Education Division Communication Strategy Development, Implementation, and Coordination Consultant

What you’ll need:

• Citizenship: You are a citizen of one of our 48-member countries..
• 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, or equivalent, in communications, with special emphasis on content development, messages for traditional and non-traditional communication platforms, webinars.
• Experience: 5 years of experience in industry of communication both traditional, and new traditional
• Languages: Written and oral communication at a technical professional level in Spanish and English. Knowledge of Portuguese and French desired, but not required.

Core and Technical Competencies:

• Ability to organize in-person and virtual events with stakeholders across the region.
• Ability to identify key topics and position work in the national and regional policy discussion. 
• Be proactive and able to work in a team and advice team members. Foster culture of ongoing innovation and creativity.
• Communicate effectively and articulate complex ideas to internal and external stakeholders. Create and maintain exemplary human relations with clients and colleagues
• Bring communications management, public relations, communication strategy expertise plus content writing skills for different platforms. Have a graphic and visual criteria mindset.

Opportunity Summary:

• Type of contract: Consultant Full Time (CNS)
• Length of contract:  12 months
• Location: Washington DC, United States of America
• Responsible person: Chief, Education Division
• 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 diversity based on gender, age, education, national origin, ethnic origin, race, disability, sexual orientation, and religion. We encourage women, Afro-descendants, and persons of indigenous origins to apply.

About us: At the IDB, we are committed to improving lives. Since 1959, we have 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.