Impact Monitoring Data Specialist

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 divisions of ODP and across DFC's monitoring functions. As an Impact Monitoring Data Specialist, you will: Provide guidance and analytical support to drive effective and high-quality development impact monitoring and management of projects consistent with DFC's impact theses across several sectors including agriculture, energy, health, infrastructure, and financial services. Support the impact monitoring plan for investments, including site visits, in coordination with other ODP teams and integrates data emerging from site visits into monitoring assessments. Assess investment-level (or project-level) performance against each project's initial development objectives and targets, relative to the investment or sector context, and relative to previously reported results. Assess portfolio performance, such as by sector, by cross-cutting thematic priority, or across the entire agency's portfolio. Identify patterns in performance and areas of opportunity or future potential, suggest appropriate paths forward, and feed learning back to the investment teams and the broader agency. Manage the development and deployment of the annual Development Outcomes Surveys and other forms of impact monitoring. Analyze data and utilizes data storytelling techniques to contribute to preparation of dashboards, reports, and narratives on development impact profiles of DFC projects. Please Note: This is a Bargaining unit position represented by AFGE, local 1534. 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-13 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirements: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service that demonstrates your experience in all of the following: Experience monitoring, measuring, and managing impact of projects in emerging markets in one (or more) of the following sectors/themes: agriculture, energy, health, infrastructure, and financial services; and Analyzing and managing large sets of development impact-related data. 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 position is being advertised concurrently with vacancy announcement 27-ODP-DE-13092915-BN using Delegated Examining (DE) procedures. If interested, refer to that announcement to determine if you meet DE 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. This job does not have an education qualification requirement.