General Operational Portfolio Supervision and Country Strategy Implementation Consultant

What you’ll need:

• Citizenship: You are either a citizen of Belize  or a citizen of one of our 48-member countries with residency or legal permit to work in Belize.
• 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: Bachelor´s degree in economics, business, mathematics, social science or similar discipline, with a minimum experience of 2 years, Master’s degree would be an asset.
• Languages: English and Spanish
• Skills: Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office programs.

Areas of Expertise and skills:  

The following areas of experience and skills would be required: 

• Critical thinking
• Familiarity with data and information sources relevant to international development 
• Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative methods and policy analysis 
• Technical writing and oral presentation ability 
• Interpersonal skills
• Flexibility and adaptability, willingness to learn new skills and face unexpected challenges.
• The candidate should have a demonstrated capacity for data collection, analysis and interpretation; excellent coordination, communications, organizational and interpersonal skills. 

The following areas of experience and skills would be considered strong assets: 

• Knowledge and experience in the countries of CID, especially Belize. 
• Experience in the field of international development. 
• Work experience in the development of country (assistance) strategies, programming, evaluation and coordination of development projects and programs in a development institution. 
• Knowledge of and exposure to IDB or the work of key development institutions (IFIs, EU, regional development banks, bilateral donors). 

Opportunity Summary:

• Type of contract: Full Time Consultant
• Length of contract: 19 months
• Location: Country Office in Belize. 
• Responsible person: The consultant will be supervised by the Chief of Operations for Belize. 
• 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.