WBG Pioneer - Regional Jobs & Skills Intern

Description

WBG Pioneers, the World Bank Group’s Internship Program, offers undergraduate and postgraduate students a high impact learning experience at the heart of global development. Participants gain hands on experience in a diverse and dynamic environment, contribute fresh perspectives and innovative ideas, and connect with international professionals working to end poverty on a livable planet.

WBG Pioneers, the World Bank Group’s Internship Program, offers undergraduate and postgraduate students a high impact learning experience at the heart of global development. Participants gain hands on experience in a diverse and dynamic environment, contribute fresh perspectives and innovative ideas, and connect with international professionals working to end poverty on a livable planet.

Background/Organizational Context 
IFC's Manufacturing, Agribusiness & Services (MAS) team in Europe is developing a Regional Jobs & Skills Platform ("the Platform"), as part of the Regain Jobs MAS Europe Upstream & Advisory project, to support the creation of more and better jobs across MAS sectors in the IFC Europe region — the Western Balkans, South Caucasus, Ukraine and Moldova, and the EU-4 (Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland). 

 Anchored in the WBG's core mission of creating more and better jobs, the Platform will mobilize a group of anchor firms around shared workforce, skills and inclusion challenges: participating companies will make time-bound pledges, adopt best practices, and become more investment-ready, with spillovers to the wider sector through supply-chain pull-through, industry demonstration, and peer-to-peer diffusion. The design draws on proven IFC peer-learning methodologies, will be complemented by targeted firm-level advisory, and will contribute directly to WBG Scorecard indicators including people benefiting from actions to advance gender equality and economic opportunity and private capital enabled. 

The intern will join the MAS Europe UPAS team and work closely with the Regain Jobs project lead and workforce specialist. The successful design and delivery of the Platform will involve collaboration with IFC Investment Officers, Country Officers, IFC Knowledge Bank practices, and external partners. 

Duties and Responsibilities 

Under the supervision of the Regain Jobs project lead, the intern will support the design, launch and early implementation of the Regional Jobs & Skills Platform. Specific responsibilities include:

•  Market mapping and firm identification. Conduct desk research to map candidate anchor firms and prospective IFC investment clients across MAS sectors in the Europe region; support shortlisting of the cohort jointly with the Investment team. 
•  Workforce and skills diagnostics. Support a rapid training and workforce needs analysis across participating firms; synthesize findings to inform peer learning content. 
•  Platform design and materials. Contribute to the Platform’s design, including its implementation plan, session agendas, pledge templates, and knowledge products; draft briefing notes, one-pagers, and internal decks for management and partner engagement. 
•  Peer learning event coordination. Support logistics, content preparation and follow-up for peer learning sessions and webinars; liaise with expert speakers from IFC, WBG, and partner institutions. 
•  Pledge tracking and results monitoring. Develop and maintain a tracker for firm-level workforce pledges; support baseline data collection and results tracking against the Platform's indicators and milestones, and prepare progress updates. 
•  Partnerships and knowledge. Support engagement with implementation partners - Knowledge Bank practices, industry associations, WBG teams. 
Ad hoc analytical support. Provide analytical and drafting support for firm-level advisory or investment engagements.  

Selection Criteria

•  Candidates must be currently enrolled in, or in the final year of, a postgraduate (master’s/PhD) program  
•  Candidates must have 0–6 years of relevant professional experience  
•  Strong written and verbal communication skills 
•  Ability to work effectively in diverse, team-based environments and with multiple internal and external stakeholders 
•  Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities  
•  Strong analytical and problem-solving skills 
•  Demonstrated interest in development work and the World Bank Group’s mission 
•  Academic background must align with the requirements outlined in the job description 
•  Fluency in English  

No-Fee Internship Eligibility
This position is offered under the WBG Pioneers No-Fee Internship Track. Students may be offered a no-fee STT appointment provided that they either: (a) are enrolled in a Master's, PhD, or similar graduate program during the entire internship (or are in the fifth year or higher of a degree program in countries where higher education is not divided into undergraduate and graduate stages) and provide an official letter from their university confirming that the internship fulfills academic requirements for at least one term of study; or (b) are enrolled in undergraduate or graduate studies and receive a stipend from their university at least equivalent to the minimum STT T1 fee level in effect at the start of the assignment, as confirmed by an official university letter.

Note: Please limit your applications to a maximum of three positions. Applications exceeding this limit will not be considered.

WBG Culture Attributes:
1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.

The World Bank Group values diversity and encourages all qualified candidates who are nationals of World Bank Group member countries to apply, regardless of gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.  Sub-Saharan African nationals, Caribbean nationals, and female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.