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

POSITION : Principal Results Officer - Development Impact and Methodology

DESCRIPTION

The Hiring Department

• Located within the Senior Vice-Presidency Complex, the Department for Delivery, Performance Management and Results supports Senior Management in meeting African Development Bank’s development mandate, improving operational and corporate performance, accelerating the pace of delivery and increasing the Bank’s impact on development.
• As part of its mandate, it also works to strengthen the Bank’s external and internal accountability for results and promotes a performance-oriented culture across the organisation.

The Department’s activities will be undertaken by the following Divisions:

• Corporate Performance and Accountability
• Delivery Support

The Corporate Performance and Accountability Division is responsible for establishing and maintaining corporate frameworks for assessing and tracking the Bank’s development effectiveness and performance. As part of this mandate, it seeks to strengthen the Bank’s internal and external accountability and promote a performance-oriented culture.

The Division undertakes the following activities:

• Establish corporate metrics for tracking performance & results - it ensures that accountabilities are clear, key performance indicators and scorecards are balanced and measure both outcome and performance and metrics cascade where appropriate. It also establishes an effective system of incentives by designing Key Performance Indicators that are aligned with the Bank’s Results Measurement Framework and corporate priorities.
• Strengthen accountability, promote a performance culture and extend outreach - It promotes greater accountability as one of the key drivers of a performance-oriented culture. As part of this, the Division focuses on internal accountability by engaging with the Board of Directors and external accountability by providing stakeholders with an assessment of the Bank’s performance in meeting its development objectives and through communication and outreach.
• Draw lessons from independent and external evaluations - it assesses Independent and External Evaluations with a view to improving the Bank’s performance, addressing critical issues, removing bottlenecks and improving business processes.

The Position

• The Principal Results Officer - Development Impact and Methodology will lead work in the design and improvement of methodologies for tracking performance and development impact. The incumbent will be responsible for supporting work related to introducing and piloting a methodology called the Development Impact Approach.
• The incumbent will also provide technical support on issues related to results measurement in close cooperation with operations and regional teams including advice on the preparation of results measurement frameworks for projects, programmes and strategies.
• The Principal Results Officer will be responsible for supporting and maintaining the results measurement framework.

This includes:

• Designing and improving methodologies for tracking performance and development impact;
• Establishing an effective system of incentives by designing Key Performance Indicators that are aligned with the Bank’s Results Measurement Framework and corporate priorities;
• Ensuring that the Bank adheres to the highest standards on providing value-for-money to its stakeholders;
• Reporting on results at all four levels of the Results Measurement Framework;
• Supporting relevant departments to improve managing for development results and collect relevant data.

  Responsibilities

• Contribute to the effective roll-out of Results Reporting System, in coordination with regional hubs
• Contribute to planning, organising and supervising one or several Banks’ flagship publications on Development Effectiveness: the Annual Development Effectiveness Review, thematic and country reviews;
• Contribute to designing and maintaining MapAfrica, the Bank’s repository for results data, impact stories and data visualization;
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with other Bank departments and building professional networks with development organisations including multilateral development banks and the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development;
• Supervise the work of consultants as necessary.
• Lead the tracking of development results from approval to completion;
• Design methodologies for tracking performance and development impact;
• Design KPIs and indicators;
• Lead the Bank’s work and efforts on Value for Money;
• Contribute to developing, supporting and maintain the Bank Group’s Results Measurement Framework;
• Supervise and review data collection for indicators at all four levels of the Bank’s Results Measurement Framework and ensuring overall coherence;
• Cascade down the Results Measurement Framework as part of reporting mechanisms across the levels of Bank’s functions;
• Lead and coordinate the qualitative and quantitative analysis on the Bank’s performance against the indicators and targets included in the Results Measurement Framework;
• Lead data analytics work for enhanced operational knowledge on lessons learned;

Selection Criteria

• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and synthesize complex issues;
• Strong interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to work effectively with teams in a multicultural environment;
• Strong IT skills and familiarity with database and project management tools, as well as econometric modelling and related software;
• Ability to manage statistical assistants, and to recruit and manage consultants for ad-hoc tasks;
• Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English or French, with a working knowledge of the other language.
• Hold at least a Master’s degree in Economics, Statistics, Development Studies or Political Sciences;
• Have a minimum of six years of relevant professional work experience; experience in an international organization would be an added advantage;
• Knowledge of results based management, managing for development results (MfDR) and evaluation;
• Having private sector experience will be an added advantage;
• Excellent technical and analytical skills and an operational track record of achieving results;
• Strong conceptual abilities and the capacity to produce high-quality analytical work; good judgment in dealing with complex and sensitive policy issues;