WBG Young Professional

The World Bank Group’s Young Professionals Program offers exceptional professionals the opportunity to apply their technical expertise and contribute to solutions addressing global development challenges, particularly in water security. Young Professionals work across the World Bank Group to support water supply, sanitation, water resources management, and climate resilience initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Support the preparation, implementation, and monitoring of lending operations, trust-funded activities, and flagship programs across the water-security agenda.
• Contribute to integrated solutions for Water for People, Water for Food, and Water for Planet, including water reuse, sustainable irrigation, water-secure cities, utility performance, groundwater management, and climate resilience.
• Conduct research, data analysis, technical reviews, stakeholder mapping, economic and institutional assessments, and diagnostics to inform country engagements, policy dialogue, program design, and strategic decisions.
• Support reforms and innovative approaches related to water governance, institutional strengthening, digital applications, sustainable financing, private sector participation, and private capital mobilization.
• Participate in implementation-support missions and stakeholder consultations; review technical reports and terms of reference; and contribute to project documents, aide-memoires, implementation reports, action plans, and results monitoring.
• Engage with governments, private sector actors, development partners, and World Bank Group teams to advance partnerships, align initiatives with operations, and identify opportunities to scale and replicate successful solutions.
• Prepare concise analytical outputs, policy notes, concept notes, briefing materials, presentations, meeting records, knowledge products, and results reports for internal and external audiences.
• Contribute to knowledge exchanges, learning events, cross-sector collaboration, and business development across sectors and World Bank Group institutions.

Requirements

• Minimum of a master’s degree in civil or environmental engineering, water resources management, environmental science or policy, economics, public policy, development studies, agriculture, climate studies, international development, or another relevant water-related field.
• 2-6 years of relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated technical experience in one or more water-security areas.
• Experience in irrigation modernization, utility management or regulation, water governance, innovative sector financing, public-private collaboration, or private sector participation in water is an advantage.
• Demonstrated interest in international development and the World Bank Group mission.
• Strong analytical, research, data, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate analysis into practical recommendations.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills and the ability to prepare concise, high-quality outputs for diverse audiences.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in diverse, multidisciplinary, and decentralized teams and engage constructively with clients and partners.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities within tight deadlines.
• Proficiency in English; fluency in additional languages is an advantage.

Skills

• Water Security Strategy
• Civil Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Water Resources Management
• Environmental Sciences
• Water Governance
• Irrigation Modernization
• Utility Management
• Sector Financing
• Public-Private Collaboration
• Private Sector Participation
• International Development
• Data Analysis
• Research
• Problem Solving
• Technical Writing
• Multidisciplinary Team Collaboration
• Project Management
• English

Languages

English