Job Title: Evaluation Officer, BDEV1
Reference: ADB/19/208
Location: Abidjan, Cote D’ivoire
Grade: PL6
Position N°: 50090782
The Position
- The evaluation officer contributes to the delivery of the division work program by leading components of evaluations, participating in evaluation teams, and supporting work program implementation and BDEV’s quality assurance activities.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the supervision and guidance of the Division Manager BDEV1 the Evaluation Officer will:
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- Contribute to or undertake Evaluation Activities: Design (including literature review, evaluation question framing, approach, data sources and methods), conduct and report on evaluations in accordance with the Bank’s Evaluation Policy and Strategy and international evaluation standards (e.g., OECD DAC evaluation standards and the Evaluation Cooperation Group (ECG) Good Practice Standards).
- to Meta-Evaluations and Meta-Analyses; design, data collection, analysis, and reporting.
- to updating the BDEV evaluation quality standards, and quality assurance processes, tools and capacity.
- to the capture and dissemination of evaluation results and lessons learned, and also to the follow-up of BDEV evaluation recommendations.
- Contribute to the effective and efficient management of evaluation human and financial resources especially in ensuring timely data gathering, analysis and reporting.
- Promote the mandate of the evaluation function and contribute to the creation of an evaluation culture in the Bank and in Regional Member Countries (RMCs).
- Contribute to positioning BDEV as an innovator and leading-edge among other multilateral institutions and to maximizing the effectiveness and efficiency of the Bank’s Evaluation Function.
- Contribute to building strategic alliances and partnerships with key stakeholders within and outside the Bank to further the Evaluation Function’s mandate and engage in evaluation communities of practice within and outside the Bank.
- Contribute to the preparation of BDEV’s three-year rolling work programme and annual report.
- Perform any other assigned tasks.
Selection Criteria
- Holds at least a Master’s degree or its equivalent in Economics, Development Evaluation, Evaluation Science, Finance (Economic Finance; Financial Market Analysis), Business Administration, Sociology, Development, Statistics, Policy analysis, Public administration, Infrastructure or Private and Financial Sector Development, related field.
- Holds also a certificate in development evaluation, or development oriented research and/or program/project planning, management and evaluation (desirable).
- A minimum of four (4) years’ experience in designing, conducting, managing and reporting development evaluation/research studies.
- Significant knowledge in quantitative and/or qualitative evaluation methods.
- Broad knowledge of evaluation theories and practice including evaluation needs assessment, design and implementation.
- Operational and field experience working in private and/or financial sector development and /or other complex development programs (desirable).
- Knowledge of operational/policy areas, procedures and practice of the AfDB or other multilateral development Banks and/or other international development agencies.
- Operational experience relating, in particular, to areas covered by BDEV 1 (private sector, infrastructure (including transport, ICT, urban development, water and sanitation), industrialization, power, energy,climate change, green growth and regional integration).
- Experience in development planning, management and evaluation in Multilateral Development Banks or other international development agencies.
- Strong theoretical and operational knowledge of international development issues and theories relating, in particular, to Africa.
- Experience in providing strategic advice to management.
- Experience in managing human and financial resources.
- Experience to working in multidisciplinary teams, and in diverse and multi-cultural settings.
- Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English or French, preferably with a working knowledge of the other.
- Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office Suite applications (Word, Excel, Access and Power Point); knowledge of integrated document management system and/or quantitative and qualitative data analysis packages is an added advantage.
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Job Features
Job Category | Banking / Insurance |
Deadline | 19th November, 2019 |