Senior Adviser/Chief Evaluation Officer

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The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG)'s mission is to improve World Bank Group (WBG) development results through excellence in evaluation. IEG is responsible for the assessment of the relevance, efficacy, and efficiency of 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 (and course corrections of ongoing) core work of the WBG.

IEG is directly responsible for:

•Evaluating whether the WBG Institutions' core work is producing the expected results, including global, regional, and other programs in which the institution(s) is a participant.

•Incorporating evaluation assessments and findings into recommendations designed to help improve the development effectiveness of the WBG's core work, and their responsiveness to member countries' needs and concerns.

•Reviewing the Institutions' operational self-evaluations.

•Reporting regularly 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 and enhance learning, including dissemination and outreach activities.

•Identifying, disseminating, and promoting the uptake of evaluation findings and lessons to maximize contributions to the WBG's learning and knowledge framework and reinforce learning and accountability within the WBG in reference to achieving the corporate goals.

•Contributing to the international evaluation community, including knowledge-sharing with other multilateral and bilateral institutions. 

•Proposing strategic choices about the IEG work program after consultations with external stakeholders, the Board and WBG management, ensuring it is relevant and aligned with the Institutions' key strategic priorities, overall resources, and with the main development challenges affecting its member countries.

•Encouraging and assisting member countries to build effective monitoring and evaluation partnerships, capacities and systems.

•Leading the work of the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI), a multi-donor trust fund established to support evaluation capacity development in developing countries, and to share evaluation knowledge, skills, and methods.

IEG's organizational structure comprises of: The Office of the Director General, Evaluation (IEGDG); the Human Development and Economic Management Department (IEGHE); the Finance, Private Sector and Sustainable Development Department (IEGSP); and the Knowledge and Communications Unit (IEGKC). Through the VP and Director General of Evaluation (DGE), IEG reports directly to the Board of Executive Directors.

Duties and accountabilities:

IEG is seeking a Senior Adviser/ Chief Evaluation Officer who can lead the evaluation strategy for IEG and provide advice directly to the Vice-President/ Director General of Evaluation (DGE). In the front office of the DGE, there is currently a Director of Strategy and Operations (DSO) who leads the administrative work of the VPU, as well as supporting the DGE in her discussions with the WBG Board and Management. In addition, there is also a Methods team, led by a Head of Methods, which reports to the DSO. The Methods team works directly with teams and provides guidance on specific evaluations, as well as developing evaluation training courses for IEG and WBG staff and carrying out research to ensure IEG stays on the cutting edge of evaluation methodology.

The Chief Evaluation Officer will have a complementary role to the DSO and Head of Methods, as s/he will work directly with the DGE to:

(i) Lead the development and implementation of an Evaluation strategy for IEG (e.g. macro, micro and intermediary evaluations products, enhancing the impact and influence of IEG, global evaluation capacity development, integration of new methods and technology in evaluation, etc.);

(ii) Ensure quality control of evaluations (solidity of evaluation framework and methods);

(iii) Lead and guide the GEI in ECD; and

(iv) Represent IEG at key evaluation conferences, and promote evaluation as a public good.