Job Opportunities in India

People Group

The World Bank Group (WBG) is the largest provider of development finance and solutions for human development working with high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries to develop country-tailored solutions for human development (HD) under the themes of education, health, social protection, jobs and gender. The People Group coordinates with other Practice Groups to ensure a coordinated and integrated approach to development challenges, and through the World Bank Regional Units is expected to deliver the strongest and most pertinent support to our client countries.

Country background

India houses 17.7% of world’s population and the most populous democracy in the world. India is a federal country consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. The country has experienced strong growth and poverty reduction in the past 2-3 decades. Currently a lower middle-income country, India is on track to reach upper middle-income status in the next decade and aspires to become a developed economy by 2047 when it celebrates the 100th year of independence. While post-Covid recovery has been strong (with the economy growing at 6-7% per annum), achieving India’s ambition requires faster economic growth; and taking advantage of its large and young population requires more jobs for the youth and women. Now the 5th largest economy in the world, and as the current G20 Presidency, India is increasingly seen as a leading voice and a source of development knowledge for the Global South. In cumulative terms, India is the single combined largest (IBRD and IDA) client with 98 projects currently under implementation totaling $21.4 billion. In FY18, India graduated from IDA. Annual commitment was at 4.38 billion USD of new IBRD lending in FY23. India portfolio is multisectoral, diverse, with projects at both the central and state levels spanning [13 Global Practices].

The World Bank in India: https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/india

Role & Responsibilities:

The selected candidate would be expected to:

• Serve as a core contributor to the economic, financial and analytical work carried out by the team, with a focus on learning recovery and emerging areas of importance in the sector.
• Contribute to devising technical and policy advice on how to improve access to and quality of education and skills development outcomes, while promoting evidence-based decision-making.
• Proactively work across sectors to build synergies and identify entry points to leverage education and skills development and promote equitable and resilient growth in India.
• Contribute to reviewing or providing inputs to documents on behalf of the sector team.
• Help to support policy dialogue and interactions with relevant government authorities; development partners; and civil society organizations.
• Support teams in designing and developing new projects and providing implementation support for clients and monitoring project performance.
• Support the team in preparing Implementation Completion Results Reports of closed projects.
• Support the team in the delivery of the work program and lead the delivery of individual tasks as assigned.
• Be active in the thematic areas related to the Human Capital Project as well as Learning Poverty.
• Bring global and regional good practice and lessons learned to promote education system strengthening, improve inclusive access to high quality learning and skills development, and enhance institutional accountability.