Learning & Knowledge Senior Associate

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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 Knowledge and Learning Division (KLD) provides clients with guidance and tools to capture, generate, manage, and use knowledge, and support the planning, development, and measurement of knowledge and learning products and services. The Felipe Herrera Library Team within the Knowledge and Learning Division is responsible for curating, maintaining, and enhancing the IDB’s extensive digital and physical library collections. It also oversees the management and development of both physical and digital spaces where users can access, explore, and utilize these knowledge assets.

We are looking for a dynamic, data-minded, energetic professional to join the Knowledge and Learning Division as a Knowledge and Learning Senior Associate. This role will focus on Data Coordination and Knowledge Architecture for Knowledge Management, with a particular emphasis on shaping and implementing a practical vision for knowledge graph architecture that connects knowledge products, concept schemas, named entities, utilization evidence and more across the universe of IDB knowledge. You will be challenged to combine strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, responding to knowledge management needs with comprehensive data models, coordinating projects across technical and business teams, advising on technical processes, and getting things done in ways that improve information dissemination, access, discovery, and reuse.

Your efforts will be key enablers to ensure that relevant operational and analytical knowledge is widely available to be used, shared, and built upon. We are a team of seasoned professionals working to support the IDB’s ambitious objectives to become the premier institution for knowledge production in the Region, to incorporate external frontier knowledge into operational processes, and to leverage knowledge as a critical means to enhance our development impact.

What you’ll do

• Leverage your vision of knowledge architecture to maintain and evolve the IDB’s knowledge graph, ensuring its role as a key information architecture asset that enhances AI processes, reporting needs, and our ability to understand our knowledge product universe.

• Use your client service skills to act as responsible focal point for system and data interoperability to support knowledge management processes for the KLD division to better serve all IDB personnel.
• Apply your knowledge of data interoperability to supervise and ensure reliable data transformations and flows between data sources, the knowledge graph, and all systems related to knowledge products, knowledge management, and relative reporting.
• Assure the quality, consistency, and reliability of data used across the knowledge management ecosystem by defining validation rules, identifying and resolving data issues, documenting standards, and promoting practices that support trustworthy reporting, discovery, AI-enabled services, and reuse.
• Use your technical knowledge to advise on the use of data and technological approaches in the context of addressing knowledge management challenges.
• Leverage AI capabilities, including natural language processing, classification, extraction, and generative AI techniques, to increase efficiency and quality in knowledge management processes, identify opportunities for process improvement, and expand discovery and reuse knowledge assets.
• Coordinate with our Information Technology Department and with external vendors related to the acquisition of technologies and provision of services that support the knowledge management ecosystem and related data architecture at the IDB.
• Apply your advanced critical thinking and communication skills to analyze complex business processes, as needed and recommend simplified, quality solutions/enhancements to problems identified via troubleshooting, user feedback, and testing.

What you'll need

Education:

Master’s Degree in Information Architecture, Data Science, Semantic Technologies, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Representation, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Library and Information Science, Artificial Intelligence, or other related technical discipline.

Experience:

At least 3 years of demonstrated experience in the following areas:

• Knowledge of knowledge graph architecture, semantic technologies, RDF, OWL, SHACL, and linked data.
• Experience with graph databases (e.g., Neo4j, GraphDB, Stardog) and query languages such as Cypher and SPARQL.
• Expertise in developing taxonomies, ontologies, metadata schemas, controlled vocabularies, and classification frameworks.
• Experience in data extraction, transformation, integration, and analysis from databases, APIs, and other sources.
• Proficiency in Python and data/text processing tools.
• Experience managing metadata, knowledge repositories, and structured/unstructured content.
• Knowledge of search, discovery, retrieval, recommendation systems, and platform management.
• Experience with LLMs, generative AI, and AI/ML/NLP concepts.
• Strong project management skills and ability to translate business needs into technical requirements.

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

The IDB Group provides benefits that respond to the different needs and moments of an employee’s life. These benefits include:

-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.
-Other perks: Lactation Room, Daycare Center, Gym, Bike Racks, Parking, Spouse Career Program, and others.

Our culture

At the IDB, we work so everyone brings their best and authentic selves to work while finding their purpose. Our people consistently strive for excellence, and we recognize and celebrate the impact of their contributions.

In our efforts to drive innovation, we intentionally include all voices, cultivate a sense of belonging and champion fairness. We welcome individuals from underrepresented groups to join us and share their unique perspectives.

We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job interview process. If you require an accommodation to complete this application, please email us at accommodations@iadb.org.