Senior HR Specialist - Workforce Planning & Organization Design

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of the strategic workforce planning (SWP) framework to align skill needs with business priorities and budget projections.
• Drive organizational design initiatives by developing frameworks to align structures, roles, and capabilities with strategic priorities.
• Govern the WBG Job Architecture, ensuring consistent job titles, role definitions, and structured job analysis to identify automation and process simplification opportunities.
• Collaborate with internal teams to integrate skills frameworks and digital enablement into talent architecture processes.
• Build and nurture strong working relationships with business leaders, HR colleagues, and key stakeholders to ensure initiatives are responsive to emerging trends.
• Engage with external peer organizations to stay abreast of best practices in talent architecture and organizational design.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development/Behavior, or a related field.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of relevant professional experience.
• Proven expertise in leading strategic workforce planning initiatives, including skill gap analysis and talent action planning.
• Experience in organizational design, including framework development and job architecture governance.
• Strong change management and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence adoption of new frameworks.
• Excellent project management, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Superior written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex information to senior management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to design thinking or human-centered approaches in developing HR solutions.
• Experience with AI-enabled tools or the ability to quickly learn and apply them.
• Knowledge of data governance and ethical considerations related to talent data.

Benefits

• Comprehensive retirement plan.
• Medical, life, and disability insurance.
• Paid leave, including parental leave.
• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

About the Company

The World Bank Group is a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners to invest in groundbreaking projects and develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges.