Operations Specialist/Senior Specialist

Location: 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.

About this position

We are looking for a dedicated and driven professional in strategy and program management to join our team. The ideal candidate will collaborate with multiple stakeholders to oversee the implementation of the Institutional Strategy through the new IDB Group Impact Framework and provide valuable insights to support decision-making by senior management and the Board of Directors.

You will be part of the Strategic Planning and Monitoring Division (SPD/SMO), which falls under the Office of Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness (SPD). SPD is responsible for providing technical guidance to foster a culture of results within the Bank, as well as helping innovate its core business and ensure the ongoing effectiveness and efficiency of its products and methods.

As part of SPD, the Strategic Planning and Monitoring Division (SPD/SMO), is responsible for: (i) developing the Institutional Strategy and strategic proposals for its implementation, contributing to defining the IDB’s role in best serving the evolving needs of its clients; (ii) leading the review and design of operational instruments; (iii) monitoring the Bank’s performance in alignment with the priorities outlined in the Institutional Strategy, as measured and reported in the Impact Framework, the annual Development Effectiveness Overview, and periodic business reviews; (iv) administers and monitors the information system that tracks the performance of SG loan operations; (v) acting as Management’s liaison with the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE), coordinating and ensuring Management’s responses to OVE evaluations and tracking Board-endorsed recommendations; (vi) ensuring the alignment of the Bank’s organizational structure and business processes with its objectives, recommending changes to enhance the consistency, efficiency, and effectiveness across Bank units; and (vii) ensuring that the Bank’s information systems support results-based management at all levels, providing key decision-makers with open access to relevant data.

What you’ll do:

• Collaborate as part of a team to coordinate the collection of Impact Framework data across the IDB Group, ensuring alignment with established indicator definitions, addressing data gaps and inconsistencies, engaging with technical experts on indicator progress and trends, and maintaining organized and complete data files to support all reported data.
• Coordinate the reporting on the Impact Framework through a new public website and internal progress dashboard, including managing the relationship with internal and external service providers, and adapting reporting tool functionalities to meet diverse user needs.
• Support the enhancement of the Bank’s use of Impact Framework and other performance metrics in planning and decision-making processes, in coordination with other areas of the Bank (e.g., budget, human resources), to strengthen the delivery of results under IDBStrategy+.
• Develop strategic assessments and analyses.
• Support the development of periodic reports on Impact Framework progress, including the annual Development Effectiveness Overview (DEO), quarterly operational management reports for senior management, and other corporate reports and presentations that incorporate information on progress on the Impact Framework.
• Contribute to the development of the IDB business plan by identifying areas of institutional performance that require increased attention from Management and the Board to achieve established targets.
• Develop strategic documents, presentations, and reports to support meetings with senior management and the Board of Executive Directors.
• Support improvements to business processes and tools to enhance the capture of Impact Framework data in the Bank’s IT systems, improving the IDB’s ability to report accurate and reliable data for all indicators in a timely manner.
• Support the capture of the IDB Group’s contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including leading training sessions for Bank staff on the SDG methodology, supporting the implementation of related business processes, and ensuring the accuracy of all published data.
• Develop and maintain relationships with counterparts in comparator organizations (e.g., World Bank, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank) for performance monitoring and reporting.