ECP Fall 2025 - Center for Financial and Monetary Systems, Greater China
Join the World Economic Forum's ECP and support sustainable financial systems.
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Overview
Join the World Economic Forum's ECP and support sustainable financial systems.
You have:
- Bachelor or Master degree in economics, finance, public policy, international relations, or a related field.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Native-level proficiency in spoken and written Chinese and English.
- Self-driven with strong execution and follow-through capabilities.
- Attention to detail and perseverance.
- Working well around deadlines.
- Team-player and self-starter, who enjoys working in a highly dynamic setting with a matrix environment.
Early Career Programme (ECP) Fall 2025 - Government Engagement, Greater China (6-month contract)
The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. Forum Beijing Office is registered as an NGO in China.
The Forum engages the foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.
The Centre for Financial and Monetary Systems (FMS) is comprised of leading global and regional institutions from the financial services and investing industries, among other critical stakeholders. It engages this broad set of actors to design and develop a more sustainable, resilient, trusted, and accessible financial system that reinforces long-term value creation and economic growth.
Reporting Lines & Interactions
The role will be based in the World Economic Forum’s Beijing Representative Office, reporting to the Platform Curator of the Center for Financial and Monetary System (FMS).
Scope of Responsibilities:
- Conduct desktop research on developments and market trends in China and globally related to the Centre's initiatives
- Support centre initiatives in China, contributing to localising Centre’s initiatives to fir the China and Asian context
- Support marketing and communications: keep bilingual marketing documents up to date
- Support the design of Centre’s events: agenda setting, speakers outreach, content development
- Support data maintenance
- Provide support for ad hoc tasks such as translation, drafting meeting memos and etc.
Preferred Requirements and Experience
- Bachelor or Master degree in economics, finance, public policy, international relations, or a related field.
- Excellent communication skills
- Native-level proficiency in spoken and written Chinese and English.
- Self-driven with strong execution and follow-through capabilities
- Attention to detail and perseverance
- Working well around deadlines
- Team-player and self-starter, who enjoys working in a highly dynamic setting with a matrix environment
Preferred start date: between September 15 and October 15,2025
Why work at the Forum:
The Forum believes that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to improve the state of the world by building awareness and cooperation, shaping mindsets and agendas, and driving collective action. Join us and become a driver for positive change!
Potential interview questions
| Describe a time when you conducted thorough research on a complex topic. What steps did you take? | The interviewer wants to assess your research skills and ability to handle complex information. | Outline your research process, resources used, and how you synthesized the information. |
| Can you provide an example of how you managed tight deadlines in a past project? | This question aims to evaluate your time management and organizational skills. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you ensure effective communication in a bilingual environment? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Tell me about a time you worked in a team. What role did you play? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What does attention to detail mean to you in your work? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe a situation where you had to localize an initiative for a cultural context. What challenges did you face? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What motivates you to work in a dynamic environment with changing priorities? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you prioritize tasks when handling multiple responsibilities? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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