The 2016 World Bank Paid Summer Internship Programme For Young Professional Graduates

Application Deadline: January 31^st, 2016

Summer Internship (June–September)

The World Bank Group Internship offers highly motivated and successful individuals an opportunity to improve their skills while working in a diverse environment. Interns generally find the experience to be rewarding and interesting.

Eligibility:

• To be eligible for the internship, candidates must possess an undergraduate degree and already be enrolled in a full-time graduate study program (pursuing a Master's degree or Ph.D. with plans to return to school in a full-time capacity).
• Generally, successful candidates have completed their first year of graduate studies or are already into their Ph.D. programs.
•  Fluency in English is required.
• Prior relevant work experience, computing skills, as well as knowledge of languages such as French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Portuguese, and Chinese are advantageous

Field of study:

This internship typically seeks candidates in the following fields: economics, finance, human development (public health, education, nutrition, population), social science (anthropology, sociology), agriculture, environment, private sector development, as well as other related fields.

Benefits:

• The Bank Group pays an hourly salary to all interns and, where applicable, provides an allowance towards travel expenses.
•  Interns are responsible for their own living accommodations.
•  Most positions are located in Washington, D.C. (some positions are offered in country offices) and are a minimum of four weeks in duration.
• The Bank Group's Internship is offered during two seasons, and applications are accepted during the following periods:
• All applications MUST be submitted online. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered.

Application Checklist

• The application checklist is meant to facilitate your application experience.
• Ensure that you use either Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, or Internet Explorer 10 or higher as your browser version.
• Please make sure that you are connected with a reasonable bandwidth of internet connection without any network/firewall restriction.
• You will be asked to register for an account and provide an email address.
• You must complete your application in a single session and will be able to submit it only if you have uploaded all the required documents and answered all the questions (all questions marked with an asterisk-*- are required).
• Please complete the application within 45 minutes to avoid the system timeout.
• Provide the most current contact information. Ensure that you have correctly spelled out your email address, since this will be our main channel of communication with you regarding your candidacy
• Ensure that you have correctly spelled out your email address since this will be our main channel of communication with you regarding your candidacy.
• Remember to enter your complete phone number (country code + city code + number).
• Please do not enter any special characters (“-<>&#” etc.) in any of the application fields.  Try not to copy and paste any characters/text from Microsoft Words.
• Please attach the following documents (mandatory) before submitting:
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Statement of Interest
• Proof of Enrollment in a graduate degree 

       Note: 

• Each file should not exceed 5 MB, and should be in one of the following formats: .doc, .docx, or .pdf
•  Please make sure that the filenames of the documents that you are attaching do not contain any special characters, such as “-<>&#” etc.  PDF files are the best files to upload.
•   Once you submit your application, you will not be able to make any further changes/updates.

Apply Now for the 2016 World Bank Paid Summer Internship Programme For Young Professional Graduates

For more information visit the official web page.