Background / General description: | IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in developing countries. We create opportunity for people to escape poverty and improve their lives. We do so by providing financing to help businesses employ more people and supply essential services, by mobilizing capital from others, and by delivering advisory services to ensure sustainable development. IFC provides a broad range of advisory services and technical assistance aimed at fostering inclusive development, addressing climate change and promoting the global integration of local economies through sustainable private sector development in the East-Asia Pacific (EAP). More specifically, IFC seeks to achieve these goals by providing advisory services in four Business Lines: (i) Investment Climate; (ii) Access to Finance (iii) Sustainable Business Advisory (iv) Public Private Partnerships Advisory Services. As a strategic pillar, Climate Change projects span all four IFC Business Lines and involve a variety of products, including: sustainable energy finance (SEF), water efficiency, green buildings regulation, waste management, forestry etc. The region is developing regional programs for green building regulation, renewable energy, resource efficiency and cleaner production. To ensure constant focus on managing for development results, IFC Advisory Services has set up a regional Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) resource team that provides expert advice and support to Project Teams on project design, performance monitoring, results measurement, operations research and evaluation. A key challenge for climate change projects in ensuring effective performance management is the complexity of their impact measures, notably of indicators on expected reductions in Greenhouse Gas (GHGs) emissions. IFC is seeking to recruit a Monitoring & Evaluation Officer to provide expert advice and operational support to the region s Advisory Services (AS) programs and projects mapped to the Climate Change pillar, and support Investments Services (IS) in the area of tracking development results in terms of GHG emissions reduced. The M&E Officer will be an integral part of the M&E resource team in the region and will collaborate with the other M&E Officers in the team covering specific business lines as well as relevant global technical teams for specific products or initiatives. The M&E Officers main clients will be the four Advisory Services Regional Business Line Leaders and senior regional product and cluster experts (eg. forestry, water and waste, SEF). The M&E Officer is a key member of the AS Project Team. S/he will report to the Regional M&E Officer. Location: Flexible within the East Asia Pacific region with a preference for Beijing, Ho Chi Minh City and Manila. The M&E Officer will be expected to travel at least 30% of the time. | Duties and Accountabilities: | The M&E officer is expected to support the Climate Change strategic pillar as follows: Performance Monitoring Systems Support results-oriented project design by disseminating lessons learnt from past projects and best industry practices, by performing cost-benefit and/or cost-effectiveness analyses, and by promoting the use of project management tools by Project Teams mapped to the climate change strategic pillar. Support Project Teams set up effective project performance monitoring systems, including project objectives and targets, results matrices, performance monitoring plans, evaluations plans, and information sharing mechanisms with clients and partners. Assist Project Teams to conduct on-site measurement from the initial diagnostic to the post-completion stages. Ensure adequate implementation of the IFC Development Goals and product-specific results frameworks and an adequate understanding by Project Teams of all indicator definitions. Perform or commission on-site audits/surveys to assess project baselines, implementation and results, with a particular attention to supporting activities related to verification of GHG emission reduction impacts of IFC AS and/or IS interventions Results measurement capacity building Adapt training materials for the regional context and train regional management and project staff on Results Measurement methods, tools and practices. Build client capacity on results measurement and management information systems, with a particular emphasis on the use of GHG emissions inventories and GHG calculations. Convene and facilitate regional communities of practice on topics of interest related to monitoring and evaluation in climate change programs. Monitor developments in results measurement methods, tools and practices relevant to Climate Change issues within and outside IFC. Create context-specific, regional Standard Operating Procedures and tools for project monitoring and measurement in climate change related issues. Provide feedback to the Global Business Lines and Industries, IFC s Development Impact Department and the Climate Business Group, on results frameworks and guidelines, and contribute to the development of GHG-related tools and methodologies. Performance reporting and strategic results information dissemination Ensure quality of project documents, reporting accuracy, and evidential support for results reported in all projects mapped to the Climate Change strategic pillar. Ensure compliance with disclosure policy on development results. Communicate regional/country results internally and externally. Act as a focal point for M&E in the country strategies, donor proposals and reports, and coordination of multi-sector programs for a cluster of countries Provide strategic information to the Regional Business Line Leader, including in-depth analysis of results and performance data. Evaluation and operations research Provide input into the IFC evaluation strategy on climate change issues and coordinate with IFC s Development Impact Department on regional evaluation plans. Commission or conduct regional program and project evaluations and operations research related to climate change issues or involving climate change programs and projects. Disseminate regional evaluation findings internally and externally. | Selection Criteria: | Masters degree in Engineering, Forestry or Chemistry with exposure to the social sciences, economics or social statistics, or Masters degree in Environmental Management, International Development, Public Policy, International Finance, Business Administration or other relevant field with exposure to environmental and climate change-related issues. Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience including at least 3 years in monitoring and evaluation or operations research. Excellent understanding of project design methods and tools and demonstrated ability to train and build capacity in managing for development results. Ability to articulate technical metrics into practical business operations in the region, with strong conceptual and research/analytical skills. Operational experience with GHG emissions inventories and/or other resource efficiency measures, and a clear command of standard GHG reporting protocols. Demonstrated experience with quantitative research, statistical surveys/analysis, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis, financial analysis or policy evaluation a strong plus. Experience in supporting complex, regional activities involving coordination with multiple units at all levels and remote management. Experience with project management and reporting tools of donor agencies (eg. EU, AUSAID, NZAID, CIDA, SECO etc.) desirable. Familiarity with the political, social, and cultural context of working in Asia (in particular Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines and/or Vietnam) a plus. English language fluency required. Excellent interpersonal skills; self-driven, detail oriented and highly motivated. |
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