Learning & Knowledge Associate

What you’ll do

• Build and maintain strategic dialogue, collaboration, and partnerships with IDB sectors, country office teams, multilateral development banks, academia, private-sector partners, think tanks, NGOs, and other key stakeholders to leverage expertise, knowledge, and resources across institutions and expand the reach, effectiveness, and impact of capacity-building initiatives for the benefit of Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Serve as a strategic partner to operational, sectoral, and corporate teams by aligning learning solutions with the IDB Group’s Institutional Strategy, strengthening organizational capabilities, and contributing to sustainable development outcomes.

• Guide and oversee innovative and strategic learning programs across the IDB Group, ensuring effective program delivery, stakeholder coordination, resource management, and the achievement of measurable development outcomes.

• Leverage the IDB Group's technical knowledge, operational evidence, and institutional experience to inform the design, implementation, and evaluation of learning solutions that strengthen institutional capacities and support evidence-based decision-making and institutional effectiveness.

• Conduct learning needs assessments and audience analyses to identify capability gaps and define learning objectives, content structures, and instructional approaches that support institutional priorities and capability development.

• Guide the pedagogical design of applied learning experiences across virtual, hybrid, and in-person modalities, ensuring alignment with IDB Group priorities, adult learning principles, audience needs, and opportunities for personalization, scale, and measurable impact.

• Translate complex technical knowledge and operational experience into accessible, relevant, and actionable learning solutions that promote knowledge exchange, transfer, and application.

• Identify, evaluate, and apply AI and emerging technologies to enhance the effectiveness, personalization, scalability, and innovation of learning solutions across the IDB Group and the region.

• Design, implement, evaluate, and continuously improve learning solutions by assessing learning outcomes, capability development, and organizational impact to enhance development effectiveness.

• What you’ll need

• Education: Master degree in learning sciences, social sciences, psychology, public policy, international development, business administration, engineering, adult education or a related field.

• Experience: At least 2 years (5 preferably) of proven experience in designing and implementing capacity‑building initiatives in complex, multi-sector environments. Experience in international development is highly valued. A strong understanding of development challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is preferred.

• Strong stakeholder engagement, partnership-building, and strategic communication skills.

• Solid knowledge of results-based management and development effectiveness.

• Demonstrated ability to design and implement learning solutions that strengthen institutional capacities and support organizational objectives.

• Proven ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and manage multiple priorities in complex environments.

• Strong analytical, synthesis, and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong attention to detail.

• Languages: Proficiency in Spanish and English, spoken and written, is required. Additional knowledge of French and Portuguese is preferable.

Requirements

• Citizenship: You are a citizen of one of our 48-member countries. We may offer assistance with relocation and visa applications for you and your eligible dependents.

• 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

• International staff contract, 36 months initially, renewable upon mutual agreement.

What we offer

• A competitive compensation package, including an annual base salary expressed on a net-of-tax basis.

• Leaves and vacations: 24 days of paid time off + 8 personal days + sick leave + gender-neutral parental leave.

• Health Insurance: IDB Group provides employees and eligible dependents with a robust medical benefits program that covers medical, dental, vision, preventive care, and prescription drugs.

• Pension plan: defined benefit pension plan that provides financial security and support employees in planning for their future.

• We offer assistance with relocation and visa applications for you and your family when it applies.

• On-site position with the occasional flexibility of teleworking.

• Health and well-being: Access to our Health Services Center that provides preventive care and health education for employees.

• Development support: We offer tools to boost your professional profile, such as mentoring, 1:1 professional counseling, training and learning opportunities, language classes, mobility options, among others.