WBG Young Professional

The World Bank Group’s Young Professionals Program offers exceptional professionals the opportunity to apply their technical expertise and contribute to development challenges. This role involves serving as a technical advisor on physical security, security systems, and fire life safety, supporting projects from planning through commissioning and ensuring compliance with standards.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical advisor on physical security, security systems, and fire life safety, ensuring projects meet relevant standards, guidelines, and best practices.
• Provide guidance from planning through commissioning; review designs and submittals; conduct site assessments; monitor implementation quality; advise stakeholders; support guidelines, training, and technical queries; manage budgets prudently; and develop project requirements for perimeter security, access control, CCTV, alarms, safe havens, lighting, barriers, and building/fire code compliance.
• Advise WBG on physical security, security systems, and fire life safety requirements.
• Develop technical requirements for real estate projects from planning through commissioning.
• Review designs, submittals, and shop drawings to ensure compliance with WBG and international standards.
• Conduct site assessments and monitor implementation of security and fire life safety measures.
• Collaborate with Corporate Real Estate, Country Security Specialists, and project teams.
• Support WBG guidelines, training, technical queries, and prudent budget management.

Requirements

• Minimum of a master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Structural Engineering or Engineering Technology, or a related field.
• 2–6 years of relevant professional experience in designing, project management and maintenance of physical security, security systems, and/or Fire Life Safety systems.
• Demonstrated interest in development work and the World Bank Group’s mission.
• Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills to successfully perform complex design reviews.
• Proven experience in physical security resource management, including but not limited to procurement and budgeting.
• Familiar with security risk assessment, risk mitigation programs and procedures for operations in varied operating risk environments.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in diverse, team-based environments.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities within tight deadlines.
• Fluency in English; proficiency in another language considered an advantage.

Skills

• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Structural Engineering
• Engineering Technology
• Physical Security Design
• Project Management
• Security System Maintenance
• Fire Life Safety Systems
• Security Risk Assessment
• Risk Mitigation
• Procurement Management
• Budget Management
• Design Review
• Analytical Skills
• Research Skills
• Physical Security Resource Management
• Technical Advisory
• Standards Compliance

Languages

English