Consultant - Education
Consultant - Education
myGwork - LGBTQ+ Business Community
Washington, DC
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Post of duty: Headquarters – Washington, DC, United States.
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
The Social Sector (SCL) is a multidisciplinary team convinced that investing in people is the way to improve lives and overcome the development challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean. Jointly with the countries in the region, the Social Sector formulates public policy solutions to reduce poverty and improve the delivery of education, work, social protection, and health services. The objective is to advance a more productive region, with equal opportunities for men and women, and greater inclusion of the most vulnerable groups.
Skills
The IDB Group helps Latin American and Caribbean countries promote skills development and lifelong learning as a strategy to ensure that citizens can contribute productively to society, improve their well-being, and be good citizens. To this end, it works with the countries of the region in five lines of action:
You will work in the Division of Education (SCL/EDU) part of the Social Sector Department. This team is responsible for supporting education systems of Latin America and the Caribbean countries to reach five dimensions that will contribute to making them successful in promoting effective teaching and learning among all children and youth.
The objective of this consultancy is to provide research support to the global citizenship skills agenda, including coordination of the piloting of assessment instruments in Belize.
What You’ll Do
Support the development of global citizenship toolkits for four programmatic areas: Peace Education; Gender and Diversity; Civic Education; and Green Citizenship skills. This will include:
Review existing literature and best practices in the fields of Peace Education, Gender and Diversity, Civic Education, and Green Citizenship Skills. Compile findings into a report to guide the development of the toolkits.
Organize focus groups and interviews to ensure the toolkits meet the needs and expectations of the target audience.
Create digital and print versions of the toolkits.
What You'll Need
The IDB group provides benefits that respond to the different needs and moments of an employee’s life. These benefits include:
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 diversity@iadb.org 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.
Follow Us
https://www.linkedin.com/company/inter-american-development-bank/
https://www.facebook.com/IADB.org
https://twitter.com/the_IDB
Additional Information
Post of duty: Headquarters – Washington, DC, United States.
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
The Social Sector (SCL) is a multidisciplinary team convinced that investing in people is the way to improve lives and overcome the development challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean. Jointly with the countries in the region, the Social Sector formulates public policy solutions to reduce poverty and improve the delivery of education, work, social protection, and health services. The objective is to advance a more productive region, with equal opportunities for men and women, and greater inclusion of the most vulnerable groups.
Skills
The IDB Group helps Latin American and Caribbean countries promote skills development and lifelong learning as a strategy to ensure that citizens can contribute productively to society, improve their well-being, and be good citizens. To this end, it works with the countries of the region in five lines of action:
- ensure that people have equitable access to relevant, high-quality learning opportunities throughout their lives.
- strengthen quality and relevance assurance mechanisms.
- consolidate and develop better financing and co-financing mechanisms to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and coverage of skills development opportunities.
- take advantage of the use of technology to increase equity and access to skills development opportunities and improve the efficiency of skills development systems; and
- actively promote the generation and use of evidence to inform decisions about skills development.
You will work in the Division of Education (SCL/EDU) part of the Social Sector Department. This team is responsible for supporting education systems of Latin America and the Caribbean countries to reach five dimensions that will contribute to making them successful in promoting effective teaching and learning among all children and youth.
The objective of this consultancy is to provide research support to the global citizenship skills agenda, including coordination of the piloting of assessment instruments in Belize.
What You’ll Do
Support the development of global citizenship toolkits for four programmatic areas: Peace Education; Gender and Diversity; Civic Education; and Green Citizenship skills. This will include:
- Needs Assessment and Literature Review
Review existing literature and best practices in the fields of Peace Education, Gender and Diversity, Civic Education, and Green Citizenship Skills. Compile findings into a report to guide the development of the toolkits.
- Development of Toolkit Frameworks
- Content Creation
- Stakeholder Consultation
Organize focus groups and interviews to ensure the toolkits meet the needs and expectations of the target audience.
- Pilot Testing
- Dissemination
Create digital and print versions of the toolkits.
What You'll Need
- Education: Master's Degree (or equivalent advanced degree) in Public Policy or other fields relevant to the responsibilities of the role.
- Experience: At Least 5 years but less than 10 years in Education Program Development.
- 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.
- 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: International Consultant Full-Time.
- Length of contract: 12 months.
- Work Location: On site.
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.
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 diversity@iadb.org 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.
Follow Us
https://www.linkedin.com/company/inter-american-development-bank/
https://www.facebook.com/IADB.org
https://twitter.com/the_IDB
Additional Information
- External Opening Date: Jul 4, 2024
- External Closing Date: Jul 16, 2024
- External Contact Email: hrsc@iadb.org
- External Contact Name: HR Service Center
- Job Field: Technical Support
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