WBG Young Professional

This World Bank Young Professional works on urban resilience and land in Washington, DC. The role supports lending for resilient infrastructure and city services; provides inputs to climate and disaster-risk projects; contributes analysis and policy dialogue on urbanization and investment planning; and collaborates with governments to develop inclusive, low-carbon and competitive cities.

• Support lending operations and advisory work for resilient infrastructure and urban services
• Provide engineering inputs to infrastructure, climate-resilience and disaster-risk projects
• Contribute analytical work and policy dialogue on urbanization and infrastructure investment
• Support local-government capacity and service-delivery improvements
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and government counterparts
• Develop solutions for livable, resilient and economically competitive cities

• Minimum of a master’s degree in civil/municipal/environmental engineering
• 2–6 years of relevant professional experience
• Proficiency in English

• Knowledge of municipal infrastructure financing or subnational finance would be an asset
• Demonstrated interest in development work and the World Bank Group mission

• Urban Infrastructure
• Climate Resilience
• Disaster Risk Management
• Engineering
• Infrastructure Planning
• Policy Analysis

• Technical Reviews
• Investment Planning

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