Education PPP Analyst Consultant

About the role

The IDB Group is seeking a detail‑oriented consultant to lead the analysis and comparison of public‑private partnership (PPP) models in education across Latin America and the Caribbean. The role involves building a comprehensive database, designing a methodological framework, and delivering a case‑study evaluation for a selected country.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a database of education PPP projects and traditional public procurement cases for benchmarking.
• Review and synthesize literature, evaluations, and evidence on education PPPs, highlighting risks, lessons learned, and infrastructure characteristics.
• Define and validate variables and indicators to assess PPP effectiveness, including cost, time, administrative and pedagogical dimensions.
• Design a Value for Money (VfM) methodology that compares PPP and traditional procurement scenarios.
• Create a practical evaluation tool with a user guide, and apply it to a diagnosis and case study in a selected country.
• Collect, clean, and analyze public and administrative data, then disseminate findings through reports and publications.

Required profile

• Master’s degree in Economics, Engineering, Business Administration, Public Policy or a related field; doctoral or postgraduate studies are a plus.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in designing, monitoring, or evaluating public policies, preferably with exposure to PPP projects.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to map, organize, and interpret complex data sets.

Required skills

• Econometric methods
• Data analysis and statistical evaluation