AddressPost of duty: Headquarters – Washington, DC, United States.
The IDB Group is a community of diverse, versatile, and passionate people who come together on a journey to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Our people find purpose and do what they love in an inclusive, collaborative, agile, and rewarding environment.
About this position:
We are looking for a motivated, strategic, and innovative professional to join our Resource Mobilization Division (ORP/REM) supporting to coordinate teams from across the IDB Group to enhance the IDB Group’s reporting, knowledge, and communications activities on all outreach and partnerships, and resource mobilization effort for its global positioning. The position requires a thorough knowledge of the socio-economic development challenges in the Latin American and Caribbean region as well as profound understanding of the implications of diverse activities for the Group’s overall mission.
The REM Division, under the Office of Outreach and Partnerships (ORP), plays a leading role in mobilizing additional financing to public and private interventions in the IDB Group, in coordination with Vice Presidencies of Country (VPC), Sector (VPS), Finance and Administration (VPF), respectively, IDB Invest, IDB Lab, and other relevant units. In recent years, the team has multiplied its efforts to develop and manage partners from the private and emerging sector towards the creation and promotion of new investment opportunities in and for the LAC region, while maintaining the relations with the traditional public partners.
What you’ll do:
- You will be joining the cross-sectorial team responsible for developing and implementing partnerships and outreach strategies and action plans to better position IDB Group in the global arena supporting to provide technical advice and formalizing purposeful partnerships in close coordination with other IDB Group units while ensuring alignment with the IDB Group’s strategy and priorities.
- Coordinate and enrich the IDB Group’s reporting, knowledge, and communications activities on all outreach and partnerships, and resource mobilization effort to position the IDB Group as a partner of choice for the region in coordination with the Office of Knowledge, Innovation and Communication (KIC) and other relevant units.
- Contribute to engaging positively with and influence external partners through articulate communication, solutions, and proven record of delivery of results crafting messages delivered by the IDB Group’s executives in various outreach and knowledge sharing occasions while working closely with KIC and other relevant units.
- Support the team for communications and content development -- coordinating business units involved, overseeing the communications efforts, reporting of results and client experience across ORP’s five offices: the Office of ORP Manager (ORP/ORP), the Resource Mobilization Division (ORP/REM), the Grants and Co-financing Management Unit (ORP/GCM), the Office in Asia (ORP/ASI), and the Office in Europe (ORP/EUR).
- Support ORP efforts to develop a communication strategy for Partnerships and Outreach activities and improve internal processes.
- In coordination with relevant departments, produce and present reports on results and metrics of external outreach and/or stakeholder management efforts as appropriate.
- Participate in the production of key high-level events and seminars as appropriate.
- Contribute to efforts shaping the IDB Group’s resource mobilization strategy, as well as partnership- or product-specific strategies as well.
- Provide more junior team members with technical support and guidance in the communication and knowledge partnership engagement.
What you'll need:
- Education: A minimum bachelor’s degree (or equivalent advanced degree) in communications, international relationships, or other fields relevant to the responsibilities of the role.
- Experience: At least four years of relevant professional experience.
- Languages: Proficiency in Spanish and English, spoken and written, is required. Additional knowledge of French and Portuguese is preferable.
Key skills:
- Learn continuously.
- Collaborate and share knowledge.
- Focus on clients.
- Communicate and influence.
- Innovate and try new things.
Requirements:
- You are a citizen of one of our 48-member countries. We may offer assistance with relocation and visa applications for you and your eligible dependents.
- Consanguinity: You have no family members (up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouse) working at the IDB, IDB Invest, or IDB Lab.
Type of contract and duration:
- Type of contract: Consultant Full-Time
- Length of contract: 12 months with option for extension based on business needs and performance.
- Work Location: On site.
- Responsible person: Heleno Barbosa de Gouvêa.
What we offer:
The IDB group provides benefits that respond to the different needs and moments of an employee’s life. These benefits include:
- A competitive compensation packages.
- Leaves and vacations: 2 days per month of contract + gender- neutral parental leave.
- Health Insurance: the IDB Group provides a monthly allowance for the purchase of health insurance.
- Savings plan: The IDB Group cares about your future, depending on the length of the contract, you will receive a monthly savings plan allowance.
- We offer assistance with relocation and visa applications for you and your family when it applies.
- Hybrid and flexible work schedules.
- Development support: We offer learning opportunities to boost your professional profile such as seminars, 1:1 professional counseling, and much more.
- Health and wellbeing: Access to our Health Services Center which provides preventive care and health education for all employees.
- Other perks: Lactation Room, Daycare Center, Gym, Bike Racks, Parking, and others.
Our culture:
At the IDB Group we work so everyone brings their best and authentic selves to work, willing to try new approaches without fear, and where they are accountable and rewarded for their actions.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) are at the center of our organization. We celebrate all dimensions of diversity and encourage women, LGBTQ+ people, persons with disabilities, Afro-descendants, and Indigenous people to apply.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job interview process. If you are a qualified candidate with a disability, please e-mail us at diversity@iadb.org to request reasonable accommodation to complete this application.
Our Human Resources Team reviews carefully every application.
About the IDB Group:
The IDB Group, composed of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), IDB Invest, and the IDB Lab offers flexible financing solutions to its member countries to finance economic and social development through lending and grants to public and private entities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
About IDB:
We work to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Through financial and technical support for countries working to reduce poverty and inequality, we help improve health and education and advance infrastructure. Our aim is to achieve development in a sustainable, climate-friendly way. With a history dating back to 1959, today we are the leading source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean. We provide loans, grants, and technical assistance; and we conduct extensive research. We maintain a strong commitment to achieving measurable results and the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and accountability.
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- External Opening Date: Mar 19, 2024
- External Closing Date: Mar 25, 2024
- External Contact Email: hrsc@iadb.org
- External Contact Name: HR Service Center
- Job Field: Technical Support
