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, and MIGA to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet.

Key Responsibilities

• Support IFC’s project cycle in all the E&S related functions in order to contribute to the timely and successful achievement of IFC goals and objectives vis-à-vis IFC’s 2030 agenda.
• Support IFC project teams in identifying, assessing, and monitoring E&S risks and impacts associated with new investments, portfolio projects, and selected advisory engagements across sectors, including Manufacturing, Agribusiness, Services, Infrastructure, and Energy.
• Support the IFC E&S team throughout the project cycle, including actively participating in E&S due diligences, supervisions, and portfolio monitoring activities, through the review and analysis of project documentation, consultant reports, environmental and social management systems, technical studies, and monitoring information.
• Participate in site visits, including appraisal and supervision missions, as needed, and contribute to the preparation of written outputs, including Environmental and Social Review Summaries (ESRSs), Investment Review inputs, Board Papers, legal documentation, supervision documentation, and other materials, as needed.
• Support portfolio supervision activities through the review of Annual Monitoring Reports (AMRs), monitoring of ESAP implementation, identification of emerging E&S risks, and preparation of supervision documentation and internal reporting.
• In coordination with E&S thematic specialists (e.g. social, gender, biodiversity), support the early-stage E&S screening of prospective investments and advisory engagements by assessing potential E&S risks and impacts associated with the project's sector, activities, geographic location, supply chains, and broader operating context. Contribute to the identification of information gaps and the preliminary determination of due diligence requirements, including the need for thematic specialists.
• Support the E&S team in client capacity-building activities, including the preparation of guidance and training materials, participation in training and knowledge-sharing sessions and the identification of opportunities to strengthen E&S management practices and alignment with IFC Performance Standards.
• Contribute to the effective delivery of the South America E&S team's work program by supporting project and portfolio activities, analyzing and preparing internal documentation and reporting, tracking key actions and deliverables, identifying information gaps and follow-up needs, and providing flexible support across team priorities, as workload and business needs require.

Required Experience

• 2-6 years of relevant professional experience working on E&S management, monitoring and/or due diligence, with a preference for private sector experience in the infrastructure, energy, manufacturing, services and agribusiness sectors.
• Experience working with IFC/World Bank E&S Policies and Standards specifically IFC Performance Standards or ESF.

Qualifications

Minimum of a Master's degree in environmental science, engineering, or other relevant disciplines.

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