JOB ADVERT : Education Specialist Yaounde, Cameroon|req29174 Organization: World Bank Sector: Education Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment Department/Division: Education AFR 3 (HAWE3) Grade: GF Location: Yaounde,Cameroon Term Duration: 3 years 0 months Hire Type: Non-Managerial Required Language(s): English, French Closing Date: 9/25/2024 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC How to apply: https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/careers Description Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org. Western and Central Africa (AFW) Region We need the best and brightest talent focused on Sub-Saharan African countries in order to harness the potential and innovation happening across the continent. Africa is a continent on the move, with a young population and a growing market of nearly 1.2bn people. We are committed to making the Africa regional teams into leading innovation hubs. Yet, these vast opportunities are tempered by persistent gaps in education, health, and skills, which have Africa only reaching forty percent of its estimated potential. Moreover, conflict, food insecurity, population growth, and the disruptive forces of climate change threaten to curtail or even reverse the progress that has been made over the past decades. In West and Central Africa, the World Bank is a leading partner with a growing portfolio of 350 projects totaling more than $38 billion in areas such as agriculture, trade and transport, energy, education, health, water and sanitation- all to support job creation, gender equality, poverty reduction, and …