Principal Quality, Results and Monitoring Officer – Yaoundé
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Yaoundé, Centre, Cameroon
·20 Jul. 2023
·Non spécifié
·Banque - Finance
·Économiste
For sovereign and non-sovereign operations:
- Provide advice to task teams to develop robust project results frameworks, theories of change, monitoring plans, in accordance with the Bank’s guidance and international good practice.
- Provide task teams with advice to strengthen monitoring and evaluation plans for new operations under preparation and appraisal, where necessary.
- Provide training to strengthen capacity in the region for results planning, monitoring and self-evaluation.
- Provide additional arm’s length review of “results readiness” for projects under preparation or appraisal in other regions, via the Bank’s readiness review tool.
- Review a sample of supervision reports for quality and compliance, and especially from a results measurement perspective.
- Support review of project implementation progress and project completion reports of sovereign operations for quality and compliance.
- For non-sovereign operations specifically:
- Where, requested, advise portfolio officers in reviewing a sample of annual supervision reports for quality and compliance, from a results measurement perspective.
- Where requested, advise portfolio officers in reviewing extended supervision reports (XSRs) as prepared by independent consultants, for quality and compliance, from a results measurement perspective.
- Provide advice to country and regional strategy task teams regarding results measurement in development of new country and regional strategies, mid-erm reviews and completion reviews, and examining country M&E capacity, where necessary.
- Contribute to enhancing understanding of quality assurance mechanisms and monitoring and results measurement requirements and good practices amongst regional teams, including through contributing to training, compliance reporting and reporting on performance and lessons learned.
- Contribute to the continuous review and improvement of the Bank’s monitoring and evaluation and quality assurance tools and practices.
- Participate in delivery of training for project staff in Bank member countries, support roll out of digital tools and manuals to strengthen project data collection, quality and reporting. Promote digitization of MERL, in cooperation with broader corporate initiatives.
- Act as a focal point on quality assurance, monitoring and evaluation and results measurement, support relevant corporate initiatives and reports, including in relation to the Bank’s Quality Matters campaign, and supporting regional offices to engage effectively with independent evaluations.
- Hold at least a Master’s degree in Economics, Development Studies, Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics, or related disciplines.
- Additional qualification or certification in results management, monitoring and evaluation or equivalent an added advantage.
- Have a minimum of six (6) years of relevant professional experience in the field of monitoring and evaluation, or more broadly results measurement, preferably within the context of international development.
- Monitoring and evaluation experience, including development of results frameworks at project and strategy level, hands on monitoring of progress towards development results.
- Applied practical and proven experience in developing and implementing monitoring plans at project level.
- In depth understanding of theory of change, preferably including participatory development and application in practice ex ante and ex-post.
- Experience in use of digital tools to enable data collection, recording and analysis.
- Proven problem-solving approach to data availability and data quality challenges found in some developing countries.
- Experience as a trainer, facilitator or instructor for workshops and learning events .
- Experience in conducting, and effectively communicating, robust analytical work, ability to analyze both quantitative and qualitative data.
- Knowledge and practical experience of operations policies, procedures, and review processes of multilateral development banks or other development agencies.
- Experience in developing country context and preferably including transition or fragile contexts.
- Strong behavioral competencies, especially in line with the key performance drivers: communication; problem solving; client orientation; team working and relations; innovation and creativity; operational effectiveness.
- Dynamic and motivated.
- Excellent communication skills, with ability to tailor written and verbal communication for a range of audiences.
- Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams, and in a multicultural environment.
- Ability to persuade and influence others.
- Experience managing junior team members/consultants.
- Ability to work in French and/or English, with a working knowledge of the other language. For this post – based in Central Africa – ability to work in French is necessary.
- Competence in the use of Bank standard software (Word, Excel, SAP, PowerPoint, MS Project, SharePoint, MS Teams). Competence in data collection and analysis tools such as KoboToolbox and Power BI an added advantage.
» Années d'expérience: Entre 5 ans et 8 ans
» Niveau Académique Minimum: Master