E T Consultant

Job #: req37850
Organization: World Bank
Sector: Information Technology
Grade: EC2
Term Duration:  1 year 0 months
Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment
Location: Washington, DC,United States
Required Language(s): English
Preferred Language(s):
Closing Date: 8/7/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 130 offices worldwide, we work 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. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org

ITS Vice Presidency Context:

The Information and Technology Solutions (ITS) Vice Presidential Unit (VPU) enables the World Bank Group to achieve its mission of ending extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet by delivering transformative information and technologies to its staff working in over 150+ locations. For more information on ITS, see this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=VTFGffa1Y7w

Unit Context: 
   
The Digital Solutions team delivers modern productivity, collaboration, and endpoint solutions to over 30,000 users. We support Microsoft 365, Documents and Records Management in SharePoint, WebEx, Power Platform, and AI tools like Copilot, Google Gemini, and Grammarly, while engineering, deploying, and supporting Windows Endpoints. We are a collaborative, customer-focused team committed to solving problems with reliable, impactful technology. 

Duties and accountabilities: 

The position holder will play a critical role in designing, engineering, and optimizing modern collaboration solutions on SharePoint Online and the associated Microsoft 365 platforms/suite. This position requires close engagement with pro‑developers, system owners, and cross-functional IT stakeholders to enable secure, scalable, and innovative outcomes. 

• Manage, architect, and optimize SharePoint Online as a modern application platform, ensuring reliability, scalability, and adherence to governance frameworks.

• Engineer and support SPFx solutions, React-based custom components, extensions, and integrations.

• Leverage Microsoft Graph API and SharePoint REST API to enhance automation, reporting, integration, and lifecycle management.

• Design and implement solutions using Azure Functions, Azure Service Bus, and other cloud-native services to extend SharePoint capabilities.

• Design and deliver automation and workflow solutions using Power Automate, PowerShell, PnP and Graph API to streamline team and platform operations.

• Modernize legacy SharePoint applications into SharePoint Online, SPFx, Power Platform, or Azure-native solutions.

• Support integration of SharePoint with internal and external systems, ensuring secure handling of identities, tokens, and access flows.

• Assist developers with best‑practice development patterns, solution deployment, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps tooling.

Selection Criteria

Mandatory Skills:

• Typically requires a Master's degree with 5 years of experience or a Bachelors Degree with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• 5+ years of experience administering and building solutions on Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online

• Proven experience delivering SPFx, React JS, Graph API, and automation solutions

• Strong background in security, compliance, and governance across Microsoft 365 platforms

• Programming and scripting expertise (PowerShell, JavaScript/TypeScript, Power Platform; Python optional)

• Strong communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills

• Strong customer focus and ability to manage client expectations

Desired Skills:

• Strong functional knowledge of Microsoft Teams, Copilot, OneDrive, SharePoint Online, Planner/To Do, Outlook/Exchange

• Migration and Governance tool knowledge (ShareGate, Syskit, etc.)

• Ability to work within SAFe or similar Agile delivery methodologies

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.

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.

Learn more about working at the World Bank and IFC including our values and inspiring stories. 

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