School Feeding Research Consultant
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- Technical Support
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- 14 hours ago Post Date
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- 2400000980 Requisition #
Post of duty: Washington, DC, 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. Our people find purpose and do what they love in an inclusive, collaborative, agile, and rewarding environment.
The Social Sector (SCL) is a multidisciplinary team convinced that investing in people is the way to improve lives and overcome the development challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean. Jointly with the countries in the region, the Social Sector formulates public policy solutions to reduce poverty and improve the delivery of education, work, social protection, and health services. The objective is to advance a more productive region, with equal opportunities for men and women, and greater inclusion of the most vulnerable groups.
The IDB Group helps Latin American and Caribbean countries promote skills development and lifelong learning as a strategy to ensure that citizens can contribute productively to society, improve their well-being, and be good citizens. To this end, it works with the countries of the region in five lines of action:
i. ensure that people have equitable access to relevant, high-quality learning opportunities throughout their lives.
ii. strengthen quality and relevance assurance mechanisms.
iii. consolidate and develop better financing and co-financing mechanisms to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and coverage of skills development opportunities.
iv. take advantage of the use of technology to increase equity and access to skills development opportunities and improve the efficiency of skills development systems; and
About this position (business unit, reports to, job summary)
We are looking for a dynamic and analytical research consultant. As a research consultant you will contribute to growing the IDBs School Feeding research and knowledge contributions, provide technical support to operations, and coordinate the multidisciplinary agenda across various divisions such as education, health, agriculture and climate change.
You will work in the Education Division part of Social Sector department. This team is responsible for formulating public policy solutions to reduce poverty and improve the delivery of education. The objective is to advance a more productive region, with equal opportunities for men and women, and greater inclusion of the most vulnerable groups.
The research consultant will be responsible for contributing to the growing IDB school feeding agenda lead out of the education division. The consultant must have demonstrated experience with conducting high quality analytical work and will ideally have experience working on school feeding themes such as school meals, nutrition, school feeding programs, etc.
What you’ll do
What you'll need
- Collaborate and share knowledge.
- Focus on clients.
Requirements
Type of contract and duration
- Type of contract: International Consultant Full-Time.
What we offer
- The IDB group provides benefits that respond to the different needs and moments of an employee’s life. These benefits include:
- Health Insurance: the IDB Group provides a monthly allowance for the purchase of health insurance.
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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