Senior Development Impact Specialist (Impact Monitoring)
What you'd do
This position is part of the Development Impact Division, Office of Development Policy (ODP), U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). As a Senior Development Impact Specialist (Impact Monitoring), you will lead DFC's impact performance strategy, using data-driven assessments, monitoring, reporting, and lessons learned to strengthen databases, benchmarks, analyses, and visualizations that track project results and inform investments.
Major duties
As a Senior Development Impact Specialist (Impact Monitoring), you will: Lead DFC's impact performance strategy through project- and portfolio-level assessments that support data-driven decision-making, capture lessons learned, and communicate development impact results. Develop and maintain impact data systems, data cleaning and quality assurance procedures, analytical tools, benchmarks, dashboards, visualizations, and reporting products to improve data integrity, accessibility, and usability. Support ex ante impact assessment and ongoing monitoring of active projects; track targets and outcomes, identify on- and off-track performance, recommend corrective actions, and apply lessons learned to future investment decisions. Update impact monitoring policies, procedures, tools, and strategic initiatives, including Impact Quotient-related resources, in alignment with DFC's impact framework, corporate strategy, and emerging industry practices. Conduct validation site visits as needed; coordinate with ODP teams; represent DFC in the impact management sector; and prepare thought leadership products, congressional materials, data responses, and special reports. Please Note: This is a Bargaining unit position represented by AFGE, local 1534.
What you need to qualify
Status candidates must meet time-in-grade requirements (52 weeks at the next lower grade level). Applicants must meet all eligibility and qualification requirements no later than the closing date of this announcement. TIME-IN-GRADE: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). You may qualify at the GS-14 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirements: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service that demonstrates your experience supporting or leading the monitoring and assessment of international development finance, investment, or related projects. This experience must include: 1. Monitoring project and portfolio-level development impact performance, including tracking targets and outcomes and supporting desk-based reviews or site visits; 2. Applying quantitative and qualitative methods, data cleaning, database management, statistical analysis, or visualization tools to assess impact performance and identify risks, trends, lessons learned, or corrective actions; and 3. Communicating data-driven findings, visualizations, briefings, or recommendations to senior decision-makers or stakeholders. Note: Education is not substitutional at this grade level. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. This announcement may be used to fill similar positions, if additional vacancies occur.
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