IDB. Partnerships Solutions Support Intern

* This is a 2 months paid internship with location in our Headquarters in Washington DC. We offer visa sponsorship.

IDB- 2026 Summer Internship Program

Graduate Intern

Location:

Washington, D.C. United States

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.

The IDB Group is looking for an active graduate student to be hired as an intern under the Consultant modality.

The 2026 Summer Internship Program is a competitive paid opportunity, based in Headquarters, for university students from member countries to learn about development work and corporate management of the Bank, and to acquire work experience at the professional level through on-the-job learning.

• Provide assistance to the Partnerships Solution team of the Resource Mobilization division with tasks including, but not limited to, identifying and developing strategic alliances and potential partnership opportunities for key sectors in line with IDB priorities and in support of the IDB Group's operational work.
• Support research and tasks related to key sectors of the Bank’s priority areas, especially in the area of climate change; perform market research; and collect and analyze data on partnership opportunities in IDB member countries, including Asia and Europe, and possibly non-member countries, to support the IDB Group’s operational work.
• Assist in the preparation of country profiles and intelligence briefs.
• Other activities as agreed with the internship supervisor.

• Education:
  
  An active graduate student in Political Science from an accredited University. The graduation date should be after the Internship period.
• Languages:
  
  Fluency in English with a working knowledge of one other Bank language (Spanish, French, or Portuguese) is a plus.
• Key
  
  Skills:
  
  learn continuously, collaborate and share knowledge, focus on clients, communicate and influence, innovate and try new things
• Technical skills:
  Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word), as well as the ability to work with different search engines for research analysis.

• Citizenship:
  Be a national of an IDB member country.
• Active student: enrolled in a graduate (master’s or Ph.D.) program as of the starting date of the internship program. The graduation date should be after the Internship period.
• Consanguinity:
  Not have family members (up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouse) working at the IDB or IDB Invest.
• First job at the IDB Group:
  Be a first-time participant in an Internship Program held by the Bank or Inter-American Investment Corporation (“Corporation” also known as “IDB Invest”). In addition, you have not been a former staff member, Complementary Workforce (“CW”), contractor for the Bank or the Corporation, or have previously provided services to the Bank or the Corporation through a contractor or under any other contractual modality.

• Submit your resume, academic transcripts (official or unofficial), and university letter certifying your student status when applying.
• If you submit an unofficial academic transcript at the time of applying, you will be requested to present an official one if moving forward.
• Academic transcripts and university letters should be issued within the last three months.
• For graduate students a minimum of 50% of coursework must be completed when applying.
• Applications without the requested documentation will be disqualified.
• Save each file in a PDF format with your name and subject.
• DO NOT send copies of your degree certificates or other courses.
• You must be available to work full-time (40 hours per week) from June 16 to August 15, 2026. These dates are fixed and cannot be modified. Interns must complete their assignments within this period.
• If you are an international student in the U.S.A., your work authorization is through CPT or OPT. Consult your school advisor before applying. You must be able to work 40 hours per week, many international…