World Bank Junior Professional Associates (JPA) Program for Young Graduates 2024: (Deadline Not Specified)

The World Bank Group Junior Professional Associate (JPA) program is a unique opportunity to gain entry-level professional experience and first-hand exposure to the challenges – and rewards – of international development.

Are you a recent graduate? Do you have passion for and commitment to helping others? Are you looking for a solid, two-year entry-level work experience in a multicultural environment? If so, you may be interested in the World Bank’s JPA program. ?

In your JPA assignment, you’ll use your strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, your knowledge of technology and your research abilities – working with more senior colleagues and project teams in their work both in operations and in corporate functions. You’ll have an opportunity to hone your skills and acquire new ones while gaining first-hand exposure to the challenges of reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity. Your experience as a JPA may be used as a steppingstone to a career in government, consulting, the private sector, academia or other development agencies. ?

About World Bank

With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries. Together, IBRD and IDA form the World Bank, which provides financing, policy advice, and technical assistance to governments of developing countries. IDA focuses on the world�s poorest countries, while IBRD assists middle-income and creditworthy poorer countries. While our five institutions have their own country m…..

Junior Professional Associates (JPA) Program

• Type Internship
• Organisation World Bank
• Country to study–
• School to study–
• Course to study Not specified
• State of Origin
• Gender Men and Women
• Application Deadline Not Specified

Aim and Benefits of Junior Professional Associates (JPA) Program

• 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.

Requirements for Junior Professional Associates (JPA) Program Qualification

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.

How to Apply

• 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.?

For more details, visit OFFICIAL LINK & APPLY