Lac Dept Group Technical Assistant Consultant

**Post of Duty**: Multiple Locations - Argentina, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay.**

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**:
One of the main challenges faced by governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) involves the proper management of public debt and sovereign risks. Under this context, through the Connectivity, Markets and Finance (CMF) Division, the bank supports the strengthening of institutional capabilities, and the improvement of the development and execution of public policy in relation to public debt and risk management.

Since 2005, the bank has supported Debt Management Offices within the region through the “Group of Latin American and the Caribbean Debt Management Specialists” (LAC Debt Group). The group is made up of 26 countries within the region. Its objective is to strengthen the capacity of governments to manage public debt and to foster better management practices through the continuous sharing of experiences, technical discussions, and cooperation across countries. The main activities of the group focus on fulfilling the need of: (i) technical knowledge of public debt and risk management; (ii) systematic, regular, and detailed information regarding public debt of the region; (iii) standardized framework to report sovereign contingent liabilities of the region; (iv) high level discussions, sharing of experiences, and dissemination of technical knowledge at a regional level.

With the objective of fulfilling the goals, the bank requires to strengthen its technical team by introducing a consultant who has the capacity to fulfill the of role technical assistant for the LAC Debt Group.

The main activities of the Connectivity, Markets and Finance (CMF) Division involve: (i) support the strengthening of regulatory frameworks and financial supervision to improve transparency and foster a favorable investment environment and increase access to credit; (ii) develop capital markets and risk management instruments; (iii) implement and strengthen regulation and institutions for an effective financial risk management.

**What you’ll do**:
The consultant will carry out the following activities.
- Preparation of institutional diagnosis of the functioning of the public debt offices for the definition of roadmaps aimed at strengthening the internal organization of the debt offices across the Region.
- Technical management of the LAC Debt Group’s activities, working in close contact with the Executive Secretary, members of the Steering Committee, and other representatives of member countries.
- Research Agenda and LAC Debt Group Working Groups. The consultant will help develop research papers and knowledge generation in relation to management of sovereign liabilities, new financial instruments for sovereign liabilities, investor relations by debt management offices, and public debt management institutional structures and functioning. Following the directions given by the supervisor, the consultant will support with fact checking, research and analysis of quantitative data, editing and review of terms of reference.
- LAC Debt Group’s Annual Meeting. The consultant will be involved with the technical aspects of the event’s organization_. _They will collaborate with:
i. The creation of the event’s agenda

ii. The event coordination - i.e., work with panelists and moderators of the round tables - including drafting discussion questions.

iii. Contacting speakers and moderators, as well as extending invitations and monitoring assistance.

iv. The production of event’s minutes

v. Coordination with the communications team.

vi. The publication of event’s documents (e.g. agenda, press releases, presentations, photos) on the Group’s website. The consultant’s responsibilities include to request process of approval from each panelist, in order to publish presentations and the follow-up of each publication process.
- LAC Debt Group’s Website Management. The consultant will oversee updating the content of LAC Debt Group’s website. Additionally, the consultant will support the publication and follow-up of the content
- Sovereign debt statistics data collection and update. The consultant will oversee contacting debt mangers in LAC to request sovereign debt statistics every six months, as well as to collect data on the institutional development of debt management offices.

**What you'll need**:

- **Education**: Technical or bachelor’s degree in economics, finance, or related areas.
- **Experience**: Two years of experience.
- **Languages**: Proficienc