A programme run by the Kuwait Investment Authority and published on Kuwait’s portal, with one stated purpose: increasing the number of Kuwaitis working at the World Bank.
What it is exactly
A post of one year, renewable for a second, in which the applicant develops their skills and gains the practical experience to qualify for a job inside the bank once the programme ends.
The programme is aimed at the Middle East and North Africa region, and targets — in the wording of the announcement — people with little experience who are still at the start of their careers. So it is not a route for senior professionals.
The two conditions that thin the list
- A postgraduate qualification, with no less than two years of relevant experience.
- Good English, and good knowledge of another language the bank wants: Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish.
Arabic is counted in that list, which reads in a Kuwaiti applicant’s favour rather than against them.
Who chooses
This is where the local body’s role stops. The text is explicit: the World Bank makes the selection and the appointment. The authority publicises the programme and opens the door; the decision sits with the other side.
How to apply
- Open the World Bank’s official site, worldbank.org — applications go through it, not through Kuwait’s portal.
- Choose the available post and read its conditions: the required documents are listed on each job’s own page, not in a single list.
- Prepare what that page asks for, and upload it there.
Fees
None. And no form to download from Kuwait’s portal.
Photo: glass office buildings lit at dusk. By Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Source: Kuwait’s e-government portal, the “programme for employing Kuwaitis at the World Bank” service from the Kuwait Investment Authority.
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