Lead Energy Specialist

Job #:
- req37740

Organization:
- World Bank

Sector:
- Energy

Grade:
- GH

Term Duration:
- 5 years 0 months

Recruitment Type:
- International Recruitment

Location:
- New Delhi,India

Required Language(s):
- English

Preferred Language(s):
Closing Date:
- 8/4/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description
- BACKGROUND
- South Asia Energy Practice Overview

The South Asia Region (SAR) Energy Practice (ISAE1) is part of SAR Infrastructure Group, which also includes the SAR Transport unit and is managed by the Infrastructure Regional Director. One out of four people on the planet live in South Asia, however only one out of 20 units of the world’s power capacity is installed in the region. South Asia has been enjoying rapid economic growth, which is expected to continue strongly after the covid-19 crisis; it is expected to maintain a strongly growing energy demand across countries. While electrification has expanded significantly in the last decade, the power sector continues to have reliability and quality issues,



operational inefficiencies, very considerable investment needs, and often challenging financial deficits that impact national budgets. The recent health crisis has affected revenues in the sector and slowed down the rate of infrastructure investments.

The South Asia Infrastructure program supports countries in building sustainable, resilient, and inclusive infrastructure systems, while adopting an integrated, cross-sectoral approach to supporting economic growth, job creation, connectivity, resilience, and service delivery across the region. Reflecting the World Bank Group's focus on Private Capital Mobilization (PCM), infrastructure engagements are increasingly developed and implemented in close collaboration with IFC and MIGA, combining public and private sector solutions to maximize development impact.

The SAR energy unit contributes to addressing the above challenges with a solid lending and knowledge management work program

📌 Lead Energy Specialist (Delhi)
🏢 World Bank Group
📍 Delhi