WBG Pioneer - Health Financing and Capital Mobilization Intern

World Bank Group • Washington, DC

11d • Onsite

About The Position

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.
The World Bank's Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice supports countries in achieving universal health coverage, strengthening health systems, and improving health outcomes through better use of public resources, stronger pooling arrangements, strategic purchasing, private-sector engagement, and performance-oriented approaches.
As countries face increasing fiscal constraints while striving to expand access to quality health services, there is growing demand for analytical work on mechanisms that can mobilize additional resources, strengthen incentives for performance, share risks across stakeholders, and improve the efficiency and sustainability of health spending. The Health Financing team supports global knowledge generation, operational engagements, technical assistance, and policy dialogue related to these issues across low-, middle-, and high-income countries.
The intern will contribute to analytical and operational work examining how governments, multilateral development banks, development partners, foundations, insurers, institutional investors, and private-sector actors can support health sector objectives through results-driven funding arrangements, risk-sharing structures, guarantee mechanisms, sustainability-linked approaches, pooled financing platforms, and other resource mobilization instruments.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in, or in the final year of, an undergraduate program with provision of official documentation confirming academic credit or external funding.
• Demonstrated interest in development work and the World Bank Group’s mission, with preference for those with interest in health finance, public finance, capital markets, sustainability-related finance, impact measurement, or international development.
• Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, including writing for a general non-technical audience.
• Ability to work effectively in diverse, team-based environments.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities within tight deadlines.
• Proficiency in English; additional languages may be required depending on the role.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in R, Python, and data science.

Responsibilities

• Conducting literature reviews and evidence syntheses on one or more financing instruments such as outcome-linked funding arrangements, guarantee structures, pooled financing platforms, insurance-related mechanisms, sustainability-linked instruments, blended public-private approaches, and other approaches used to support health sector objectives including from World Bank, IFC, MIGA, development partner, foundation, and academic materials to identify lessons from global experience, applied to health.
• Developing country case studies and comparative databases documenting experiences for the financing instruments of past cases for health and the use of cases in other sectors for the health sector.
• Contributing to background notes, policy briefs, technical reports, management presentations, and knowledge products.
• Preparing presentations, briefing materials, and synthesis products and other knowledge-sharing products and activities such as consultations and webinars.
• Identifying opportunities to strengthen financial sustainability, improve incentives for results, and leverage additional resources within health sector programs.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Associate degree