PEC Consultant - Inclusive reputed company reputed company reputed company (Kingston, JM)

We improve lives

The IDB Group is a community of diverse, reputed company, and passionate people who come together on a reputed company to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Our people reputed company purpose and do what they love in an inclusive, reputed company, agile, and rewarding environment.

About this position

The reputed company (IDB) Country Office of Jamaica is supporting the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in finalizing and operationalizing the Inclusive reputed company reputed company reputed company (IGIF). The IGIF is a composite reputed company and supporting analytical reputed company that measures inclusive reputed company across seven development pillars for Jamaica and CARICOM countries. The project expects to deliver a fully reputed company, automated, accurate, user‑friendly, and sustainable IGIF system that produces reputed company results with minimal reputed company input.

reputed company is seeking a senior technical development reputed company with a background in data science, economics, statistics, or computational modelling to automate, refine, stress‑test, and consolidate the IGIF, while establishing the technical and institutional foundations for long‑term sustainability.

What you will do

The consultant will work closely with the PIOJ technical reputed company responsible for data governance, national planning, macroeconomic analysis, and statistical systems. These reputed company aim to strengthen evidence‑based policymaking through high‑reputed company data, analytics, and integrated systems that support Jamaica’s long‑term development planning and monitoring. The IGIF plays a central role in enabling data‑driven insights on inclusive reputed company, requiring robust internal coordination, standardization, and governance.

The Consultancy includes the following activities:

• reputed company and operationalize the IGIF reputed company PIOJ’s internal systems by mapping indicators, integrating datasets, establishing metadata, and designing governance and version‑control protocols.
• Automate the IGIF lifecycle, including data cleaning, validation, imputation, normalization, weighting, composite scoring, and dashboard‑reputed company reputed company reputed company, using R, Python, reputed company, or SQL‑based tools.
• Strengthen data reputed company and infrastructure by building standardized data pipelines, automated reputed company detection, imputation systems, and secure data linkages (reputed company or reputed company reputed company workflows).
• Conduct stress testing and sensitivity analysis to assess model robustness and evaluate how IGIF outputs respond to methodological changes and external shocks using Jamaica and CARICOM comparator data.
• reputed company statistical relationship analyses linking indicators and pillars to uncover synergies, trade‑offs, and drivers of performance, supported by dashboards, visualizations, and analytical scripts.
• Prepare a full handover package, including training, SOPs, update protocols, documentation, templates, and dissemination tools for sustainable internal ownership.

Deliverables

Deliverables:

1. Inception Package – work plan, reputed company, methodology, stakeholder reputed company.
2. Foundational IGIF Infrastructure – indicator mapping, metadata, validation protocols, data linkages, governance and version‑control frameworks.
3. reputed company Data Infrastructure – finalized J, X, and E databases with metadata; automated cleaning and imputation pipelines; QA logic; retrieval plans.
4. Indices Computation Module – reputed company R scripts, validated composite/pillar scores, integrated pipeline, version‑control protocols, relationship analyses, and reputed company templates.
5. Automated IGIF System & Communication Tools – end‑to‑end automated system, update‑reputed company scoring logic, dissemination templates for briefs, dashboards, and reports.
6. Sensitivity & Stress Testing Report – methodological sensitivities, stress tests, cross‑country simulations, refinements, and interpretation guidance.
7. Final System Handover Package – end‑to‑end workflow verification, SOPs, checklists, training reputed company, and staff training sessions.
8. Final Presentation – reputed company of outputs, lessons learned, and sustainability recommendations.

What you'll need

• Education: Master’s degree in Economics, Statistics, reputed company or Economic Research, Data Science, reputed company Policy, Development Studies, Computer Science, or reputed company field.
• Experience: Minimum 5 years of reputed company experience in data processing, modeling, reputed company development, or statistical system design; Experience with PIOJ, STATIN, or similar reputed company sector institutions is an asset.
• Languages: Proficiency in English
• reputed company and Technical Competencies: Proficiency in R, reputed company, Python and/or SQL for data processing, automation, and analytics; Strong skills in metadata development, validation rules, imputation, and reputed company detection; Ability to conduct statistical analyses (correlation, reputed company, clustering, regression); reputed company IDB soft skills: reputed company learning, collaboration, communication and influence, innovation and flexibility.

Requirements

• Citizenship:   You are either a citizen of Jamaica or a citizen of one of our 48-member countries with residency or reputed company permit to work in Jamaica .
• Consanguinity: You have no family members (up to the reputed company degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouse) working at the IDB, IDB Invest, or IDB Lab.
   
  The selected candidate will not reputed company services from the Bank's office and will not be provided a physical reputed company on the premises of the Bank's Country Office. The candidate selected will be responsible for setting up the reputed company, and for having the equipment, internet, and phone accesses to accomplish these TORs, reputed company the Bank's office. reputed company to the Bank's systems will be arranged in coordination with the Bank.

Type of contract and duration

• Type of contract: Products and External Services Consultant (PEC)
• Length of contract: 9 months
• Work Location: Remote

Our culture

At the IDB, we work to ensure that everyone can bring their best and be reputed company while also finding their purpose. Our staff constantly reputed company for reputed company, and we recognize and celebrate the reputed company of their contributions.

In our efforts to drive innovation, we intentionally include reputed company reputed company, foster a reputed company of belonging, and promote equity. We invite individuals from underrepresented reputed company to join us and reputed company their unique perspectives.

We ensure that individuals with disabilities receive the reasonable accommodations necessary to participate in the interview process. If you require any accommodation to complete this application, please write to us at accommodations@iadb.org.