Impact Monitoring Data Specialist

Development Finance Corporation•Washington, DC

About The Position

This position is located in the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Office of Development Policy (ODP). The Impact Monitoring Data Specialist serves as a program specialist to strengthen the Agency’s approach to monitoring and managing development outcomes in coordination with other ODP divisions and DFC monitoring functions. The role provides analytical support for monitoring development impact across sectors including agriculture, energy, health, infrastructure, and financial services. It supports investment monitoring plans, including site visits, evaluates project and portfolio performance, manages development outcomes surveys, and analyzes data to produce dashboards, reports, and narratives about DFC projects’ development impact. This is a bargaining unit position represented by AFGE, Local 1534. It requires foreign travel to developing countries. Duties are suitable for telework, and episodic or emergency telework may be allowed with supervisor approval and eligibility under the 2010 Telework Act. The position allows a flexible work schedule. 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 available for foreign travel to developing countries.
For GS-13 qualification: one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-12 in the Federal service monitoring, measuring, and managing project impact in emerging markets in at least one of the listed sectors or themes (agriculture, energy, health, infrastructure, or financial services), and analyzing and managing large sets of development impact-related data.
Applicants must meet eligibility and qualification requirements by the announcement closing date.

Responsibilities

Provide guidance and analytical support for effective, high-quality development impact monitoring and management of projects consistent with DFC impact theses across agriculture, energy, health, infrastructure, and financial services.
Support investment impact monitoring plans, including site visits, in coordination with other ODP teams, and integrate 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 portfolio.
Identify patterns in performance 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 methods.
Analyze data and use data storytelling techniques to contribute to dashboards, reports, and narratives on the development impact profiles of DFC projects.