Lead Evaluation Officer-Private Sector
Washington D.C.
- Organization: World Bank Group
- Location: Washington D.C.
- Grade:
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Occupational Groups:
- Sustainable trade and development
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Public, Private Partnership
- Managerial positions
- Closing Date: 2025-10-04
Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? 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 and promoting shared prosperity. 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.
About the World Bank Group
Established in 1944, the WBG is one of the world’s largest sources of funding and knowledge for development solutions. It is governed by 188-member countries and delivers services out of 120 offices with nearly 15,000 staff located globally.
The WBG consists of five specialized institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Association (IDA), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
IEG’s Role
The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) is responsible for the assessment of the relevance, efficacy, and efficiency of World Bank Group operational policies, programs and activities, and their contribution to development effectiveness. IEG’s evaluations aim to enhance accountability and learning to inform the formulation of new directions, policies and procedures, country and sector strategies, and programs for the World Bank Group’s work.
IEG is directly responsible for:
* Assessing whether the World Bank Group Institutions’ operational policies, programs and activities are producing the expected results, including global, regional, and other programs in which the Institution(s) is (are) a participant.
* Incorporating evaluation assessments and findings into recommendations designed to help improve the development effectiveness of the World Bank Group’s programs and activities, and their responsiveness to member countries’ needs and concerns.
* Appraising the Institutions’ self-evaluations of strategies and projects and attesting to their adequacy to the Boards.
* Reporting periodically to the Boards on actions taken by the Institution(s) in response to evaluation findings, and on the measures being taken to improve the overall operations evaluation system including dissemination and outreach activities.
* Identifying and disseminating evaluation findings and lessons to maximize contributions to the World Bank Group’s learning and knowledge framework and reinforce learning and accountability within the World Bank Group in service of achieving its corporate goals.
* Encouraging and assisting developing member countries to build effective monitoring and evaluation associations, capacities and systems.
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, Sustainable Development and Infrastructure (IEGSP) and Human Development and Economic Growth (IEGHE), which are responsible for leading the evaluation of WBG programs and projects, analytic and advisory products, country strategies, corporate evaluations, and sector, thematic or focused evaluations across the WBG. The IEGSP department comprises three units: IEGFS, IEGSD and IEGFP.
Duties and Accountabilities
The Lead Evaluation Officer – Private Sector is a member of IEGSP’s Leadership Team (SPLT). He/she will provide intellectual leadership for IEG’s work on private sector and financial sector evaluations, especially those relating to the work of IFC and MIGA, as well as FCI related work by IBRD and IDA. This includes in relation to the range of instruments the WBG uses to support the private sector’s role in development, such as equity, investment lending and guarantees. It also includes the WBG’s broader support to private and financial sector development. He/she will be directly responsible for related both validations and evaluations and advise the manager, SP director other members of IEGSP’s leadership team on work as it relates to the private sector. He/she will provide guidance to the members of the FS and SP teams working on private sector related topics and will coordinate closely with other evaluators to ensure private sector aspects are well integrated into other evaluations.
Below are the key duties and accountabilities of the Lead Evaluation Officer _ Private Sector.
Leads – and provides technical advice to staff working on – evaluations related to private sector and operations and private sector and financial sector development and supports the IEGFS manager in supervising related evaluation work.
• As TTL, leads or co-leads the design, implementation and dissemination of IEG evaluations, including thematic evaluations, interim evaluation products. Learning Engagements (LEs) and other IEG products focused on private and financial sectors.
• Provides strategic advice and technical insight on evaluation work led by other colleagues, to ensure strong, high-quality coverage of the private and financial sector.
• Leads or participates in evaluations mapped to other IEG units.
• Participates in the SP department leadership team, providing advice on evaluation quality, work program, and collaboration.
• Maintains the SP department strategic dialogue with World Bank Group counterparts and with partners on private and financial sector related topics. Keeps abreast – and informs the SP director and the SPLT – of strategic developments regarding private and finance sector in international development which are relevant to the work of IEGSP.
• Provides technical stewardship and keeps IEGSP staff informed of WBG’s initiatives private and financial sector, including through presentation at IEG staff meetings on the WBG’s strategic direction in these areas. • Facilitates generation and exchange of information in the department, to promote cross-unit collaboration and learning.
• Contributes to the quality assurance process, by reviewing and commenting on thematic evaluations of other IEG units, on behalf of the SP leadership team.
• Advises on outreach strategies for evaluations related to private and financial sector thematic areas. Represents the department and/or VPU in relevant client facing events and engagements.
• Mentors IEGSP staff by providing technical, professional and career development guidance.
Provides technical advice to IEGFP and IEGSD managers and staff
• Provides advice to IEGFP and IEGSD managers and staff responsible for corporate products (e.g. the RAP), intermediate evaluation products and learning engagements concerning private sector and financial sector development themes, as requested by the IEGFP and IEGSD managers or by the TTLs.
