Senior Technical Advisor – Development Bank Partnerships

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Brazil, +3 more countries.

📋 Description

• Oversee CRS strategy, engagement, relationship management, and resource mobilization initiatives with multilateral development banks and development finance institutions.

• Drive the identification, design, structuring, and advancement of development finance opportunities.

• Act as the technical lead on MDB financing structures and partnership models, which include sovereign and non-sovereign loans, co-financing, climate finance, and blended finance.

• Create and disseminate guidance, tools, lessons learned, and technical methodologies.

• Partner with regional, country, and global teams to ensure alignment of opportunities with CRS priorities and program strategies.

• Provide technical leadership in the development of proposals, project design, and partnership formation.

• Represent CRS at forums related to MDB, development finance, and climate finance with donors and government stakeholders.

• Enhance organizational readiness and staff capabilities to access and manage complex financing opportunities.

• Document partnership models, financing structures, lessons learned, and market trends.

• Monitor developments, opportunities, risks, and strategic considerations related to climate finance and multilateral lending.

• Maintain a matrix of strategic priorities and plans for the World Bank, IDB, CABEI, and CAF.

• Focus on implementation across Central America, especially in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

• No supervisory responsibilities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Master’s degree in finance, economics, business administration, or a related field.

• A decade of professional experience with increasing responsibilities in international finance, development finance, or related areas.

• Five years of international experience in various regions as a technical advisor and/or program manager for MDB programs and/or multi-sectoral projects with development finance partnerships.

• Proven experience working within Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to design loan packages and programs.

• Demonstrated ability in managing complex stakeholders and designing sovereign or development finance mechanisms.

• In-depth knowledge of finance structures and mechanisms utilized in development programming, particularly in climate finance.

• Strong skills in relationship management, strategic analysis, problem-solving, and systems thinking.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including experience with research publications.

• Skilled in presentation, facilitation, training, mentoring, and coaching.

• Fluency in English, both written and spoken, is required.

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 35% of the time.

• Must have the legal right to work in the location where the position is based.

• The successful candidate must sign and comply with CRS’ Code of Conduct.

• Preferred: experience in working within multicultural teams and familiarity with LACRO.

• Preferred: background in agriculture, water, youth employment, climate adaptation, land restoration, water governance, and resilience.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package for U.S.-based staff, including medical, dental, life insurance, vision, and a generous retirement savings plan.

• Benefits packages for successful candidates employed outside the U.S. will be based on the country of employment/in-country office.

• Collaborative and mission-driven work culture.

• Equal opportunity employer.