IDB. Social Data Automation and AI Intern, Washington D.C.

IDB. Social Sector Data Automation and AI Intern Job Description IDB. Social Sector Data Automation and AI Intern City:
Washington DC Company: IDB Posting End Date: 9/25/2026 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 IDB Group is looking for an active graduate student to be hired as an intern under the Consultant modality.

The 2027 Winter Internship Program is a competitive paid opportunity, based in Headquarters, for university students from member countries to learn about development work and corporate management of the Bank, and to acquire work experience at the professional level through on-the-job learning.

• Support the development of dashboards to monitor the Sector's portfolio, its operational deadlines, eligibility, and disbursement indicators; including a "country snapshot" that brings together data from multiple systems into one clear, decision-ready view for senior management.
• Build structured datasets from institutional documents to support SCL's AI tools and guidance for operational teams.
• Support the design, testing, and evaluation of artificial intelligence agents used to review project documents.
• Analyze portfolio and quality data to identify trends and document the tools and methods developed for use by the team

• Education
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  An active graduate student in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, or Public Policy with a strong quantitative and data component, from an accredited University. The graduation date should be after the Internship period.
• Languages
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  Fluency in English with a working knowledge of one other Bank language (Spanish, French, or Portuguese) is a plus.
• Key Skills
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  Learn continuously, collaborate and share knowledge, focus on clients, communicate and influence, innovate and try new things.
• Soft Skills
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  Result-driven, collaborative, innovative, client-oriented, strong communicator, self-motivated, eager to learn, and excellent time management skills.
• Technical skills: Power BI for dashboards, Python or R for data processing and automation, and experience with generative AI tools (mainly Microsoft Copilot).

• Citizenship
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  Be a national of an IDB member country.
• Active student
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  Enrolled in a graduate (master’s or Ph.D.) program as of the starting date of the internship program. The graduation date should be after the Internship period.
• Consanguinity
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  Not have family members (up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouse) working at the IDB or IDB Invest.
• First job at the IDB Group
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  Be a first-time participant in an Internship Program held by the Bank or Inter-American Investment Corporation ("Corporation" also known as "IDB Invest"). In addition, you have not been a former staff member, Complementary Workforce ("CW"), contractor for the Bank or the Corporation, or have previously provided services to the Bank or the Corporation through a contractor or under any other contractual modality.

If you are an international student in the U.S.A. , your work authorization is through CPT or OPT. Consult your school advisor before applying.
You must be able to work 40 hours per week
, many international students are limited to working part-time, depending on their academic standing.

• Type of contract
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  Intern Consultant
• Length of contract
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  Two (2) months
• Dates of the contract: January 16th to March 15th, 2027
• Location: Washington, D.C.
  
  - United States of America

* Internship dates may be…