Data Science Consultant

Key Skills

Data Analysis, Data cleaning / Data cleansing, Data Mining, Data science techniques, Data Visualization, Econometrics, Marketing analytics, Python Programming, R Programming, SQL

Job Description

About this position

Within the Knowledge, Innovation and Communications Department (KIC), the Information Services Unit (ISU) through its Digital Intelligence team, conducts data collection and analysis to provide evidence and insights that can improve our knowledge, innovation, and communication products and services. We are looking for a strategic data science professional, specialized in unstructured data analysis, to support its established team of Social Listening and Digital Media Monitoring.

The Data Science Consultant will analyze datasets from internal and external sources to elaborate reports, research on public perception around development topics, and impact evaluation analysis of the actions of knowledge, innovation and communications taken by the organization. The consultant will also monitor data from Social Listening and Media Monitoring platforms (such as Brand watch and Lexis Nexis) to inform planning, reporting, and decision making of our department and other business units across the IDB Group. You will work in close collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, with special focus on generating insights and intelligence from the data you process, elaborating user-friendly reports and analysis to a variety of internal audiences, including executive counterparts.

What you’ll do:

• Monitor social media and digital channels through a variety of platforms (such as Brand watch, Lexis Nexis, and the Google suite) to inform on public perception, relevant trends and brand positioning.
• Perform qualitative and quantitative analyses to identify patterns, trends, and issues relevant to communication, knowledge, and innovation activities, and to inform the development of future efforts.
• Use web-based data collection tools to gather and analyze information from public data sources on an ongoing and systematic basis, including ongoing maintenance, audit, and governance of the digital intelligence data collection on IDB brands and sectors.
• Conduct and support research projects that leverage public opinion data (online news and social media among others) to understand a given topic, sector, or country to inform strategies and provide inputs for business performance analyses.
• Write reports and analysis highlighting key insights, providing supportive data, and communicating findings in a clear and executive manner. Be creative in the way of communicating data, focusing on generating a coherent and engaging storytelling.
• Develop user-friendly data visualizations and dashboards to provide stakeholders with tools for decision-making and to socialize digital data across the IDB in a simple and compelling way.
• Identify gaps in the data collection process and integrate new datasets, technology, and techniques into ISU’s analytics processes.
• Support the development of new analytical (network and predictive) models to better inform decision-making and identify influencers.
• Provide technical guidance to specialists within and outside KIC regarding data strategy, data collection and processing, report, and insight generation.
• The position requires occasional monitoring of real-time data outside business hours.

What you'll need:

• Education: bachelor’s degree in marketing, Statistics, Economics, Business, Computer Science or another related field.
• Experience: Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
• Proficiency in data analysis techniques including data mining, data cleaning, statistical analysis, and data visualization.
• Languages: Proficiency in Spanish and English, spoken and written, is required. Additional knowledge of French and Portuguese is preferable.

Key Skills:

• Learn continuously.
• Collaborate and share knowledge.
• Focus on clients.
• Communicate and influence.
• Innovate and try new things.

Technical Skills:

• Experience in programming languages commonly used in data analysis such as Python, R, SQL, Boolean coding or similar.
• Knowledge of social media monitoring tools such as Brand watch, Talkwalker, Lexis Nexis or Hootsuite, is a plus.
• Experience in designing dashboards and reports for communicating analytical findings.

Desirable Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify patterns, trends, and anomalies in data.
• Ability to meet deadlines and deliver high-quality results within given time constraints.
• Basic understanding of statistical methods for analyzing data, such as hypothesis testing, regression analysis, and clustering techniques.

Requirements:

• Citizenship1: You are a citizen of one of our 48-member countries with residency or legal permit to work in selected countries (see foot note for selected 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.

 For National Remote Consultant: 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.

Type of contract and duration:

• Type of contract: National Consultant (National Remote Modality).
• Length of contract: 12 months.
• Work Location: Remote.
• Remote Modality: The selected candidate will not provide services from the Bank’s office and will not be provided a physical space on the premises of the Bank’s Country Office. The candidate selected will be responsible for setting up the space, and for having the equipment, internet, and phone accesses to accomplish these TORs, outside the Bank’s office. Access to the Bank’s systems will be arranged in coordination with the Bank.

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.
• Leave and vacations: 2 days per month of contract + gender-neutral parental leave.
• Health Insurance the IDB Group provides a monthly allowance for the purchase of health insurance.
• Savings plan: ​​​​​​​The IDB Group cares about your future, depending on the length of the contract, you will receive a monthly savings plan allowance.
• Hybrid and flexible work schedules.
• Health and wellbeing: Access to our Health Services Center which provides preventive care and health education for all employees.
• Development support: We offer learning opportunities to boost your professional profile such as seminars, 1:1 professional counseling, and much more.

Our culture:

At the IDB Group we work so everyone brings their best and authentic selves to work, willing to try new approaches without fear, and where they are accountable and rewarded for their actions.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) are at the center of our organization. We celebrate all dimensions of diversity and encourage women, LGBTQ+ people, persons with disabilities, Afro-descendants, and Indigenous people to apply.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job interview process. If you are a qualified candidate with a disability, please e-mail us at diversity@iadb.org to request reasonable accommodation to complete this application.

Our Human Resources Team reviews carefully every application.

About the IDB Group:

The IDB Group, composed of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), IDB Invest, and the IDB Lab offers flexible financing solutions to its member countries to finance economic and social development through lending and grants to public and private entities in Latin America and the Caribbean.

About IDB:

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.

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Additional Information

• External Opening Date: Apr 2, 2024
• External Closing Date: Apr 16, 2024
• External Contact Email: hrsc@iadb.org
• External Contact Name: HR Service Center
• Job Field: Technical Support