Deadline: September 30th, 2025
The World Bank Group is a unique global partnership of five institutions – IBRD and IDA (the World Bank), IFC, MIGA, and ICSID and young professionals can be deployed to any of the institutions.
Applicants can apply to the following thematic areas:
Operations:
-Investment
-People – Social Protection
-Prosperity – Economic Policies
-Prosperity – Institutions
-Planet – Environment
-Planet – Water
-Infrastructure – Energy and Extractives
-Digital – Digital Transformation
-Outcomes
Specialized Functions:
-Budget, Performance Review and Strategic Planning
-Information and Technology Solutions
-Human Resources
Requirements:
-Minimum master’s degree with 2 – 6 years professional working experience.
-Nationality of a World Bank Group member country as demonstrated by your officially issued passport or equivalent document (Nigeria is among).
-Completion of a masters-level degree or equivalent in a relevant field, or a higher qualification in a relevant field, before September 1, 2026. If you are pursuing a doctorate, full-time doctoral research studies in a relevant field at an accredited institution may count towards the required work experience, and the degree must be substantially complete with all the written work submitted before September 1, 2026.
-Excellent command of spoken and written English language (fluency in other languages might be advantageous to your application).
Application process:
Please have the following ready to upload at the time of your application:
-Your CV/resume (ideally 1 page and no longer than 2 pages)
-Passport photo page to help confirm your birth date and primary nationality
-Transcript(s) or enrollment letter(s) to confirm your post-graduate educational degrees and (expected) completion dates
-Be sure your work program (thematic area) selection is clearly supported in your application by your demonstrated skills, education, and experience.
-Successful candidates are expected to be invited to interviews and assessments in December 2025 through January 2026.
-We plan to inform the selected candidates in late-January 2026.
Application link:
https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/careers/the-young-professionals-program/howtoapply
Deadline: September 30th, 2025
