Decentralization and Public Investment Management Consultant

🔍 Washington DC, United States - Headquarters

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2 days ago Post Date
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Post of duty: Washington, D.C. – USA

 

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 (LAC). Our people find purpose and do what they love in an inclusive, collaborative, agile, and rewarding environment.

 

About this position  

The Fiscal Management Division (IFD/FMM) is looking for an economist, political scientist, public administrator, or related profession, to support activities of the division related to the mainstreaming of climate change into public investment management and subnational governments.

The objective of this consultancy is to hire an international consultant, with experience in fiscal management and subnational governments and public investment management in LAC, to support the Bank's team in ongoing initiatives related to both topics.

 IFD/FMM supports the governments of LAC in their efforts to strengthen fiscal policy and management at both the national and subnational levels to promote economic growth and reduce inequality and poverty.

 

What you’ll do 

Specifically, based on an activity plan developed by the Team Leaders at the beginning of the consultancy, the consultant will be responsible of:

  • Support the program to lend to subnational governments (SNG) without sovereign guarantee in the fiscal component, seeking to incorporate climate change criteria in the prioritization of eligible projects. 
  • Support the elaboration of the second edition of the outlook of intergovernmental fiscal relations among levels of government, with a chapter devoted to the contribution of subnational governments to the climate change agenda.
  • Contribute to the organization of a Regional Policy Dialogue during 2025 in Brazil showcasing good practices of the PROFISCO program with states and the PNAFM program with municipalities, including the incorporation of climate change.
  • Contribute to update IDB’s Subnational Fiscal Information Platform, ensuring its smooth operation. 
  • Support other selected activities of IFD/FMM’s subnational cluster and the incorporation of climate change criteria. 
  • Conduct qualitative and quantitative analyses to assess climate change integration in public investment systems across the LAC region. Assist in developing surveys and interviews with public institutions, and in drafting and editing new IDB publications.
  • Contribute to the IFD/FMM team’s technical assistance efforts to enhance public investment systems and integrate climate change criteria into public investment cycles in LAC countries. This includes participating in meetings with government institutions, drafting sections for new or revised guidelines and regulatory frameworks, and ensuring quality control of consultant deliverables.
  • Assist in coordinating activities within the Network of Public Investment Officials in LAC countries (Red SNIP) and the Latin America Climate Change Platform (Plataforma de Cambio Climático). This involves organizing workshops and seminars, developing knowledge materials and presentations for meetings, and attending meetings, missions, and both virtual and in-person gatherings for these networks.
  • Support research and development of new indicators to assess public investment management performance in climate change integration across LAC countries, using data from standardized Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and LAC country surveys, among other sources.

 

What you’ll need

  • Education: Master’s degree in Economy, Political science, Public administration or other related profession.
  • Experience: Minimum of 6 years of experience in work related to public investment management, climate change and/or decentralization and subnational governments.
  • Languages: Fluent in Spanish and English (written and speaking).

 

Key skills 

  • Learn continuously.
  • Collaborate and share knowledge.
  • Focus on clients.
  • Communicate and influence.
  • Innovate and try new things.

Requirements

  • Citizenship: You must be a citizen of one of our 48 IDB 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 fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouse) working at the IDB Group.

Type of contract and duration

  • Type of contract: International Consultant Full Time.
  • Length of contract: 12 months.
  • Location: IDB headquarters in Washington, DC; or remotely at your place of residence.

 

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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