Trust Fund Support Consultant

About this position

We are looking for detailed oriented and passionate professional, who will help us change people lives in Latin America and the Caribbean supporting the handling of grant and externally financed projects through trust funds and co-financing resources.

You will work in the Grants and Cofinancing Management Unit (GCM) part of the Office of Outreach and Partnerships (ORP). GCM serves as an accountable interface that links partners resources to IDB projects, knowledge products, and programs that meet the needs of Latin America and the Caribbean through close coordination with IDBG’s operational units and the Resource Mobilization Division. The GCM key functional areas include: managing partner resources, ensuring compliance with the legal agreements with the donor for the administration of their resources funding Bank’s projects; reporting back to partners; organizing data for internal decision-making and monitoring on donor resources under administration for Bank’s projects. Partner resources at the IDB are managed through a number of instruments, the two main being trust funds and Project-Specific Grants (PSG, which are ad-hoc grants earmarked to specific Bank’s projects, jointly identified by the IDB and the partner).  

What you’ll do:

Trust Fund Management Support

• Assist in the fiduciary management of the grant and cofinancing resources, by ensuring that resources are allocated, managed and reported according to the legal administration agreement with the donors.
• Review project information for completeness and soundness.
• Gather information regarding the outcomes of the assigned funds’ activities through desk review and in person interviews.
• Support the Fund Coordinators in the review of project documents for fund allocation, eligibility, and Quality Risk Review (QRR) of operations.
• Assistance to operational teams and other Bank’s teams on the compliance with donor agreements
• Review the reports of the operations financed with grants in Technical Cooperation Monitoring System assuring good quality data.
• Prepare reports and briefings for Bank’s internal use for donors regarding the corresponding funds.
• Other tasks/projects, as required.

Other

• Prepare PowerPoint presentations, reports and other output as in support of the assigned supervising team.

Official communications:

• Back up for the management ORP/GCM inbox

What you’ll need

• Education: associate’s degree in Economics, Finance, Accounting, Political Science, Law or Jurisprudence, Business Administration, International Relations, or other fields relevant to one or more of the responsibilities of the role.
• Experience: Between 2 and 4 years of progressive experience in one or more of the following areas: donor resource management, project financing or administration, audits, monitoring and evaluation of projects, and related fields.
• Languages: Proficiency in English and one of the other Bank official languages (Spanish, French or Portuguese) is required.

Source: https://iadbcareers.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/trust-fund-support-consultant-6416