Senior Evaluation Officer, Infrastructure
Washington D.C.
- Organization: World Bank Group
- Location: Washington D.C.
- Grade:
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Occupational Groups:
- Infrastructure and Urban-Rural development
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Closing Date: Closed
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.
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). The World Bank is organized into six client-facing Regional Vice-Presidencies, several corporate functions and Verticals to bring best-in-class knowledge and solutions to regional and country clients.
IEG’s Role
The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) is responsible for the assessment of the relevance, efficacy, and efficiency of the WBG 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 WBG’s work.
IEG is directly responsible for:
• Assessing whether the WBG 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 WBG’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 WBG’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.
• Working closely with development partners among donors and developing countries in order to foster international evaluation harmonization, to develop evaluation capacity in developing countries, and to encourage best practice in international development evaluation.
Evaluation has an important role to play in the current evolution process of the WBG, not only in keeping the WBG accountable, but also to ensure that the way forward builds on evidence on what works and what doesn’t. This will require providing evidence both for the longer-term strategic direction but also shorter-term, real-time evidence to help the institution course correct, particularly in times of crisis. Consistent with the WBG 2016 Forward Look and subsequent discussions with stakeholders around the Evolution Roadmap, the focus will continue to be on poverty reduction and shared prosperity, while also addressing the interlinkages with global challenge programs. IEG has increasingly moved to a strategic selection process for its major evaluations to ensure greater influence of each individual evaluation, and of all of them collectively. IEG will also continue to place emphasis on (i) IEG’s value proposition as a contributor to the WBG’s development effectiveness through focused, timely, and impactful evaluative activities, (ii) IEG’s efficiency and value for money, and (iii) IEG’s effective engagement with WBG management and other stakeholders.
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: IEGID, IEGPS, and IEGPL.
The IEGID unit evaluates the work of the World Bank on infrastructure and digital for the two Verticals. In these areas, the IEGID unit will be responsible for conducting both micro and macro work conducting validations of ICCRs and thematic evaluations as well as Synthesis evaluation products such as Evaluation Insight Notes, EIN; Project Performance Assessment Reviews (PPARs); and, Learning Engagements (LE), among others. The IEGPS and IEGPL units are responsible for evaluating World Bank projects in both micro and macro for the FCI GP, IFC and MIGA and for the Planet Vertical, respectively.
The IEGID unit delivers more than 150 ICCRs on an annual basis. Macro work or thematic evaluations, under IEGID work program are multi-level, multi-project evaluations which rely on mixed methods designs that usually combine synthetic analyses at the overall portfolio level with in-depth analyses at country, project or program levels. Within the framework of thematic evaluations, IEG employs a range of methodological approaches such as portfolio analyses, structured literature reviews, surveys and case study analyses.
Duties and Responsibilities
The IEG Infrastructure and Digital Unit (IEGID) is recruiting a Senior Evaluation Officer, Infrastructure to contribute to and take the lead on the preparation of macro thematic evaluations, micro review reports, project cluster evaluations, thematic and focused evaluations, as well as Learning Engagements for topics related to the infrastructure sectors. More specifically, under the direction of the Unit Manager, the Sr. Evaluation Officer will have the following primary responsibilities:
• Lead, co-lead and/or participate in macro thematic evaluations in infrastructure sectors
• Lead, co-lead micro reviews in the infrastructure sectors.
• Contribute to thematic evaluations assessing the relevance and effectiveness of the World Bank Group assistance in the infrastructure and digital sectors. The selected candidate will be asked to carry out evaluations that cover all three institutions (the majority of FS evaluations cover all three institutions) or that are specifically focused on the World Bank, the IFC and/or MIGA.
• Lead, co-lead and/or participate in the development Learning Engagements (LEs) on topics related to the sectors mentioned above.
• As lead, co/lead or senior member of thematic evaluations and LEs, the senior staff member will oversee the work of junior staff, including by providing quality-assurance (setting and upholding high standards of quality for various evaluations) and will seek advice from the IEGSP technical leads and the manager. He/she will also advise other IEG teams on infrastructure related issues.
• The senior staff will engage in disseminating the findings of the evaluations, EINs and LEs within the World Bank Group (internal dissemination) and with external clients (government representatives, private sector and international partner organizations). He/she will work on the dissemination plan closely with IEG Knowledge and Communication (KC) team.
• Contribute to VPU, departmental, and cross-sectoral activities designed to help IEG pursue its mission, specifically in providing methodological advice and coaching across units, and contribute in other forms to the development of IEG products.
• Excellent communication, diplomatic and negotiating skills, with demonstrated strong personal maturity, balanced judgment, and a track record of building and maintaining partnerships with colleagues and clients.
• Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills, capacity to motivate and develop teams, and ability to operate collaboratively within and across organizational boundaries.
• Proactive, inclusive and innovative, with an open and collegial work style and ability to listen and integrate ideas from diverse points of view.
