E T Consultant

Environment

Overview

Analyze data and prepare evaluations for the Global Environment Facility.

You have:

• Master's degree in statistics, economics, finance, business administration, public policy or related fields; preference for specialization in urban planning.
• Minimum of three years of relevant experience with hands-on experience using complex databases for evaluation related work.
• Strong conceptual and research/analytical skills with attention to details and contextual backgrounds.
• Knowledge of basic evaluation methods and approaches.
• Proficiency in the use of Excel, PowerPoint and statistical packages including R.
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
• A keen interest in environmental evaluation and ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
• Demonstrated skills at taking initiative and working across boundaries.
• Good verbal and written English communication skills. Preference for fluency in French.

Contract

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E T Consultant

Description

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? 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 poverty in a livable planet. 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

Unit Context

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 E T Consultant will report to the Team Leader of the performance and corporate evaluation stream of work under the overall guidance of the IEO Director.

Duties and Accountabilities

• Review project documents (approvals, reviews and evaluations) • 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 • Other portfolio analysis tasks as requested

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? 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 poverty in a livable planet. 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

Unit Context

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 E T Consultant will report to the Team Leader of the performance and corporate evaluation stream of work under the overall guidance of the IEO Director.

Duties and Accountabilities

• Review project documents (approvals, reviews and evaluations) • 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 • Other portfolio analysis tasks as requested

Selection Criteria

• Master’s degree in statistics, economics, finance, business administration, public policy or other related fields applicable to the duties & responsibilities of the position, with advanced courses in statistics, programming and econometrics. Preference for candidates with specialization in urban planning. • Minimum of three years of relevant experience with hands-on experience in using complex databases; ideally to assist portfolio and evaluation related work. • Strong conceptual and research/analytical skills with attention to details and contextual backgrounds. • Knowledge of basic evaluation methods and approaches. • Proven track record in working simultaneously and effectively on a variety of tasks, independently adjusting to priorities and achieving results within agreed objectives and deadlines. • Proficiency in the use of Excel, PowerPoint and statistical packages including R. • Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills. • A keen interest in environmental evaluation works & proven ability to work in a multi-cultural environment. • Demonstrated skills at taking initiative with proven ability to work across boundaries. • Good verbal and written English communication skills. Preference for candidates with fluency in French.

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Note: The selected candidate will be offered a one-year appointment, renewable at the discretion of the World Bank Group, and subject to a lifetime maximum ET appointment of three years. If an ET appointment ends before a full year, it is considered as a full year toward the lifetime maximum. Former and current ET staff who have completed all or any portion of their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.

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