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Details to the Post
Job #: req27330
Organization: World Bank
Sector: Gender
Grade: EC2
Term Duration: 1 year 0 months
Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Required Language(s): English; Amharic
Preferred Language(s):
Closing Date: 5/21/2024 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Duties and Accountabilities
The key responsibilities of the Extended Term Consultant will include:
– Getting GIL evidence used. Engage with government partners and World Bank project teams to present evidence and use evidence to build stronger policies on women’s economic empowerment (research uptake) in Ethiopia. Work closely with the research uptake team and economists based in Washington to help government and development partners effectively use the evidence that GIL produces from Ethiopia and the rest of the continent. Identify key opportunities for policy influence at the policy and program level and mobilize the necessary resources to provide timely and targeted policy advice and capacity building, for greater effectiveness.
– Support task teams, including government, NGOs, and the World Bank’s Ethiopia Country Management Unit (CMU), to identify and develop innovative pilot interventions and impact evaluations that target and test potential solutions to the underlying constraints that hinder women’s productivity.
– Liaise with and support the World Bank Ethiopia CMU, including in its analytical work and its ongoing gender policy dialogue with government and other key development partners in the country.
– Foster new partnerships and strengthen collaborations with other units in the Bank through analytical and advisory initiatives. This includes conscious efforts to integrate gender into the Bank’s operations and building a case for systematic approach to impact evaluation.
– Present findings from GIL research and provide technical workshops to government counterparts, project teams, and other select audiences; organize training and workshop sessions and deliver selected contents; prepare documents, including policy reports, intended for external release.
– Help create new partnerships between GIL and external research collaborators, in academia, NGOs, and government, by supporting GIL’s calls for proposals and new partners, and the subsequent review of expressions of interest, and concept note creation for possible new impact evaluations.
– Provide technical support on the design of selected impact evaluations and implementation of ongoing interventions, including designing baseline and follow-up surveys, undertaking data analysis, and writing relevant reports.
– Assist as needed in preparations for surveys and qualitative research initiatives, including in the planning of fieldwork activities and the finalization of data collection instruments. Build and manage teams comprised of external researchers, government and NGO collaborators, field staff, data analysts, and survey teams.
– Prepare project work plans, budgets, etc.
– Conduct data analysis using STATA.
– Inspect, perform logic and consistency checks on, clean, merge, and transform raw data.
– Organize (and provide) refresher training on impact evaluation for project and implementing partner staff, local organizations and primary stakeholders, in line with the projects’ objectives.
– Provide support on the preparation of progress reports to management.
– Support the team with monitoring and reporting for trust funds and donors.
– Expected to spend roughly as much time on policy take up and engagement as on analytical work related to impact evaluations.
Selection Criteria
Competencies
I. General Economic Knowledge and Analytical Skills – Possesses a demonstrated track record of working with economic and sectoral data and analytical tools and models to conduct economic analyses and produce user-friendly written outputs; understands underlying statistical concepts.
II. Knowledge and Experience in Development Arena – Understands policy making process; distills operationally relevant recommendations/lessons for clients.
III. Policy Dialogue Skills – Identifies and assesses policy issues and plays an active role in the dialogue with the government and/or other stakeholders.
IV. Integrative Skills – Working to develop an integrated view across all facets of current sector.
V. Gender-related Economics and Integrative Skills – Experience in working to develop a stronger integration of gender issues in the various economic sectors, at the analytical and operational level.
VI. Written and Verbal Communication – Delivers information effectively in support of team or workgroup.
VII. Client Orientation – Takes personal responsibility and accountability for timely response to client queries, requests or needs, working to remove obstacles that may impede execution or overall success.
VIII. Drive for Results – Takes personal ownership and accountability to meet deadlines and achieve agreed-upon results and has the personal organization to do so.
IX. Teamwork (Collaboration) and Inclusion – Collaborates with other team members and contributes productively to the team’s work and output, demonstrating respect for different points of view.
X. Knowledge, Learning and Communication – Actively seeks knowledge needed to complete assignments and shares knowledge with others, communicating and presenting information in a clear and organized manner.
XI. Business Judgment and Analytical Decision Making – Analyzes facts and data to support sound, logical decisions regarding own and others’ work.
Selection Criteria
XII. Minimum of Master’s degree in economics (PhD preferred), international development or related field;
XIII. Five years + of relevant professional experience in applied research, gender, impact evaluations, and policy dialog required;
XIV. Fieldwork experience in Ethiopia (or elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa) executing impact evaluations or conducting similar research, including survey design and implementation, required.
XV. Excellent analytical and quantitative skills including a strong econometrics background, and the ability to use STATA;
XVI. Excellent project management skills;
XVII. Behavioral competencies that facilitate dialogue with government, country partners and country teams, including listening skills, capacity development skills, and ability to adapt advice to the local institutional realities;
XVIII. Commitment to teamwork, knowledge-sharing, and ability to influence across organizational boundaries;
XIX. Excellent analytical and quantitative skills including a strong econometrics background, and general economic knowledge and analytical skills. Demonstrated track record of working with economic data and analytical tools and models to conduct economic analyses and produce user-friendly written outputs; understands underlying statistical concepts.
XX. Teamwork, collaboration, and inclusion – Commitment to teamwork, knowledge-sharing, and ability to influence and network across organizational boundaries. Collaborates with team members and contributes productively to the team’s work and output, demonstrating respect for different points of view. Demonstrated ability to lead, manage, and motivate teams and group efforts across organizational boundaries.
XXI. Client orientation – Takes personal responsibility and accountability for timely response to client queries, requests, or needs, working to remove obstacles that may impede execution or overall success.
XXII. Drive for results – Able to take personal ownership and accountability to meet deadlines and achieve agreed-upon results and has the personal organization to do so.
XXIII. Knowledge-sharing, learning, and communication – Actively seeks knowledge needed to complete assignments and shares knowledge with others, communicating and presenting information in a clear and organized manner. Strong written and oral presentation skills required. Strong ability to distill relevant recommendations/lessons for clients and target audience.
XXIV. Business judgment and analytical decision-making – Analyzes facts and data to support sound logical decisions regarding own and others’ work.
XXV. Fluent in English and Amharic. Knowledge of additional languages spoken in Ethiopia is preferred.
XXVI. Willing and able to undertake travel.
XXVII. Familiarity with World Bank operations and procedures is preferred.
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