WBG Pioneer - Data Analysis Intern

Description

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.

WBG Pioneer

Background/Organizational Context

The World Bank Group’s Women, Business and the Law (WBL) project examines laws and regulations affecting women’s prospects as entrepreneurs and employees across 190 economies. Its goal is to inform policy discussions on how to remove legal restrictions on women and promote research on how to improve women’s economic inclusion. The Women, Business and the Law index serves as a road map for reform by capturing three interdependent pillars that together shape women’s access to jobs: laws, policies and institutions, and enforcement perceptions across ten topics: Safety, Mobility, Work, Pay, Marriage, Parenthood, Childcare, Entrepreneurship, Assets, and Pension.

Duties and Responsibilities

Data Preparation, Cleaning, and Quality Control:

• Clean, validate, and reconcile large, multi-source datasets, identifying and correcting errors in data values, structures, and formulas.

• Develop and apply systematic processes to standardize, map, and reconcile data across teams, systems, and file formats, while using automated checks to flag inconsistencies for review.

• Prepare API-ready data outputs, including JSON files, for data feeds, website visualizations, and other digital applications.

• Develop and implement data-cleaning protocols, validation rules, and automated quality checks.
Conduct data audits and produce monitoring and quality-assurance reports to identify issues and track their resolution.

Data Analysis:

• Analyze data to identify trends, patterns, and actionable insights, and prepare analytical, progress, and monitoring reports using tools such as Excel or Python.

• Present findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences through reports, presentations, and other communication products.

AI Integration: 

• Pilot AI-powered workflow to enhance data quality, integrity, and operational efficiency. 

• Conduct AI-driven analysis to support data validation and insights generation. 

• Establish monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to track AI model performance and ensure continuous improvement. 

• Ensure transparency and documentation of AI workflows, including prompt engineering, versioning, and reproducibility. 

• Suggest ways to automate verification of survey responses with primary data sources, check survey responses against each other and follow up with respondents until a final, verified country profile is produced.   

• Identify and mitigate risks related to bias, accuracy, and reliability of AI-generated outputs. 

Data Visualization:

• Interpret complex datasets and develop clear, intuitive visualization concepts that communicate key findings to technical and non-technical audiences.

• Develop prototypes, mock-ups, and data visualization products for dashboards, websites, reports, and other digital applications, using tools such as Tableau, Flourish, Power BI, or similar platforms to create compelling, user-friendly visualizations.

Selection Criteria

• A master’s candidate in data analytics, data science, statistics, computer science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, information technology, or an equivalent field.

• Strong proficiency in a programming language such as Python, with experience managing, cleaning, and analyzing large datasets. Familiarity with JavaScript and SQL is a plus. 

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas and data management.

• Experience using AI-assisted workflow to conduct legal research is a strong plus.

• Experience integrating AI solutions to improve system automation is preferred. 

• Demonstrated ability to analyze data, translate findings into actionable insights, and communicate results to technical and non-technical audiences.

• Strong attention to detail, initiative, and the ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities.

• Excellent interpersonal, teamwork, and English communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a multicultural environment.

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.