Back Consultancy to Provide Legal Support to Strategic Initiatives and Operations for IFD/CMF

Post of duty: Washington D.C. - 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 connectivity, Markets and Finance Division designs financing solutions across critical sectors to mobilize resources for inclusive and sustainable development. Through its work, CMF is focused on promoting financial inclusion and productive financing, designing financial solutions for sustainable infrastructure including connectivity, and supporting efforts to increase climate financing and promote biodiversity conservation in the Amazon. As the IDB seeks to strengthen collaboration with partners and other multilateral organizations, the division also plays a central role in key initiatives to mobilize private sector resources including as Secretariat of the Green Coalition for the Amazon.

In this context, we are seeking an attorney to support a growing number of strategic initiatives, including the Green Coalition for the Amazon. The consultant will also provide legal support as required in the design and execution of CMF operations.

What you’ll do:

The consultant will provide legal expertise and guidance to ensure strategic initiatives’ compliance with relevant laws and regulations. Areas of support include:

• Legal Compliance: Monitor and assess activities, policies, and decisions made in the context of strategic initiatives to ensure compliance with applicable local, national, and international laws and regulations.
• Documents Review and record: Review, draft, and negotiate documents. Ensure that legal documents reflect the corresponding interests and objectives. The consultant will also maintain accurate records of legal documents, contracts agreements etc.
• Risk Assessment: Identify legal risks and issues associated with coalition activities and provide recommendations to mitigate those risks.
• Data Privacy and Security: support review of data privacy and security practices to protect sensitive information and ensure compliance with data protection laws.
• Dispute Resolution: Assist in resolving legal disputes, conflicts, and grievances. Provide legal guidance during mediation, arbitration, or litigation processes, if necessary.
• Governance Support: Ensure that the Green Coalition's governance structures, such as the Steering Committee and Technical Committee, operate in accordance with legal requirements and established bylaws.
• External Legal Counsel: When necessary, support engagement with external legal counsel for specialized legal matters and support coordination of relationships with external legal firms.
• Operations: provide legal support as required in the design and execution of operations.
• Other: as required by the supervisor of this consultancy.

  What you'll need

  • Education: Master's degree from an accredited law school in a Bank member country.
  • Experience: Minimum of five years of professional experience as a lawyer, including demonstrated analytical, drafting and negotiation skills. Strong experience in law research, analysis and advice relating to international transactions or international development. Legal work in international transactions; international organizations and/or public sector policy and regulation.
  • Languages: Proficiency in Spanish and English, spoken and written, is required. Additional knowledge of French and Portuguese is preferable.

    Key skills:

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    ⚠️ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐰: 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝐖!

    • 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: 21 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.
          • 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