Senior Evaluation Officer

Job #: req38694

Organization: MIGA

Sector: Operations

Grade: GG

Term Duration: Open-Ended Staff (OPEN-OP)

Recruitment Type: International Recruitment

Location: Washington, DC, United States

Required Language(s): English

Preferred Language(s):

Closing Date: 10/27/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

At the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives. MIGA’s guarantees help mitigate risks. In fiscal year 2026, the WBG Guarantee Platform delivered a total of $17.8 billion in guarantees. For more information, visit https://www.miga.org/

VPU Context:

MIGA’s Economics and Sustainability Group (MIGES) consists of several areas of excellence: Economics, Environment and Social, Climate, Gender, and Evaluations. The Evaluation Unit (MIGEV) is seeking a Senior Evaluation Officer who is technically capable, dynamic, proactive, and a team player. The successful candidate will have strong analytical skills and experience in monitoring and evaluating development outcomes in complex projects in both public and private sectors, with solid financial and technical background. Senior Evaluation Specialist will be leading MIGA self-evaluation of projects with other MIGA staff and contributing to operational effectiveness of MIGA self-evaluation practices and coordination with IEG.

The Senior Evaluation Specialist will also contribute to collecting results data and performance indicators, including Scorecard FY24-30 and communicating operational results and distinctive roles of Guarantee instruments with an emphasis on green, resilient, and inclusive development by mobilizing private capital and working as One World Bank Group within the WBG and beyond. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills with expertise in economic research, result measurement, monitoring and evaluation and a strong interest in enhancing development impact analysis of financial instruments. The position will be based at the WBG Guarantees/MIGA office in Washington, DC and will report to the Manager of Gender and Evaluation in MIGES.

Senior Evaluation Officer is expected to work with high degree of autonomy under the overall supervision of the Manager and Chief Evaluation Officer and be able to guide and mentor more junior staff in MIGEV.

• Contribute to MIGA's self-evaluation program.
• Contribute to the MIGA's self-evaluation program(s) across the whole cycle; b) conduct self-evaluation of Projects in accordance with MIGA evaluative approach, data sources, and distilling lessons from previous exercises; c) Contribute to the improved efficiency of MIGA project evaluative approach; d) Identify opportunities to improve evaluation metrics and methodologies when appropriate, e) support discussions on review and update of IEG methodologies.
• Contribute to Monitoring and Results Reporting at MIGA.
• Support MIGA initiatives related to improved efficiency of development data collection system and process. Identify possible enhancement of data collection practices, systems and requirements; b) Gather and consolidate inputs to the WBG and MIGA Corporate Scorecard (CSC) reporting with necessary quality assurance; c) Support engagement with WBG on Scorecard and Result measurement ensuring consistency in application of scorecard methodologies, d) support evaluation, audit, mid-term review and any update of Scorecard approach as needed, with focus on WBG-GP guarantee projects.
• Contribute to MIGA’s review of IEG’s evaluation reports and products.
• Apply professional and evaluation standards to critically validate IEG's evaluative work on MIGA. This includes a) commenting on the IEG's thematic evaluation reports; Apply advanced quantitative and qualitative methods appropriately to compare, contrast, and synthesize complex data and other information to gather evidence and analysis; b) Lead active discussions with different stakeholders, operational staff, legal staff, and management regarding performance and derived evaluative judgment; c) Coordinate MIGA's comments and feedback to IEG with relevant World Bank Group counterparts. Prepare high-quality drafts as requested by the Manager/Chief Evaluation officer for these deliverables.
• Act as counterpart for IEG’s evaluative activities for MIGA.
• Staying abreast of the schedule of IEG's evaluation activities and proactively coordinate IEG's evaluative work including 1) facilitating evaluation work through responding data, document, and meeting requests; 2) proactively engaging with the evaluation team for underlying data in anticipation of eventual review of evaluative reports and recommendations.
• Contribute to MIGA's Information Sharing Agenda.
• Identify lessons from project evaluations, monitoring data, and other operational and outside information. Provide quarterly reports on lessons with relevance to MIGA projects; b) Identify a medium of communication for disseminating lessons and support Manager and Chief Evaluation Officer in disseminating lessons; b) help to create better record system for the evaluation reports and other information to be shared with MIGA and broader WBG staff.
• Contribute to Monitoring and Results Reporting at MIGA.
• Support MIGA initiatives related to improved efficiency of development data collection system and process. Identify possible enhancement of data collection practices, systems and requirements; Support evaluation, audit, mid-term review and any update of Scorecard approach as needed, with focus on WBG-GP guarantee projects.

Selection Criteria

In addition to the WBG-wide core competencies listed below, the successful candidate will have the following qualifications, experience, skills and personal attributes:

• Advanced degree in Economics or Finance or any other relevant disciplines (MA or MBA), and at least 10 years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Knowledge of and experience in evaluating or assessing development impact of private and public investment projects in developing countries.
• Sound knowledge and experience with WBG Scorecard methodology and IMPACT framework.
• Solid understanding of MIGA guarantees and MIGA operating practices.
• Sound knowledge and experience of private sector business, contractual and corporate financial practices and policies.
• Results oriented, with an ability to work collaboratively with teams, with diverse skills and expertise for producing results in collaboration.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational and presentation skills, openness to feedback, new ideas, and ability to guide staff to find solutions for problems.
• Fluency in spoken and written English, with excellent report writing and communications skills.
• High personal integrity and emotional intelligence, with demonstrated ability to handle sensitive interactions.

Note: This internal requisition is open to WBG and IMF staff only (including short-term and extended term consultants/ temporaries). External candidates are requested not to apply. In case an external candidate applies, their application will not be considered.

As the World Bank Group continues to evolve, we value candidates who:

• Demonstrate the ability to collaborate effectively across teams, disciplines, cultures, and institutional boundaries.
• Responsibly leverage digital and AI-enabled tools to enhance productivity, learning, and decision-making.
• Bring experience working in fragile, conflict-affected, and violent (FCV) contexts and are encouraged to highlight relevant experience in their application materials, where applicable.

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The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

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