Impact Monitoring Data Specialist

Development Finance Corporation • Washington, DC

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About The Position

This position is in the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Office of Development Policy (ODP). The Impact Monitoring Data Specialist serves as a program specialist, strengthening the Agency’s approach to monitoring and managing development outcomes in coordination with other ODP divisions and DFC monitoring functions.

The specialist provides analytical support for development impact monitoring and management of projects across sectors including agriculture, energy, health, infrastructure, and financial services. The role supports investment impact monitoring plans, including site visits, evaluates investment- and portfolio-level performance, identifies patterns and opportunities, and shares lessons with investment teams and the broader Agency. The specialist also manages annual Development Outcomes Surveys and other impact-monitoring efforts, and analyzes data to help prepare dashboards, reports, and narratives about DFC projects’ development impact profiles.

This is a bargaining-unit position represented by AFGE, Local 1534. The position is suitable for telework; episodic or emergency telework may be allowed with supervisor approval and eligibility under the Telework Act. The position allows a flexible work schedule and requires foreign travel to developing countries. Selection may require completion of a one-year probationary period.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizen or National.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service or exempt.
• Submit a resume and supporting documents.
• Suitability for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Must be able to travel internationally to developing countries.
• For GS-13: one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-12 in the Federal service, including experience monitoring, measuring, and managing project impact in emerging markets in at least one of these sectors or themes: agriculture, energy, health, infrastructure, or financial services; and analyzing and managing large sets of development impact-related data.
• Current or qualifying former Federal career or career-conditional employees must meet the one-year time-in-grade requirement at the next lower grade, subject to stated exceptions.
• Applicants must meet eligibility and qualification requirements by the announcement closing date.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and analytical support for high-quality development impact monitoring and management of projects, consistent with DFC impact theses across sectors.
• Support investment impact-monitoring plans, including site visits, in coordination with other ODP teams, and incorporate site-visit data into monitoring assessments.
• Assess investment- or project-level performance against initial development objectives and targets, considering the investment or sector context and previously reported results.
• Assess portfolio performance by sector, cross-cutting thematic priority, or across the Agency’s portfolio.
• Identify performance patterns and areas of opportunity or future potential, suggest paths forward, and share learning with investment teams and the broader Agency.
• Manage development and deployment of the annual Development Outcomes Surveys and other impact-monitoring activities.
• Analyze data and use data storytelling techniques to contribute to dashboards, reports, and narratives about the development impact profiles of DFC projects.

Benefits

• A comprehensive federal employee benefits package is available to eligible employees and their families; specific benefits depend on position type.
• Recruitment and relocation incentives may be authorized.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed