WBG Pioneer -TVET and Skills Development Intern

The World Bank Group Internship Program offers undergraduate and postgraduate students a high impact learning experience in global development. The intern will support analytical, research, and knowledge-generation activities related to skills development and TVET in Uganda, contributing to the preparation and implementation of the Skills for Jobs operation and related activities.

Responsibilities

• Support preparation and implementation of the Uganda Skills for Jobs operation through background research and desk reviews on TVET, skills development, labor market relevance, and international experience.
• Synthesize project, sector, and analytical materials.
• Prepare presentations, briefing notes, concept inputs, and communication products.
• Develop simple data visualizations and infographics.
• Coordinate meetings, consultations, and stakeholder engagement.
• Document discussions, action tracking, and knowledge management.
• Provide operational, research, and analytical support to the task team.
• Produce background research notes and literature summaries; presentations, infographics, and briefing materials; organized repositories of reference documents; meeting notes and action-tracking matrices; and contributions to concept, analytical, and communication products supporting Skills for Jobs preparation.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in education, economics, public policy, international development, statistics, social sciences, communications, or a related field.
• Prior internship, research, volunteer, or other relevant experience is desirable but not required.
• A strong interest in skills development, TVET, education, youth employment, and development work in Africa is essential.
• Demonstrate strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, with excellent written and spoken English and the ability to synthesize information clearly and concisely.
• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel is required.
• Experience preparing charts, tables, infographics, and presentation materials is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with Canva, Power BI, Stata, R, or similar analytical and visualization tools is an advantage.
• The candidate should be proactive, detail-oriented, responsive, and able to work effectively in a team environment.

Skills

• Skills Development
• Technical-Vocational Education
• Youth Employment Promotion
• Education Research
• Data Analysis
• Report Writing
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Excel
• Chart Preparation
• Infographic Design
• Presentation Development
• Analytical Tools Development
• Power BI
• STATA
• Knowledge Synthesis

Languages

English