Evaluation Analysts at the World Bank Group

The World Bank, a member of the World Bank Group, is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. Our mission is to fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results and to help people help themselves and their environment by providing resources, sharing knowledge, building capacity and forging partnerships in the public and private sectors.

In 2015, the World Bank Group launched a recruitment mission to attract Sub Saharan African professionals to its work force. The initiative was the first of its kind for the institution and resulted in numerous hires into business areas such as Education, Health, Development Economics, Information Technology Systems, Social Urban/Rural & Resilience and Governance. The World Bank Group continues its commitment to hiring Sub-Saharan African professionals and announces its latest recruitment mission to again attract highly qualified Sub-Saharan African professionals who are looking for an exciting career, where their effort will contribute to the institution's goal of ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity.

Applications are invited for the position below:

Job Title: Evaluation Analyst

Location: Africa
Area: Independent Evaluation

Job Summary
The Independent Evaluation Group (lEG) is an independent unit within the World Bank Group and reports directly to the World Bank Group's Boards of Executive Directors. lEG's mission is to improve development results through excellence in evaluation. Consequently, lEG carries out independent evaluations of the strategies, policies, programs, projects, and corporate activities of the World Bank Group (WBG), including the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Agency (IDA) , the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and makes recommendations to help improve WBG's development effectiveness. lEG also appraises WBG's monitoring and self-evaluation systems; cooperates with the evaluation units of other international financial institutions and development assistance agencies; assists developing countries to build effective monitoring and evaluation capacities, systems and associations; and, identifies and disseminates the lessons learned from experience.

The role and visibility of IEG has grown in recent years and is expected to expand further as the Bank Group, and the broader development community, continue to stress the importance of development effectiveness, evaluation, and monitoring for results especially in the context of the new global poverty reduction targets. The management of IEG is committed to ensuring the highest level of quality, relevance, professionalism, and integrity in IEG’s evaluation activities and to attracting top-quality staff to that end.

IEG's new Financial, Private Sector and Sustainable Development Department is responsible for the Bank's Independent Evaluation Group’s work on Financial and Private Sector Development and Sustainable Development, including work on the environment and natural resources, agriculture, social, urban, rural, and resilience, and infrastructure.

Note: If the selected candidate is a current Bank Group staff member with a Regular or Open-Ended appointment, s/he will retain his/her Regular or Open-Ended appointment. All others will be offered a term appointment.

The World Bank Group is committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, nationality, culture and educational background. Individuals with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.

Duties and Accountabilities
Under the direction of the Unit Manager, the Evaluation Analyst will have the following responsibilities:

• Participate in large sector and thematic evaluations and learning products for assessing the development effectiveness of World Bank Group assistance including investment/lending, advisory/AAA and/or guarantee projects supported by WB, IFC or MIGA. Examples of the Evaluation Analyst's contribution include qualitative and quantitative portfolio analysis, key performance indicator analysis, preparation of background notes, field work, drafting and revision of chapters, oversight of the work of junior consultants, and dissemination.
• Lead the construction and utilization of evaluative databases of World Bank, IFC and MIGA investment, advisory (AAA) and guarantee projects drawing from relevant sources. Use database tools, including Excel, Access, and STATA to facilitate evaluative analysis in consonance with established evaluative frameworks, and prepare graphical analysis in Excel and Tableau, including in Excel through the use of pivot tables, formulas, functions and basic macros.
• Set and uphold high standards of quality for evaluation work, contributing as appropriate and called upon to departmental, group and cross-sectoral activities designed to help IEG pursue its mission, contribute in other forms to the development of IEG products, including corporate responsibilities to disseminate evaluation findings.
• Conduct research from other sources (literature, third party information providers, etc.) in support of macro evaluations, learning products, reports and presentations. The analyst will be expected to prepare written inputs to evaluations, and to summarize the findings and lessons learned from micro and macro-evaluations, including syntheses of information on specific themes or project categories.
• Contribute to the preparation of project-level validations and evaluations, including Implementation Completion and Results Report Reviews and field-based Project Performance Assessments (PPARs) as needed.
• Engage in new methods development around the use of portfolio review, including in collaboration with the New Methods advisor on IEG, and to share skills and knowledge across teams in IEG.
• Engage in iterative training, and mentoring of other junior analysts and consultants.

Selection Criteria

• The successful candidate will have demonstrated the knowledge, skills, abilities and experience required for an evaluation analyst in the World Bank.
• Master's degree or equivalent in the field of Evaluation, Public Policy, the Social or Physical Sciences, Business Administration and at least three years of relevant work experience.
• Understanding of the general literature, current issues, main concepts and terminology in development evaluation and social science research. Understanding the stages of designing and planning an evaluation. Understanding of the design and use of a results framework and theory of change.
• Broad knowledge of sustainable development issues, and the capability to provide analytical and operational support on public policy for public and private sector development in these areas; and/or experience working in business, government, academia or international agencies with a focus on sustainable development issues.
• Demonstrated strong analytical skills & writing ability in support of multi-disciplinary teams.
• Excellent attention to detail and analytical skills and experience in working with large data sets.
• Proficiency in Bank data systems (Business Intelligence) and familiarity with a broad suite of portfolio analysis tools that allow for both quantitative and qualitative analysis; text analysis; coding and other qualitative content analysis (e.g QDA Miner, Access, Excel, Stata, Word, Powerpoint, Tableau).
• Ability to quickly draft and prepare analytical and technical reports for the review of more senior colleagues.
• Synthesizes, analyzes, and effectively presents material from a wide range of sources.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to engage actively on teams, completing assignments and contributing to team decisions; stepping up to opportunities to take the lead on team tasks.
• Positive attitude, drive, flexibility and reliability. Demonstrates initiative and can work efficiently and independently, with little supervision.
• Clear understanding of the need in IEG for personal and organizational independence. Demonstrating a basic understanding of quality and compliance standards.
• Strong written and oral communications skills.Fluent in English. Fluency in another language is a plus.

Competencies:

• Lead and Innovate Brings new and different insights.
• Deliver Results for Clients Contributes to delivery of results for clients on complex issues.
• Collaborate Within Teams and Across Boundaries Collaborates within team and across boundaries.
• Create, Apply and Share Knowledge Actively contributes to and readily applies WBG’s body of knowledge for internal and/or external client solutions.
• Make Smart Decisions Leverages available data and makes timely decisions.

Recruitment Timeline
End of July - September 2016 - Review applications and update application status to candidates
August - September 2016 - Contact all shortlisted candidates and conduct interviews in Washington, D.C. and locations in Africa

Application Closing Date
7th August, 2016.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• Shortlisted candidates may be contacted as early as August 2016 for interviews which may be conducted in Washington, D.C. or locations in Africa. Interviews will be conducted through September 2016. Based on the availability of interviewers and candidates some interviews may be conducted virtually.
• Candidates who have previously submitted applications through the Recruitment Drive for African Nationals in 2015 must submit a new application to be considered for opportunities in this year's campaign. We apologize that we are unable to consider previously submitted applications.