E T Consultant- Analyst, Washington, DC

E T Consultant- Analyst

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

The Development Economics Policy Indicators Group (DECIG) produces quantitative indicators of business regulation through primary data collected by the department on laws, regulations, and the experiences of firms operating in the private sector.

Within DECIG, the Enterprise Analysis Unit (DECEA) has developed the Enterprise Surveys (WBES), a survey instrument that links investment climate conditions to firm outcomes such as performance, firm growth, productivity, and employment in client countries. To date, DECEA has assembled a critical mass of firm-level data using WBES on more than 200,000 firms across all World Bank regions. WBES also provides factual firm-experience data in support of the World Bank’s Business Ready project. The Unit has developed additional products to meet internal client demands in data collection, indicator generation, and data analysis, including an informal sector survey, innovation modules, and WBES follow-ups to measure the impacts of shocks. The team produces peer reviewed research across private sector development using internal and external data.

DECEA is seeking to hire 3 Extended Term Consultants (ETCs) to execute high value, well defined tasks that strengthen survey standardization, monitoring, and automation, facilitate research output, and support dissemination around the World Bank Enterprise Surveys. The selected individuals will join a group of economists and will report to the DECEA manager.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Survey preparation: Design and implement improvements in the existing automated, reproducible workflows for recurring survey preparation tasks, including sampling frame processing, and sample design for WBES, as well as for the Micro and Informal Sector surveys. This includes tools related to CAPI and codebook, the maintenance of a central question bank, as well as data augmentation through web scraping to help improve sampling frames.
• Quality control: Enhance automated data quality monitoring systems for use during fieldwork and post-fieldwork review. This includes rule-based and AI-assisted checks, real-time dashboards, and standardized feedback to survey contractors.
• Data processing: Develop and implement improvements in the automated pipelines to prepare WBES data for publication, including final data quality checks and cross-validation with the codebook.
• Indicators and outputs: Design and implement automated production of standard country documents, graphs, and other visualizations, based on the WBES indicators, so that outputs are produced consistently and updated efficiently as new data become available.
• AI and automation: Identify recurring tasks across the survey cycle suitable for automation or AI assistance, and design, test, and validate AI-enabled workflows to ensure accuracy and reliability of outputs. Document these systems and train team members in their use so they remain sustainable and transferable.

Selection Criteria

• Master’s degree in Economics, Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field, with at least 2 years of relevant experience (or a Bachelor’s degree with at least 4 years of relevant experience).
• Strong programming skills in Stata and Python; working knowledge of R is a plus.
• Experience conducting applied research and data analysis, preferably on private sector development or firm-level topics, including contributing to reports, papers, or policy notes.
• Experience building or maintaining automated, reproducible data workflows, including data cleaning, validation, and processing pipelines.
• Familiarity with survey methodology, including sampling frames, sample design, and survey weighting, is a plus.
• Experience with CAPI platforms (e.g., Survey Solutions) and with questionnaire documentation such as codebooks and metadata.
• Experience with data quality monitoring, including rule-based checks and the development of dashboards or monitoring tools.
• Experience with web scraping and data APIs for collecting and integrating data from external sources.
• Practical experience using AI tools (e.g., large language models) to automate routine tasks, along with an understanding of how to test and validate their outputs.
• Familiarity with version control (e.g., Git) and good practices in code documentation.
• Experience producing data visualizations and standardized reports; familiarity with large firm-level datasets is a plus.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy, combined with excellent written and oral communication skills in English, including the ability to document systems clearly and train colleagues in their use.
• Well-developed interpersonal and teamwork skills, initiative, strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities within tight deadlines, and a willingness to learn new tools and methodologies and apply them to improve workflows.

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.

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