Post of duty: Washington, USA.
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 Secretariatโs main function is to provide services for the IDB and IIC Boards of Governors and Boards of Executive Directors (including their internal committees), the MIF Donors Committee, and senior management. For meetingsโand especially seminarsโorganized by one of the Bankโs departments, all meeting-related services are the responsibility of the department in question, with the Secretariat lending advisory assistance and logistical support as needed.
We are looking for a meticulous, proactive, and innovative Business Analyst/Project Manager (BA/PM). As a BA/PM, you will play a critical role in our team by conducting in-depth analysis of SEC operations and IDB Group processes in general to gain a comprehensive understanding of end-to-end processes and translate them into system requirements. Your main responsibilities will include recommending changes for process improvement and efficiency, facilitating the collection, analysis, and documentation of requirements in alignment with established project standards, and preparing functional specifications documents based on the business, stakeholders and usersโ requirements.
You will work in the Information Systems & Digital Innovation Section (SEC/ISD) part of the Office of the Secretary (SEC). This team is responsible for developing and maintaining the systems used by SEC and its main clients.
What youโll do:
- Analyze business processes to understand end-to-end workflows, find defects, inefficiencies and redundancies in the processes, and recommend improvements for efficiency in line with projects goals.
- Facilitate the gathering, analysis, and documentation of requirements in compliance with projects standards, ensuring alignment between business requirements, technical solutions, and user needs.
- Facilitate agile ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews and retrospective.
- Remove impediments, identifying and eliminating obstacles that blocked the team's progress.
- Support the product owner/ business in managing the product backlog and ensuring the team understands the project goals and priorities.
- Act as a liaison between stakeholders, technical teams, and vendors to coordinate efforts, manage communication, and ensure that all parties are aligned on project objectives.
- Manage day-to-day projects activities, including procurement, project monitoring, financial management, progress reporting, and coordination of consultants and vendors.
- Prepare functional specifications based on Bank's mission, department's goals, stakeholdersโ vision and user requirements, and draft Terms of Reference for project consultants and vendors, ensuring deliverables align with the overall project plan.
- Develop and execute User Acceptance Testing (UAT) plans, create flow diagrams and process representations, and support the preparation of training materials and updates to procedures.
- Document and report bugs and issues, conduct testing upon resolution by developers to ensure effective fixes are implemented and follow up with clients who reported bugs responding promptly to customer inquiries with clear and accurate information.
- Oversee the solution identification process, including leading vendor demos, coordinating RFP processes, and ensuring functional requirements are clearly defined.
- Lead peer reviews of requirement documents, supervise the preparation of progress and project reports, and ensure proper management of project funds, including financial controls, audits, and procurement in line with IDB guidelines.
- Oversee the launch of project solutions, ensuring a smooth rollout and maximizing positive impact on the organization.
- Demonstrate strong negotiation abilities, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
- Ensure the timely and successful delivery of projects by managing deadlines, resources, and stakeholder expectations, with a creative use of technology to meet specific objectives.
- Perform other related duties as required.
What you'll need:
- Education: Bachelorโs degree (or equivalent advanced degree) in Information Systems or other fields relevant to the responsibilities of the role, such as Project management, Communications or Business Analytics. It is desirable to be a certified Scrum Master (CSM or DASM).
- Experience: At least 2 years of progressive experience in related tasks.
- 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: 24 months.
- Work Location: On site.
What we offer:
The IDB group provides benefits that respond to the different needs and moments of an employeeโs 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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