World Bank Group

Junior Professional Officer Program (JPO) Chiffre Nr. 2024-1-31

GENERAL INFORMATION

Title: Junior Professional Officer (JPO)

Agency: World Bank Group

Division/VPU: Jobs – Cross Cutting Solution Area (HSPJB/S4YE) HD Practice Group (GGHVP)

Country and Duty Station: Washington DC, USA 

Duration: 2 years with possibility of extension for another year. The extension of appointment is subject to yearly review concerning priorities, availability of funds, and satisfactory performance.

Please note that for participants of the JPO-Programme three years work experience are mandatory when applying for the World Bank. Relevant work experience can be counted. In order to assess the eligibility of the candidates, we review the relevant experience acquired after obtaining the first university degree (usually bachelor’s degree).

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BACKGROUND

Solutions for Youth Employment (S4YE) is a multi-stakeholder coalition based in the Jobs Group of the World Bank. The S4YE coalition was founded, in partnership, by the World Bank, PLAN, International Youth Foundation (IYF), Youth Business International (YBI), RAND, Accenture, and ILO. The S4YE mission is to provide leadership and catalytic action and mobilize efforts to significantly increase the number of young people engaged in productive work by 2030, by developing innovative solutions to youth employment through practical research and active engagement with public and private stakeholders to enable solutions at scale. S4YE combines a pragmatic approach to identifying solutions for youth employment with an evidence-based advocacy platform to increase access to productive work for young people.

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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

S4YE Work is seeking a dynamic Junior Professional Officer to deliver a strong work program, working with the S4YE Program Manager under the overall guidance of the Jobs Group Manager. The S4YE team’s work program is highly agile, and demand driven, and the JPO will be responsible to support the analytical and partnership agenda on several thematic areas including (but not limited to):

• Deliver high quality analytical work using innovative sources of data on the job creation opportunities in the green economy/circular economy/digital jobs.
• Work closely with S4YE partners to develop a platform for community of practice on the circular economy / green jobs that brings together partners like ILO, IFC, UNEP, AFDB, ENB and other partners.
• Develop knowledge notes/conduct research in the field of youth employment related to various themes like creative economy, care economy, health jobs, digital jobs etc., using robust sources of data, and methods.
• Develop and deliver a collaborative work program with partners for the Creative Economy Alliance, including research, knowledge sharing sessions, developing a repository etc.
• Develop proposals for strategic partnerships / collaborative work streams on jobs for youth with other GPs and partners on new emerging themes, including digital jobs.
• Organize peer learning sessions as part of S4YE’s knowledge sharing agenda.
• Updating the S4YE knowledge repository with latest toolkits and research on youth employment.
• Developing communications materials /campaigns.
• Any other task assigned by the S4YE program manager.

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SELECTION CRITERIA

• Master’s Degree in a related field (economics, environment, value chain analysis, impact evaluation). Training as an economist is a plus.
• At least 3 years’ experience working on labor market/environment/circular economy-related issues.
• Strong research and analytical skills, a track record of successfully completing and supporting various analytic tasks.
• Experience with designing and conducting surveys and analyzing large data sets using statistical software (for e.g., STATA and/or R).
• Ability to think outside the box, identify win-win opportunities and implement new innovative ideas-while taking partners along.
• Strong communication skills, excellent written and editorial skills with an ability to convey complex ideas in a clear and concise style
• Self-starter with initiative, and ability to prioritize and deliver according to deadlines.
• Ability to work in a team and step in at short notice to support overall team efforts.

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Bitte senden Sie Ihre JPO-Bewerbung direkt an das Büro Führungskräfte zu Internationalen Organisationen (BFIO) unter Angabe der Chiffre Nr. 2024-1-31auf dem Bewerbungsbogen

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