WBG Pioneer - Outcomes Intern

World Bank Group • Washington, DC

1d • 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 Group (WBG) is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, WBG works with public and private sector partners to develop solutions to urgent global development challenges.

This internship is offered under the ONE World Bank Group Corporate Internship Program – WBG Pioneers, a unified corporate framework designed to provide a consistent and structured internship experience across the WBG.

The intern will be based in the Department for Outcomes, housed within the Office of the Managing Director and Chief Knowledge Officer. The Department for Outcomes strengthens outcome orientation across the WBG by supporting approaches to development impact measurement, coordinating outcome targets, and monitoring outcomes across cross-cutting themes such as jobs, climate, youth, private capital mobilization, and gender. The department also convenes internal and external stakeholders on outcome metrics and capacity building, and serves as secretariat to external advisory groups including the Jobs Council.

Requirements

• Undergraduate track: final-year bachelor’s students.
• Postgraduate track: students currently pursuing a master’s degree or PhD.
• Professional experience: 0 to 6 years.
• Language: fluency in English.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Strong skills in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint, including producing clean tables, charts, and well-structured presentations.
• Strong writing skills, including the ability to draft clear summaries and edit materials for clarity.
• Strong organization and follow-through, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.

Nice To Haves

• Interest in outcomes measurement, monitoring and evaluation, learning and capacity building, and jobs-related development topics is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Support planning and delivery of capacity-building activities by maintaining calendars and trackers and supporting participant and speaker coordination.
• Draft and format workshop and learning materials, including slides, exercises, and handouts, ensuring clarity and consistency.
• Organize and maintain repositories of materials, including session presentations, reference lists, and examples of good practice.
• Draft short session summaries and communications for internal audiences, including announcements, invitations, and recap notes.
• Support simple feedback collection for learning events and synthesize feedback into short notes to inform improvements.
• Helping coordinate partner sessions and curate knowledge shared across the network.
• Support jobs-related analysis by compiling, cleaning, and organizing relevant information and data from WBG operational and corporate sources.
• Summarize key findings and trends in short, clear notes for internal use.
• Develop slide-ready visuals such as tables, charts, and simple summaries for leadership-facing materials.
• Support Jobs Council and related engagements by helping prepare meeting materials, including draft agendas, background notes, participant lists, research papers, and concise slide packs.
• Track follow-up actions, deliverables, and timelines related to Jobs Council engagements.
• Support development of outward- and inward-facing communications and knowledge products, including drafting or editing short blogs, briefs, scripts, or summaries linked to outcomes measurement, long-term outcomes, and results measurement approaches (as requested).
• Supporting the preparation of roundtable or workshop outputs (e.g., summary notes, synthesis slides, participant takeaways).
• Assisting with basic formatting and quality assurance to ensure materials are polished and aligned with WBG style.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree