IDB Poverty Expert Consultant 2024 International Jobs

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Inter-American Development Bank Poverty Expert Consultant United States IDB Jobs 2024

Inter-American Development Bank looking for “Poverty Expert Consultant”. Applicants with an Advanced degree may apply on or before 15-Jul-24.

The Inter-American Development Bank has published a job vacancy announcement on 28/06/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Poverty Expert Consultant to be based in Washington DC , United States. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org

Company Name: Inter-American Development Bank

Job Title: Poverty Expert Consultant

Duty Station: Washington DC , United States

Country: United States

Application Deadline: 15-Jul-24

Responsibilities: 

  1. Expand and improve existing guidance to identify the level of poverty targeting of IDB projects.
  2. Develop guidelines for how to apply across different types of projects and in different sectors.
  3. Propose and prepare tools using poverty maps, household surveys, and other resources to facilitate the identification of the poverty status of likely beneficiaries of different types of IDB projects.
  4. Provide guidance to sectors as they seek to apply guidelines and update guidelines.
  5. Gather pilot data from the first round of projects that see to measure the poverty status of project beneficiaries and identify weaknesses and potential improvements in measurement.
  6. Organize and conduct meetings and strategic conversations with other organizations analyzing poverty in the region (such as the World Bank) to share tools.

Requirements:

  • Education: At least a master’s degree in public policy, social sciences or economics. PhD preferred.
  • Experience: At least 10 years of relevant and substantive experience in international and foreign policy, experience working in international organizations with a focus on poverty, preferably in Latin America and the Caribbean. The candidate is expected also to have a proven track record of publications related to poverty analysis.
  • Languages: Proficiency in Spanish and English, spoken and written, is required. Additional knowledge of French and Portuguese is preferable.

Key skills

  • Ability to perform poverty and economic analysis.
  • Ability to analyze development projects.
  • Learn continuously.
  • Collaborate and share knowledge.
  • Focus on clients.
  • Communicate and influence.
  • Innovate and try new things.

Requirements

  • Citizenship: You are a citizen of one of our 48-member countries.
  • Consanguinity: You have no family members (up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouse) working at the IDB, IDB Invest, or IDB Lab.

Type of contract and duration

  • Type of contract: International Consultant Full-Time.
  • Length of contract: 6 months.
  • Work Location: On site.
Washington DC, United States