E T Consultant - Global Digital Partnership & Alliance Specialist Job #: req34938 Organization: World Bank Sector: Digital Development Grade: EC2 Term Duration:ย 1 year 0 months Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment Location: Washington, DC,United States Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s): Closing Date: 11/24/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Description
Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile?ย The World Bank Group is a unique global partnership of five institutions driven by a bold vision to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet. As one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries, we help solve the worldโs greatest development challenges. When you join the World Bank Group, you become part of a dynamic, diverse organization with 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide. We work with public and private sector partners, invest in groundbreaking projects, and use data, research, and technology to bring tangible and transformative change around the globe. For more information, visitย www.worldbank.org.
The Digital Transformation Vertical Vice Presidency was established on July 1, 2024, and guides the World Bank Group efforts to establish the foundations of a digital economy, build and enhance digital and data infrastructure, ensure cybersecurity and data privacy for institutions, businesses, and citizens, and advance digital government services. Digital technologies, including AI and data, present a unique opportunity to accelerate development. The Digital Transformation Vertical has the critical mission of delivering on this development promise. The Digital Vice Presidency and its global and regional teams support client countries in building the foundational and cross-cutting elements of digital transformation.
The Development Effectiveness unit plays an important role in advising the VP and DSO on all matters pertaining to strategic planning and management, market intelligence, partnerships, including trust fund oversight, monitoring and evaluation, stakeholder engagement, knowledge management, collaboration with Regions and Verticals, and outreach to external partners. The Unit supports the VPUโs engagement on corporate priorities including Knowledge Bank, Operations Efficiency and Effectiveness, Corporate Scorecard and other initiatives aimed at achieving speed, scale and impact.
The role drives and supports engagement with digital private-sector actors (cloud/AI providers, technology firms, innovators, and other types of private actors) and helps align them with governments, regulators, and multilateral stakeholders to evolve early partnerships into scalable alliance opportunities that support national digital priorities.
Key Responsibilities:ย
Partnership & Alliance Development (Strategy): Drive the Partnership & Alliance Framework and develop/execute the strategy, aligned with the World Bankโs digital objectives.
โข Drive and coordinate engagement with private-sector partners, particularly those with global-scale, platform-centric models, and collaborate with government, regulatory, and multilateral counterparts to ensure alignment with national digital priorities.
โข Facilitate collaboration structures and design win-win mechanisms that proactively align commercial viability with public inclusion objectives, by clarifying partner roles, aligning objectives and incentives, and supporting shared direction.
โข Support policy and governance alignment to ensure partnership opportunities reflect national priorities and promote vendor neutrality and national data sovereignty during program execution.
Program Execution Enablement (Execution): Strengthen Global Digital Partnerships and optimize them through regular evaluation.
โข Incubate and activate partnerships, securing required inputs and commitments with a demonstrated ability to translate strategic visions into concrete, scalable execution plans.
โข Coordinate partner onboarding and early pilot activities that validate use cases, de-risk scale-up, and drive partnership activation events to convert intent into program opportunities. Establish regular check-ins to evaluate partnership effectiveness.
โข Drive and support partnership activation events (summits, roundtables, engagement forums) to convert partnership intent into program opportunities.
Program Oversight & Knowledge Management (Coordination): Serve as horizontal-level primary resources in the Strategy and Operations department for Global Digital Partnerships.
โข Ensure partnership activities align with Digital Development Pillars: Access, Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), platforms and service delivery (Applications), and AI.
โข Ensure the strategic evolution from episodic engagements to a global strategic alliance portfolio, leading internal alignment across regional teams and subject-matter groups for co-design and execution.
โข Ensure partnership activities align with the four Digital Development Pillars, enforcing Sovereign AI principles and governance to ensure responsible scaling and data protection.
Selection Criteria
โข Masterโs degree in public policy, business studies, development studies or communications plus 5 years of experience in a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
โข Experience coordinating multi-stakeholder collaboration across public and private sectors and supporting the progression of digital initiatives from concept to executable plans.
โข Hands-on experience introducing digital solutions in real environments and enabling implementation through partnerships, rather than direct technology delivery.
โข Knowledge of digital development domains, including:
โข Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI).
โข Cloud, AI, and application solutions, with expertise in global cloud infrastructure deployment and ecosystem development.
โข Digital policy and data governance.
โข Ability to operate effectively in complex, matrixed environments, and build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups.
โข Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex topics into concise executive briefings and decision-ready recommendations.
โข Demonstrated comfort navigating ambiguity and moving initiatives from conceptual to executable, with a structured, action-oriented, and outcomes-driven mindset.
โข Experience working in the digital space for LMICs or emerging markets.
WBG Culture Attributes:
1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.
World Bank Group Core Competencies
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Note: The selected candidate will be offered a one-year appointment, renewable at the discretion of the World Bank Group, and subject to a lifetime maximum ET appointment of three years. If an ET appointment ends before a full year, it is considered as a full year toward the lifetime maximum. Former and current ET staff who have completed all or any portion of their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.