Operations Associate in the Country Department Andean Group

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About this position: 

The Andean Countries Department (CAN) seeks a committed, collaborative, and results-oriented Operations Associate to join the front office’s effectiveness team. The team aims to sharpen the focus on results and ensure that projects deliver more effective outcomes in line with the newly approved Institutional Strategy IMPACT+.  You will be supporting the implementation of the department’s effectiveness plan through technical assistance throughout the whole project cycle, including preparation, approval, implementation, and closure. 

CAN (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela) promotes and develops the Bank’s strategies and programming with the countries. The department supports the processing, negotiation, and administration of country and regional-specific projects and programs; leads and maintains the Bank’s relations with member countries; supports the execution of country-specific operations; promotes and coordinates the use of funds administered by the Bank or under parallel financing agreements; and monitors procurement activities related to operations carried out by Bank borrowers and beneficiaries.

What you’ll do:  

• Provide technical support in developing and implementing VPC and CAN’s effectiveness agenda.
• Support the design, execution, and closure phases of IDB projects, emphasizing results achievement and measurement and effectiveness evaluations of IDB’s operations.
• Support different instances of project portfolio reviews, project start-ups, mid-term reviews, evaluations, etc., focusing on measurement results and objective achievement.
• Support the identification and systematization of lessons learned on project outcomes and impact, their strengths and weaknesses, and provide actionable recommendations for enhancing project effectiveness.
• Support the project selectivity efforts at the programming stage by systematizing information and identifying trends and lessons from a regional and Bank-wide perspective.
• Support VPC and CAN’s development of effectiveness-related knowledge agenda/products,
• Support the elaboration of Country Strategies and other key programmatic documents.
• Promote collaboration and maximize team collective intelligence (impacts, results, lessons learned, synergies, challenges).
• Participate in the project review process emphasizing effectiveness, evaluability, and sustainability.
• Analyze, monitor, and elaborate periodic reports on the loan portfolio’s effectiveness performance, making recommendations and alerting on risk to achieve results.
• Support the design and implementation of technological platforms to make better use of analytics on effectiveness and to disseminate IDB’s results.
• Provide support to CAN’s regional initiatives and other requirements.
• Participate in meetings regarding coordination with other VPC departments, VPS, and SPD on issues related to effectiveness.
• Participate in the review process of project completion reports (PCRs) and other relevant operational documents and support the dissemination of operational results, lessons learned, and best practices for use in future programs.

What you will need:

Education:

• Master’s degree (or equivalent advanced degree) in Project Management, Economics, Development, Public Policy, Business Administration, Social Sciences, Engineering, or related fields. Certification in project management is considered a plus.

Experience:

• At least five years [MC1] of relevant professional experience. Must have experience supporting teams in quality assurance, preparation, and supervision of projects financed by Multilateral Development Banks or international agencies.
• Experience working with, or exposure to, portfolio data of IDB, IDB Invest, or other international financial institutions. Experience working in the design and monitoring of projects.
• Experience in project management, preferably in MDBs or international agencies.
• Experience with public financing instruments (investment loans, policy-based lending, and exposure to IDB operational strategies, policies and procedures, and performance standards).
• Ability to analyze operational data and identify trends and risks to promptly make recommendations/raise alerts to the Management’s Front Office.
• Extensive knowledge of the Bank’s system and policies are a plus.
• Interest in finding opportunities for improvement in tools and methodologies.
• Flexibility to adapt to working in a changing environment to respond to new institutional priorities.

Language:

• Proficiency in English and Spanish, spoken and written, is required. Additional knowledge o[CMF2] f French and/or Portuguese is desirable.

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