World Bank Group Is Hiring! Employer Branding Specialist

Olivia Ezeani
WORLD BANK GROUP OPPORTUNITY

E T Consultant – Employer Branding, Digital Engagement, and Candidate Experience Specialist

Organization: IFC / World Bank Group

Location: Washington, DC, United States

Term: 1 year

Recruitment: Local Recruitment

Job Number req38445
Sector Human Resources
Grade EC2
Required Language English
Duration 1 year 0 months
Closing Date October 14, 2026 at 11:59pm UTC

About the World Bank Group Opportunity

The World Bank Group is looking for an Employer Branding, Digital Engagement, and Candidate Experience Specialist to support its talent attraction strategy.

According to the opportunity, the successful consultant will help develop compelling candidate-facing content and experiences across careers websites, social media, recruitment campaigns, virtual events, and multimedia platforms.

The role sits within Human Resources and focuses on strengthening the organization's global talent brand while improving engagement with priority talent segments.

The work combines storytelling, digital engagement, employer branding, recruitment marketing, candidate experience, multimedia production, analytics, and responsible use of AI-enabled tools.

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What You’ll Do

This is a broad digital talent-attraction role. The responsibilities cover both strategy and hands-on content production.

Employer Branding & Careers Content

  • Maintain and evolve employer branding content in line with the WBG Employee Value Proposition and institutional brand standards.
  • Support modernization of the WBG Careers website.
  • Improve candidate journeys, accessibility, multilingual content, employee storytelling, and representation of Country Offices.
  • Support the Find Your Fit career exploration tool and related candidate experience initiatives.

Multimedia & Storytelling

  • Lead multimedia production projects.
  • Produce recruitment videos, employee stories, photography, webinars, social media content, and digital campaigns.
  • Create and edit video, photography, graphic design, and digital content assets.
  • Develop authentic stories around employee experiences, career opportunities, inclusion, leadership, and mission-driven work.

Recruitment Marketing

  • Design and deliver targeted recruitment marketing and Hot Jobs campaigns.
  • Support virtual career events and career insight webinars.
  • Develop targeted outreach campaigns for priority talent pools and markets.
  • Work with Talent Attraction, communications, technology, and business teams on integrated campaigns.

Analytics & Optimization

  • Monitor website performance and digital engagement.
  • Track campaign effectiveness and social media metrics.
  • Analyze candidate behavior and talent attraction outcomes.
  • Use insights to recommend improvements.
  • Apply available AI-enabled tools responsibly to improve content development, personalization, production efficiency, quality assurance, and campaign optimization.
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Who Should Apply?

The stated selection criteria call for a Master's degree in communications, marketing, public relations, digital media, human resources, or a related field, together with at least five years of relevant professional experience.

Relevant backgrounds include employer branding, recruitment marketing, talent acquisition communications, and digital engagement.

The ideal candidate should also be comfortable working across different audiences and channels and translating complex institutional information into clear, compelling, and inclusive content.

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Key Skills and Experience

The opportunity highlights the following capabilities:

  • Employer branding and recruitment marketing.
  • Candidate engagement strategy.
  • Multimedia production.
  • Video editing and photography.
  • Graphic design and digital content production.
  • Website content management.
  • User-centered candidate journey improvements.
  • Accessibility considerations.
  • Social media strategy.
  • Paid and organic campaigns.
  • Digital marketing performance measurement.
  • Webinars and virtual career events.
  • Project management and stakeholder coordination.
  • Strong written and verbal communication.
  • Data analysis covering reach, engagement, conversion, candidate experience, and ROI.
  • Experience across multiple regions and cultures is desirable.
  • Responsible use of AI-enabled content, marketing, and productivity tools.

Creative Tools Mentioned

The selection criteria specifically mention tools such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Canva, or comparable platforms.

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World Bank Group Culture Attributes

The opportunity identifies three 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.
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Practical Tips Before You Apply

📄 Tailor Your CV

Read the requirements carefully and make your most relevant experience easy to find. Prioritize employer branding, recruitment marketing, digital engagement, content production, analytics, and campaign experience where applicable.

🎯 Focus on Results

Whenever possible, explain the result of your work. Numbers such as engagement growth, campaign reach, conversion rates, application volume, audience growth, or project completion can make your experience easier to evaluate.

🎨 Prepare Your Portfolio

If you have examples of campaigns, videos, photography, graphics, websites, social media work, employee stories, webinars, or other relevant projects, organize your strongest examples before applying.

💻 Think Beyond Job Titles

Your previous title may not exactly match the advertised position. Focus on demonstrating the responsibilities and skills that transfer directly to the opportunity.

🌍 Show Global Awareness

The role involves diverse and global audiences. If you have worked across regions, cultures, markets, or international teams, make that experience visible.

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Closing date: October 14, 2026 at 11:59pm UTC

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