Research assistant position, Inter-American Development Bank, Climate and Sustainable Development Sector

Job description

  • Work with senior researcher (Allen Blackman) on microeconomic analysis of environmental, natural resource, and climate change issues in Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Position begins spring-early summer 2024
  • One-year term with possibility of extension for a second year
  • Full-time (~40 hours per week)

 

Criteria

· Required

o   Master’s degree in environmental economics or related field

o   Significant coursework and experience in econometrics

o   Significant experience with Stata

o   Fluent in English and Spanish

o   Attention to detail

o   Strong written and oral communication skills

o   Ability to work independently

o   Availability to start spring-early summer 2024

o   Citizen of one of IADB’s 48 member countries

o   No family members currently working at IADB or IDBInvest

 

· Helpful

o   Experience working as a research assistant

o   Portuguese language skills

o   Experience with R, Python, ArcGIS, and QGIS

 

Allen Blackman

Principal Economic Advisor

Climate Change and Sustainable Development Sector

202-523-7423

allenb@iadb.org

Job opening | 14 March 2024