Learning & Knowledge Senior/Lead Specialist
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Location:
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Salary:negotiable / YEAR
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Job type:FULL_TIME
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Posted:4 hours ago
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Category:Education
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Deadline:11/10/2024
JOB DESCRIPTION
Learning & Knowledge Senior/Lead Specialist
Location: Washington, DC (HQ).
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.
About this position
We are looking for a strategic, highly motivated, and experienced knowledge management expert to join our team as a Learning & Knowledge Senior/Lead Specialist. In this role, you will spearhead initiatives that advance knowledge management practices across the IDB Group, with a focus on leveraging digital solutions and tools to enhance impactful knowledge collection, systematization, sharing and re-use.
You will work in the Knowledge and Learning Division, in the Knowledge, Innovation and Communication department (KIC/KLD). The KLD team provides clients with guidance and tools to capture, generate, manage, and use knowledge, and support the planning and development of learning products.
What you’ll do:
- Develop and implement a knowledge management framework, ensuring the integration of best practices across the IDB Group. In line with our Institutional Strategy, this Framework should help to position knowledge as a critical means to enhance development impact.
- Lead the design and implementation of innovative knowledge products to support development impact, including the integration of new technologies like Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) into our knowledge management initiatives.
- Lead the strategic planning of knowledge agendas, providing methodological advice to VPS, VPC, IDB Lab, and IDB Invest. Ensure that these agendas are fully aligned with the organization’s strategic priorities while maximizing the use of digital solutions for seamless knowledge sharing and collaboration. This includes anticipating future knowledge gaps, identifying emerging trends, and fostering a culture of continuous learning.
- Develop and promote cutting-edge knowledge initiatives, ensuring that the IDB Group remains at the forefront of knowledge management trends by integrating tools, and methodologies into every aspect of our work.
- Monitor and evaluate the impact of knowledge management initiatives, using data-driven insights to refine strategies and enhance effectiveness.
- Recommend strategies and incentives to use the IDB Group’s knowledge resources, to advance the knowledge frontier more systematically, apply rigorous analysis to address knowledge gaps faced by clients and stakeholders, and develop operational knowledge to improve the design and implementation of operations.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to build partnerships that enhance the organization’s knowledge assets and capabilities.
- Represent the IDB at external networks of knowledge management experts, actively engaging in digital communities of practice within multilateral organizations. Share insights and best practices to contribute to the global knowledge management landscape.
- Apply change management principles to drive innovations and behavioral change through knowledge management interventions. Demonstrate successful cases of knowledge adoption and measurable impact within the organization.
- Mentor junior team members, fostering collaboration and innovation. Enhancetheir understanding of knowledge management best practices and digital strategies, equipping them to contribute effectively to the IDB’s knowledge management goals.
- Generate, systematize, and share knowledge, experiences, and recommendations on methodological approaches and technical expertise.
- Education: Master’s degree in Knowledge Management, Information Science, Organizational Development, Information Systems, Digital Technologies, Innovation or other fields relevant to the responsibilities of the role.
- Experience: A minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in leading knowledge initiatives, and engaging stakeholders within complex organizations. Experience in digital transformation, data analytics, or implementing digital solutions with GenAI is highly desirable. Experience in the IDB’s project cycle as a team leader or member is a plus.
- Languages: Proficiency in Spanish and English, spoken and written, is required. Additional knowledge of French and Portuguese is preferable.
Technical track (with supervisory responsibilities):
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- Mentor and develop
- Promote Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
- Focus on clients
- Communicate and influence
- Innovate and try new things
Requirements
- 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 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
- International staff contract, 36 months initially, renewable upon mutual agreement.
What we offer
The IDB Group provides benefits that respond to the different needs and moments of an employee’s life. These benefits include:
- A competitive compensation package, including an annual base salary expressed on a net-of-tax basis.
- Leaves and vacations: 24 days of paid time off + 8 personal days + sick leave + gender- neutral parental leave.
- Health Insurance: IDB Group provides employees and eligible dependents with a robust medical benefits program that covers medical, dental, vision, preventive care, and prescription drugs.
- Pension plan: defined benefit pension plan that provides financial security and support employees in planning for their future.
- We offer assistance with relocation and visa applications for you and your family when it applies.
- Hybrid and flexible work schedules.
- Health and well-being: Access to our Health Services Center that provides preventive care and health education for employees.
- Development support: We offer tools to boost your professional profile, such as mentoring, 1:1 professional counseling, training and learning opportunities, language classes, mobility options, among others.
- Other perks: Lactation Room, Daycare Center, Gym, Bike Racks, Parking, Spouse Career Program, and others.
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.
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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
The Inter-American Development Bank is devoted to improving lives. Established in 1959, the IDB is a leading source of long-term financing for economic, social, and institutional development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The IDB also conducts innovative research and provides policy advice, technical assistance, and training to public and private sector clients throughout the region.
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