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About this position
We are looking for an environmental specialist to support the Bank in advancing the integration of social and environmental-related risks into existing risk management processes, metrics, and indicators, including providing services on portfolio risk management.
You will work in the Environmental and Social Risk Group within the Office of Risk Management (RMG/ESR). This team is responsible for the oversight of three new risk areas: project and portfolio, procurement, and financial management, in addition to social, environmental, governance, climate change, natural disasters and biodiversity risks. For all risk areas, RMG/ESR provides quality assurance and risk review services throughout the project lifecycle, portfolio monitoring and reporting, as well as advisory services and risk integration into country strategies, strategic documents and existing operational processes. RMG/ESR assesses various risk exposures of the portfolio and provides in-depth analyses and recommendations to improve risk management and ultimately the performance of the project.
What you’ll do
- In coordination with the Environmental and Social Risk Management Group (RMG/ESR), finalize the implementation and harmonization of the quarterly monitoring process to aggregate project-level data, generate portfolio-wide insights, and support in-depth trend analysis of environmental and social (E&S) risk management, including disaster and climate change risk.
- Maintain a structured repository of validated project-level E&S risk data to enable efficient storage, retrieval, traceability, and periodic updates.
- Integrate the disaster and climate change risk visualization tool into the ESR Quarterly and Annual Portfolio Risk Report Dashboard to strengthen E&S risk monitoring, portfolio-level analysis, and reporting.
- Pilot an AI-assisted agent to analyze project reports, identify E&S risks, assess related risk management measures, and flag potential implications for project implementation and sustainability.
- Maintain documentation of the standardized workflow for data capture, validation, aggregation, and integration to promote transparency, consistency, institutional knowledge, and continuous process improvement.
What you'll need
- Education: Technical degree (or equivalent advanced degree in environmental engineering, data science or other fields relevant to the responsibilities of the role.
- Experience: At least 2 years of progressive experience in environmental and social risk management, climate change, sustainability and/or data management.
- Languages: Proficiency in English and one of the other Bank official languages (Spanish, French or Portuguese) is required.
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 consultant Full-Time, 1 months (up to 48 months, subject to eligibility).
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: 2 days per month of contract + gender-neutral parental leave.
-Health Insurance: The IDB Group provides a monthly allowance to supplement the purchase of health insurance.
-On-site position with the occasional flexibility of teleworking.
-Development support: We offer learning opportunities to boost your professional profile, such as seminars, 1:1 professional counseling, and much more.
-Health and well-being: Access to our Health Services Center that provides preventive care and health education for employees.
-Other office amenities (as available): Lactation Room, Daycare Center, Gym, Bike Racks, Parking, spouse career support, and others.
Our culture
At the IDB, we work so everyone brings their best and authentic selves to work while finding their purpose. Our people consistently strive for excellence, and we recognize and celebrate the impact of their contributions.
In our efforts to drive innovation, we intentionally include all voices, cultivate a sense of belonging and champion fairness. We welcome individuals from underrepresented groups to join us and share their unique perspectives.
We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job interview process. If you require an accommodation to complete this application, please email us at accommodations@iadb.org.