Impact Management Specialist

Applicants must meet all eligibility and qualification requirements no later than the closing date of this announcement. You may qualify at the GS-11 level, if you fulfill one of the following qualification requirements: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service that demonstrates your ability to conduct impact, macro-economic analysis, or research to inform international development, impact investments, and/or International finance projects. OR B.

A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; or possession of an LL.M. degree, if related. Graduate level education must demonstrate the competencies necessary to do the work of the position; OR C. A combination of education and experience as listed above.

You may qualify at the GS-12 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirement: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service that demonstrates your ability to: 1) Assess the expected development impact of projects/investments; and 2) Monitor the development impact of previously approved projects/investments. Note: Education cannot be substituted at this grade level.

You may qualify at the GS-13 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirement: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service that demonstrates your ability to: 1) Experience analyzing and managing large sets of development impact-related data; and 2) Experience providing recommendations on how to maximize development impact. Note: Education cannot be substituted 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 position is being advertised concurrently with vacancy announcement 27-ODP-ST-13104384-AJ using Merit Promotion (MP) procedures. If interested, refer to that announcement to determine if you meet MP requirements and can apply to that announcement. NOTE: You must apply separately to each announcement in order to be considered under both. This announcement may be used to fill similar positions, if additional vacancies occur.

As an Impact Management Specialist, you will: Analyze expected development impacts of proposed DFC projects prior to commitment and provide recommendations on how to maximize development impact, including attending screening meetings and engaging with investment and client teams during due diligence, including potential due diligence site visits.

Develop impact score for projects by identifying appropriate metrics to capture the potential positive economic development impact of each project, following DFC's Impact Quotient (IQ) methodology and guidelines, and informed by research conducted and client-level information. Undertake impact assessments of projects with new or challenging and complex elements and proposes precedent-setting approaches to assessing these types of projects.

Develop high-quality written documents as well oral talking points and presentations outlining finding and recommendations regarding impact. Please Note: This is a Bargaining unit position represented by AFGE, local 1534.