Specialists - Education at World Bank

Education is a powerful driver of development and one of the strongest instruments for reducing poverty, raising incomes, promoting economic growth and shared prosperity, and improving health, gender equality, peace, and stability. The mandate of the Education Global Practice is building effective educational systems, creating and deploying global knowledge, and developing the capacity to deliver results, including through strategic partnerships.

Selection Criteria

• Demonstrated experience in positions of increasing complexity and responsibility within education sector management in government and/or international organizations.
  
  • Senior Specialist/Senior Economist – at least 8 years of experience + advanced degree
  • Specialist/Economist – at least 5 years of experience + advanced degree
• Advanced Degree (Masters or PhD) in a relevant field; ideally education, economics, statistics, public policy or related social science fields; and relevant experience in an area relevant to human development work, such as education, public policy or related social science fields for Education Specialist/Economist job groups.

In addition, we are looking for a combination of the following technical and soft skills for both job groups:

• Excellent microeconomic skills and/ or experience with public expenditure analyses and demonstrated ability to use relevant analytical methods for policy analysis and Economic and Sector Work in developing countries
• Demonstrated combination of analytical rigor and pragmatism in designing solutions relevant to the country context.
• Experience of conducting policy dialogue with government officials at a senior level including experience in designing and implementing education sector reforms.
• Experience in analyzing policy options and recommending practical policy options based on evidence; and; conceptualizing and implementing monitoring and evaluation of public programs.
• Ability to convey complex technical ideas to a non-specialist audience through short briefs, power point presentations, etc.
• Strong client orientation and excellent interpersonal skills. Proven ability to work effectively and collaboratively across within and across sector boundaries, inspire commitment to excellence and teamwork, and to liaise tactfully as a member of a multicultural team.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with both Bank staff and client country counterparts, and ability to liaise tactfully as a member of a multicultural team.
• Language proficiency – English is essential for all positions, and French speaking candidates for Burkina, DRC, Republic of Congo, Cote d’Ivoire. Knowledge of Portuguese/ Spanish would be a plus to work on Portuguese speaking countries.

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- Senior Specialist/Senior Economist

- Specialist/Economist