PEC Consultant - Stakeholder Engagement

Inter-American Development Bank; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

IDB Group is seeking a Stakeholder Engagement Consultant to provide embedded technical and operational support for the Stakeholder Engagement function within IDB Invest. The role drives proactive engagement to inform decisions, manage risks, and strengthen partnerships across the investment lifecycle.

Based in Washington, DC, the consultant will translate strategy into practical support for investment teams, clients, and country initiatives, and will develop guidance, playbooks, and training to

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent advanced degree in international development, social sciences, or related field.
• 5–8 years of progressively responsible experience in stakeholder engagement, social risk or performance, ESG, or related areas.
• Experience with private-sector investments and working with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate rolling work program, assignment tracker, and milestones; prepare management briefings.
• Conduct stakeholder, issue, and influence analyses; translate findings into briefings and recommendations.
• Maintain and improve stakeholder mapping database with accurate profiles and records.
• Support risk identification and governance readiness across investment lifecycle.
• Develop engagement guidance, templates, and training materials.
• Plan consultations, roundtables, and multi-stakeholder dialogues; manage records and follow-ups.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical writing

Facilitation

Project management

Negotiation

Stakeholder mapping

Education

Master’s degree

Tools

Microsoft 365

CRM

Data visualization tools

Job description

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

We are looking for an analytical, collaborative, and results-oriented Stakeholder Engagement Consultant. In this role, you will provide embedded technical and operational support for the implementation and institutionalization of IDB Invest’s Stakeholder Engagement function, translating the Stakeholder Engagement Strategy and the Bolder Risk Approach into practical support for investment teams, clients, country and sector initiatives, and corporate priorities.

You will work with the Stakeholder Engagement function in the Environmental, Social and Governance Division of the Risk Department (RSM/SEG). The function advances proactive, evidence-based stakeholder engagement to inform decisions, identify and manage stakeholder-related risks and opportunities, support clients, strengthen partnerships, and protect institutional credibility throughout the investment lifecycle.

The assignment is demand-driven. Priorities will be established through a rolling work program and may evolve according to operational needs.

What you’ll do

• Coordinate the Stakeholder Engagement function’s rolling work program, assignment tracker, priorities, decisions, dependencies, milestones, indicators, and follow-up actions, and prepare concise management briefings and implementation updates.
• Conduct stakeholder, contextual, issue, influence, relationship, and conflict analyses for selected countries, sectors, portfolios, initiatives, and projects, and translate findings into maps, briefings, talking points, alerts, and decision-oriented recommendations.
• Maintain and continuously improve the stakeholder mapping database and repository, ensuring accurate, traceable stakeholder profiles, engagement histories, relationship information, issues, decisions, and follow-up records.
• Support early identification and management of stakeholder-related risks and opportunities across origination, eligibility, due diligence, approval, supervision, and exit, including project-specific engagement strategies, sequencing plans, escalation triggers, and rapid-response advice.
• Assess client governance, staffing, resources, systems, and readiness for stakeholder engagement, and develop practical gap assessments, implementation roadmaps, terms of reference, protocols, templates, training, coaching, and grievance-management support.
• Plan and support consultations, roundtables, forums, workshops, missions, events, and multi-stakeholder dialogues, including participant mapping, invitations, agendas, briefing and facilitation materials, records, evaluation, action tracking, and follow-up.
• Support implementation of IDB Invest’s Civil Society Engagement Plan and related IDB Group coordination, consultation, outreach, partnership, and institutional dialogue activities with civil society and other priority stakeholders.
• Develop and update stakeholder engagement guidance, procedures, checklists, playbooks, case studies, training modules, communication products, quality‑assurance tools, and knowledge‑management resources, capturing lessons learned and reusable solutions.
• Support technical cooperation and advisory activities, including activity design, work planning, procurement or vendor coordination, schedules, deliverables, budgets, implementation monitoring, documentation, evidence of results, and knowledge transfer.

What you’ll need

Education: Master’s degree or equivalent advanced degree in international development, social sciences, environmental or social management, conflict prevention or resolution, international affairs, public policy, business, communications, or another field relevant to the assignment. Additional training or certification in stakeholder engagement, social performance, mediation, facilitation, human rights, Indigenous Peoples engagement, or grievance management is desirable.

Experience: At least five to eight years of progressively responsible relevant experience in stakeholder engagement, social risk or performance, community relations, conflict prevention, public affairs, ESG, or related fields. Demonstrated experience supporting complex or sensitive private-sector investments and working with companies, communities, civil society, governments, or other stakeholders is required. Experience in Latin America and the Caribbean is preferred; experience with an international financial institution or development finance institution is desirable.

Technical and professional skills: Strong analytical, writing, facilitation, listening, negotiation, relationship‑management, organization, and project‑management skills; sound judgment and discretion in complex or politically sensitive situations; ability to produce concise, decision-oriented advice and manage multiple rapid‑turnaround assignments; advanced proficiency with AI applications, Microsoft 365, and stakeholder, CRM, data‑management, visualization, or collaboration tools; and willingness to travel within Latin America and the Caribbean.

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

Requirements

Citizenship: You are a citizen of one of our 48 member countries.

• 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.

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 [e-mail] .