ESG Junior Environmental and Social Safeguards Support to Operations Consultant

Post of duty: Washington, DC, United States.

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 Environmental and Social Solutions Unit (VPS/ESG) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is responsible for ensuring that IDB financed projects and other activities are environmentally and socially sustainable and comply with the Bank’s environmental and social policies.

ESG is seeking an experienced and highly motivated junior environmental and/or social consultant to join a group of professionals that provide technical support, direction, and leadership in promoting the Bank's strategic social and environmental priorities and ensuring that IDB financed projects and other activities are socially and environmentally sustainable.

The Consultant will support the design and implementation of the Bank's operations and will ensure they comply with the IDB's social safeguards policies and internationally recognized best practices.

What you’ll do:

The selected candidate will support ESG in two areas: i) Providing guidance to low and moderate risk operations, including, but not limited to, the following activities and ii) Supporting preparation and supervision of IDB financed operations., the following activities:

• ESG Guidance Service.
  • • Manage ESG Guidance Service, that provides (i) guidance to low risk projects during preparation, and (ii) that supports project teams in the supervision of low and moderate risk projects.
    • Environmental and social screening of operations in preparation through the guidance service.
    • Support ESG in the development and management of research and training programs.
    • Support ESG in tracking and reporting project data, especially on safeguards performance issues.
      • Project preparation and supervision.
        • • Support ESG in the preparation and supervision of projects in the public sector focusing on environmental and social aspects.
          • Support ESG on an \"as needed basis\" in the performance of the environmental and social safeguards review of proposed operations as part of the policy compliance assurance process (Environmental and Social Strategy preparation, due diligence preparation, Environmental and Social Management Report preparation, and project supervision reports) and its documentation.
          • Support ESG staff in the preparation of, key documents including but not limited to aide memoires, technical cooperation proposals, and terms of reference for specific environmental assessment and management activities related to projects assigned.
          • Support ESG in the development and management of research and training programs.
          • Support ESG in tracking and reporting project data, especially in safeguard performance.

            With regards to project preparation and supervision, the consultant may have in-person missions to the countries where the projects are located. TORs must be drafted and approved by the supervisor for every mission the consultant participates in and informed to ESG Front Office according to ESG administrative manual for processing. Every report must be submitted to the corresponding supervisor in an electronic file. The report should include cover, main document, and all annexes. Zip files will not be accepted as final reports, due to Records Management Section regulations.

            What you'll need:

            • Education: Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent advanced degree) in environmental or social sciences or other fields relevant to the responsibilities of the role.
            • Experience: At least 2 years of progressive experience as environmental and/or social safeguards specialist in development projects in several sectors.
            • Languages: Proficiency in Spanish and English, spoken and written, is required. Additional knowledge of French and Portuguese is preferable.

              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:

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