WBG Young Professional

Supports independent environmental and social risk oversight across World Bank Group operations. The Young Professional reviews project evidence, prepares risk summaries and site-visit materials, analyses implementation constraints, and collaborates with operational, legal and risk teams to escalate material issues and strengthen management accountability globally.

• Support independent environmental and social reviews of selected operations
• Prepare desk-review summaries of risks, implementation gaps and follow-up needs
• Plan site visits through review questions, document requests and stakeholder meeting plans
• Analyze documents, interviews, site observations and portfolio data for material risks
• Prepare evidence-based mission notes, risk summaries and management report inputs
• Engage with operations, legal, risk and management teams to validate and escalate findings

• Master's degree in environmental management, social development, sustainability, finance, economics, development studies, engineering, law, public policy or a related field
• Two to six years of relevant professional experience in environmental and social risk management, development operations, infrastructure, safeguards or implementation support
• Familiarity with internationally recognized environmental and social standards including the World Bank Environmental and Social Framework or IFC Performance Standards
• Fluency in English

• Experience in emerging markets or Fragile, Conflict and Violence settings
• Proficiency in other languages

• Environmental Risk Management
• Social Risk Management
• Risk Analysis
• Document Review
• Evidence Synthesis
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Technical Writing