IDB Lab Discovery Officer
Location: Suriname
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:
IDB Lab is the innovation laboratory of the Inter-American Development Bank Group. It mobilizes financing, knowledge, and connections to support entrepreneurs to catalyze innovation that can drive inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean. IDB Lab believes that innovation is a powerful tool that can transform this region, as it provides with unprecedented opportunities to tackle long-standing problems that are preventing vulnerable populations to improve their quality of life.
The current portfolio of IDB projects in Suriname consists of 6 operations with US$2.4M in IDB Lab and core mobilization funding. Of particular importance are the SUSTAME operations financed by IDB Lab and Amazon Forever (SU-T1159 and SU-T1168), which represent a critical investment of US$ 1.4M in catalyzing sustainable forestry and wood production with a focus on supporting private sector operators and local communities in transitioning from extraction and export of raw wood to sustainable practices in extraction and higher value processing of wood products for the export market.
We are looking for a dynamic individual to lead operations as part of its Discovery Unit team in Suriname. The Discovery Unit (DIS) is the unit responsible for building and scaling the innovative portfolio of non-reimbursable and contingent recovery operations from testing new ideas, though supporting early-stage projects and start-ups to setting the stage with ecosystems that support inclusion and scale. The team works both out of headquarters in Washington, DC and the Bank’s country offices throughout the LAC region.
What you’ll do:
The IDB Lab Discovery Officer will be dedicated to the activities related to the origination and supervision of operations mentioned above and your salary will be financed by the fees received by the Bank in its capacity as trustee or administrator of Financial Intermediary Funds ("FIF”)[1], and other relevant trust funds, such as the Amazon Bioeconomy and Forest Management Fund. You will add value and knowledge to projects in portfolio for Suriname for exceptional implementation, outcomes, and scale; be on the constant look out for new topics in the country, region or worldwide that address the most pressing problems and can be tested in the country; and be an engaging storyteller about IDB Lab's unique mission, its innovative projects and their results, especially as they apply to Suriname. You will actively network at the local, regional, and international level with pioneering project and knowledge partners; create synergies and ensure scaling options by "connecting the dots" with IDB Lab's Investment team, IDB Invest, the public side of the IDB, the market and/or public policy to overreach goals and achieve ground-breaking impact, especially for the implementation of the IDB projects in Suriname.
[1] These funds include the following: Clean Technology Fund (CTF) and Strategic Climate Fund (SCX).
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What we offer
The IDB Group provides benefits that respond to the different needs and moments of an employee’s life. These benefits include:
Our culture
At the IDB Group we work so everyone brings their best and authentic selves to work, willing to try innovative 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 Lab
IDB Lab is the innovation laboratory of the IDB Group, the leading source of development finance and expertise for improving lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. The purpose of IDB Lab is to drive innovation for inclusion in the region, mobilizing financing, knowledge, and connections to test early-stage private sector solutions with the potential to transform the lives of vulnerable populations affected by economic, social, and environmental conditions. Since 1993, IDB Lab has approved more than US$ 2 billion in projects deployed across 26 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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