Operations Lead​/Senior Specialist, D.C.

Posting End Date: 10/25/2026 11:59 PM EST

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.

The Office of the Special Advisor on Gender and Diversity supports the IDB Group in translating its gender and diversity commitments into coordinated institutional action and measurable development results.

We are seeking a senior professional to lead the Office’s strategic planning, institutional coordination, and results monitoring. Reporting to the Special Advisor on Gender and Diversity, the incumbent will develop executive-level analysis and recommendations, coordinate the preparation and implementation of the Office’s work program, and help align gender and diversity priorities across the IDB Group.

The role requires a combination of substantive knowledge of gender and diversity and development, strong institutional knowledge and judgment, and the ability to convert strategic priorities into actionable plans and results. The successful candidate will work across organizational boundaries and stakeholders, identify emerging global and regional issues, strengthen accountability for agreed commitments, and provide trusted advice to the Special Advisor.

• Provide timely strategic evidence-based advice, executive briefings, senior management type presentations, reports, and other decision-support materials to the Special Advisor on institutional priorities, emerging issues, and strategic decisions related to gender and diversity.
• Translate institutional priorities and decisions into concrete initiatives, deliverables, and implementation plans. Coordinate and mobilize relevant operational, knowledge, financial, corporate, and communications teams to ensure effective execution and achievement of agreed results
• Monitor and analyze operational, policy, and organizational and external developments and recommend practical courses of action.

• Lead the preparation and monitoring of the Office’s annual work program, objectives, deliverables, and KPIs.
• Coordinate the preparation, implementation monitoring, and annual reporting of the multi-year Gender and Diversity Action Plan.
• Assess progress against relevant IDB Group commitments and identify implementation gaps, risks, and corrective actions.

• Manage coordination mechanisms with organizational units across the IDB Group.
• Promote alignment and synergies among operational, knowledge, corporate, and communications activities related to gender and diversity.
• Convene stakeholders and facilitate resolution of cross-organizational issues.

• Help define priority gender and diversity issues for the IDB Group’s analytical and knowledge agenda.
• Translate analytical findings into actionable recommendations and high-quality products for senior management.
• Coordinate strategic messaging and visibility initiatives with relevant communications and technical units.

Education:

Master’s degree (or equivalent advanced degree) in Economics, Public Policy, Social Sciences, or other fields relevant to the responsibilities of the role.

Experience:

At least 5 years of progressive experience for grade 4 and 6 years for grade 3, in leading high impact initiatives at the global and regional level towards advancing diversity and gender initiatives, preferably with 6 years at a senior technical leadership level. Proven experience advancing gender and diversity related development topics in a multilateral development environment is…