WBG Young Professional

The World Bank Group’s Young Professionals Program (YPP) offers exceptional professionals the opportunity to apply their specialized technical expertise and contribute to development challenges. YPs work across the World Bank Group in support of the mission to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet, completing rotations to deepen knowledge and gain experience.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to transport sector assessments, demand studies and modeling, infrastructure plans, financial and economic analysis, emissions estimates, institutional modernization, fare and ticketing analysis, and logistics corridor studies.
• Support project preparation and supervision, including project documentation, investment identification and appraisal, risk and mitigation analysis, critical-path planning, fiduciary inputs, quality control, procurement and contracting support, mission logistics, and reporting.
• Provide analytical inputs to multidisciplinary knowledge products, including country strategies, growth and jobs reports, damage and needs assessments, and climate and development diagnostics.
• Support policy dialogue and communicate technical findings through concise briefs, presentations, workshops, and other engagements with government counterparts, WBG management, private sector partners, international organizations, and civil society.
• Build effective collaboration across the World Bank Group and with external partners to advance business development, knowledge exchange, and private sector participation.
• Manage multiple assignments with limited supervision, exercising sound judgment, initiative, and attention to deadlines.

Requirements

• Minimum of a master’s degree in transport planning, engineering, economics, finance, urban or regional planning, architecture, mathematics, natural sciences, or another relevant field.
• 2-6 years of relevant professional experience in transport operations, advisory services, analytics, infrastructure planning, or related development work.
• Demonstrated interest in international development and commitment to the World Bank Group mission, values, and integrity standards.
• Relevant experience in one or more transport subsectors, such as urban mobility, roads, railways, maritime transport and ports, aviation, logistics, or multimodal connectivity.
• Ability to translate complex technical analysis into clear written products and presentations for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work effectively in diverse, multidisciplinary teams while independently managing tasks and parallel priorities.
• Fluency in English. Knowledge of a relevant regional language is an advantage.

Skills

• Transport Planning
• Transportation Engineering
• Transport Economics
• Transport Finance
• Urban Planning
• Regional Planning
• Infrastructure Planning
• Transport Operations
• Advisory Services
• Transport Analytics
• Urban Mobility
• Roads Transport
• Railways Transport
• Maritime Transportation
• Ports Management
• Aviation Transport
• Logistics Management
• Multimodal Connectivity
• Technical Report Preparation
• Presentation Skills

Languages

English