Evaluation Analyst

World Bank Group
Washington
7 months ago
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Do you want to build a truly worthwhile career? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. 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, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development. 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. Visitwww.worldbank.org.

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a financial mechanism that provides grants and concessional funds to recipient countries for projects and activities to protect the global environment. The governance structure of the GEF includes an Assembly, a Council, a Secretariat, a Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel and an Independent Evaluation Office (IEO). Projects financed by the GEF are implemented by eighteen GEF Agencies. The IEO is functionally independent of, but administratively supported by, the World Bank. It is independent from the CEO of the GEF and reports directly to the GEF Council. The GEF Council authorizes IEO's four-year rolling work plans, approves annual budgets and receives all evaluation reports (www.gefieo.org).

The IEO has the central role of ensuring the independent evaluation function within the GEF; of setting minimum requirements for evaluation; of ensuring oversight of the quality of evaluation systems at program and project level; and of sharing evaluative evidence within the GEF. The IEO has the responsibility for undertaking independent evaluations which involve a set of projects from more than one GEF Agency. These evaluations are typically on a strategic level, including impact evaluations and evaluations of GEF work across specific themes or country clusters. Evaluations may be highly complex when undertaken jointly with other evaluation units of GEF Agencies.

Key strategic directions GEF IEO
During the eighth replenishment period of the GEF (2022-2026), the IEO seeks to deepen the evidence on GEF's results and performance through ex-post evaluations as well as provide real time feedback on recent shifts in the GEF's strategy and programming, such as those related to country level strategies and integrated programs. The IEO seeks to continuously test and implement new qualitative and quantitative methods and approaches to inform the GEF Council on the performance and results of the GEF.

Additional strategic areas of work in the IEO include:
• Scale up of IEO learning and knowledge sharing.
• Continued improvements in evaluation methodology and quality assurance; and
• Enhanced cost-effectiveness, including productivity improvements in evaluations.

Organizational structure
IEO is led by the Director of Evaluation, who reports directly to the GEF Council. The Evaluation Analyst will report to the Team Leader/Deputy Director and Chief Evaluation Officer under the overall guidance of the IEO Director.

Duties and Accountabilities

• Review project documents (approvals, reviews, and evaluations) and prepare relevant notes and working papers.
• Analyze data and information gathered through document reviews
• Prepare analytical tables and reports as inputs into evaluations
• Enter project data into the project review and meta-analysis templates
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis
• Contribute to the writing of selected evaluation report sections
• Other portfolio analysis tasks as requested

Note:This is for 2 positions.

Selection Criteria

• Master's degree in statistics, economics, finance, business administration, public policy, or related fields, with advanced courses in statistics, programming, and econometrics.
• Minimum of three years of relevant experience with complex databases, ideally for portfolio and evaluation work.
• Knowledge of the GEF and experience with projects, policies, or strategies in its priority areas.
• Preference for experience in evaluation offices or technical units of international organizations, think-tanks, research institutions, or major NGOs.
• Strong conceptual, research, and analytical skills with attention to detail and context.
• Advanced knowledge of quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods.
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks, adjust priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and statistical packages like R.
• Familiarity with Artificial Intelligence data processing capabilities is a plus.
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Interest in environmental evaluation and ability to work in a multicultural environment.
• Initiative and ability to work across boundaries.
• Good verbal and written English communication skills; knowledge of other languages (e.g., Chinese, French, Spanish, Portuguese) is desirable.

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The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

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