The OPEC Fund’s Young Professional Development Program (YPDP) 2023/2024
The OPEC Fund’s Young Professional Development Program (YPDP) is a structured two-year program designed to prepare young professionals from the OPEC Fund’s member countries for a career in global development. We are currently seeking applicants passionate about and committed to international development who demonstrate academic excellence and relevant professional experience. We especially want to hear from those with the drive and ambition to help developing countries address their most pressing challenges in the quest for social, environmental, and economic progress.
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What Young Professional Development Program offers
- The YPDP gives people training, coaching, mentoring, and the chance to try out different fields of work and connect with other professionals. Young professionals can get the skills and knowledge they need to meet the minimum requirements for an entry-level job with the OPEC Fund through this program.
- Young professionals will be able to learn through the YPDP how different departments and units contribute to the OPEC Fund’s overall strategic and operational goals. Participants in the structured talent management program will have the chance to help the OPEC Fund reach its goal of making sustainable development possible for everyone in the world.
- Participants in the YPDP will get valuable on-the-job experience, a wide range of relevant learning and development opportunities, the chance to work in different departments, and coaching/mentoring.
- After the two-year program, participants may be offered a job at the OPEC Fund, depending on how well they did and what the business needs.
Requirements for Eligibility
- OPEC Fund Member Country national
- Be 30 years of age or younger at the time of application
- Have obtained at least a Master’s degree from a reputable university
- Excellent Academic performance
- Be fluent in English
- Proficiency in one or more languages is desirable
- Have a minimum of 3 years of work experience
- Specialize in a field relevant to the OPEC Fund’s operations, such as Engineering, Economics, Finance, Business Administration, Information Technology, Law,
- Human Resources and any other relevant discipline
- Ability to work in a global and culturally diverse institution
- An understanding of the OPEC Fund’s mandate
- Willingness to serve the OPEC Fund, if selected, for a minimum of two years upon completion of the Program
Application essay for Young Professional Development Program
The OPEC Fund works in cooperation with developing country partners and the international donor community to stimulate economic growth and alleviate poverty in all disadvantaged regions of the world. It does this by providing financing to build essential infrastructure, strengthen social services and promote productivity, competitiveness, and trade.
The OPEC Fund’s people-centered work focuses on projects that meet basic needs – food, energy, infrastructure, employment (particularly regarding MSMEs), clean water and sanitation, healthcare, and education.
In fewer than 1,000 words, please write an original essay addressing (i) the potential of development actors such as the OPEC Fund to help developing countries overcome obstacles to social, environmental, and economic progress and (ii) how you would hope to contribute to development if you were selected to work for the OPEC Fund. You may focus on a region or set of countries and/or your area of expertise to formulate your essay.
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Please remember the OPEC Fund will only consider applications from candidates who meet the above criteria and submit an official online application before the deadline of March 24, 2023.
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