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 poverty in a livable planet. 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, visit www.worldbank.org

Global Corporate Solutions and Corporate Real Estate
Reporting to the Managing Director and World Bank Group Chief Administration Officer, Global Corporate Solutions (GCS) brings together the functions of Corporate Security, Corporate Real Estate, and Corporate Services (such as food services, printing, travel, conferences, and translation and interpretation).

Corporate Real Estate (GCSCR) supports IBRD, IDA, and MIGA, in developing and operating their real estate needs worldwide. GCSCR’s primary purpose is to create and develop strategic, cost-effective, functional, efficient, and safe real estate solutions. To achieve its purpose, GCSCR is structured into three main divisions: (i) HQ Real Estate Development and Management (GCSHQ), which covers facilities based in Washington, DC, (ii) International Real Estate (GCSIR), responsible for facilities located overseas, and (iii) Corporate Real Estate Strategy & Planning (GCSSP), providing cross-cutting strategic planning and analysis and business support.

Program Analyst, Transaction Management
The Corporate Real Estate Program Analyst is responsible for managing data within the processes, systems, and tools that facilitate the delivery of corporate real estate transactions and solutions. This entails sourcing, maintaining, and optimizing data to support decision-making and enhance operational efficiency.  It is also a highly collaborative role, interacting  with transaction managers, project managers, facilities managers, facilities focal points, budget specialists, and various other stakeholders to support the execution of corporate real estate strategies and transactions.
The Program Analyst, Transaction Management will report to the Corporate Real Estate Strategy & Planning Unit. The position is based in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Program Analyst’s supervisor is in Washington, DC with key stakeholders located at World Bank locations around the world.

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Support preparation of initial real estate governance documentation, including research of existing office demographic data, lease start- and end-dates, current rents and other costs, and current headcounts and seat counts.  Coordinate with internal real estate team members for dissemination and tracking to ultimate completion.
• Oversee lease agreements, identifying and monitoring critical lease events and time-bound contractual rights and obligations.
• Support Strategy & Planning CoE team in real estate transactions (e.g., purchases, lease renewals and/or expansions, and disposals) and other data-driven and fact-based real estate planning and reporting deliverables, including but not limited to location and/or area real estate strategies, market overviews, regional portfolio reviews, quarterly business reviews, space utilization and “supply versus demand” analyses, among others.
• Assist with creation of fact-based and data-driven business cases and scenario valuations, using quantitative and qualitative tools and techniques to arrive at recommendations and conclusions.
• Track corporate real estate key performance indicators (KPIs) such as occupancy rates, lease expirations, rental rates, etc. Develop models and forecasts to evaluate the performance of the real estate portfolio under different scenarios and to predict future trends.
• Partner with internal Strategy & Planning team members to leverage and improve existing data collection and reporting functionality used in real estate strategy planning and transaction execution.
• Support Project Managers and Regional Portfolio Leads, as needed, in creation of real estate project analyses and deliverables.
• Analyze data to generate insights and produce regular and tailored reports for strategic decision-making, including metrics, dashboards, operational reports, project reports, and executive reports. These reports are intended to cover individual properties, as well as regional and global portfolios.
• Learn, with a goal of mastery, existing and planned real estate technology tools, in order to provide reliable and sound counsel to internal team members and external end-user clients who may have only a cursory knowledge of the tools and data in question.
• Build relationships across key contributors to real estate work, including but not limited to in-house legal counsel, local office operations management, budget and accounting professionals, and external service providers in order to help craft executable real estate strategies.

Selection Criteria

• Master’s degree in a relevant discipline with 2 years of experience or bachelor’s degree with equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Exposure to real estate transactions, with familiarity of and parlance in real estate transaction processes, language, and terms
• Ability to comprehend and analyze real estate proposals, contracts, leases, and other related documents
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with English fluency preferred, both spoken and written; additional language skills beyond native language and English are beneficial
• Data analytic and financial modeling skills, including proficiency in MS Excel and/or Power BI
• Organization and presentation creation skills, including proficiency in MS PowerPoint
• Presentation and facilitation skills, with past work in live presentations to client and/or end-user audiences
• Project management skills, with familiarity of project management tools, techniques, and technologies
• Demonstrated international experience(s), particularly in developing countries; negotiation skills and/or experience beneficial
• Ability to engage in multiple concurrent activities and respond quickly to changing priorities
• Interpersonal skills with a client orientation and ability to work in a team-oriented, multicultural environment.

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.

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, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.

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