Senior Evaluation Specialist

Your Role

As a Senior Evaluation Specialist, you will be responsible for independent evaluations of sovereign and non-sovereign operations. You will lead and contribute to evaluation, knowledge management, and capacity-building activities, focusing on sector and project-level evaluations. The specialist evaluates ADB policies and business processes, addressing thematic issues across sectors, in infrastructure, finance sector development, and private sector development, following the department’s protocols and work program.

You will:

• Lead or help prepare high-level: (i) country-sector program evaluations and validations; (ii) cross cutting corporate, sector-wide and thematic evaluations, focusing on infrastructure and finance sector development and private sector operations; and (iii) the Annual Evaluation Review report.
• Lead or help prepare systematic reviews, synthesis notes, topical or working papers and other evaluation products, focusing on sectors covered by the division.
• Prepare project and technical assistance performance evaluation reports for sectors covered by the division.
• Contribute to joint evaluation activities with development partners.
• Lead or contribute to the preparation and quality assurance on validations of project completion reports for sectors covered by the division.
• Provide comments on draft evaluation reports and ADB operational documents according to your skills and specialization.
• Disseminate evaluation findings and promote learning from evaluations in ADB, among development partners and developing member countries; and
• Perform other tasks as assigned by the Division Director or responsibilities reflected in your work plan.

Qualifications

You will need:

• Master’s Degree, or equivalent, in public administration, engineering, finance, business administration, economics or development studies; a university degree in any of these fields and at least 5 years of specialized experience relevant to the position can be considered.
• At least 10 years of relevant experience in private sector operations, infrastructure or finance sector development.
• Experience in project, sector and country/regional operations (e.g., country portfolio and program, institutions, policy) and development evaluation and outreach in developing countries; Relevant experience in the Asia-Pacific region.
• Expertise in a specific sector/theme area or range across multiple areas with in-depth knowledge within one area: private sector operations, infrastructure and finance sector development.
• Familiarity with development strategy, policy, issues, and practices, in a multilateral or bilateral context is desired.
• Knowledge toward applied research and preparing evaluations is desired; conduct country/sector/project-level analysis including operational, economic, institutional and policy analysis and reforms, macroeconomics, economic and financial analysis.
• Good oral and written skills in English.
• Perform as a team leader, exercising guidance, coordination, and planning responsibilities over a multi-disciplinary unit.
• Conceptualize and evaluate complex development issues and to manage and dialogue on these topics; and
• Please refer to the link for ADB Competency Framework for International Staff Level 5.

Source: https://www.adb.org/careers/240805