Senior Evaluation Officer
Job #:
req35598
Organization:
World Bank
Sector:
Operations
Grade:
GG
Term Duration: 3 years 0 months
Recruitment Type:
Local Recruitment
Location:
Brussels,Belgium
Required Language(s):
English
Preferred Language(s):
French, Spanish, Portuguese
Closing Date:
2/19/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Description
Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit
The World Bank Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) is responsible for evaluating the activities of the World Bank Group institutions. The Director-General of IEG reports directly to the World Bank Group's Board of Directors. The goals of evaluation are to provide an objective assessment of the results of the World Bank Group's work and to identify and disseminate lessons learned from experience.
IEG's secondary mandate concerns "encouraging and assisting developing member countries to build effective monitoring and evaluation associations, capacities and systems". IEG has a long-standing track record and strong reputation in evaluation capacity development globally. Since 2000, IEG's evaluation capacity development (ECD) program has supported institutions and practitioners across the developing world, through dedicated learning products and studies; the International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET), established in the early 2000s; the CLEAR centers, launched in the early 2010s; and other initiatives and partnerships. In 2020, IEG, in collaboration with its partners, founded the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI).
GEI pursues ECD through the lens of M&E systems strengthening, with the objective to improve monitoring and evaluation frameworks, capacity, and use in supported developing countries for improved evidence-informed policy making. GEI's approach, therefore, also addresses the broader institutional architecture, political economy, and network of actors in which M&E functions operate. Within this broad domain, GEI maintains a strategic focus on evaluation when engaging with M&E systems, ensuring its support strengthens evaluation capabilities and/or evaluative thinking and practice.
GEI works at two mutually reinforcing levels: 1) partnering with governments to strengthen national M&E systems; and 2) advancing evaluation practice globally and regionally by coproducing knowledge and building a cadre of evaluators and M&E practitioners across government, civil society, academia and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). GEI is seeking to hire a local Senior Evaluation Officer to strengthen the GEI Global Team. The position is based in Brussels, Belgium. The position is for 3 years and may be extended if successful. The Senior Evaluation Officer will report to the GEI Program Manager.
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will perform the following duties:
• Serve as GEI's focal point for partnerships with GEI implementing partners on the topic of strengthening national and subnational M&E systems.
• Provide technical leadership and quality assurance for M&E systems diagnostics, institutional capacity assessments, and technical assistance focused on M&E systems development.
• Lead GEI's Climate ECD program, building partnerships with climate funds and key climate governance actors.
• Support climate funds in strengthening country institutional capacities, including support to climate country platforms to enhance climate M&E, climate data integration, and results reporting for national climate strategies.
• Coordinate with IPDET and the CLEAR Centers to design and deliver global and regional training programs that strengthen climate-related M&E capacities.
• Design, supervise, and manage grant-funded programs: develop work programs, administer grants, oversee fiduciary compliance, and track outcomes. Ensure compliance with World Bank operational, trust fund, and fiduciary policies, coordinating with LEG, WFA, Procurement, DFI, and OPCS where required.
• Liaise with (potential) GEI partners and relevant stakeholders; develop effective partnerships in the field of ECD and in particular the climate-M&E nexus.
• Represent the GEI in international and regional governance, climate and evaluation forums.
• Contribute to the production of GEI knowledge products.
Selection Criteria
The successful candidate has the following qualifications and skills:
• Master's degree in a relevant field/discipline (economics, evaluation, public policy, business administration, finance, international relations or other discipline relevant to the WBG's mission) plus at least 8 years of relevant work experience in the field of monitoring and evaluation or applied policy-oriented research in the field of international development.
• Experience with engaging with government partners in the context of capacity development initiatives.
• Knowledge of national M&E systems.
• Knowledge of M&E practices in the context of policy interventions in the field of climate change (mitigation and adaptation) and environment more broadly.
• Knowledge of evaluation processes and products in the context of Multilateral Development Banks.
• Knowledge and understanding of Multilateral Development Banks' operational strategies, processes, and instruments.
• Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills, capacity to motivate, develop and lead teams, and ability to operate collaboratively across organizational boundaries.
• Ability to coach, mentor, and supervise more junior staff.
• Proven ability to handle multiple tasks independently, and work under pressure with short deadlines (required).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English, including the ability to speak and write persuasively and present ideas clearly and concisely (required).
• Proficiency in additional languages such as French, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish (desired).
**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.**
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World Bank Group Core Competencies
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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