Partnership Development Consultant – Washington DC (1 Position)
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Location:
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Salary:negotiable / YEAR
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Job type:CONTRACTOR
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Posted:16 hours ago
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Category:Partnership and Resource Mobilization
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Deadline:11/11/2024
JOB DESCRIPTION
Post of duty: Washington D.C.
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
The Resource Mobilization Division (REM) plays a pivotal role in leading the mobilization of additional financing and innovative financial instruments from donors and partners to public and private interventions in the IDB Group, in coordination with the Vice Presidencies of Countries (VPC), Sectors (VPS), and Finance and Administration (VPF), as well as with IDB Invest, IDB Lab, and other relevant units. In recent years, the team has multiplied its efforts to develop and manage partners from the private and emerging sectors towards the creation and promotion of new investment opportunities in and for the Latin American and Caribbean region (LAC) while maintaining and strengthening relations with the traditional public partners.
We are looking for a consultant to provide comprehensive technical and operational support to the Resource Mobilization Division Chief across three functional groups within the REM Division. This role will focus on enhancing the IDB Group’s partnerships and outreach strategies, in close coordination with other IDB Group units, ensuring alignment with our strategic priorities.
What you’ll do
You will be joining the cross-sectorial team responsible for developing and implementing partnerships and resource mobilization strategies and action plans for climate and biodiversity finance as well as innovative resource mobilization instruments such as credit substitution guarantees and hybrid capital, providing technical advice and formalizing purposeful partnerships in close coordination with other IDB Group units while ensuring alignment with the IDB Group’s strategy and priorities.
- Strengthen and extend the IDB Group’s strategic alliances and dialogue with our existing key stakeholders based on a systematic analysis of their context and priorities.
- Coordinate interdisciplinary working groups to develop and implement new partnerships supporting to position IDB Group as a global leader and partner of choice while ensuring alignment with the IDB Group’s strategy and priorities.
- Expand our partners’ base by developing outreach strategies and action plans for new segments such as philanthropies and non-IDB member countries.
- Support the technical teams in managing the partner/donor relationship during the execution phase of existing partnerships.
- Enhance and scale up existing mobilization efforts by further expanding engagement with partners, including companies, foundations, universities, and non-government organizations, and identifying and mapping other new key private players in the development community.
- Develop and implement partnerships and resource mobilization strategies and proposals for innovative financial instruments with donors such as credit substitution guarantees and hybrid capital.
- Produce and present reports on results and metrics of external outreach and/or stakeholder management efforts as appropriate in coordination with relevant departments.
- Support the production of key high-level events and seminars as appropriate.
- Contribute to efforts shaping the IDB Group’s resource mobilization strategy and partnership—or product-specific strategies.
What you’ll need
Education: A minimum master’s degree (or equivalent advanced degree) in business administration, finance, economics, communication, international development, international relationships, or other fields relevant to the responsibilities of the role.
Experience: At least four years of relevant professional experience
Languages: Proficiency in Spanish and English, spoken and written, is required. Knowledge of an additional official Bank language (Portuguese and French) is a plus.
Key skills
- 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: 12 months.
- Work Location: On site.
What we offer
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The IDB group provides benefits that respond to the different needs and moments of an employee’s life. These benefits include:
- A competitive compensation packages.
- Leaves and vacations: 2 days per month of contract + gender- neutral parental leave.
- Health Insurance: the IDB Group provides a monthly allowance for the purchase of health insurance.
- We offer assistance with relocation and visa applications for you and your family when it applies.
- Hybrid and flexible work schedules.
- Development support: We offer learning opportunities to boost your professional profile such as seminars, 1:1 professional counseling, and much more.
- Health and wellbeing: Access to our Health Services Center which provides preventive care and health education for all employees.
- Other perks: Lactation Room, Daycare Center, Gym, Bike Racks, Parking, 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.
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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