Post of duty: Washington, Headquarters
The IDB Group is a community of diverse, versatile, and passionate people who come together on a journey to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Our people find purpose and do what they love in an inclusive, collaborative, agile, and rewarding environment.
The Fiscal and Municipal Management Division (IFD/FMM) of the Institutions for Development Sector (IFD) supports the efforts of Latin American and Caribbean governments to strengthen fiscal policy and management at both the national and subnational levels to boost economic development and reduce inequality and poverty. IFD/FMM’s main areas of work are tax policy and administration, public expenditure policy and administration, subnational fiscal policy and administration, fiscal sustainability, macro-fiscal policy, and fiscal transparency.
About this position:
To improve the effectiveness of the fiscal sector operations, the FMM’s effectiveness cluster is giving support to the project teams in ensuring the implementation of the IDB Development Effectiveness Framework and results-based management. As a member of the effectiveness cluster, the objective of this consultancy is to provide support to the project teams on the matters related to development effectiveness and evaluation throughout the operations’ lifecycle.
What you’ll do:
- Advice project teams on issues related to development effectiveness, monitoring and evaluation, and risk management.
- Review and work on projects documents (loans, technical cooperations, and investment grants) during the design phase and support teams during the execution with a focus on measurement results and achievement of objectives. A particular emphasis should be given to the: (i) instrument choice; (ii) theory of change of the program and its potential changes during execution; (iii) results matrix with an emphasis on critical products and result indicators related to the specific objectives, and (iv) monitoring and evaluation plans, including the identification of measurable results indicators to monitor project effectiveness.
- Participate in the preparation of Development Effectiveness operational documents: Project Proposal, Development Effectiveness Matrix (DEM), Progress Monitoring Reports (PMR) and Project Completion Report (PCR), among others.
- Assist project teams in the preparation and monitoring of effectiveness action plans to improve the evaluability and/or effectiveness of projects during execution.
- Support the monitoring of projects in different stages: design, start-up, medium-term review and/or evaluation, when an early warning has been activated, end of project evaluation, among others. These will emphasize the review of the theory of change and identify actions to foster results management.
- Review operational documents to ensure accuracy, completeness, quality of final product and proper application of relevant guidelines.
- Implement workshops and trainings on the matters related to evaluation and development effectiveness.
- Support maintenance and update of the project results database and produce reports and presentations on project performance.
- If needed, coordinate and participate in the design, implementation, analysis, and reporting of impact evaluations/ results evaluations related to IDB projects and its expected results. Activities include:
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- Design questionnaires, define sampling frameworks, train enumerators, and coordinate with executing agencies and data collection firms before and during data collection activities.
- Carry out econometric and statistical analysis, as required, related to impact evaluation and studies.
- Assist and participate in the writing of different products drafts, as required.
What you'll need:
- Education: Master’s degree (or equivalent advanced degree) in Public Policy, International Development, Business Administration, or related field. A PhD degree in economics is preferable, or other fields relevant to the responsibilities of the role.
- Experience: At least five years of relevant professional and/or academic experience in results-based management, development effectiveness framework and impact evaluation. Experience in evaluation of fiscal sector development projects is a plus.
- Languages: Proficiency in Spanish and English, spoken and written, is required. Additional knowledge of French and Portuguese is preferable.
Key Skills:
- Learn continuously.
- Collaborate and share knowledge.
- Focus on clients.
- Communicate and influence.
- Innovate and try new things.
Requirements: