank Group Young Professionals Program

Job Description

The World Bank Group Young Professionals Program

Location: Washington DC, US

Deadline: September 30, 2024

Do you have a passion for international development?

We are seeking candidates for the World Bank Group’s Young Professionals Program (YPP). We look for top talent with distinctive technical skills and strong leadership potential to work across programs in IFC, MIGA, and the World Bank to help create a world free of poverty on a livable planet.

Apply by September 30, 2024 if you:

· share our mission and values

· are age 32 or younger (born on or after October 1, 1992)

· possess a graduate degree, distinctive technical skills, and relevant professional experience

· meet eligibility requirements and qualify to work in one of our program areas

· have strong motivation to have positive impact in international development

Headquartered in Washington, DC, the World Bank Group is a global leader in development with 189 member countries, staff from 170+ countries, and offices in 130+ locations around the globe. We work across a wide range of sectors impacting people (health, education, social protection), planet (agriculture, climate, environment, social inclusion, water), prosperity (economic policies, finance, competitiveness and innovation, institutions, poverty and equity), infrastructure (energy, transport, urban development, digital transformation), and private sector (including private sector growth, economic development, guarantees and private capital for public good).

Learn more about our work: worldbank.org | ifc.org | miga.org

For more information and how to apply to the Young Professionals Program, please click the Apply button.

About the Organization

The World Bank, a member of the World Bank Group, is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. Our mission is to fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results and to help people help themselves and their environment by providing resources, sharing knowledge, building capacity and forging partnerships in the public and private sectors.

We are not a bank in the common sense; we are made up of two unique development institutions owned by 188 member countries: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA).

Each institution plays a different but collaborative role in advancing the vision of inclusive and sustainable globalization. The IBRD aims to reduce poverty in middle-income and creditworthy poorer countries, while IDA focuses on the world's poorest countries.

Their work is complemented by that of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).

Together, we provide low-interest loans, interest-free credits and grants to developing countries for a wide array of purposes that include investments in education, health, public administration, infrastructure, financial and private sector development, agriculture and environmental and natural resource management.