Evaluation Officer
Job #: req24048
Organization: MIGA
Sector: Other
Grade: GF
Term Duration: 3 years 0 months
Recruitment Type: International Recruitment
Location: Washington, DC,United States
Required Language(s): English
Preferred Language(s): Closing Date: 9/18/2023 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Description
Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org
The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) is the organizational unit in the World Bank Group (WBG) providing evaluation of, and feedback on, the development effectiveness of WBG activities in client countries. IEG is independent of WBG management and reports directly to the Board of Executive Directors, with day-to-day oversight by the Board’s Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE).IEG’s core mission is to improve the development results of the WBG through excellence in evaluation. IEG has an accountability and learning function. The management of IEG is committed to ensuring the highest level of quality, relevance, professionalism, and integrity in IEG’s evaluation activities; and to attracting top-quality staff.
IEG places a greater emphasis on: 1. IEG’s value proposition as a contributor to the WBG’s development effectiveness; through focused, timely, and impactful evaluative activities; 2. IEG’s efficiency and value for money; and 3. IEG’s effective engagement with WBG management and other stakeholders.
IEG’s Work Program is anchored around a series of “streams”, building evidence over time on connected development themes, trying to bridge between project, country, sector and strategic impact. These work program streams are: Fragility, Conflict and Violence; Gender; Maximizing Finance for Development; Human Capital; Climate Change; Growth and Transformation; and an ‘effectiveness’ cross-cutting stream aimed at examining systemic issues in WBG effectiveness, working towards WBG operations and strategies with a stronger outcome focus.
IEG operational departments IEG is led by the Director General, Evaluation (DGE), who reports directly to the Board of Executive Directors through the Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE). IEG’s organizational structure comprises two operational departments: Finance, Private Sector, Infrastructure and Sustainable Development (IEGSP) and Human Development and Economic Growth (IEGHE), which are responsible for leading the evaluation of WBG programs, projects and analytic and advisory products, country strategies, corporate evaluations, and sector, thematic or focused evaluations across the WBG.
Financial and Private Sector Micro Unit (IEGFP) Within the IEGSP, the Financial and Private Sector Micro Unit covers two main areas of work: 1. Evaluations and validation of self-evaluations of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) projects (micro products), which include investment, guarantee and advisory projects; and 2. Synthesis of the findings and lessons for the specific sector, themes or topics based on the project evaluations, portfolio analysis and other evaluative assessments.
Duties and Responsibilities Under the direction of the Unit Manager, the Evaluation Officer will be responsible for: * Designing and carrying out independent evaluation and validation of self-evaluations of IFC and MIGA projects, through desk-based reviews and selective field validations by applying the established evaluation standards * Analyzing the development impact/effectiveness of IFC and MIGA interventions appropriately using advanced quantitative and qualitative methods. * Identifying and formulating the findings and synthesizing and communicating multiple/complex messages, with appropriate tailoring for different audiences. * Distilling lessons from project evaluations, and disseminating them through presentations, seminars, working papers and blogs. * Identifying opportunities to improve evaluation metrics and methodologies. * Staying abreast of the key developments and issues in the relevant industry/sector (infrastructure and/or disruptive technologies and including funds). Proactively gathering information and intelligence and leading active discussions with different stakeholders, operational staff and regional and industry/sector department management regarding project performance and ratings, and evaluation methodologies. Backing up IEG sector leader for issues related to the relevant industry/sector. * Contributing to VPU, departmental, and cross-sectoral activities by working across unit boundaries, providing cross-support to selective corporate, thematic and country program evaluations in the areas of expertise, assessing the development effectiveness of WBG assistance, particularly the IEG flagship Report on Results and Performance of the World Bank Group, and bringing financial, private sector development and IFC and MIGA institutional perspective. * Supporting the Unit Manager and a sector leader to oversee the delivery of the work program related to the relevant sector. Reviewing consultants’ work and providing feedback, as needed.
Selection Criteria
The successful candidate is required to have the following minimum qualifications, skills, motivation and personal attributes: * Master’s degree in directly relevant area of expertise, advanced degree in economics, finance, or business administration preferred. * An aggregate of 5 to 8 years of operational experience in project or company appraisal/supervision/evaluation either: (a) in operational department of IFC/MIGA or another international financial institution with private sector operations, or (b) in a private sector enterprise with international operations in developing countries. Business exposure to low-income countries or fragile countries is a plus. * In depth knowledge of at least one industry, preferably infrastructure or disruptive technologies, including funds. * Expertise in financial analysis, statistical analysis, and data science. * Knowledge or familiarity with methodologies for evaluation of private sector operations such as IFI’s Good Practice Standards (PERs, XPSRs, PCRs), as well as impact measurement approaches such as IFC’s AIMM and MIGA’s IMPACT. * Knowledge or familiarity with the evaluative approach such as the theory of change and results frameworks. * Deep familiarity with or exposure to MIGA and/or IFC operational strategies, processes, instruments, policies and procedures, including credit and underwriting policies, IFC/MIGA Performance Standards, as well as risk and exposure policies. * Familiarity and experience in working with MIGA or IFC portfolio data, including relevant operational data platform and portals a plus. * Demonstrated strong analytical skills, excellent writing and oral skills to present complex concepts and information succinctly, adapting messages to different audiences. Experience in summarizing quantitative and qualitative analysis in convincing straps and messages. * Highly organized and able to work under competing deadlines and multitask. Driven and committed to consistently deliver high quality evaluations. * Demonstrated ability to operate collaboratively across organizational boundaries and track record of strong teamwork, knowledge sharing, and capacity to motivate and develop teams. * Ability and willingness to travel to developing countries. * Fluent in English.
General competencies
* Strong analytical and conceptual skills demonstrated by relevant experience and results. * Ability to work flexibly and quickly, sometimes under tight deadlines, on a range of tasks, being able to adjust to evolving priorities. * Excellent written and oral English communications skills and ability to quickly draft and prepare technical reports for the review of more senior colleagues. * Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a respectful, team-oriented, multi-cultural environment that values diversity. * Resourcefulness, creativity, and ability to request information clearly and diplomatically. * Demonstrated initiative and ability to work efficiently and independently, with little supervision. * Clear understanding of the need in IEG for personal and organizational independence. * Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong and constructive relationships.
If the selected candidate is a current World Bank Group staff member with a Regular or Open-Ended appointment, s/he will retain his/her Regular or Open-Ended appointment. All others will be offered a 3-year 0-month term appointment.
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