• Ability to coach, mentor, develop and empower more junior staff, provide seasoned advice to more senior staff and managers, and work collaboratively with peers.
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). The World Bank is organized into six client-facing Regional Vice-Presidencies, several corporate functions and Verticals to bring best-in-class knowledge and solutions to regional and country clients.
IEG’s Role
The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) is responsible for the assessment of the relevance, efficacy, and efficiency of the WBG 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 WBG’s work.
IEG is directly responsible for:
• Assessing whether the WBG 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 WBG’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 WBG’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.
• Working closely with development partners among donors and developing countries in order to foster international evaluation harmonization, to develop evaluation capacity in developing countries, and to encourage best practice in international development evaluation.
Evaluation has an important role to play in the current evolution process of the WBG, not only in keeping the WBG accountable, but also to ensure that the way forward builds on evidence on what works and what doesn’t. This will require providing evidence both for the longer-term strategic direction but also shorter-term, real-time evidence to help the institution course correct, particularly in times of crisis. Consistent with the WBG 2016 Forward Look and subsequent discussions with stakeholders around the Evolution Roadmap, the focus will continue to be on poverty reduction and shared prosperity, while also addressing the interlinkages with global challenge programs. IEG has increasingly moved to a strategic selection process for its major evaluations to ensure greater influence of each individual evaluation, and of all of them collectively. IEG will also continue to place emphasis on (i) IEG’s value proposition as a contributor to the WBG’s development effectiveness through focused, timely, and impactful evaluative activities, (ii) IEG’s efficiency and value for money, and (iii) IEG’s effective engagement with WBG management and other stakeholders.
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: IEGID, IEGPS, and IEGPL.
The IEGID unit evaluates the work of the World Bank on infrastructure and digital for the two Verticals. In these areas, the IEGID unit will be responsible for conducting both micro and macro work conducting validations of ICCRs and thematic evaluations as well as Synthesis evaluation products such as Evaluation Insight Notes, EIN; Project Performance Assessment Reviews (PPARs); and, Learning Engagements (LE), among others. The IEGPS and IEGPL units are responsible for evaluating World Bank projects in both micro and macro for the FCI GP, IFC and MIGA and for the Planet Vertical, respectively.
The IEGID unit delivers more than 150 ICCRs on an annual basis. Macro work or thematic evaluations, under IEGID work program are multi-level, multi-project evaluations which rely on mixed methods designs that usually combine synthetic analyses at the overall portfolio level with in-depth analyses at country, project or program levels. Within the framework of thematic evaluations, IEG employs a range of methodological approaches such as portfolio analyses, structured literature reviews, surveys and case study analyses.
Duties and Responsibilities
The IEG Infrastructure and Digital Unit (IEGID) is recruiting a Senior Evaluation Officer, Infrastructure to contribute to and take the lead on the preparation of macro thematic evaluations, micro review reports, project cluster evaluations, thematic and focused evaluations, as well as Learning Engagements for topics related to the infrastructure sectors. More specifically, under the direction of the Unit Manager, the Sr. Evaluation Officer will have the following primary responsibilities:
• Lead, co-lead and/or participate in macro thematic evaluations in infrastructure sectors
• Lead, co-lead micro reviews in the infrastructure sectors.
• Contribute to thematic evaluations assessing the relevance and effectiveness of the World Bank Group assistance in the infrastructure and digital sectors. The selected candidate will be asked to carry out evaluations that cover all three institutions (the majority of FS evaluations cover all three institutions) or that are specifically focused on the World Bank, the IFC and/or MIGA.
• Lead, co-lead and/or participate in the development Learning Engagements (LEs) on topics related to the sectors mentioned above.
• As lead, co/lead or senior member of thematic evaluations and LEs, the senior staff member will oversee the work of junior staff, including by providing quality-assurance (setting and upholding high standards of quality for various evaluations) and will seek advice from the IEGSP technical leads and the manager. He/she will also advise other IEG teams on infrastructure related issues.
• The senior staff will engage in disseminating the findings of the evaluations, EINs and LEs within the World Bank Group (internal dissemination) and with external clients (government representatives, private sector and international partner organizations). He/she will work on the dissemination plan closely with IEG Knowledge and Communication (KC) team.
• Contribute to VPU, departmental, and cross-sectoral activities designed to help IEG pursue its mission, specifically in providing methodological advice and coaching across units, and contribute in other forms to the development of IEG products.
• Excellent communication, diplomatic and negotiating skills, with demonstrated strong personal maturity, balanced judgment, and a track record of building and maintaining partnerships with colleagues and clients.
• Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills, capacity to motivate and develop teams, and ability to operate collaboratively within and across organizational boundaries.
• Proactive, inclusive and innovative, with an open and collegial work style and ability to listen and integrate ideas from diverse points of view.
• Ability to coach, mentor, develop and empower more junior staff, provide seasoned advice to more senior staff and managers, and work collaboratively with peers.
This vacancy is now closed.