Location:

Washington DC, United States
Salary:

negotiable / YEAR
Job type:

FULL_TIME
Posted:

4 months ago
Category:

Gender and Diversity, Social and Inclusive Development
Deadline:

09/08/2024

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB SUMMARY:

Description

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, please visit www.worldbank.org

Junior Professional Associates – Program Description

The Junior Professionals Associate Program (JPA) offers an exceptional opportunity for recent graduates to embark on a professional journey, providing a three-year contract with valuable work experience within a diverse and dynamic environment and the potential of field work experience. The program is an excellent platform to sharpen your existing skills and to develop new ones, all while gaining a profound understanding of the challenges associated with reducing poverty and fostering shared prosperity on a livable planet.

We will provide you with the opportunity to gain entry-level professional experience in a premier development institution, on an Extended Term Consultant (ETC) contract with benefits. For more information, please visit www.worldbank.org/careers/jpa

The following are minimum requirements to be eligible for the JPA program:

• Be 32 years of age or younger

• Hold a bachelor’s degree

• Be fluent in English

The JPA program at the World Bank is a highly competitive initiative. Candidates who are being actively considered for positions may be required to present academic transcripts and professional references. The World Bank’s Human Resources team and hiring team will reach out exclusively to individuals selected for assessment and interviews.

Positions may be in any of the World Bank’s offices worldwide.

Specific Unit Description – Gender Group (HGNDR)

Gender equality is an urgent imperative. The world is experiencing an unprecedented set of crises wit disproportionately negative impacts on women, girls, sexual and gender minorities, and marginalized groups. Climate change, fragility, forced displacement, and pandemics threaten hard-won gains in women’s human capital. At stake is the fundamental human right of gender equality of all people, a matter of fairness and justice. It is a foundation for a peaceful and prosperous world and essential for development. Achieving gender equality is, however, uniquely challenging, and complex.

The new 2024-2030 World Bank Group Gender Strategy puts forward the bold ambition to accelerate gender equality for a sustainable, resilient, and inclusive future in alignment with the World Bank Evolution Roadmap. The Strategy responds to the global urgency, fundamentality, and complexity of achieving gender equality. Building on implementation of the 2016-2023 WBG Gender Strategy, the new Strategy proposes to engage with greater ambition – approaching gender equality for all as essential for global development – and to engage differently. https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/gender.

The integration of gender perspectives within the World Bank Group’s Core Diagnostics is crucial for implementing the 2024-2030 WBG Gender Strategy. These analytics are essential for shaping country-level programs and policies and are a prerequisite for lending programs. By incorporating a gender perspective into these core products, the WBG will provide evidence to policymakers on the benefits of addressing gender-based constraints.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Junior Professional Associate for the Gender Group will support the work on integrating gender into Core Diagnostics, which may include Climate Country and Development Reports (CCDRs), Growth and Jobs Report, Public Financial Reviews (PFRs), Risk and Resilience Assessments (RRAs) and Poverty and/or Equity Assessments (PEA). The JPA will work closely with the gender group and relevant country teams to generate more evidence on the magnitude and impact of gender-based constraints, develop tools and processes to integrate the gender perspective into key core diagnostics, and share best practices on gender-informed diagnostics. Key activities will include, among others:

• Undertake as needed literature reviews on the impact of gender-based constraints on the economy, social, poverty and climate outcomes.

• Create Excel and Stata tools and manuals to analyze the magnitude and impact of gender gaps in the economy.

• Translate macro, climate and fiscal analyses with a gender perspective into standardized processes and toolkits for country teams to replicate.

• Process household surveys, labor force surveys, enterprise surveys and other datasets necessary for complementary analytical inputs.

• Work closely with country teams preparing Core Diagnostics to identify entry points to incorporate gender perspective into their analyses.

• Synthesize findings from upcoming Core Diagnostics to share and distill best practice, trends, knowledge and lessons learned across units.

Selection Criteria

• MA in Economics, International Development, Public Policy or related fields

• Good understanding of methodological approaches and tools used for macroeconomic modeling, distributional analysis, and fiscal incidence.

• Relevant experience in at least two of the following areas: (a) gender; (c) macro-fiscal modeling; (c) climate; (d) poverty and inequality.

• Strong quantitative and analytical skills in the following areas: (a) analysis of microdata; (b) programming in statistical packages (e.g., STATA or other software); (c) proficiency in creating Excel workbooks for data analysis and country-specific data visualization.

• Demonstrated experience working across boundaries, sharing perspectives, and considering diverse viewpoints.

• Excellent writing and communication skills in English.

Diversity and Inclusion

The World Bank continually searches for qualified individuals with a diverse set of backgrounds from around the globe. We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, color, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability. Individuals with different abilities may be provided reasonable accommodations to perform essential functions and support in receiving other workplace accommodations.

Poverty has no borders, neither does excellence. We succeed because of our differences and we continuously search for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds from around the globe.

ABSTRACT:

World Bank Junior Professional Associate United States World Bank Jobs 2024

World Bank looking for “Junior Professional Associate”. Applicants with an Advanced degree may apply on or before 09-Aug-24.

The World Bank has published a job vacancy announcement on 17/07/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Junior Professional Associate to be based in Washington DC , United States. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org

Company Name: World Bank

Job Title: Junior Professional Associate

Duty Station: Washington DC , United States

Country: United States

Application Deadline: 09-Aug-24

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