Senior Strategy Officer Job #: req33080 Organization: World Bank Sector: Other Grade: GG Term Duration:ย 4 years 0 months Recruitment Type: International Recruitment Location: Washington, DC,United States Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s): French, Spanish, Portuguese Closing Date: 5/27/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
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Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? 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 and promoting shared prosperity. 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.ย For more information, visit www.worldbank.org.
IEGโs Role
The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG)'s mission is to improve World Bank Group (WBG) development results through excellence in evaluation. IEG is responsible for the assessment of the relevance, efficacy, and efficiency of WBG operational policies, programs and activities, and their contribution to development effectiveness. IEG's evaluations aim to enhance accountability and learning to inform the formulation of new (and course corrections of ongoing) core work of the WBG.
IEG is directly responsible for:
โข Evaluating whether the WBG Institutions' core work is producing the expected results, including global, regional, and other programs in which the institution(s) is a participant.
โข Incorporating evaluation assessments and findings into recommendations designed to help improve the development effectiveness of the WBG's core work, and their responsiveness to member countries' needs and concerns.
โข Reviewing the Institutions' operational self-evaluations.
โข Reporting regularly to the Boards on actions taken by the institution(s) in response to evaluation findings, and on the measures, being taken to improve the overall operations evaluation system and enhance learning, including dissemination and outreach activities.
โข Identifying, disseminating, and promoting the uptake of evaluation findings and lessons to maximize contributions to the WBG's learning and knowledge framework and reinforce learning and accountability within the WBG in reference to achieving the corporate goals.
โข ย Contributing to the international evaluation community, including knowledge-sharing with other multilateral and bilateral institutions.ย
โข Proposing strategic choices about the IEG work program after consultations with external stakeholders, the Boards, and WBG management, ensuring it is relevant and aligned with the Institutions' key strategic priorities, overall resources, and with the main development challenges affecting its member countries.
โข ย ย Encouraging and assisting member countries to build effective monitoring and evaluation partnerships, capacities and systems.ย
โข ย Leading the work of the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI), a multi-donor trust fund, established to support evaluation capacity development, in developing countries, and to share evaluation knowledge, skills, and methods.ย ย
โข Incorporating evaluation assessments and findings into recommendations designed to help improve the development effectiveness of the World Bank Groupโs programs and activities, and their responsiveness to member countriesโ needs and concerns.
โข Appraising the Institutionsโ self-evaluations of strategies and projects and attesting to their adequacy to the Boards.
โข Reporting periodically to the Boards on actions taken by the Institution(s) in response to evaluation findings, and on the measures being taken to improve the overall operations evaluation system including dissemination and outreach activities.
โข Identifying and disseminating evaluation findings and lessons to maximize contributions to the World Bank Groupโs learning and knowledge framework and reinforce learning and accountability within the World Bank Group in service of achieving its corporate goals.
โข Encouraging and assisting developing member countries to build effective monitoring and evaluation associations, capacities and systems.
โข Working closely with development partners among donors and developing countries in order to foster international evaluation harmonization, to develop evaluation capacity in developing countries, and to encourage best practice in international development evaluation.
Internal and external contexts
IEGโs work is aligned with the changing internal and external contexts.ย In addition to validating the ratings for projects, IEG carries out a number of thematic, country, and corporate evaluations that are aligned with the WBG priorities, as laid out in the Evolution Roadmap. For example, the WBG has identified a number of โGlobal Challenge Prioritiesโ, and IEGโs work program has been adapted to reflect those priorities.ย ย
Organizational structure
IEG is led by the Vice President/Director-General, Evaluation (DGE), who reports directly to the Board of Executive Directors through the Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE). IEGโs organizational structure comprises:
โข The Office of the Vice President/Director-General, Evaluation (IEGDG)
โข The Human Development and Economic Management Department (IEGHE)
โข The Finance, Private Sector, Infrastructure, Digital and Planet Department (IEGSP)
โข The Knowledge and Communications Unit (IEGKC).
