WBG Director, Education and Skills
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WBG Director, Education and Skills
Job # : req35069 Organization : World Bank Sector : Education Grade : GI Term Duration : 4 years 0 months Recruitment Type : International Recruitment Location : Washington, DC,United States Required Language(s) : English Preferred Language(s) : Closing Date : 12 / 17 / 2025 (MM / DD / YYYY) at 11 : 59pm UTC
Description
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 world’s 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, visit www.worldbankgroup.com
VPU Context
The WBG People Vice Presidency is responsible for getting the right public and private sector solutions to our operational teams and to our clients, and to produce scalable impact. Its mandate is to deliver knowledge for impact and business to enable and support the WBG to achieve its goals in support of our mission and specifically : providing guidance on creating more and better jobs; supporting foundational infrastructure and human capital, policy environment, and private sector mobilization; focusing on agribusiness, healthcare, infrastructure, manufacturing, and tourism; and support and accelerate specific targets such as M300, Health 1.5bn, and SP 500. The VPU’s objectives in driving outcomes include replicating and scaling effective solutions, enhancing thought leadership and innovation, and delivering timely knowledge to client teams.
WBG Director Education and Skills
WBG Director, Education and Skills, People will report to the WBG Vice President, People who is accountable to IBRD / IDA, IFC, and MIGA Managing Directors. The Department is comprised of 2 Managers and 50 staff.
Duties and accountabilities
The WBG Director for Education and Skills, People will lead a diverse and multidisciplinary team of staff with skills from across IBRD / IDA, IFC, and MIGA institutions and business contexts. The WBG Global Director will report to the World Bank Group Vice President, People.
The WBG Education and Skills Director is responsible for delivery of the new Education and Skills Strategy. The Strategy rests on four interconnected pillars : getting children off to the right start by expanding access and quality of early childhood development; ensuring all children learn and stay in school by improving foundational learning; building job-relevant skills throughout the lifecycle by modernizing skilling systems to create individualized, market-driven learning pathways; and putting skills to work by developing agile digital labor market systems that provide credentials to workers and connect them to opportunities in priority sectors.
The WBG Global Director will be accountable for modeling WBG leadership values and managerial behavior and ensuring that the unit delivers on its commitments. Accountability means being answerable for making strategic choices, managing quality, risks, results, institutional initiatives, external and internal resources, and compliance with WBG policies and procedures.
Key responsibilities include
Strategic Leadership
- Provide vision and direction for the WBG Education and Skills department to deliver thought leadership (policy and regulations) and scaling and replication (solutions and impact) for public and private sector clients that helps to unlock private sector financing and drive impactful change.
- Lead the implementation of the Education and Skills Strategy as a WBG initiative in close partnership with Social Policy and other Departments.
- Lead new WBG approach to thought leadership and scaling for the Education and Skills department, including driving organizational change.
- Mobilize and lead Policy and Regulations and Solutions and Impact teams and ensure alignment between the two functions : (1) produce, curate, validate, and share knowledge with operational teams, clients, and partners, and (2) capture, scale, and replicate innovations. Monitor the impact of solutions.
- Establish the Education and Skills Department as a thought leader in education finance and analytics, including the new Policy and Governance Review for Education.
- Lead the development of sector and industry strategies and assist in mobilizing private finance for clients.
- Collaborate with WBG Directors of other sectors, verticals, and horizontals, Regions, and with DEC to deliver multi-sectoral solutions in Education and Skills.
- Represent the VPU on WBG corporate strategic issues.
Operational Delivery
Relationship Management
Global Engagement
Internal Engagement and Capacity Building
Knowledge Management and Communications
People / Talent Management
Resource Management
Selection Criteria
The ideal candidate for the role of WBG Global Director for Education and Skills will be a seasoned executive with a deep understanding of Education and Skills, strategic leadership in complex organizations, and the credibility to operate independently while influencing at the highest levels of both government and the private sector.
Required qualifications and experience
WBG Managerial Competencies
WBG Culture Attributes
World Bank Group Core Competencies
The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.
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