Entry-level Specialist (Energy and Extractives) at the World Bank

The World Bank, a member of the World Bank Group, is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. Our mission is to fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results and to help people help themselves and their environment by providing resources, sharing knowledge, building capacity and forging partnerships in the public and private sectors.

The World Bank Group is launching a recruitment drive aimed at increasing the number of Sub Saharan Africans in its work force. This commitment to hire Sub Saharan Africans reflects the Bank Group’s senior leadership commitment for a diverse workforce in which African nationals can play a key role in fighting poverty and increasing shared prosperity. Employment opportunities will be in various technical areas and professional streams for talented and diverse young professionals and mid-career level professionals to contribute and grow their skills in a career in international development.

A career with the World Bank Group offers a unique opportunity for exceptionally talented individuals with a passion for international development to contribute to solving some of the world’s most pressing problems. Bank staff work with governments, civil society groups, the private sector, and others in developing countries around the world, assisting people in all areas of development, from policy and strategic advice to the identification, preparation, appraisal, and supervision of development projects.

We are recruiting to fill the below position:

Job Title: Specialist

Location: Africa
Area: Energy and Extractives

Job Description

• Providing reliable electricity to the unserved and inadequately served people of the world is central to efforts to eradicate extreme poverty and create a shared prosperity.
• The Energy and Extractive Industries Global Practice delivers comprehensive energy and extractive industry solutions through environmentally and socially sustainable approaches.
• It also houses financial solution experts specialized in guarantee structuring and execution, project finance, and market capital mobilization.

Selection Criteria

• Advanced Degree (Masters or PhD) in relevant field; ideally engineering, energy planning, economics, business administration/finance, public policy/administration or related discipline. Specializations relevant to the energy sector (e.g. renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy access, or energy markets and institutions) are a bonus.
• Candidate must have at least 5 years work experience.
• Track record of dealing with energy sector strategic and policy issues, regulation, as well as operational and analytic work. Familiarity with energy policies, strategies, institutions, and regulations. Preferred areas of experience include energy (specifically oil and gas, gas to power, upstream gas, hydropower, utility corporate finance), and extractive industries. Others include:
  • Power sector development, policy and financing, supply chain and market structure.
  • Power generation, transmission, distribution, energy sector reforms; and tariff calculation and reforms.
  • Infrastructure financing and investment with private sector or market-oriented financial institutions
  • Sector reform and modernization, energy efficiency investments and program design
  • Renewable energy, energy efficiency, low carbon strategies, and broader climate change mitigation issues.
  • Energy access including rural electrification. Clean cooking and heating solutions. Familiarity of business models for promoting energy access through mini- and off-grid systems.
  • Energy Sector Technologies - hydrocarbon, hydropower, power generation, transmission and distribution, renewables, energy efficiency, low carbon strategies, etc.
• Experience and/or substantive exposure with recent developments in the energy sector such as utility reform, regulatory reform and public-private partnerships.
• Ideal candidates for this position must have a demonstrated capacity for strategic thinking, the ability to conduct dialogue on relevant development policies and priorities, and be fluent in English with very good writing and communication skills.

Application Closing Date
31st August, 2015.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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If you are interested in this position, please click the link above to submit your application. You will be prompted to log in to the "Member Center" or "Create a New Account". Please fill in all fields, answer the screening questions if any, attach your resume or CV, and submit your Statement of Interest (no more than 700 words).

Note

• A select number of candidates will be interviewed in September and October 2015 in Washington, D.C. and locations in Africa and Europe.
• Those applications that were not selected for interview during this campaign will be kept on file for up to one year and may be considered for future opportunities.
• Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.