• Reviews and provides comments to PPARs, EINs and LEs as part of the SP LT.
About the World Bank Group
Established in 1944, the WBG is one of the world’s largest sources of funding and knowledge for development solutions. It is governed by 188-member countries and delivers services out of 120 offices with nearly 15,000 staff located globally.
The WBG consists of five specialized institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Association (IDA), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
IEG’s Role
The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) is responsible for the assessment of the relevance, efficacy, and efficiency of World Bank Group operational policies, programs and activities, and their contribution to development effectiveness. IEG’s evaluations aim to enhance accountability and learning to inform the formulation of new directions, policies and procedures, country and sector strategies, and programs for the World Bank Group’s work.
IEG is directly responsible for:
* Assessing whether the World Bank Group Institutions’ operational policies, programs and activities are producing the expected results, including global, regional, and other programs in which the Institution(s) is (are) a participant.
* Incorporating evaluation assessments and findings into recommendations designed to help improve the development effectiveness of the World Bank Group’s programs and activities, and their responsiveness to member countries’ needs and concerns.
* Appraising the Institutions’ self-evaluations of strategies and projects and attesting to their adequacy to the Boards.
* Reporting periodically to the Boards on actions taken by the Institution(s) in response to evaluation findings, and on the measures being taken to improve the overall operations evaluation system including dissemination and outreach activities.
* Identifying and disseminating evaluation findings and lessons to maximize contributions to the World Bank Group’s learning and knowledge framework and reinforce learning and accountability within the World Bank Group in service of achieving its corporate goals.
* Encouraging and assisting developing member countries to build effective monitoring and evaluation associations, capacities and systems.
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, Sustainable Development and Infrastructure (IEGSP) and Human Development and Economic Growth (IEGHE), which are responsible for leading the evaluation of WBG programs and projects, analytic and advisory products, country strategies, corporate evaluations, and sector, thematic or focused evaluations across the WBG. The IEGSP department comprises three units: IEGFS, IEGSD and IEGFP.
Duties and Accountabilities
The Lead Evaluation Officer – Private Sector is a member of IEGSP’s Leadership Team (SPLT). He/she will provide intellectual leadership for IEG’s work on private sector and financial sector evaluations, especially those relating to the work of IFC and MIGA, as well as FCI related work by IBRD and IDA. This includes in relation to the range of instruments the WBG uses to support the private sector’s role in development, such as equity, investment lending and guarantees. It also includes the WBG’s broader support to private and financial sector development. He/she will be directly responsible for related both validations and evaluations and advise the manager, SP director other members of IEGSP’s leadership team on work as it relates to the private sector. He/she will provide guidance to the members of the FS and SP teams working on private sector related topics and will coordinate closely with other evaluators to ensure private sector aspects are well integrated into other evaluations.
Below are the key duties and accountabilities of the Lead Evaluation Officer _ Private Sector.
Leads – and provides technical advice to staff working on – evaluations related to private sector and operations and private sector and financial sector development and supports the IEGFS manager in supervising related evaluation work.
• As TTL, leads or co-leads the design, implementation and dissemination of IEG evaluations, including thematic evaluations, interim evaluation products. Learning Engagements (LEs) and other IEG products focused on private and financial sectors.
• Provides strategic advice and technical insight on evaluation work led by other colleagues, to ensure strong, high-quality coverage of the private and financial sector.
• Leads or participates in evaluations mapped to other IEG units.
• Participates in the SP department leadership team, providing advice on evaluation quality, work program, and collaboration.
• Maintains the SP department strategic dialogue with World Bank Group counterparts and with partners on private and financial sector related topics. Keeps abreast – and informs the SP director and the SPLT – of strategic developments regarding private and finance sector in international development which are relevant to the work of IEGSP.
• Provides technical stewardship and keeps IEGSP staff informed of WBG’s initiatives private and financial sector, including through presentation at IEG staff meetings on the WBG’s strategic direction in these areas. • Facilitates generation and exchange of information in the department, to promote cross-unit collaboration and learning.
• Contributes to the quality assurance process, by reviewing and commenting on thematic evaluations of other IEG units, on behalf of the SP leadership team.
• Advises on outreach strategies for evaluations related to private and financial sector thematic areas. Represents the department and/or VPU in relevant client facing events and engagements.
• Mentors IEGSP staff by providing technical, professional and career development guidance.
Provides technical advice to IEGFP and IEGSD managers and staff
• Provides advice to IEGFP and IEGSD managers and staff responsible for corporate products (e.g. the RAP), intermediate evaluation products and learning engagements concerning private sector and financial sector development themes, as requested by the IEGFP and IEGSD managers or by the TTLs.
• Reviews and provides comments to PPARs, EINs and LEs as part of the SP LT.
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