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World Bank Group Junior Professional Associate Program 2024
The World Bank Group Junior Professional Associate (JPA) program is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to receive entry-level professional experience and firsthand exposure to the challenges – and rewards – of international development.
Are you a recent graduate? Do you care about and want to help others? Are you seeking for a great two-year entry-level job in a multicultural environment? If yes, you might be interested in the World Bank’s JPA program.
In your JPA assignment, you will apply your excellent quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, knowledge of technology, and research abilities while collaborating with more senior colleagues and project teams in their work in operations and corporate departments. You will get the opportunity to hone your talents and learn new ones while getting firsthand experience with the issues of eliminating poverty and increasing shared prosperity. Your experience as a JPA may serve as a stepping stone to a career in government, consultancy, the business sector, academia, or other development organizations.
Eligibility:
The following are minimum requirements to be eligible for the JPA program:
- Be 28 years of age or younger on your first day of service
- Hold the equivalent of a Bachelor’s degree
- Be fluent in English
- One or more of the Bank’s working languages is a plus: Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
Benefits
- The World Bank will provide you with the opportunity to gain entry-level professional experience in a premier development institution, on a two-year, non-renewable Extended Term Consultant (ETC) contract with benefits.
Application
- Interested candidates may apply online. (Please take care to provide required information where indicated).
- Please note that applications will be kept active in our database for a period of six months. Should you still be interested in JPA program after six months, you will need to re-apply.
- Only those identified for an assignment will be contacted to discuss their interest and availability.
- Candidates are selected by the hiring manager on a highly competitive basis.
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