Chief Evaluation Officer Vacancy at African Development Bank

Employment Nigeria 01-Jun-2017 AFRICA , Banking and Finance

African Development Bank - the premier pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent.

POSITION : Chief Evaluation Officer

DESCRIPTION

Contribute to the delivery of the Division work program by leading complex evaluations, supervising evaluation teams, mentoring and coaching junior colleagues, and supporting pipeline and work program management, and quality assurance activities.

Responsibilities

Contribute to positioning the Independent Development Evaluation 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. Provide substantive input to these communities and share lessons of experience.
Contribute to the preparation of the Independent Development Evaluation’s three-year rolling work programme and annual report.
Perform any other assigned tasks.
Under the supervision and guidance of the Division Manager, Agriculture, Human Development, Governance, Corporate and Country Evaluations, the Chief Evaluation Officer will:
Undertake Evaluation Activities: Design, conduct and report on evaluations in accordance with the Bank’s Evaluation Policy and Manual and international evaluation standards (e.g. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development DAC evaluation standards and the Evaluation Cooperation Group Good Practice Standards).
Undertake Meta-Evaluations and Meta-Analyses: Lead, and guide meta-evaluations and meta-analyses including designs, and methods (for literature search, and data collection, analysis and reporting).
Undertake Evaluation Quality Management: Contribute to updating the Independent Development Evaluation quality standards, and quality assurance processes, tools and capacity.
Contribute to the capture of learning from evaluation design to evaluation dissemination for use in updating the Independent Development Evaluation department evaluation manual, and for staff learning events.
Manage human and financial resources of a multi-disciplinary evaluation team to ensure the delivery of complex and concurrent evaluations that are conducted in an independent, cost-effective, rigorous and timely manner.
Promote the mandate of the evaluation function and contribute to the creation of an evaluation culture in the Bank and in Regional Member Countries.

Selection Criteria

Substantial knowledge of operational/policy areas, procedures and practice of the Bank or other multilateral development Banks and/or other international development agencies.
Operational experience relating, in particular, to areas covered by the Division (for example, governance; agriculture; human development; country strategies and programs).
Substantial 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
Substantial experience in providing strategic advice to senior management.
Experience in coaching and mentoring staff’.
Substantial experience in managing human and financial resources.
Advanced experience to lead multidisciplinary teams, and work 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 SAP (or other integrated document management system or quantitative and qualitative data analysis packages is an added advantage.
Hold at least a Master's Degree or its equivalent in Economics, Development Evaluation, Finance, Business Administration, Sociology, Development, Statistics, Policy analysis, Public administration, or other international development related field. A Certificate in Development Evaluation, Development Oriented Research and/or Program/Project Planning, Management and Evaluation is an advantage.
Have a minimum of seven (7) years of experience as a Development Evaluator/researcher; identifying, designing, conducting, managing, and reporting development evaluation/research studies.
Significant knowledge in quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods.
Advanced and broad knowledge of evaluation theories and practice including evaluation needs assessment, design and implementation.
Proven operational and field experience working in complex development programs.

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