KGGTF Program Analyst Job #: req33730 Organization: World Bank Sector: Economics Grade: GE Term Duration:ย 2 years 0 months Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment Location: Seoul,South Korea Required Language(s): English, Korean Preferred Language(s): Closing Date: 7/23/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Description
Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org.
The World Bankโs Planet Vice Presidency helps countries tackle their most complex challenges in the areas of Agriculture and Food; Climate Change; Environment; Social Development; and Water.ย
The Planet Vice Presidency hosts an Office of the Chief Economist (GSSCE).ย The major functions of this Office are to support knowledge intensive activities in the Planet Vice Presidency, undertake research, promote collaboration and to liaise with the academic community. It seeks to empower teams with knowledge and information to deliver the best global advice to client countries.ย The Office aims to serve as a small think-tank for the Vice Presidency to ensure that investment and advisory decisions are informed by the latest rigorous evidence.ย The work program contains three interrelated pillars: knowledge creation and dissemination; building and maintaining capacity of staff within the Vice Presidency; and support customized needs of the Vice Presidency.ย To deliver on its wide mandate the Office is seeking to hire a Senior Economist with outstanding analytical and communication skills.
The Korea Green Growth Trust Fund (KGGTF), housed within the Planet Vice Presidency Chief Economist Office, is a partnership between the World Bank Group (WBG) and the Republic of Korea, established in 2013 to support client countries in transitioning to a green development path. The primary goal of the KGGTF is to scale up and strengthen the WBGโs global green growth portfolio by leveraging Koreaโs expertise and resources to assist client countries. This includes fostering sustainable development in developing countries through practical knowledge sharing, building a robust knowledge base, and enhancing capacity to implement green growth investments effectively.
Roles and Responsibilities:
The position of Program Analyst for the Korea Green Growth Trust Fund (KGGTF) will support designated activities related to KGGTF operations, including working with Task Team Leaders (TTLs) managing KGGTF programs, with a focus on Planet, Infrastructure, and Digital Transformation Vice Presidencies. It is expected that the candidate provides substantive operational, research, statistical and other analytic support to TTLs and KGGTF team. Also, may undertake administrative responsibilities ensuring efficient coordination of team activities.
The selected candidate will be assigned responsibility for a range of support operations, including but not limited to the following:
โข Support KGGTF program administrative and operational needs based in the Republic of Korea.โข Support strong relationships with the donor and various partner ministries and public agencies in Korea, ensuring alignment and clear communication regarding the KGGTF work program, results, and strategic issues.โข Support development and maintenance of technical partnerships with counterparts on the green growth agenda. โข Support the KGGTF-related teams based in Korea and joint programs to monitor deliverables and results per agreed performance targets and indicators.โข Support in the preparation and supervision of KGGTF-funded projects in Korea - contributing to all stages of the project cycle.ย โข Support regular program reviews to identify lessons learned and best practices, and contribute to their dissemination through knowledge exchange activities and events (online and offline).โข Support planning and coordination of KGGTF events, including stakeholder engagement, logistics, and content development.โข Participate in missions, meetings, and discussions - in an area of specialization - to provide technical inputs and guidance to counterparts on the appropriate scope, technology, costs, etc.
Selection Criteria
โข A minimum of a Masterโs degree in infrastructure, economics, finance, business administration, or other development fieldsโข Working understanding of Planet, Infrastructure, and Digital Transformation Vice Presidency work programs in the World Bank.ย โข Good knowledge and understanding of WBG operational processes and procedures in areas of project preparation, appraisal, implementation, and ability to participate in all stages of a project cycle, would be an advantage.โข Full proficiency in English and Korean (both verbal and written) is required.ย โข Proven capacity to work independently and effectively on a variety of tasks, able to adjust to shifting priorities and achieve results within agreed objectives.โข Strong interpersonal communication skills.โข Ability to follow through on team priorities with minimum supervision.โข Proficiency in standard IT office applications (MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
For information about WBG Core Competencies, please visit: https://bit.ly/2kbIA7O.ย
Note: If the selected candidate is a current Bank Group staff member with a Regular or Open-Ended appointment, s/he will retain his/her Regular or Open-Ended appointment. All others will be offered a 2-year term appointment.
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