Job Description
WBG Pioneer - Health Financing and Capital Mobilization Intern
Job #:
req37675
Organization:
World Bank
Grade:
T3 (no-fee)
Location:
Washington, DC,United States
Hiring Manager:Jeremy Veillard
Required Language(s):
English
Preferred Language(s):
Closing Date:
8/12/2026 (11:59pm UTC)
WBG Pioneers, the World Bank Group’s Internship Program, offers undergraduate and postgraduate students a high impact learning experience at the heart of global development. Participants gain hands on experience in a diverse and dynamic environment, contribute fresh perspectives and innovative ideas, and connect with international professionals working to end poverty on a livable planet.
The World Bank's Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice supports countries in achieving universal health coverage, strengthening health systems, and improving health outcomes through better use of public resources, stronger pooling arrangements, strategic purchasing, private-sector engagement, and performance-oriented approaches.
As countries face increasing fiscal constraints while striving to expand access to quality health services, there is growing demand for analytical work on mechanisms that can mobilize additional resources, strengthen incentives for performance, share risks across stakeholders, and improve the efficiency and sustainability of health spending. The Health Financing team supports global knowledge generation, operational engagements, technical assistance, and policy dialogue related to these issues across low-, middle-, and high-income countries.
The intern will contribute to analytical and operational work examining how governments, multilateral development banks, development partners, foundations, insurers, institutional investors, and private-sector actors can support health sector objectives through results-driven funding arrangements, risk-sharing structures, guarantee mechanisms, sustainability-linked approaches, pooled financing platforms, and other resource mobilization instruments.
Duties and Responsibilities
The intern could support ongoing analytical, operational, and knowledge activities. Responsibilities may include, with exact responsibilities to be determined later:
- Conducting literature reviews and evidence syntheses on one or more financing instruments such as outcome-linked funding arrangements, guarantee structures, pooled financing platforms, insurance-related mechanisms, sustainability-linked instruments, blended public-private approaches, and other approaches used to support health sector objectives including from World Bank, IFC, MIGA, development partner, foundation, and academic materials to identify lessons from global experience, applied to health.
- Developing country case studies and comparative databases documenting experiences for the financing instruments of past cases for health and the use of cases in other sectors for the health sector.
- Contributing to background notes, policy briefs, technical reports, management presentations, and knowledge products.
- Preparing presentations, briefing materials, and synthesis products and other knowledge-sharing products and activities such as consultations and webinars.
- Identifying opportunities to strengthen financial sustainability, improve incentives for results, and leverage additional resources within health sector programs.
Selection Criteria
- Candidates must be currently enrolled in, or in the final year of, an undergraduate program with provision of official documentation confirming academic credit or external funding.
- Demonstrated interest in development work and the World Bank Group’s mission, with preference for those with interest in health finance, public finance, capital markets, sustainability-related finance, impact measurement, or international development.
- Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills, with preference for those with experience in R, Python, and data science.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, including writing for a general non-technical audience.
- Ability to work effectively in diverse, team-based environments.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities within tight deadlines.
- Proficiency in English; additional languages may be required depending on the role
No-Fee Internship Eligibility
This position is offered under the WBG Pioneers No-Fee Internship Track. Students may be offered a no-fee STT appointment provided that they either: (a) are enrolled in a Master's, PhD, or similar graduate program during the entire internship (or are in the fifth year or higher of a degree program in countries where higher education is not divided into undergraduate and graduate stages) and provide an official letter from their university confirming that the internship fulfills academic requirements for at least one term of study; or (b) are enrolled in undergraduate or graduate studies and receive a stipend from their university at least equivalent to the minimum STT T1 fee level in effect at the start of the assignment, as confirmed by an official university letter.
Note: Please limit your applications to a maximum of three positions. Applications exceeding this limit will not be considered.
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.
The World Bank Group values diversity and encourages all qualified candidates who are nationals of World Bank Group member countries to apply, regardless of gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability. Sub-Saharan African nationals, Caribbean nationals, and female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
