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JOB DESCRIPTION
Post of duty: Washington D.C
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
IFD/CMF Project FuSSE Consultant IDB-BIS
We are looking to hire a consultant to support the supervision for the Joint Development of Project FuSSE with the Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub. You will help us collaborate with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) on Project FuSSE, which aims to design and construct a fully scalable settlement engine. This collaboration is part of the BIS Innovation Hub’s initiative to foster innovation and enhance the efficiency and safety of the financial system globally.
Project FuSSE marks the first collaboration between the BIS and the Inter-American Development Bank, following an agreement signed by the two institutions in mid-September 2023. The project will benefit from the expertise of each institution as well as from central banks in Latin America and the Caribbean that will be invited to join at a later stage. The BIS’s experience in technical experimentation and its global scope is complemented by the IDB’s knowledge of the regional systems and their interactions, as well as its tools for reaching out to the region’s relevant players.
What you’ll do:
You will supervise the overall development of the Project FuSSE, which includes:
- Work on developing pilots to implement payment systems and non-similar facilities in member countries for IDB.
- Collaborate with the developers and architects on project milestones and commitments in a timely manner.
- Supervise the development of tools, scripts, maps, web-based mapping applications, viewers, and other customizations or configurations as requested.
- Participate in regular and unplanned meetings with other project team members to evaluate requirements, constraints, and issues.
- Collaborate in regular reviews with the rest of the teams of project scope, requirements and technical documentation.
- Review and provide feedback on project milestones and commitments.
- Participate in regular project update stand-ups and meetings.
- Provide regular feedback on assigned task progress.
- Provide timely feedback or input on issues or developments that impact project scope, timelines, and commitments.
- Elaborate documentation related to the project, including but not limited to technical documentation, progress reports, incident tracking, root cause analysis, and issue resolution.
- Use of provided tools for version control, project asset tracking, and project collaboration.
What you’ll need:
- Education: Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Information Systems, or Information Technology Management or Information Technology Engineer.
- Experience: At least 15 years of experience in areas related to payments, and management of teams related to information technology, software, systems, and engineering.
- Languages: Proficiency in English and one of the other Bank official languages (Spanish, French or Portuguese) is required.
- 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:
- Type of contract: International Consultant Full-Time.
- Length of contract:12 months.
- Work Location: On site.
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 packages.
- Leaves and vacations: 2 days per month of contract + gender- neutral parental leave.
- Health Insurance: the IDB Group provides a monthly allowance for the purchase of health insurance.
- Savings plan: The IDB Group cares about your future, depending on the length of the contract, you will receive a monthly savings plan allowance.
- We offer assistance with relocation and visa applications for you and your family when it applies.
- Hybrid and flexible work schedules.
- Development support: We offer learning opportunities to boost your professional profile such as seminars, 1:1 professional counseling, and much more.
- Health and wellbeing: Access to our Health Services Center which provides preventive care and health education for all employees.
- Other perks: Lactation Room, Daycare Center, Gym, Bike Racks, Parking, and others.
Our culture
At the IDB Group we work so everyone brings their best and authentic selves to work, willing to try new approaches without fear, and where they are accountable and rewarded for their actions.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) are at the center of our organization. We celebrate all dimensions of diversity and encourage women, LGBTQ+ people, persons with disabilities, Afro-descendants, and Indigenous people to apply.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job interview process. If you are a qualified candidate with a disability, please e-mail us at [email protected] to request reasonable accommodation to complete this application.
Our Human Resources Team reviews carefully every application.
About the IDB Group
The IDB Group, composed of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), IDB Invest, and the IDB Lab offers flexible financing solutions to its member countries to finance economic and social development through lending and grants to public and private entities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
About IDB
We work to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Through financial and technical support for countries working to reduce poverty and inequality, we help improve health and education and advance infrastructure. Our aim is to achieve development in a sustainable, climate-friendly way. With a history dating back to 1959, today we are the leading source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean. We provide loans, grants, and technical assistance; and we conduct extensive research. We maintain a strong commitment to achieving measurable results and the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and accountability.
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