Transport Specialist- Modelling

World Bank Group (WBG) Transport and Logistics Department (KIT) is dedicated to enabling sustainable, efficient, and inclusive movement of goods and people worldwide. The department collaborates with public and private sector partners to design and implement innovative solutions that address emerging challenges such as climate change, rapid urbanization, technological advancements, and the need for improved supply chain resilience. KIT Policy and Regulations (KITPR) is a global unit focused on shaping enabling policy and regulatory frameworks that support sustainable transport and logistics development. It works closely with regional teams and partners to develop scalable policy tools, support regulatory reform, and build institutional capacity. Position Summary Transport Modeling Specialist, based at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C., will serve as the focal point for several of KIT’s transport models and tools. The specialist will report to the Manager of Policy and Regulations (KITPR). The role spans both goods and passenger transport, encompassing road and rail networks, ports and maritime transport, and logistics nodes. Responsibilities Design, build, maintain, and continuously update the WBG's suite of models and analytical tools for transport sector work. Work with complex, multi‑layered datasets covering trade flows, population, and socio‑economic and environmental variables, ensuring that the WBG's transport analytical capabilities remain current, robust, and fit for operational and advisory purposes. Maintain and update WBG transport and logistics models, including calibrating models for specific applications and conducting advanced analyses for transport corridor diagnostics and prioritization, urban mobility and accessibility assessments, multimodal connectivity mapping, freight movement and logistics network analysis, traffic flow and catchment analysis, and network performance and connectivity evaluation. Develop accessibility models to estimate access to jobs, services, markets, and transport infrastructure. Support geospatial analysis for investment prioritization and strategic planning at national, regional, and urban scales. Prepare briefs, maps, dashboards, and geospatial visualizations to communicate findings to internal teams, government counterparts, and external stakeholders. Support climate risk mapping of transport infrastructure and networks using hazard datasets such as flooding, landslides, sea‑level rise, heat stress, or other climate exposure layers. Analyze infrastructure vulnerability and criticality to inform resilience planning and adaptation interventions. Integrate transport network data with climate and hazard information to identify critical assets and priority investment needs. Support the development of reproducible code for country‑level estimation of road conditions using low‑resolution satellite imagery and validate the code using ground‑truth data and high‑resolution imagery; process and integrate geospatial datasets, including road networks, rural population datasets, satellite imagery, land cover, elevation, and ancillary datasets. Undertake country‑level data collection as needed and regularly update global parameters for electric vehicle modelling, ensuring data accuracy and consistency across all model applications. Support electric vehicle modelling activities by contributing to functional enhancements, including development, testing, and refinement of modelling features. Maintain and periodically update the model user interface, ensuring functionality, usability, and overall system performance through routine maintenance. Develop training material and deliver training as needed for WBG models and tools. Qualifications Strong hands‑on experience in developing, applying, and training others on using transport analytical models and tools. #J-18808-Ljbffr Flourish Ventures