Environment portfolio supervision support consultant for Belize

• 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: Post-graduate at master's level or equivalent in geography, natural resource management, marine sciences, civil/coastal engineering or a related subject. Training in integrated coastal zone management, integrated water resource management, disaster risk management and/or tourism will be particularly valued.
• Experience: Minimum of five (5) years of professional experience as a team leader in projects financed by multilateral organizations that are related to the core sectors of CSD/RND: natural resources / environment / disasters / tourism.
• Languages: The contractual must be fluent in English.

Core and Technical Competencies:

• Proven experience in coordinating teams in the execution of projects financed by multilateral organizations.
• Skills: Among the additional qualifications that may be taken into account in the selection of the contract are: experience in leading the execution of projects with multilateral organizations and knowledge of their procurement and supervision processes; and experience in using project planning tools.

Opportunity Summary: 

• Type of contract: Consultant.
• Length of contract: 18 months.
• Location: Country Office Belize.
• Responsible person: Disaster Risk Management Specialist (CES/RND).
• 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.

We encourage women, afro-descendants, people of indigenous origins, and persons with disabilities 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.