E T Consultant

E T Consultant

Job #:

req39345

Organization:

World Bank

Sector:

Economics

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:

11/19/2026 (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

Background and General Description Located within the Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC), the Policy Indicators Group (DECIG) produces primary data and analysis on private sector development, with an emphasis on regulations, institutions, and policies that promote job creation, economic productivity, and gender equality. Its data products aim for reliability, relevance, and comparability within and across economies and support policy reform, development research, and policy advice.

The Business Ready (DECBE) unit produces the Business Ready (B-READY) data and report, providing a quantitative assessment of the business environment for private sector development. B-READY examines ten topics covering the life cycle of a firm: Business Entry, Business Location, Utility Services, Labor, Financial Services, International Trade, Taxation, Dispute Resolution, Market Competition, and Business Insolvency. Within each topic, indicators are organized into three pillars: Regulatory Framework, Public Services, and Operational Efficiency. Cross-cutting considerations include digital technology, environmental sustainability, and gender. B-READY combines information on laws and regulations with measures of their implementation in practice, drawing on expert consultations and firm-level surveys conducted in collaboration with the Enterprise Surveys team. Data collection and reporting emphasize integrity, robust safeguards, transparency, and replicability. The B-READY AI Functional Group aims to strengthen operational efficiency and analytical rigor across project management, data collection, expert survey implementation, validation, scoring, and monitoring workflows. The group designs, tests, and implements AI-enabled and automated solutions to improve the speed, accuracy, consistency, and usability of B-READY processes and data, while building capacity for responsible and sustainable innovation. DECBE is seeking two highly motivated Extended Term Consultants (EC1) to serve as a AI Team Analysts, based in Washington, DC. The analyst will work with the AI Functional Group and B-READY topic teams to develop and maintain AI tools and related processes and data. The position requires strong Python-based data skills, familiarity with AI-assisted workflows, sound analytical judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to translate operational needs into reliable technical solutions.

Responsibilities The AI Team Analyst’s responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to, the following:

• Support the design, prototyping, testing, documentation, and implementation of AI-enabled tools, data pipelines, dashboards, and analytical applications for B-READY operations.
• Clean, merge, transform, validate, and analyze structured and unstructured data, primarily using Python, and produce reproducible outputs for monitoring and decision-making.
• Support B-READY data validation and indicator scoring by developing automated checks, anomaly-detection routines, comparison tools, and quality-control reports consistent with approved methodologies and protocols.
• Use large language model APIs and other approved AI services to build and evaluate AI-assisted workflows, including prompt design, automated web research, information extraction, classification, summarization, and coding support.
• Collaborate with topic teams to understand business needs, document requirements, identify workflow bottlenecks, and translate them into appropriately scoped technical solutions.
• Maintain and improve dashboards, databases, scripts, code repositories, technical documentation, test cases, and user guidance to support reliable use and future maintenance.
• Assess tool performance, including accuracy, consistency, robustness, cost, and processing time; identify errors or limitations and recommend practical improvements.
• Conduct research on relevant AI software, methods, and APIs and help test their suitability for B-READY use cases under applicable institutional requirements.
• Support user testing, demonstrations, training, and knowledge-sharing activities and respond to technical questions from B-READY colleagues.
• Ensure data integrity, reproducibility, confidentiality, and compliance with World Bank Group information-security, data-protection, responsible-AI, and approved-use requirements.
• Collaborate closely with colleagues across topic teams and contribute to team planning, reporting, and common production milestones.
• Provide other analytical and technical support as required.
• Follow all applicable B-READY protocols outlined in the B-READY Manual and Guide.

Selection Criteria The B-READY team is looking for qualified candidates who meet the following requirements:

• Advanced degree (master’s level) in Economics, Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, another quantitative social science, or a related field, and at least two years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated data analysis, cleaning, transformation, and quality-control skills, particularly using Python and common data libraries such as pandas.
• Experience with B-READY data validation and indicator scoring, or closely comparable experience applying documented methodologies to complex cross-economy data, is strongly preferred.
• Experience with AI-assisted workflows, including large language model APIs, prompt design, automated web research, information extraction, and AI-assisted coding.
• Ability to develop, test, debug, document, and maintain scripts or analytical tools; familiarity with reproducible workflows, version control, or application programming interfaces is an asset.
• Proficiency in data analysis and visualization. Experience with Stata is an asset.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to evaluate data and model outputs critically rather than rely on automated results without verification.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical colleagues and to work collaboratively with topic teams and cross-functional colleagues.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English are essential.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision, manage multiple assignments, meet tight deadlines, and adapt to rapidly shifting priorities.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills, initiative, persistence, sound judgment, attention to detail, reliability, and a commitment to quality and results.
• Ability to handle sensitive information responsibly and comply with applicable data-protection, confidentiality, information-security, responsible-AI requirements, and project protocols.
• As the World Bank continues to evolve, we value candidates who demonstrate the ability to collaborate effectively across teams, disciplines, cultures, and institutional boundaries.

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. 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. This internal requisition is open to WBG and IMF staff only (including short-term and extended term consultants/ temporaries). External candidates are requested not to apply. In case an external candidate applies, their application will not be considered. 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. Learn more about working at the World Bank and IFC including our values and inspiring stories.