WBG Young Professional

Overview

The World Bank Group's Young Professionals Program (YPP) offers exceptional professionals the opportunity to apply their specialized technical expertise and contribute to solutions for pressing development challenges. Young Professionals work across the World Bank, IFC, MIGA, and ICSID in support of the mission to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the preparation, supervision, and implementation of energy operations, including investment projects, Program-for-Results operations, and technical assistance activities.
• Contribute to policy and analytical work on energy sector reforms, utility performance and financial sustainability, tariffs and subsidies, institutional arrangements, regulation, and market development.
• Undertake data analysis, economic and financial assessments, and background research to inform project design, policy dialogue, and country or regional energy strategies.
• Support work on renewable energy integration, transmission and distribution, regional power trade, energy efficiency, decarbonization, energy access, and relevant emerging technologies, including hydrogen, storage, and carbon capture, use and storage.
• Prepare concise, high-quality briefing notes, presentations, aide-memoires, analytical inputs, and contributions to project and advisory documents.
• Engage, as part of task teams, with governments, utilities, regulators, private sector stakeholders, international organizations, civil society, and development partners.
• Coordinate multiple assignments across teams, countries, and sub-sectors while maintaining quality, responsiveness, and a strong focus on development impact.

Required Experience

• 2-6 years of relevant professional experience in energy, infrastructure, development finance, public policy, consulting, utilities, regulation, or related areas.
• Relevant experience in at least one energy sub-sector, such as power systems, renewable energy, energy efficiency, project finance, decarbonization technologies, utility reform, or energy policy and regulation.
• Strong grounding in one or more areas such as power sector planning, utility financial analysis, electricity markets, transmission and distribution, renewable energy integration, energy efficiency, project finance, economic analysis, sector reform, or regional energy trade.
• Ability to understand and engage credibly on public and private sector perspectives in developing-country contexts.
• Proven ability to contribute to project operations, policy analysis, analytical work, advisory services, or technical assistance.
• Project management and organizational skills, including the ability to scope assignments, coordinate with multiple teams, manage competing priorities, and deliver high-quality outputs under tight deadlines.
• Ability to engage constructively in policy dialogue and client-facing work with government counterparts, utilities, regulators, private sector partners, international organizations, civil society, and development partners.
• Proven ability to work effectively in diverse, multicultural, multidisciplinary teams and to act as a connector across technical and operational perspectives.
• Demonstrated interest in international development, the WBG mission and values, sustainable energy access, and the energy transition as drivers of inclusive economic growth.

Qualifications

Minimum of a master’s degree in energy economics, engineering, public policy, finance, economics, environmental policy, planning, or a closely related field.

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