Overview
The Transport Specialist- Modelling role focuses on leading and developing transport analytical models and tools for the World Bank Group's transport sector work, encompassing both goods and passenger transport.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, maintain, and update the WBG's suite of transport models and analytical tools.
- Work with complex, multi-layered datasets for transport analytical capabilities.
- Calibrate models for specific applications and conduct advanced analyses.
- Develop accessibility models.
- Support geospatial analysis for investment prioritization and strategic planning.
- Prepare briefs, maps, dashboards, and geospatial visualizations.
- Support climate risk mapping of transport infrastructure.
- Analyze infrastructure vulnerability and criticality.
- Integrate transport network data with climate and hazard information.
- Support the development of reproducible code for country-level estimation of road conditions.
- Undertake country-level data collection and update global parameters for electric vehicle modeling.
- Support electric vehicle modelling activities.
- Maintain and update model user interface.
- Develop training material and deliver training.
Required Experience
- At least five years of relevant professional experience in transport sector data modeling and analytics, development and usage of geospatial tools.
- Demonstrated experience architecting and leading the development of transport planning and economic analysis models and associated tools, and dissemination of their results.
- Demonstrated experience in: (a) developing and applying the World Bank’s global transport models and tools such as FlowMax and EVMax, b) advanced technical expertise in transport modeling, (c) conducting transport-related geospatial analysis; (d) programming and analytical capabilities; and (e) GIS applications in the transport sector.
- Demonstrated research and analytical skills, specifically with experience in economic and financial analysis of transport investments.
- Experience in leading/co-leading/executing analytical work in the transport sector.
- Experience in working either with the World Bank Group, or on programs financed by other development partners, multilateral or bilateral.
Qualifications
• A masters-level or higher degree in civil, transport engineering, economics, geospatial science, data science or related fields.
