Disaster and Climate Change Risk Consultant Support

What you’ll need:

• Citizenship: 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 fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouse) working at the IDB Group.
• Education: Master’s degree or equivalent in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Risk Modeling, Information Systems Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience: A minimum of 5 years but 8 years highly desired of relevant professional experience with climate adaptation, resilience and disaster risk management; experience in managing data systems (i.e., GIS); experience in multi-hazard risk assessments; experience in engineering and infrastructure projects; and relevant work experience with projects in multilateral or bilateral cooperation institutions.
• Languages:  Fluency in spoken and written English and Spanish.

Core and Technical Competencies:

The consultant must have the following competencies in:

• Planning and Organizational Skills: Demonstrated organizational capability and ability to carry out multiple and detailed tasks and demonstrated capacity to operate with minimal supervision.
• Teamwork: Ability to take initiative and lead others, share knowledge and information, express disagreements tactfully and ability to lead interdisciplinary and multicultural team.
• Communication: Ability to present concise, clear and precise analysis and recommendations. The post requires the ability to communicate effectively with multiple stakeholders.

Opportunity Summary: 

• Type of contract: Consultant (CNS Full time)
• Length of contract: 12 months.
• Location: The work will be performed remotely from the consultant home in the metropolitan area of Washington, DC due to Covid-19. Once return to office in place consultancy will be at the IDB Headquarters located in Washington, DC.
• Requirements: You must be a citizen of one of the IDB’s 48 member countries and have no family members currently working at the IDB Group.  

Our culture:

Our people are committed and passionate about improving lives in Latin-America and the Caribbean, and they get to do what they love in a diverse, collaborative and stimulating work environment. We are the first Latin American and Caribbean development institution to be awarded the EDGE certification, recognizing our strong commitment to gender equality. As an employee you can be part of internal resource groups that connect our diverse community around common interests.

Because we are committed to providing equal opportunities in employment, we embrace all diversity and encourage women, LGBTQ+, persons with disabilities, afro-descendants, and indigenous people to apply.

About us:

At the IDB, we’re committed to improving lives. Since 1959, we’ve been a leading source of long-term financing for economic, social, and institutional development in Latin America and the Caribbean. We do more than lending though. We partner with our 48-member countries to provide Latin America and the Caribbean with cutting-edge research about relevant development issues, policy advice to inform their decisions, and technical assistance to improve on the planning and execution of projects. For this, we need people who not only have the right skills, but also are passionate about improving lives.

Our team in Human Resources carefully reviews all applications.

“Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic and its implications for our Region, the IDB Group is reviewing its hiring needs and re-prioritizing its areas of talent acquisition. We encourage candidates to continue to apply to the active postings, yet current job openings may be subject to further decisions in terms of timing of the processes, or other actions, in accordance with business needs. Final hiring decisions may also be conditioned to the candidate’s ability to timely relocate to the post of duty at the moment of starting service.”