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Sector Economic Advisor, Integration and Trade Sector

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About this position

The Integration and Trade Sector (INT) of the Vice Presidency for Sectors and Knowledge seeks an outstanding and experienced trade economist to lead its policy research program at Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The sector has a long tradition and a strong record of policy research, whose main motivation has been to consolidate, expand, and better distribute the welfare and growth gains of integration and trade.

INT assists member countries in designing and implementing trade, investment, and integration policies that facilitate economic growth, development, and poverty reduction. INT’s research area is responsible for elaborating and implementing the sector’s knowledge agenda, which aims to inform IDB’s operations and policy dialogue on trade and integration.

What you’ll do:

The selected candidate will perform the following activities:

• Lead the evaluation of integration, trade, and investment policies and institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean and provide policy recommendations to IDB’s member countries.
• Lead the preparation and supervise the execution of INT’s knowledge agenda ensuring the elaboration of knowledge products abides by the highest scientific standards.
• Contribute to the integration of technical knowledge and analysis into the design, monitoring, and evaluation of INT’s operations and technical cooperations.
• Coordinate, supervise, and write INT’s working papers and research flagships, as well as develop their dissemination through professional journals and internal and external workshops and conferences.
• Promote joint research projects and dialogue with other areas of the IDBG; multilateral, regional, international, and national institutions; and leading universities.
• Promote a policy dialogue with IDB member countries on integration, trade, and investment.
• Contribute to the IDB’s country programming exercises and policy dialogues.
• Contribute to the formulation of the IDB’s overall knowledge strategy and its evaluation through active participation in the IDB’s Knowledge Committee.
• Actively seek to disseminate relevant innovative academic research and facilitate knowledge exchange between IDB Group divisions and departments.
• Work in close coordination with the Trade and Investment Division (TIN), the Regional Integration Unit (RIU), and the Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL).

  What you’ll need:

  · Education: You hold a PhD degree in Economics.

  · Experience: You have a minimum of 15 years of professional experience with policy research and data analysis in international trade, investment, and integration. A solid record of publications, particularly in leading international trade journals is a plus.

  · Languages: Proficiency in Spanish and English, spoken and written, is required. Additional knowledge of French and Portuguese is a plus.

  Key skills

  · Mentor and develop

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  · Promote Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

  · 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