Research Department Assistant Coordinator

The IDB Research Department (RES) coordinates the technical cooperation (TC) on Central Bank Adaption to Climate Change and the Macroeconomic Policy and Finance Network (Network of Central Banks and Finance Ministries), with direct interaction with policymakers in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region.

The main objective of the TC on Central Bank Adaptation to Climate Change is to enhance policymaking by the central banks of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay on the important issue of climate change through regional cooperation. The network strives to fill existing gaps in several areas, including boosting the flow of data and information among the central banks; maintaining a regular, well-informed policy dialogue; building a common research and knowledge dissemination agenda; enhancing analytical capacity applied to policy issues enabling coordinated policy responses to regional challenges; and sharing know-how and best practices to support central banks in many of their responsibilities.

The Network of Central Banks and Finance Ministries, established 25 years ago, brings together top officials from central banks and finance ministries from LAC and top policymakers and academics from around the world to discuss the most important economic issues facing the region. Informally known as the Chief Economists’ Network, the meeting is a bi-annual event held in April and October of each year, usually at IDB Headquarters in Washington, DC. The meetings start with a review of the main developments in the global economy and their potential impacts on LAC. Typically, there are a series of panels focusing on topics of particular interest that include lead presentations by the IDB economists and discussants drawn from the central banks and finance ministries of the region.

The consultant will serve as an assistant coordinator for the activities of the TC and network and will work under the supervision of the team leaders.

What you’ll do:

Approximately three-quarters of the time of the consultant will be devoted to the coordination and planning of the activities of the TC on Central Bank Adaptation to Climate Change. The remaining time will be devoted to activities related to the Network of Central Banks and Finance Ministries.

The main activities of the TC on Central Bank Adaptation to Climate Change undertaken by the consultant will be to: (i) coordinate events organized or sponsored by the TC (policy dialogues, conferences and workshops, and technical trainings/assistance); (ii) manage datasets administrated by the TC. (iii) assist in the planning and budget of all related activities; (iv) assist in the planning, administration, and management of the TC.  More specifically, the consultant will:

Seminars/workshops:

When coordinating the planning, administration, and management of the TC operations, the consultant is expected to produce essential documents such as the annual plan of activities, the annual research agenda, the minutes of regular meetings, a summary of the seminars and conferences, a report with each release of the datasets, the IDB annual report of the TC, and to provide inputs for budget planning.

Regarding the Network of Central Banks and Finance Ministries, the consultant will assist and provide technical and logistical support to the team leader in the activities of the April and October meetings. The consultant is also expected to propose and undertake new activities aimed at keeping the network active in between regular meetings. These specific activities will include but are not limited to:

What you’ll need:

Education: