WBG Young Professional

This World Bank Young Professional advances water security from Washington, DC. The role supports lending and trust-funded operations, builds solutions for people, food and planet, conducts analysis, helps water-governance and financing reforms, joins implementation missions, engages governments and partners, and produces policy notes, project documents, knowledge products and results reports.

• Support lending operations, trust-funded activities and flagship water-security programmes
• Contribute integrated solutions for water reuse, irrigation, utilities and groundwater management
• Conduct research, data analysis and technical reviews for country engagements
• Support water-governance, financing and private-capital reforms
• Participate in implementation-support missions and stakeholder consultations
• Prepare policy notes, concept notes, briefing materials and results reports

• 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
• Proficiency in English

• Experience in irrigation modernization, utility management or water governance is an advantage
• Demonstrated technical experience in water-security areas

• Water Security
• Water Governance
• Water Resources Management
• Policy Analysis
• Results Monitoring
• Stakeholder Engagement

• Data Analysis
• Results Monitoring

• Initial two-year term contract, renewable subject to satisfactory performance