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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

The Connectivity, Markets and Finance Division (IFD/CMF) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) seeks to scale up IDB’s current activities to promote green finance. Through Technical Cooperation programs, IFD/CMF aims to support the scaling up of private sector low carbon and resilient investments and by empowering local financial and capital market players to issue thematic bonds and include Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Climate related information and coordinate and support the structuring of innovative green financing strategies in particular in supporting the implementation of a portfolio activities being executed by the IDB across the Latin American and the Caribbean Region.

A consultant with expertise on green finance is required to support the execution of such technical assistance programs as well as participate in the development of new technical assistance projects related to green finance in general, and/or sustainable debt, greening National Development Banks, especially climate risk management. The incumbent would also be responsible to ensure that all the support information, including implementation reporting and knowledge materials developed, would be maintained within IDB information systems, information systems from beneficiary clients.

What you’ll do

• Manage day to day operations of several green finance related programs and operations including coordination, budgeting, planning and preparation of business plans and technical cooperation documents, contracting and coordination of consultancies, constant monitoring, and reporting of outputs, planning and execution of knowledge dissemination activities, preparation of progress reports and follow up with donors.
• Support the preparation and execution of technical cooperations involving public development banks, such as operations from the Green Climate Fund Amazon Bioeconomy Fund (EC-T1524, Technical Cooperation Bioeconomy Bonds RG-T4365), under the workstreams of the Green Coalition (RG-T4413) and Regional Public Goods Technical Cooperation (RG-T4606).
• Directly support clients in the implementation of IDB programs, ensuring clients have record keeping systems, and that planned activities are timely-executed, as well as promoting stakeholder consultation, workflow and consultant management, and product review.
• Review and coordinate feedback on products and background materials developed by other consultants and consultancy firms in support to clients to ensure quality of outputs before delivery. Topics could cover (a) climate risks management, (b) Paris Alignment working group, and (c) green and sustainable bond markets assessments.

What you'll need

• Education: Master’s Degree in Environmental Sciences, Climate or a related discipline.
• Experience: At least 5 years of relevant working experience with project management and green finance, financial and capital markets, and project management, of which 4 years should have been in an international environment, preferably in Latin American and the Caribbean.
• Languages: Proficiency in English and one of the other Bank official languages (Spanish, French or Portuguese) is required.

Requirements

• Citizenship: You are a citizen of one of our 48-member countries.
• 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: International Consultant Full-Time.
• Length of contract: 19 months.
• Work Location: On site.

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, we work so everyone brings their best and authentic selves to work while finding their purpose. Our people consistently strive for excellence, and we recognize and celebrate the impact of their contributions.

In our efforts to drive innovation, we intentionally include all voices, cultivate a sense of belonging and champion fairness. We welcome individuals from underrepresented groups to join us and share their unique perspectives.

We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job interview process. If you require an accommodation to complete this application, please email us at accommodations@iadb.org.