Through the Vice President and Director-General of Evaluation (DGE), IEG reports directly to the Board of Executive Directors.
IEG is seeking to hire an experienced Senior Strategy Officer to work with the Director of Strategy and Operations (DSO) to manage the front office of the VP/DGE.ย ย
Among other tasks, the Senior Strategy Officer willย
โข Work on improving the functioning of the workflow of the VPU, including operational systems, to ensure that tasks are delivered in a timely manner. The Senior Strategy Officer will need to work closely with the management team and task leads on delivery issues
โข Contribute to regular reports to CODE, including quarterly updates and work program documents
โข Work on documentation such as ADM, procedures, guidance, etc.ย
โข Support research on a range of economic and evaluation topics.
โข Work with data using a range of data tools and be able to write succinctly and use data visualization tools to present clear findings.ย
โข Be able to read and quickly summarize Bank documents from a range of sectors and identify and raise any concerns that may affect IEG.
โข Interact with counterparts in WBG operations, the Board, and SEC, to ensure coordination of work, and clarity of issues.ย ย
Selection Criteria
โข Masterโs degree in economics or a relevant area of expertise.
โข Minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience.
โข Strong familiarity with WBG products, processes, policies and procedures.
โข Outstanding writing skills.
โข Ability to read and synthesize WBG reports and products quickly and concisely.
โข Ability to reframe work in a broader context and identify issues and concerns that may affect the work of IEG and upcoming evaluations.ย
โข Excellent communication, diplomatic and negotiating skills, with demonstrated strong personal maturity, balanced judgment, and a track record of building and maintaining partnerships with colleagues and clients.
โข Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills, capacity to motivate and develop teams, and the ability to operate collaboratively across organizational boundaries.
โข Proactive, inclusive, and innovative, with an open and collegial work style and ability to listen and integrate ideas from diverse points of view.
โข Ability to provide seasoned advice to more senior staff and managers, and work collaboratively with peers.
โข Research skills, including contributions to published papers.
Required GG level IEG competencies:
Lead and Motivate - Encourages and works with others to identify, incubate and implement relevant solutions. Identifies opportunities in changing circumstances and energizes others to continuously improve, using intentional strategies to boost morale, team spirit, and productivity in context of WBG's values and mission. Helps others to understand problems, client needs and the underlying context.
Deliver Results for Clients - Develops and implements solutions that show understanding of how clients and/or own work achieves results that are financially, environmentally and socially sustainable. Shares new insights based on in-depth understanding of the client and recommends solutions for current and future needs of clients. Holds self and team accountable for risk management and outcomes.
Innovate โ Applies expertise to develop innovative approaches that enhances the quality, credibility, rigor, and utility of IEG work. Keeps abreast of the latest developments in the field of development evaluations, research, and/or operations to continuously improve the rigor of work within IEG.
Collaborate within teams and across boundaries - Collaborates across organizational boundaries, internally and externally with a sense of mutuality and respect. Consistently engages others in open dialogue, brings out any conflicting viewpoints and incorporates viewpoints into solutions, giving credit where credit is due. Leverages expertise of all team members to ensure successful outcomes. Makes choices and sets priorities with a WBG corporate perspective in mind.
Create, Apply and Share Knowledge - Ensures systematic sharing of good practice and learning from lessons from across WBG, clients, and partners. Is known across WBG and beyond for his/her evaluation knowledge and is sought out by colleagues to advise, peer review, or contribute to knowledge products. Seeks mentoring opportunities with more experienced staff to deepen or strengthen their professional knowledge and mentors junior staff. Builds networks across the WBG and as part of external professional groups/networks.
Make Smart Decisions - Applies critical thinking and seeks inputs and experience from others to recommend a course of action consistent with the WBG's strategy. Evaluates risk and anticipates the short- and long-term implications of decisions. Commits to a decision and takes action once a decision has been reached.
World Bank Group Core Competencies
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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