Post of duty: 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

The Integration and Trade Sector (INT) of the Vice Presidency for Sectors and Knowledge seeks an outstanding and experienced trade economist to lead the preparation of a flagship report on how the complex relationship between international trade and climate change plays out for Latin America and the Caribbean amid: (i) a fast-moving climate crisis; and (ii) a slow recovery from a historic sanitary crisis, with trade offering one of the few tested paths for sustainable growth.

The consultant will work as part of INT’s team and report to its manager. INT assists member countries in designing and implementing trade, investment, and integration policies that facilitate economic growth, development, and poverty reduction.

What you’ll do:

  • Edit and co-write the chapters of trade and climate change report.
  • Organize a workshop for the launch of the report.
  • Participate in the report’s diffusion, contributing, inter alia, to related blogs.

    What you'll need

    • Education: Master in economics with a focus on trade and integration.
    • Experience: A minimum of 5 years of experience.
    • 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:

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