Jobs
26 Jul 2024
IADB Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) – Lead Evaluation Specialist
Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) – Lead Evaluation Specialist
Location: Washington, D.C.
The IDB Group is a community of diverse, versatile, and passionate people who come together on a journey to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Our people find purpose and do what they love in an inclusive, collaborative, agile, and rewarding environment.
About this position: We are seeking Lead Evaluation Specialists to join OVE’s team to evaluate all aspects of IDB’s and IDB Invest’s work.
The Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) is responsible for evaluating all aspects of the IDB Group's work. OVE undertakes independent and systematic evaluations of the IDB Group’s strategies, policies, programs, activities, delivery support functions, and systems. It disseminates the evaluations' findings so that recommendations for improvement can be used in the design, appraisal, and execution of new operations, providing oversight and support for enhancing the effectiveness of the IDB Group's evaluation system.
What you’ll do:
- Undertake and Lead Evaluations: design and lead, or support as a senior team member, complex evaluations on topics related to the development effectiveness of IDB and IDB Invest programs and operations, as well as corporate issues.
- Support IDB Group’s Self-Evaluation System: support the development of a strong self-evaluation system by reviewing and validating management self-evaluations of public and private sector operations.
- Contribute to Outreach: interact with and build relationships with IDB and IDB Invest operational staff, clients, academic and research institutions, evaluation offices in partner institutions, and other relevant stakeholders to further knowledge sharing and the development of evaluation capacity.
- Support to OVE’s Mission: contribute to other activities aimed at furthering OVE’s mission and improving the quality of its work, notably by providing technical or methodological advice; providing guidance to and mentoring junior staff, research fellows, and consultants; leading or contributing to the development of other evaluation products; and actively participating in ad hoc working groups and other OVE initiatives.
Full details available on the IaDB website. Application deadline 12 August.
