E T Temporary

World Bank Group • Washington, DC

5d • Onsite

About The Position

At the World Bank, a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives. For more information, visit https://www.worldbank.org/en/who-we-are/ibrd

Background:
The WBG People Vice Presidency is responsible for getting the right public and private sector solutions to our operational teams and to our clients, and to produce scalable impact. Its mandate is to deliver knowledge for impact to enable and support the WBG to achieve its goals in support of our mission and specifically: providing guidance on creating more and better jobs; supporting foundational infrastructure and human capital, policy environment, and private sector mobilization; focusing on agribusiness, healthcare, infrastructure, manufacturing, and tourism; and support and accelerate specific targets such as M300, Health 1.5bn, and SP 500. The VPU’s objectives in driving outcomes include replicating and scaling effective solutions, enhancing thought leadership and innovation, and delivering timely knowledge to client teams.

Social Policy (SP) Global Department Context:
Social Policy (SP) brings together the former Social Protection and Labor (SPL) and Social Development (SD) Global Practices into a unified platform for building inclusive and resilient social and labor systems. By addressing fragmentation across social, labor, and inclusion programs, SP strengthens policy coherence and places human capital accumulation at the center of social policy—recognizing that capabilities are built over time across the home, neighborhoods, and the workplace.

Social protection is a core pillar of this framework. Through social assistance, social insurance, and labor-linked programs, it reduces poverty, manages risk, and guarantees a basic standard of living while enabling households to invest in nutrition, health, and education. By stabilizing incomes and protecting against shocks, social protection supports human capital formation in the home, promotes inclusion and equity through contributory and non-contributory systems, and strengthens resilience during crises.

Labor markets are equally central, shaping income distribution, social inclusion, and economic stability. Active labor market programs, labor regulations, skills development, and links to social protection systems support human capital accumulation in the workplace by helping workers build skills through either wage or self-employment, access quality jobs, ensure safe and balanced working conditions, and manage transitions as economies evolve—combining opportunity with security.

Community and local development anchor social policy in neighborhoods, where local institutions, service delivery, and social cohesion shape opportunity. By strengthening local capacity and resilience, improving access to services, supporting local economic opportunities, and linking community priorities with national policy, these approaches create environments that reinforce human capital development beyond the household and workplace.
Together, social protection, labor markets, and community development form an integrated social policy framework that links protection, productivity, and participation. The merger reflects a shift from fragmented sectoral programs toward coherent social policies that support people across the life cycle—from childhood to old age—and across the spaces where human capital is built, deployed, and enhanced.

The Social Policy Global Unit performs the following functions:
• Defining strategic directions and business plan for the Social Policy Global Department.
• Capturing and leveraging knowledge effectively across regions, and in collaboration with DEC.
• Developing and coordinating the policy and regulations that support the WBG’s strategic directions and deploying of impactful solutions globally.
• Coordinating global engagements, partnerships and convening efforts.

Requirements

• Minimum education: Bachelor's degree and a minimum of seven years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience providing Executive Assistance to senior staff, preferably VP or Director level.
• Thorough understanding, or the ability to quickly gain an understanding, of VP-level business activities and objectives and understanding of the broader context in which the Bank works.
• Good team player, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills and able to interact tactfully and effectively with internal/external contacts at all levels.
• Effective, proven skills in organizing, prioritizing, scheduling, planning and coordinating work and other activities internally and externally.
• High degree of discretion and good judgement in dealing with internal and external clients, staff, and managers at all levels, and in handling confidential and sensitive information.
• Experience in full range of office support work, with a high level of performance.
• Able to work independently with minimum supervision, as well as part of a team.
• Thorough knowledge and use of all relevant computer software, including advanced functions and the ability to help organize data and information retrieval systems.
• Resourceful and comfortable with testing and using new IT tools to carry out tasks.

Nice To Haves

• Preference will be given to local talent, that is, applicants that are authorized to work in the duty station for any employer.
• Internal applicants may apply per existing guidelines.
• This internal requisition is open to WBG and IMF staff only (including short-term and extended term consultants/ temporaries). External candidates are requested not to apply. In case an external candidate applies, their application will not be considered.

Responsibilities

• Support the Director’s EA in providing wide-ranging executive assistance with a high level of discretion.
• Support scheduling for the Director’s calendar, including logistics, invitees, and Teams connections; prioritize effectively, resolve conflicts and competing demands, and delegate where appropriate.
• Provide full back-up to the Director’s EA and other A2D staff as needed.
• Ensure that presentations, talking points, and briefs are prepared in a timely manner, meet quality expectations, follow Bank standards, and undergo the appropriate clearance procedures.
• Manage the delegation of Briefing Notes from the People Front Office; follow up diligently with relevant teams on preparation and pending approvals or clearances.
• Liaise and work closely with the People Front Office and Social Policy teams to obtain information and facilitate timely follow-up and decision-making.
• Assist the Director and EA in preparing for missions, including managing travel reservations and visa processing, coordinating meetings with donors and partners, and preparing agendas and travel briefs in consultation with relevant Social Policy focal points.
• Ensure the timely submission and quality of mission briefing materials.
• Manage the allocation of KB Reviews, follow up and sending of comments on behalf of Social Policy
• Process contracts and travel requests and issue purchase orders (POs).
• Monitor commitments and contracts across teams.
• Maintain data, information, and records as needed.
• Carry out other ad hoc tasks assigned by the Director, managers, or the Front Office.

Benefits

• As per WBG policy, an Extended Term (ET) appointment is subject to a lifetime maximum of three (3) years. Former and current ET staff who have completed or are in the process of completing their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level