Global Development Network

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About the Engagement:
The Global Development Network (GDN) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have initiated an ambitious EIB-GDN Program in Applied Development Finance for tracking and deepening understanding of the results of selected investment operations of EIB's Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Impact Financing Envelope (IFE). For this partnership engagement, GDN will identify, train and deploy teams of research professionals in the ACP region to conduct evaluations of EIB projects with a view to understanding the development impacts of IFE. The program will focus on issues such as regional integration, migration, and climate change adaptation and mitigation within the framework of Private Sector Development.

About the Position:
GDN is seeking a Program Officer (Research Manager & Program Coordinator) to oversee research management, administration, coordination and service delivery under the engagement. The candidate will be based in New Delhi, India, with occasional travel to EIB headquarters in Luxembourg and EIB project operations in ACP. The Program Officer (PO) will be the operational lead for (i) the creation, training, monitoring and management of the research teams stationed in the investment geographies, and (ii) management and coordination of the GDN Engagement Working Group (EWG) in New Delhi consisting GDN's Research, IT, Knowledge Management (KM) and Finance personnel. The PO will report to the Senior Economist, GDN, and will interface with EIB as a member of the Program Steering Committee.

Qualifications:
Minimum:
a) PhD in Economics, Finance, Management, Public Policy/Administration (with undergraduate degree in Economics or related discipline); or Bachelors in Engineering or related field with Masters in Quantitative Economics, Public Policy/Administration or Business Administration (MBA or equivalent);
b) 5+ years of research, management, coordination and service delivery experience in national/international development (especially development finance and/or evaluation) with a large consulting company or development or multilateral organization or non-governmental organization (NGO);
c) Demonstrated mastery of evaluation methodologies; and
d) Demonstrated professional written and oral communication skills in English.

Application Instructions:
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GDN will continue to accept applications till March 22, 2017, but will start reviewing from March 8, 2017. Interested candidates should apply early.