Job #: req38765 Organization: World Bank Sector: Other Grade: EC1 Term Duration: 1 year 0 months Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment Location: Washington, DC,United States Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s): Closing Date: 10/26/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Description
At the World Bank, a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives. For more information, visit https://www.worldbank.org/en/who-we-are/ibrd
The WBG Infrastructure Vertical provides public and private solutions to operational teams and clients across the WBG to produce scalable impact. Its mandate is to deliver knowledge for impact to support the WBG to achieve its goals in support of our mission and specifically: providing guidance on creating more and better jobs by: (i) supporting foundational infrastructure and human capital, (ii) policy environment, and (iii) enabling and mobilizing private sector capital. With 60 years of experience, the WBG is poised to support the sector becoming an engine of growth and jobs through improving policies and governance, foundational infrastructure and private sector investments. The WBG lending in the sector is expected to grow substantially. The Infrastructure VPU’s objectives in driving outcomes include replicating and scaling effective solutions, enhancing thought leadership and innovation, and delivering timely knowledge to client teams. For more information: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/infrastructure
The Tourism and Services, Solutions & Impact Unit (KIUST) sits within the Urban, Subnational Finance, Tourism, and Disaster Management (USTDM) Department of the World Bank's Infrastructure Vice Presidency (INF VPU). KIUST brings together expertise in tourism, retail, and real estate to provide strategic direction, thought leadership, and operational support to regional teams across the World Bank Group (WBG).
The unit serves as a global knowledge hub for the tourism sector, aggregating global and regional expertise, maintaining sector databases and lessons learned, and fostering partnerships with international organizations and clients. It delivers advisory services and innovative solutions to support investment and policy development, with a focus on hospitality, responsible tourism, job creation, and environmental and social impact.
KIUST's work spans knowledge management, sector diagnostics, strategy development, and the design of tools and frameworks that regional teams can apply across diverse country contexts. Key areas of focus include the development and management of global knowledge products, the stewardship of tourism communities of practice, country-level analytics using diagnostic tools, and targeted work on cross-cutting themes such as gender inclusion and digital transformation in the tourism sector. The unit collaborates closely with other World Bank Global Practices, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and external international partners to deliver integrated tourism solutions.
Please note this position is financed by a Trust Fund and renewal is contingent upon availability of funding, in addition to other factors, including but not limited to business needs, staff performance and skills fit.
The KIUST team is seeking an Extended Term Consultant to provide analytical, technical, and knowledge management support to the unit's global tourism work program across the following areas.
The assignment coordinator at the World Bank and primary contact for the consultancy is Louise Twining-Ward, Senior Private Sector Specialist. The consultancy described herein is required for World Bank FY27 through FY29.
Selection Criteria
World Bank Group Core Competencies
As per WBG policy, an Extended Term (ET) appointment is subject to a lifetime maximum of three (3) years. Former and current ET staff who have completed or are in the process of completing their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.
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The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. Our vision is to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet.
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