Want to grow professionally by building on your training and experience?
Want to help improve the lives of people in Asia and the Pacific?

ADB's Young Professionals Program (YPP) recruits highly qualified and motivated individuals to ADB. YPP provides the foundation for a challenging and rewarding professional career in an international development environment. YPP offers a range of opportunities to develop professional skills and understanding of ADB's operations, policies and procedures.

The fundamental objective of the program is to recruit a limited number of junior entry level professionals with relatively less experience, but with the potential to grow into full fledged staff contributing to ADB's Strategy 2020.

Program Offerings

Young professionals (YPs) are offered a 2-year fixed-term appointment. During this period they are expected to demonstrate competencies required for the positions. The work assignments enable them to further develop their expertise and broaden their perspective through exposure to various aspects of ADB work. YPs may participate in missions for activities in fact finding and appraisal, project review and completion, country programming, sector and policy studies, or disbursement.

YPs initially set up a developmental plan under the guidance of their supervisors and human resources teams. In this plan, they identify learning programs offered in ADB to enable them to improve their technical skills and acquaint them with ADB policies and procedures.

A YP can be regularized and absorbed by the hiring department/office at the end of the fixed term contract provided that he/she is promoted at the end of the one-year probationary period and that the required competencies are met by the YP. Subsequent career progression is governed by the same rules and regulations set for all International Staff.

Eligibility

Please read the requirements listed below before proceeding to the application process:

• AGE: not more than 32 years old upon joining ADB
• EDUCATION: a university degree in economics, finance, business administration, transport management, urban and regional planning, environment, public management, or engineering; preferably at postgraduate level or its equivalent
• EXPERIENCE: at least 3 years of relevant professional experience, with international experience working in areas related to ADB operations
• NATIONALITY: a national of one of ADB's members.
• LANGUAGE: excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• ATTITUDE: able to work with others of different nationalities and cultural backgrounds

ADB is committed to increasing the number of females on its staff, and encourages women to apply.

Application

All 2011 YP vacancies have been filled and the application process is now completed. An announcement will be made when the next YP recruitment process commences.

Selection Process

YPP is highly competitive and only a small number of candidates are selected annually. The recruitment takes place throughout the year until all the YP vacancies are filled. Due to the volume of applications, ADB will not be able to respond to inquiries about application status and will only contact shortlisted candidates.

Entitlements

ADB offers a compensation and benefits package that is internationally competitive and comparable with other multilateral institutions. Salaries are paid in US dollars and are tax-exempt, unless your government determines that it is subject to taxation. You are also entitled to housing, children's education subsidy, health care, insurance, home country travel, and retirement benefits. Read more here.

Contact

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