HR Analyst Job #: req35121 Organization: IFC Sector: Human Resources Grade: GE Term Duration: 3 years 0 months Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment Location: Washington, DC,United States Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s): Closing Date: 12/19/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Description
Build a career with impact. Working at the World Bank Group (WBG) provides a unique opportunity to help countries solve their greatest development challenges. As one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries, the WBG is a unique partnership of five global institutions dedicated to ending poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, the WBG works with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We work in more than 100 countries, using our capital, expertise, and influence to create markets and opportunities in developing countries. In fiscal year 2025, IFC committed a record $71.7 billion to private companies and financial institutions in developing countries, leveraging private sector solutions, and mobilizing private capital to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet. For more information, visit www.ifc.org. IFC’s Human Resources (CHR) Department provides strategic partnership to the business to develop and implement workforce strategies and meet organizational goals, including attracting, developing and deploying diverse and skilled talent. To achieve this, CHR is structured into key functional areas that deliver specialized HR expertise and solutions: one Center of Expertise (COE) – Skills & Organizational Effectiveness – and two Client Services teams providing support to HQ and regions. • Skills and Organizational Effectiveness drives a knowledge-sharing culture, cultivates a skills-based approach to talent management, manages IFC flagship leadership programs, oversees corporate board reports, and leads organizational design and workforce planning.• Client Services provides strategic HR partnership, program implementation, and tailored support to staff and management globally through its HR Business Partnership network. The Skills and Organizational Effectiveness unit (CHRSO) is looking to recruit an Analyst in Washington DC to support the organizational design and effectiveness team and will report to the unit Manager through the Team Lead for the above-mentioned work program.
Duties and Accountabilities:
• Directly support organizational design and effectiveness work to enable better design and delivery of work to support business outcomes. Provide coordination and capability-building support for IFC strategic priorities. • Understand and maintain all the data and underlying assumptions of the organizational effectiveness framework and conduct organizational assessments to identify and address anomalies related to span of control and influence. • Help with developing concepts and resource material for HR Client services to leverage organizational design and effectiveness approaches. • Ensure that the latest IFC Organizational structure and relevant details are updated and available for reference. Stay informed about the new organizational changes and provide guidance to design an optimal team structure.• Understand the workforce planning process, including key insights, grade mix, and ratios to leverage and complement broader organizational effectiveness work. • Develop a good understanding of the job architecture and skills framework and understand their linkages to the broader organizational effectiveness work. • Provide direct support to implement and maintain a job evaluation framework. Prepare organizational-level data f, including both financial and non-financial metrics.• Participate and effectively coordinate with the People Insights and the Workforce Planning team to ensure alignment with the overall deliverables and data initiatives.• Support all organizational restructuring and realignments and provide relevant data and insights to HR business partners to support and facilitate the timely completion of all deliverables. • Provide data and staffing analysis as requested to support the design and/or evaluate the effectiveness of any HR program or policy. • Collaborate with other support functions (Corporate Analytics, Budget) and other HR teams as needed to effectively analyze and communicate results and recommendations.
Selection Criteria
• Master's degree in business administration, Human Resources, Statistics, Business Analytics, Data Science or a related field with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, preferably in a global company or organization; or Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience• Experience in conducting deep organizational and HR analytics involving multiple angles to identify key insights and relationships with business outcomes• Demonstrated ability to understand organizational operating models and experience in the design and delivery of solutions leading to performance improvements in productivity, efficiency, and agility of how work is delivered. • Experience with connecting to various data sources, transforming data and proficiency in using data visualization and analytics tools such as Power BI, or similar platforms.• Conduct research and analysis, data mining, report generation, good narrative grasp of ‘the story behind the numbers’, and ability to create meaningful visualizations, analyze data trends, and present actionable insights effectively.• Proficiency in HR Systems and Microsoft Windows applications, especially proficient use of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, including advanced spreadsheet design, manipulation, and analysis skills.• Knowledge of various AI agentic tools and the ability to create AI-based workflows are highly desirable.• Professional integrity, willingness, and flexibility to 'roll up your sleeves' to engage in all aspects of HR work from identification and design to implementation.• Strong oral and written communications and presentation skills in English, ability to translate complex data for a variety of audiences, and experience with preparing client-ready materials.• Strong quality control orientation and attention to detail.• High level of integrity, tact, and discretion when managing sensitive and confidential information• Flexibility and ability to work in a fast-paced environment with shifting work priorities and demands.• Ability to multitask, meet tight deadlines, and attend to details while staying focused on key priorities.• Ability to build relationships with cross-functional stakeholders across the HR team, corporate functions, and business units.
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
The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
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.
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