Chief Evaluation Officer at African Development Bank

Job Description

• Evaluation Activities : Design, conduct and report on evaluations in accordance with the Bank’s Evaluation Policy and Manual and international evaluation standards (e.g., OECD DAC evaluation standards and the Evaluation Cooperation Group (ECG) Good Practice Standards).
• Synthesis Report and Meta-evaluation; Lead, guide meta-analysis design, evaluation and methods including research protocols for literature search, capturing, organizing, and analysing data and monitoring project level completion reports and other evaluations.
• Quality Management: Contribute to updating the BDEV evaluation quality standards, and quality assurance processes, tools and capacity as well as establish an effective quality management process and tools including  peer review  terms of reference and checklists for each evaluation
• Stakeholder Engagement and Communication: Lead engagement and management of relationships with key evaluation stakeholders including investors, promoters, Bank Management and staff throughout the evaluation process and develop appropriate stakeholder engagement and communication strategy, and lead its implementation:
• Dissemination and Learning: Lead and guide the capture of learning from evaluation design to evaluation dissemination for use in updating the BDEV evaluation manual, knowledge products and 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 (RMCs).
• As a recognized authority on evaluation theory and practice, contribute to positioning BDEV as an innovator and leading-edge among other multilateral institutions and to maximizing the effectiveness and efficiency of the Bank’s Evaluation Function.
• Build 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. 
• Evaluation Cooperation with Experts from other Multilateral and Bilateral Development Institutions. Participate in joint evaluation missions of co-financed interventions, in joint training/seminars/workshops on evaluations, and develop partnerships with Evaluation Units in development agencies and with counterparts in RMCs.
• Contribute to the preparation of BDEV’s three-year rolling work programme and annual report.

Requirement/Skills

• Holds at least a Master’s degree from a recognized university with specialization in Economics, Finance/Economic Finance/Financial Market Analysis, Business Administration, Development Evaluation, Statistics, Policy analysis, Infrastructure, or Private and Financial Sector Development related field. A certificate/diploma in development evaluation, development oriented research and/or program/project planning, management and evaluation is an added advantage.
• Holds a minimum of seven (7) years of experience in formulating, implementing and evaluating development interventions –projects/programs, sectors, strategies, policies and processes.
• Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods.
• Broad knowledge in all aspects of evaluation theory and practice.
• Proven operational and field experience in working in private and/or financial sector development and/or complex development programs is an added advantage.
• Experience working in relevant operational/policy areas of the Bank or in other international development agencies including multilateral development Banks.
• Operational effectiveness
• Innovation and creativity
• Problem-solving
• Demonstrates professional expertise
• Communication
• Client orientation
• Substantial knowledge of the Bank’s mandate, strategic priorities, policies and operations.
• Advanced and broad knowledge of evaluation theories including design and analysis of development interventions (policies; strategies; programs; projects)
• Substantial knowledge of independent evaluation principles, standards, and procedures including OECD DAC Evaluation Standards, ECG Good Practice Standards.
• Significant knowledge in identifying, designing, conducting and reporting evaluation studies.
• Significant knowledge in quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods
• Strong theoretical and operational knowledge of international development issues and theories relating, in particular, to Africa
• Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English or French, preferably with a working knowledge of the other.