Job Description

Post of duty: Washington DC

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 :

1. ensure that people have equitable access to relevant, high-quality learning opportunities throughout their lives.
   1. strengthen quality and relevance assurance mechanisms.
      1. consolidate and develop better financing and co-financing mechanisms to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and coverage of skills development opportunities.
         1. 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
            1. actively promote the generation and use of evidence to inform decisions about skills development.

               About this position

               We are looking for an Education Consultant for the Haiti Education Portfolio. As an education consultant, your main task will be to coordinate and implement day to day activities of the Education Portfolio in Haiti and the School Feeding Regional Team. Under the supervision of the Education Team lead, you will work as part of the SCL/EDU team which is part of the Social Sector department. The team is responsible of implementing the Education portfolio within Haiti and the regional work on school feeding. The selected candidate will specifically support the project team in overseeing the IDB Haiti Education Portfolio and IDB school feeding regional work.

               What you’ll do :

               Haiti:

               • Supervision: support the Team Leader in the supervision of the education portfolio, especially the HA-J0006 and HA-L1102, by mainly coordinating closely with the executing units of the EDU portfolio in Haiti, working closely with extended team members, and supporting the monitoring of result matrix progress. The consultant will be responsible for taking meeting minutes of the PAPDEF general assemblies and the NGO meetings. The consultant will be responsible for monitoring the portfolio technical cooperation’s HA-T1305 and HA-T1281 in close coordination with the team analyst and Team Leader.
               • Technical work: support the team by providing technical expertise in the following areas, inter alia: (i) school feeding; (ii) early childhood; (iii) quality assurance system (QAS); (iv) service delivery; and (v) curriculum reform (vi) Support implementation of school feeding pre-summit flagship in Brasilia. The consultant will be responsible for supporting the MENFP in strengthening its technical capacity in the aforementioned areas.
               • Focal point and partnerships: the consultant will serve as the direct focal point for a number of activities as agreed to with the Team Leader. The consultant will serve as the partner coordination focal point in the absence of the Team Leader and will work to ensure that IDB and external education partner relations are maintained – especially given the IDB role as GSE President. Finally the consultant will work to maintain working relationships with the ONAPE.
               • Teamwork: Collaborate closely with internal IDB colleagues in the Education Division as well as the Haiti Country Office; attend relevant meetings. The consultant will provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members.

                 What you'll need

                 • Education: Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent in Management, Project management, Economics, Education, Social Sciences, or similar or equivalent
                 • Experience: At least 2 years of experience but less than 5 years in the international education sector, of which preferably 3 in Haiti
                 • Languages: Fluent in French and English. Haitian Creole a value added

                   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
                       • Location : Headquarters, Washington DC

                         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
                         • 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
                         • Savings plan : The IDB Group cares about your future, depending on the length of the contract, you will receive a monthly savings plan allowance.
                         • 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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