Development Effectiveness Officer / Senior Development Effectiveness Officer

Job Profile:

Under the supervision of the Director, Development Effectiveness Unit, the Development Effectiveness Officer/Senior Development Effectiveness Officer is responsible for assessing, the evaluation readiness, strategic alignment, and development effectiveness of the OPEC Fund’s Public and Private Sector operations. In accordance with the OPEC Fund’s development effectiveness framework, the Development Effectiveness Officer/Senior Development Effectiveness Officer measures and monitors the development results and performance of the OPEC Fund’s operations against the institution’s mission. The Development Effectiveness Officer/Senior Development Effectiveness Officer will also support or lead (depending on seniority, experience and task assignment) the further development and implementation of the OPEC Fund’s project evaluation framework. The Development Effectiveness Officer/Senior Development Effectiveness Officer will also create, populate, and maintain development results and strategic alignment databases, conduct relevant analysis based on these databases, and support the definition of business requirements for systems to automate development effectiveness processes and databases. The Development Effectiveness Officer/Senior Development Effectiveness Officer will furthermore create content for development effectiveness reports, publications and presentations, as well as for strategy documents, and perform other tasks related to development effectiveness assessment and monitoring as required.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Assessment, monitoring and evaluation

• Assesses and monitors the development effectiveness, strategic alignment, and evaluation readiness of Public and Private sector operations at various stages in the investment cycle
• Contributes to the design and implementation of strategies and tools for monitoring and evaluating the development impact of the OPEC Fund’s operations
• May conduct and/or validate evaluations of the OPEC Fund’s operations in accordance with the OECD-Development Assistance Committee (DAC) evaluation criteria

Policies and procedures input and development

• Provides inputs, comments and drafts policy, procedural and other papers concerning the development effectiveness of the OPEC Fund’s operations
• Translates the results of analytical work, monitoring and evaluation, and project issues into policy advice

Data collection, analysis & reporting

• Creates, populates and maintains databases on the development results and strategic alignment of the OPEC Fund’s operations
• Prepares periodic reports or other knowledge products in relation to the development effectiveness of public and private sector operations
• Provides quality assurance in terms of data accuracy, completeness, reliability and relevance for input into the monitoring and evaluation process (concept approval, governing board approval, supervision and completion stages of the financing cycle) 

Stakeholder management

• Collaborates primarily with the Public Sector Operations Department, Private Sector Operations Department, Legal Department and the Communications Department of the OPEC Fund.
• Provides training and guidance to the Public and Private Sector operations on the operation assessment, monitoring and evaluation processes (including use of indicators, development results tracking, project governance and project management tools)

Systems

• Supports and/or leads the business requirements definition and implementation of systems to be developed for automating development effectiveness assessments, tracking, aggregation and reporting processes.

Knowledge management

• Highlights lessons learned from evaluations/monitoring data, engage Public and Private Sector Operation Departments to integrate lessons learned into project design and training materials. 

Performs other duties as required by the Director that are related to the job function.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Master’s degree in Economics, Business Administration, Public Policy or a related field
• Development Effectiveness Officer: At least five (5) years of relevant professional experience, of which at least three (3) years should have been in an international development finance institution with a focus on sustainable development and development effectiveness and results assessment, evaluation and monitoring. 
• Senior Development Effectiveness Officer: At least seven (7) years of relevant professional experience, of which at least five (5) years should have been in an international development finance institution with a focus on sustainable development and development effectiveness and results assessment, evaluation and monitoring.
• Demonstrated experience with assessing the development effectiveness of and/or evaluating public and/or private sector development projects along OECD-DAC evaluation criteria.
• Skills and experience in database and data analysis software are an asset/added advantage.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Fluent in English. Good working knowledge of Arabic, French, German or Spanish is an added advantage.