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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 VPU Context: Infrastructure provides sustainable solutions that connect people and markets, strengthen institutions, and support economic transformation. The Energy and Extractives Global Practice works with governments and partners to expand reliable, affordable, sustainable, and modern energy services while mobilizing public and private finance. Unit Context: IAWE4 supports energy-sector programs across West and Central Africa, including operations in Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The unit’s portfolio covers power-sector performance, electricity access, renewable energy, regional integration, private capital mobilization, and clean cooking. The position will work across task teams and with the AFW and ESMAP clean-cooking teams. Duties and accountabilities:

• Support clean cooking activities in Ghana and Sierra Leone, including program design, private sector engagement, and implementation support.
• Support the preparation and implementation of energy access investments in Ghana and Sierra Leone, including electrification, distributed renewable energy, and clean cooking.
• Provide technical and operational support to energy projects, including project design, implementation support, technical reviews, missions, and results monitoring.
• Prepare and review technical notes, terms of reference, project documents, presentations, and management briefs on energy access and clean cooking.
• Engage with government agencies, utilities, private sector entities, and development partners to support project preparation and implementation.
• Contribute to analytical work, knowledge exchange, and business development on energy access, including support to other countries in West and Central Africa as required.
• Support the AFW clean cooking focal-point work, including portfolio and pipeline development, knowledge activities, and support to country teams as required.