Are you ready for a career with a lasting impact?

The World Bank Group’s Young Professionals Program (YPP) offers exceptional professionals from around the world the opportunity to apply their specialized technical expertise, broaden their experience, and contribute to solutions to some of the most pressing development challenges. Young Professionals (YPs) work across the World Bank, IFC, MIGA, and ICSID in support of our mission to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet. For more than 60 years, this highly competitive program has selected outstanding professionals to contribute to the institution’s work and develop as future leaders in global development.

We seek candidates who demonstrate strong leadership potential, exceptional technical skills, and a clear commitment to our mission and values. As a YP, you will collaborate with colleagues across disciplines and institutions, applying your expertise to help address pressing development challenges and improve lives around the world.

YPs join the World Bank Group on an initial two-year term contract, renewable subject to satisfactory performance. During this period, YPs complete three eight-month rotations: one with their primary function and area of expertise, one cross-institutional rotation, and at least one rotation based in a country office. These assignments enable YPs deepen their technical and operational knowledge while gaining experience across different areas of the institution.

Through the YP Academy, YPs undertake a structured learning and development journey that includes technical and operational training, language programs, negotiation and business skills, and leadership development. They also receive individual coaching, connect with mentors, and participate in strategic dialogues with senior leaders.

The Finance, Competitiveness and Investment (FCI) Global Practice combines financial-sector and private-sector-development expertise to help countries strengthen financial stability, expand access to finance, mobilize private capital, improve competitiveness and the investment climate, promote entrepreneurship, support technology adoption and firm productivity, and create sustainable jobs. Its work includes lending operations, analytics, advisory services, and technical assistance, with climate, gender, and digitalization as cross-cutting priorities.

What You’ll Deliver

• Contribute to the design, preparation, implementation, supervision, and results monitoring of lending operations, technical assistance, and advisory engagements across the relevant region.
• Prepare analytical and diagnostic work, including financial- or private-sector assessments, firm-level and policy analysis, sector notes, and operationally relevant research using quantitative methods where appropriate.
• Support policy dialogue and client engagement with government counterparts, central banks and regulators, financial institutions, incubators/accelerators, private-sector stakeholders, sovereign wealth funds, and development partners.
• Contribute to initiatives covering financial stability and inclusion, MSME finance, capital markets, investment climate, firm productivity, entrepreneurship, trade and investment, technology adoption, and private capital mobilization.
• Support the structuring and use of financial instruments, including guarantees, co-financing, debt, and equity, in coordination with IFC and MIGA where relevant.
• Draft project documents, briefs, presentations, technical notes, reports, aide-memoires, and management materials, and support portfolio, knowledge, and results reporting.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of project monitoring and results frameworks, and support impact evaluations where applicable. Actively participate in knowledge-sharing activities, team learning events, and dissemination of good practices within the unit and across the Practice.
• Coordinate missions, workshops, consultations, and knowledge-sharing activities, ensuring timely documentation and follow-up.
• Collaborate across WBG teams and Global Practices, including in fragile and conflict-affected contexts, and take on increasing responsibility as experience grows.

What You’ll Bring

• Minimum of a Master's degree in Economics, Finance, Public Policy, International Development, Business Administration, or a closely related field with relevant economics or finance coursework.
• 2-6 years of relevant professional experience in financial-sector development, private-sector development, public policy, development finance, research, consulting, or a related field.
• Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills. Quantitative capability in econometrics, applied statistics, financial modeling, or large-dataset analysis is highly desirable, with proficiency in Stata, R, Python, or equivalent tools an advantage.
• Demonstrated expertise or experience in one or more relevant areas, such as financial stability, financial inclusion, SME finance, fintech, capital markets, infrastructure or housing finance, payment systems, firm productivity, entrepreneurship, business regulation, value chains, trade, exports, FDI, or investment climate reform.
• Sound business judgment and the ability to translate analysis into practical policy or operational recommendations.
• Exposure to project preparation, implementation support, technical assistance, impact evaluation, or RCTs is an advantage.
• Demonstrated commitment to international development and the World Bank Group's mission, including interest in working in fragile and conflict-affected settings.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present analytical findings clearly to policy and client audiences.
• Ability to work effectively in multicultural, multidisciplinary, and team-based environments; strong organizational skills; and capacity to manage multiple priorities within tight deadlines.
• Fluency in English. Knowledge of a relevant regional language is an advantage.

WBG Culture Attributes:

1. Sense of Urgency – Anticipating and quickly reacting to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful Risk Taking – Taking informed and thoughtful risks and making courageous decisions to push boundaries for greater impact.
3. Empowerment and Accountability – Engaging with others in an empowered and accountable manner for impactful results.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.