Data Scientist - Social Listening & Media Monitoring Consultant

Data Scientist - Social Listening & Media Monitoring Consultant

City: Washington DC Company: IDB Posting End Date: 15 June 2026

We improve lives The IDB Group is a community of diverse, versatile, and passionate people who come together on a journey to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Our people find purpose and do what they love in an inclusive, collaborative, agile, and rewarding environment.

About this position

The Communications Division (DCC) of the External Affairs and Communications (EXC) department uses digital intelligence, data, and creativity to help position the IDB Group as the preferred partner for development in the region. DCC works with press, web, email, social media, and paid media channels to help give visibility to stories of impact in the region. The Communications Division (DCC) is seeking a Data Scientist specializing in Social Listening and Media Monitoring to support the organization in extracting insights from large-scale digital and media data. This role focuses on applying statistical methods, Python-based data analysis, and computational models to analyze public discourse, media coverage, and stakeholder narratives, transforming complex datasets into actionable intelligence that informs strategic communications and reputation management.

The IDB's Communications Division builds and protects the reputation of the IDB Group

From this perspective, the communication effort is focused on:

• Strengthen the IDB as a partner of choice, highlighting its attributes of closeness and responsibility to the region.
• Show the IDB as a real honest information broker, which provides an accurate curator of information between the noise, uncertainty, and speed of the moment.

What you'll do

Design, implement, and maintain data pipelines for collecting, cleaning, and structuring large-scale social media and traditional media datasets from platforms such as Brandwatch, Talkwalker, LexisNexis, Global News, and Google-based sources. Apply artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and statistical methods to analyze large volumes of unstructured text data, identifying trends, anomalies, risks, and emerging narratives related to IDB Group brands, sectors, countries, and stakeholders. Develop and deploy Python‑based AI and Natural Language Processing (NLP) workflows for tasks such as sentiment scoring, emotion detection, topic modeling, entity recognition, and narrative classification across social and media data. Conduct advanced quantitative and qualitative analyses of digital conversations and media coverage to support strategic communications, crisis monitoring, and institutional positioning. Build and maintain reproducible analytical and machine‑learning models (including predictive, clustering, and network models) to identify influencers, assess reputational risk, and analyze information diffusion patterns. Collaborate with communications, digital engagement, and technical teams to integrate analytics outputs into decision-making processes. Translate complex data and analytical findings into clear, compelling data-driven storytelling, with a strong emphasis on how numbers, trends, and reports are presented to non-technical audiences. Engage closely with internal clients to understand their analytical needs, define the type of reporting required, and clearly explain insights, findings, and implications derived from data through effective storytelling. Ensure data governance, quality control, and methodological rigor across all digital intelligence datasets and analyses. Provide technical guidance and capacity building to internal teams on data-driven approaches, analytics methodologies, and interpretation of results.

What you'll need

Education: Bachelor's degree in data science, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a related quantitative field. Experience: Between 2 to 4 years of relevant experience in data science, analytics, or digital intelligence roles. Demonstrated experience working with large, unstructured datasets, particularly text-based data from social or media sources. Languages: Proficiency in Spanish and English, spoken and written, is required. Additional knowledge of French and Portuguese is preferable. Additional Experience: Strong proficiency in Python for data science and AI development (e.g., pandas, NumPy, scikit‑learn, NLP and machine‑learning libraries). Solid foundation in statistics, machine learning, and quantitative methods, including regression analysis, classification, clustering, and time‑series analysis. Demonstrated experience applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques—such as sentiment analysis, topic modeling, text classification, and semantic analysis—to social and media datasets. Requirements Citizenship: You are a citizen of one of our 48-member countries. We may offer assistance with relocation and visa applications for you and your eligible dependents). Consanguinity: You have no family members (up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouse) working at the IDB, IDB Invest, or IDB Lab. Type of contract and duration • International consultant Full-Time, 24 months (up to 48 months, subject to eligibility).

What we offer

The IDB Group provides benefits that respond to the different needs and moments of an employee's life. These benefits include:

• A competitive compensation package.
• Leaves and vacations: 2 days per month of contract + gender-neutral parental leave.
• Health Insurance: the IDB Group provides a monthly allowance for the purchase of health insurance
• Savings plan: The IDB Group cares about your future, depending on the length of the contract, you will receive a monthly savings plan allowance.
• We offer assistance with relocation and visa applications for you and your family when it applies.
• On-site position with the occasional flexibility of teleworking.
• Development support: We offer learning opportunities to boost your professional profile, such as seminars, 1:1 professional counseling, and much more.
• Health and well-being: Access to our Health Services Center that provides preventive care and health education for employees.
• Other office amenities (as available): Lactation Room, Daycare Center, Gym, Bike Racks, Parking, spouse career support, and others.

At the IDB, we work so everyone brings their best and authentic selves to work while finding their purpose. Our people consistently strive for excellence, and we recognize and celebrate the impact of their contributions. In our efforts to drive innovation, we intentionally include all voices, cultivate a sense of belonging and champion fairness. We welcome individuals from underrepresented groups to join us and share their unique perspectives. We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job interview process. If you require an accommodation to complete this application, please email us at View email address on click.appcast.io.