Agricultural, Tourism and Land Tenure Policy - Research, Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant
Post of duty: Haiti
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.
About this position
The IDB's country strategy for Haiti identifies six priority sectors that have the potential to transform substantially and sustainably Haitiโs economy and society: Education; private sector development; energy (particularly electricity); water and sanitation; agriculture and transport.
The IDB currently provides a total of $1.19 Billion in loans to 11 different sectors of Haiti: Transport, Urban Development and Housing, Agriculture and Rural Development, Education, Water and Sanitation, Energy, Sustainable Tourism, Financial Markets, Trade, Private Firms and SME Development and Reform/Modernization of the State. Of these $1.19 Billion, $193 Million is provided for Agriculture and Rural Development and $36 Million for Sustainable Tourism.
Agriculture: The IDBโs support to Agriculture and Rural Development mainly aims to strengthen agricultural productivity and investment, food security, environmental and climate-change resilience, and the sustainable management of natural resources.
Sustainable Tourism: The IDBโs support to Tourism aims to increase local employment and income and to foster sustainability of the sector by improving its (private-public) management and by promoting competitive tourism supply.
In line with these objectives, the bank supports various programs in these sectors that regularly need to be monitored, evaluated, and assessed. Monitoring helps to track what has been invested, done, and produced, and under which conditions, to achieve program outcomes. Evaluation identifies the progress that has been made to achieve program results. Impact evaluations are useful to assess all changes, whether intended or unintended, that are directly attributable to a specific program intervention. Monitoring, evaluation, and impact evaluation are key strategies for evidence-based policy making and for the improvement of the programsโ effectiveness.
We are looking for a Research, Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant. As Research, Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant, you will:
ยท Ensure high-quality monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems and oversee impact evaluations of the various programs of IDB in the Agriculture and Rural Development sector, as well as in the Tourism sector.
ยท Implement and strengthen, in close collaboration with the Program Implementation Units (PIU), the existing monitoring and evaluation systems.
ยท Elaborate strategies and tools for an efficient and accurate collection, treatment and
analysis of data and oversee and assist their implementation.
ยท Assist with the closure of RND operations.
You will work in the Environment, Rural Development and Disaster Risk Management Division (CSD/RND). This team supports the operations of the Bank related to natural disaster risk management, rural and agricultural development, tourism development and natural resource management in Latin America and the Caribbean.
What youโll do:
ยท Provide oversight, technical support, and coordination to RND operationsโ impact evaluations.
- All relevant steps of the programโs impact evaluations will need to be closely coordinated and communicated at two levels: (i) with IDB headquarters and potentially other country offices to assure the coherence to given standards and synergies among complementary initiatives, (ii) with the PIU to explain the needs and benefits of implementing impact evaluations, to communicate in non-technical terms the main idea and concept of the envisaged impact evaluation methodology, and to guide all steps following the practical implementation of the proposed evaluation strategy.
- Compile reports that summarize the key findings and conclusions at each step of the impact evaluation. The reports should provide insights on the main barriers and opportunities of implemented policies, on their efficiency, impact, sustainability, and development effectiveness and provide recommendations on the scaling of programs, their replication and on the specific conditions that need to be met.
ยท Oversee monitoring data and the quality and accuracy of semester reports generated by the PIU, highlight additional data needs.
ยท Support PIUs in the implementation of data flows needed to generate complementary data through guidance on survey planning and roll-out (from questionnaire design to data cleaning and analysis), and alternative data collection methods.
ยท Oversight to ensure methodological rigor of the monitoring and evaluation activities managed by the PIUs.
ยท Assure the regular collection of programโs monitoring and evaluation data to inform and update Project Monitoring Report (PMR) data, most importantly those pertaining to Results and Impact indicators.
ยท Support the independent evaluations to be carried out over the life cycle of existing operations (mid-term evaluations and final evaluations).
ยท Support the preparation of Project Completion Reports at the closure of RND operations.
ยท Contribute to new operationsโ design, as needed.
ยท Support internal and external reporting of IDBs sector related interventions in Haiti (blogposts, donor reporting, etc.)
What you'll need
ยท Education: masterโs degree in economics or applied Statistics or equivalent.
ยท Experience: At least five-years of experience in M&E of programs and impact evaluations, especially in the field of agriculture, tourism and rural development. Experience in the public sector in Haiti will be a plus.
ยท Languages: Proficiency in English and one of the other Bank official languages (Spanish, French or Portuguese) is required.
Key skills:
ยท Learn continuously.
ยท Collaborate and share knowledge.
ยท Focus on clients.
ยท Communicate and influence.
ยท Innovate and try new things.
Requirements:
ยท Citizenship: You are a citizen of one of our 48-member countries.
ยท Consanguinity: You have no family members (up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouse) working at the IDB, IDB Invest, or IDB Lab.
Type of contract and duration:
ยท Type of contract: International Consultant Part-Time.
ยท Length of contract: 12 months.
ยท Work Location: On site.
Consultant Part-Time
ยท A competitive compensation packages.