Data Analyst
Washington D.C.
- Organization: World Bank Group
- Location: Washington D.C.
- Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
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Occupational Groups:
- Statistics
- Information Technology and Computer Science
- Closing Date:
Do you want to build a truly worthwhile career? 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 Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a multilateral financial mechanism created in 1991 to provide grant and concessional funds to recipient countries for projects and programs that address biodiversity loss, climate change mitigation and adaptation, degradation of international waters, land and forests, ozone depletion, elimination or reduction of persistent organic pollutants and mercury, all within the framework of sustainable development.
The GEF unites 186 countries in partnership with international institutions, civil society organizations (CSOs), and the private sector to address global environmental issues while supporting national sustainable development initiatives. An independently operating financial organization, GEF is the designated financial mechanism for five international environmental conventions: the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Minamata Convention on Mercury. GEF is also a designated financial mechanism of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.
In the years since its establishment, the GEF has funded over 5,700 projects in 186 countries, and many thousands more through the GEF Small Grants Program, providing $24 billion in grants that leveraged $138 billion in co-financing. The GEF Secretariat, construed for administrative purposes as a Vice-Presidential Unit (VPU) within the World Bank, has approximately 80 professional and administrative, and client support staff.
Duties and Accountabilities
The selected candidate will become a part of the GEF’s Data and Analytics team under the supervision of the CEO’s Advisor. The purpose of this team is to focus on strategic data analytics to (i) internationally position the GEF as the environmental partner of choice, (ii) conduct strategic quantitative data mining of the GEF’s 30-plus years of data, (iii) maximize the impact of GEF programming by bringing a greater evidence-based perspective, (iv) establish the GEF as a global lead on key topics, and (v) support the GEF replenishment processes.
Specific deliverables include the following:
• Identify, collect, analyze, and manage data from internal databases (GEF Portal) and external international environmental and development indices, datasets, databases, and indicators for evidence-based decision making (for example, national statistical datasets, OECD databases, World Bank databases)
• Perform quantitative and qualitative analyses, data visualization, and report writing
• Support strategic analytical work by innovatively using data to build compelling narratives for country profiles, the GEF portfolio, and other relevant analyses to help position the GEF as the leader and partner of choice toward ambitious environmental outcomes
• Support the creation/assessment of relevant environmental and economic indices and sub-indices to take into account latest scientific and policy advancements, building/managing the relevant datasets, and collaborating with the relevant technical teams across the GEF Secretariat as needed, in the GEF’s System for Transparent Allocation of Resources (STAR)
• Support critical technical reviews of selected past, recent, and upcoming global reports and assessments that are of relevance to the GEF, and conduct analyses that link the GEF’s work to international global commitments
• Support internal quantitative and qualitative analyses of past and ongoing GEF projects and programs through in-depth reviews of GEF project documents and internal databases to collate evidence on the impact and integration of GEF investments
• Support GEF participation in, and convening of, international seminars, panel discussions and conferences on relevant substantive themes
• Support the CEO’s Advisor and the Data and Analytics team in other tasks as required
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a multilateral financial mechanism created in 1991 to provide grant and concessional funds to recipient countries for projects and programs that address biodiversity loss, climate change mitigation and adaptation, degradation of international waters, land and forests, ozone depletion, elimination or reduction of persistent organic pollutants and mercury, all within the framework of sustainable development.
The GEF unites 186 countries in partnership with international institutions, civil society organizations (CSOs), and the private sector to address global environmental issues while supporting national sustainable development initiatives. An independently operating financial organization, GEF is the designated financial mechanism for five international environmental conventions: the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Minamata Convention on Mercury. GEF is also a designated financial mechanism of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.
In the years since its establishment, the GEF has funded over 5,700 projects in 186 countries, and many thousands more through the GEF Small Grants Program, providing $24 billion in grants that leveraged $138 billion in co-financing. The GEF Secretariat, construed for administrative purposes as a Vice-Presidential Unit (VPU) within the World Bank, has approximately 80 professional and administrative, and client support staff.
Duties and Accountabilities
The selected candidate will become a part of the GEF’s Data and Analytics team under the supervision of the CEO’s Advisor. The purpose of this team is to focus on strategic data analytics to (i) internationally position the GEF as the environmental partner of choice, (ii) conduct strategic quantitative data mining of the GEF’s 30-plus years of data, (iii) maximize the impact of GEF programming by bringing a greater evidence-based perspective, (iv) establish the GEF as a global lead on key topics, and (v) support the GEF replenishment processes.
Specific deliverables include the following:
• Identify, collect, analyze, and manage data from internal databases (GEF Portal) and external international environmental and development indices, datasets, databases, and indicators for evidence-based decision making (for example, national statistical datasets, OECD databases, World Bank databases)
• Perform quantitative and qualitative analyses, data visualization, and report writing
• Support strategic analytical work by innovatively using data to build compelling narratives for country profiles, the GEF portfolio, and other relevant analyses to help position the GEF as the leader and partner of choice toward ambitious environmental outcomes
• Support the creation/assessment of relevant environmental and economic indices and sub-indices to take into account latest scientific and policy advancements, building/managing the relevant datasets, and collaborating with the relevant technical teams across the GEF Secretariat as needed, in the GEF’s System for Transparent Allocation of Resources (STAR)
• Support critical technical reviews of selected past, recent, and upcoming global reports and assessments that are of relevance to the GEF, and conduct analyses that link the GEF’s work to international global commitments
• Support internal quantitative and qualitative analyses of past and ongoing GEF projects and programs through in-depth reviews of GEF project documents and internal databases to collate evidence on the impact and integration of GEF investments
• Support GEF participation in, and convening of, international seminars, panel discussions and conferences on relevant substantive themes
• Support the CEO’s Advisor and the Data and Analytics team in other tasks as required
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