World Bank Group Young Professionals Program 2026 – YOA

Deadline: September 30, 2025

Applications are open for the World Bank Group Young Professionals Program 2026. The World Bank Group Young Professionals Program engages prime international expertise with distinctive technical expertise and numerous backgrounds to work throughout the World Bank, MIGA and IFC in the direction of a world freed from poverty on a livable planet.

For over 60 years, the Young Professionals Program (YPP) has been each a extremely aggressive and uniquely rewarding OPPORTUNITY to hitch the World Bank Group. As a premier worldwide group on the forefront of growth, they search for potential Young Professionals (YPs) to hitch them from world wide with numerous backgrounds, distinctive technical expertise, excellent management potential, and a demonstrated dedication to their mission and values. Working throughout the World Bank, IFC, and MIGA, the YPs assist remedy the world’s most urgent growth challenges to enhance the lives of hundreds of thousands globally.

Program Details

• YPs be a part of the World Bank Group’s Operations and Specialized operate tracks on a two-12 months time period which may be adopted by a 5-12 months renewable contract based mostly on efficiency.
• Additionally, YPs take part in a structured studying and expertise growth journey by way of their YP Academy. Key components embody technical and operations coaching, language applications, negotiation and enterprise expertise, and management growth. YPs additionally obtain one-on-one teaching, join with mentors, and interact in technique-centered dialogues with senior leaders.

Eligibility

• Minimum grasp’s diploma with 2 – 6 years skilled working expertise.
• Nationality of a World Bank Group member nation as demonstrated by your formally issued passport or equal doc.
• Completion of a masters-degree diploma or equal in a related discipline, or a better qualification in a related discipline, earlier than September 1, 2026. If you might be pursuing a doctorate, full-time doctoral analysis research in a related discipline at an accredited establishment could depend in the direction of the required work expertise, and the diploma should be considerably full with all of the written work submitted earlier than September 1, 2026.
• Excellent command of spoken and written English language (fluency in different languages is likely to be advantageous to your application). 
• You should not a World Bank Group workers member nor are you precluded to apply or be a part of this system by the employment eligibility coverage from the time of application to the Young Professionals Program. 
• You don’t maintain an ET or ST contract within the Bank.
• You could apply this 12 months if you’re a JPA or a former Bank intern (interns ought to have their appointment finish date on or earlier than September 30, 2025).

Application

• The application portal opens on September 1, 2025 and closes on September 30, 2025 at 11:59 UTC (late functions is not going to be thought-about). 
• Have the next able to add on the time of your application:
  • Your CV/resume (ideally 1 web page and now not than 2 pages) 
  • Passport picture web page to assist verify your beginning date and first nationality
  • Transcript(s) or enrollment letter(s) to substantiate your put up-graduate academic levels and (anticipated) completion dates

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to World Bank Group Young Professionals Program.