WBG Young Professional

Are you ready for a career with a lasting impact? The World Bank Group’s Young Professionals Program (YPP) offers exceptional professionals from around the world the opportunity to apply their specialized technical expertise, broaden their experience, and contribute to solutions to some of the most pressing development challenges. Young Professionals (YPs) work across the World Bank, IFC, MIGA, and ICSID in support of our mission to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet. For more than 60 years, this highly competitive program has selected outstanding professionals to contribute to the institution’s work and develop as future leaders in global development. We seek candidates who demonstrate strong leadership potential, exceptional technical skills, and a clear commitment to our mission and values. As a YP, you will collaborate with colleagues across disciplines and institutions, applying your expertise to help address pressing development challenges and improve lives around the world. YPs join the World Bank Group on an initial two-year term contract, renewable subject to satisfactory performance. During this period, YPs complete three eight-month rotations: one with their primary function and area of expertise, one cross-institutional rotation, and at least one rotation based in a country office. These assignments enable YPs deepen their technical and operational knowledge while gaining experience across different areas of the institution. Through the YP Academy, YPs undertake a structured learning and development journey that includes technical and operational training, language programs, negotiation and business skills, and leadership development. They also receive individual coaching, connect with mentors, and participate in strategic dialogues with senior leaders. In the context of the World Bank's broad development agenda, the Legal Vice Presidency (LEG), under the Senior Vice President and Group General Counsel (SVP-GC), is responsible for providing legal advice and support to internal and external Bank clients on operational, advisory, financial, administration, and institutional matters. The Legal Vice Presidency provides legal services required by the World Bank Group and plays an active role in all the World Bank Group's activities. In addition, LEGVP helps to ensure that all World Bank Group activities comply with the Articles of Agreement of the various group institutions, as well as their operational policies and procedures. The position will allow for opportunities to work in the LEGVPU’s IBRD/IDA Operational Practice Groups (groups that that are geographically-based and that are devoted to the legal and policy aspects of the World Bank's lending operations), as well as within the Policy and Advisory Practice Groups within the LEGVPU, which provide advice on operations policy, environmental and international law, development finance and structured finance and guarantees and Corporate Practice Groups, which provide advice on corporate finance, administrative and institutional matters for the World Bank. What You’ll Deliver • Draft, review, negotiate and finalize project legal agreements • Cover a broad operational portfolio of countries, providing risk-based advice to clients on legal and policy issues in operations. • Provide legal advice to ongoing projects and programs, including reviewing project and program documents, for adherence to World Bank policies, procedures and business objectives. • Conduct comparative legal analyses on a range of issues, identify legal and policy issues, research relevant precedents, and propose appropriate solutions to colleagues and clients. • Engage in policy discussions and negotiations with government officials internally and externally. • Protect the World Bank's interests and promote its goals and values. • Write and review policy papers, undertake legal research on topics in an area of concentration and contribute to dissemination of policy and best practices in a given field. • Prepare legal briefs on diverse topics, as required. • Perform ad hoc assignments as requested by the Chief Counsel or designated Lead/Senior Counsel.