Disaster Management Specialist/Senior Specialist – Caribbean Region
Post of Duty: The Bahamas
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 an experienced, committed, and focused professional with disaster risk management (DRM) experience for the Caribbean Region. As Disaster Risk Management Specialist/Senior Specialist you will provide technical advice on DRM to IDB’s Caribbean borrowing countries, manage IDB’s portfolio of disaster risk management loan and technical cooperation operations in this region, and lead the development of knowledge tools adapted to the Caribbean context.
You will work in the Rural Development, Natural Resources, and Disaster Risk Management Division (RND), part of Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department (CSD). This team is responsible for supporting the IDB’s borrowing countries in the implementation of the Sendai Framework Agreement on Disaster Risk Reduction, through the generation of knowledge, and the provision of technical advice and financial resources.
What you’ll do:
- Participate in the technical dialogue with the national authorities of the Caribbean countries to identify areas of potential Bank assistance in disaster risk management (DRM) with a climate change adaptation (CCA) approach in the Caribbean countries, in coordination with other Bank Country Offices.
- Provide input into the identification, design, preparation, implementation, and evaluation of loans and technical cooperations in DRM that are consistent with the strategies of the countries in the region, seeking to promote the Bank’s multisectoral work.
- Chip into the mainstreaming of DRM and CCA in loans and technical cooperations led by other Divisions of the Bank, in close collaboration the Bank’s Country Offices.
- Supervise loan operations and technical cooperations in the sector, understanding the cross-cutting nature of DRM and CCA.
- Lead portfolio management activities (management by results), in collaboration with the fiduciary specialists and relevant project team leaders, particularly in the development of action plans to respond to identified problems.
- Provide input in the definition of a knowledge agenda in DRM for the Caribbean region and lead its implementation.
- Monitor the evaluation of results and impacts of the operations.
- Work independently with limited oversight.
- Guide, coach and mentor junior staff to develop technical expertise.
What you’ll need
- Education: Master’s degree (or equivalent advanced degree) in subjects related to DRM, such as civil or environmental engineering, coastal zone management, geology, hydrology, urban planning, natural resource management, or economic sciences.
- Experience: Minimum of 10 years of experience in the Caribbean in planning, preparation, review, implementation, administration and/or evaluation of DRM projects and/or activities.
- Languages: Proficiency in English. Knowledge of another official Bank language (Spanish, French or Portuguese) is a plus.
Key skills
Technical track:
- 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. 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
- 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 which covers medical, dental, vision, preventive care, and prescription drugs.
- Pension plan: pre-defined 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 wellbeing: Access to our Health Services Center which 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.
- Development support: We offer learning opportunities to boost your professional profile such as seminars, 1:1 professional counseling, and much more.
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
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 cutting-edge research and provides policy advice, technical assistance and training to public and private sector clients throughout the region.
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Additional Information
- External Opening Date: May 17, 2023
- External Closing Date: Jun 7, 2023
- External Contact Email: hrsc@iadb.org
- Job Field: Sector
