Andean Country Department General Manager

COMPANY PRESENTATION

We work to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Through financial and technical support for countries working to reduce poverty and inequality, we help improve health and education, and advance infrastructure. Our aim is to achieve development in a sustainable, climate-friendly way. With a history dating back to 1959, today we are the leading source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean. We provide loans, grants, and technical assistance; and we conduct extensive research. We maintain a strong commitment to achieving measurable results and the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and accountability.
- The Bank's current focus areas include three development challenges - social inclusion and equality, productivity and innovation, and economic integration - and three cross-cutting issues - gender equality and diversity, climate change and environmental sustainability; and institutional capacity and the rule of law.

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**ABOUT THE IDB**:

- At the Inter-American Development Bank, we are devoted to improving lives. Since 1959, we have been a leading source of long-term financing for economic, social, and institutional development in Latin America and the Caribbean. We do more than lending though. We partner with our 48-member countries to provide Latin America and the Caribbean with groundbreaking research about relevant development issues, policy advice to inform their decisions, and technical assistance to improve on the planning and execution of projects. For this, we need people who not only have the right skills, but also are passionate about improving lives.

**OUR CULTURE**:
**WHAT YOU WILL DO**:

- You will provide oversight and guidance to the Country Representatives in their strategic and programmatic dialogue with Bank's clients, and manage the Country Department and its Country Offices, including coordination with the Representatives and the Regional Economist and the team.
- As Manager, you will be responsible for the management of operational, human, and budgetary resources at Departmental level. This includes the consolidation of a strategic vision that is aligned with the Upper Management, the Institutional Strategy of the IDB Group (IDBG) and that supports its implementation, promoting synergies that provide a comprehensive support to IDBG clients.
- You will also be responsible for the programming of operations in close coordination with the Country Representatives and the coordination with your counterparts in the Vice Presidency for Countries, the Vice Presidency of Sectors, and the other IDBG windows, such as BID Invest and BID Lab. You will lead the
- of the Bank in the Andean region, in coordination with Country Representatives, including the programmatic dialogue with the government which originate operations with sovereign guarantee, as well as technical cooperation programs. He/she also provides support to the dialogue processes with the private sector to identify possible non‐sovereign guaranteed operations, as appropriate.

**REQUIRED SKILLS AND PROFICIENCY**:
**MANAGERIAL SKILLS**

**Client management**
- You will articulate the IDBG's strategic relationship with the various countries at a regional level, in coordination with the Country Representatives, including the Ministries of Finance and/or Planning, or entities with which the IDBG has strategic relationships related to the Group mission and objectives.

**Environment management**
- The IDBG is one of the main financial partners for development in the region and, as such, has a trusted voice. This implies that you must have the capacity to manage different interlocutors, including the media, civil society, and other development agencies to achieve the objectives that the IDBG has in the respective region.

**Team management**
- Management skills to articulate the employees under your responsibility and the Department relationship with its various internal and external clients and stakeholders within the countries of the Andean region and within the IDBG. Many professionals with different levels of experience and skills come together at the IDBG. Teams organized according to the Bank's matrix structure, different contracting modalities (consultants and staff), and a combination of national and international employees coexist. All this means that human resources management not only involves the ability to recruit, promote, and lead teams, but also adequately manage potential conflict and stress.

**TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE**

**Macroeconomics and Development Issues**
- Being the IDBG expertise a trusted source on the matter, you must understand the macroeconomic environment, the development issues and have a clear vision of the Region challenges and opportunities to lead a sound dialogue, beyond the support provided by the Regional Economic Advisor, the Country Economist and other a