Monitoring and Evaluation officer (Investment Climate) - 112527

Basics Job #: 112527 Title: Monitoring and Evaluation officer (Investment Climate) Job Stream: Technical Assistance & Advisory Services Location: To Be Determined Close Date: 02-Jan-2012

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) region. 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. The Investment Climate (IC) Business Line includes a range of products aimed at improving the environment for doing business such as: (a) Business Entry and Operations; (b) Investment Policy and Promotion, (c) Tax, (d) Alternative Dispute Resolution; (e) Doing Business Advisory; (f) Insolvency. The IC Business Line also seeks to foster public-private dialogue and is developing industry-specific business environment advisory. 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. 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 IC Business Line. A key challenge for this position will be to trace the reform-linked causal contributors to compliance and transaction costs as well as identify the context-specific effects of the macro and meso-level, case-specific AS products delivered. The M&E Officer will be an integral part of the M&E resource team in the region and will collaborate with the M&E Officers in the team assigned to the other business lines, as well as relevant global technical support teams for specific products or initiatives. His/her main clients will be the Regional Business Line Leader for Investment Climate, key senior regional product experts and Investment Climate operations staff. The M&E Officer is a key member of the AS Project Team. S/he will report to the Regional M&E Officer and be co-supervised by the Regional Business Line Leader for Investment Climate based in Hanoi. Location: Flexible within the East Asia Pacific region (preferred locations include Hanoi, Manila, Sydney). 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 Investment Climate Business Line 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 Investment Climate Project Teams. 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 the verification of Compliance Costs. 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 M&E, notably in local government. Convene and facilitate regional communities of practice on topics of interest related to monitoring and evaluation in Investment Climate programs. Monitor developments in results measurement methods, tools and practices relevant to Investment Climate within and outside IFC. Create context-specific, regional Standard Operating Procedures and tools for project monitoring and measurement in relation to regulation and the business environment. Provide feedback to the Joint WB/IFC Investment Climate Global Business Line and the IFC s Development Impact Department on results frameworks and guidelines, and contribute to the development of Compliance Cost Savings measurement 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 Investment Climate Business Line. 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 Investment Climate 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 the environment of doing business or involving Investment Climate programs and projects. Disseminate regional evaluation findings internally and externally. Selection Criteria: A law degree or a Masters degree Public Administration, Public Policy, International Development, Business Administration and Business Economics or other relevant field with exposure to regulatory issues. Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience including at least 3 years in monitoring and evaluation or public policy 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 legislative and/or regulatory reform. Good understanding of Doing Business Indicators required. Experience with data collection for Enterprise Surveys, World Bank s Doing Business or USAID s BizCLIR a strong plus. Demonstrated experience with quantitative research, statistical surveys/analysis, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis, financial analysis, case studies or policy evaluation required. 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, Papua New Guinea, Philippines and/or Vietnam) a plus. English language fluency required, knowledge of one of the region s languages (Vietnamese, Bahasa etc.) desirable. Excellent interpersonal skills; self-driven, detail oriented and highly motivated.

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