Green Climate Fund - Evaluation Specialist

GREEN CLIMATE FUND - EVALUATION SPECIALIST (FOCUS ON POLICY AND DATA)

Evaluation Specialist (Focus on Policy and Data) June 2021

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GREEN CLIMATE FUND - EVALUATION SPECIALIST (FOCUS ON POLICY AND DATA)

Contents About Green Climate Fund

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Profile of the person we are looking for

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Core Values

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Requirements

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Diversity and Inclusion

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Organogram

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The Role

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The Independent Evaluation Unit

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Position Objective

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How to Apply

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Duties and Responsibilities

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About Oxford HR

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GREEN CLIMATE FUND - EVALUATION SPECIALIST (FOCUS ON POLICY AND DATA)

About Green Climate Fund The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is a multilateral fund created to make significant, ambitious contributions to the global efforts to combat climate change. GCF contributes to achieving the objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement.

In the context of sustainable development, GCF aims to promote a paradigm shift towards low-emission and climate resilient development pathways by providing support to developing countries to limit or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to climate change, while accounting for their needs and supporting particularly those that are vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.

The GCF is governed by a Board, composed of an equal number of members from developed and developing countries. It is operated by an independent Secretariat headed by an Executive Director.

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OUR CORE VALUES RESPONSIVE

We work in collaboration with all our stakeholders and each other, to understand what is needed, build and implement solutions, and communicate what is happening.

COMMITTED TO CLIMATE ACTION

INNOVATIVE

We are committed to working climate change, both through our funded activities and the sustainability of our operations.

We strive to be leaders in the field of climate finance, take risks where we see opportunities to unlock impact, and constantly explore better ways to do things and build knowledge.

RESPECTFUL

TRUSTED

We value the strength in diversity, feel empowered to present a view and speak up when something is wrong, and treat each other with fairness and equity.

We are trusted to serve the best interests of developing countries with the diligence expected by our contributors, and strive for the highest standards of integrity, accountability and transparency.

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Diversity and Inclusion GCF encourages gender equality and inclusivity. Equality of opportunity and inclusiveness is fundamental to the vision and values of the Fund. The Fund will, in a nondiscriminatory manner, take proactive measures and informed decisions to further these goals.

GCF will not discriminate between candidates on the basis of sex, age, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, creed, different abilities, sexual orientation, gender identity and/ or expression, marital or civil partnership status, parental status, religion, belief or non-belief, social or economic class, health status (including HIV/AIDS) or any other criteria that cannot be shown to be properly justifiable.

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GREEN CLIMATE FUND - EVALUATION SPECIALIST (FOCUS ON POLICY AND DATA)

The Role Position:

Evaluation Specialist (Focus on Policy and Data)

Location of Position:

Songdo, Incheon, South Korea

Unit:

Independent Evaluation Unit

Reports to:

Head - Independent Evaluation Unit

Compensation:

The Green Climate Fund offers a competitive package

Position Objective Under the overall guidance of the Head of the Unit, the Evaluation Specialist (Focus on Policy and Data) will be responsible to provide extensive support to three of the four major pillars of the IEU workplan. a. The Evaluation Specialist will undertake evaluations and participate in key evaluation activities of the IEU. They will provide technical skills, managerial guidance, and leadership to evaluations. These may include evaluations of the GCF performance, policy, programmes and other activities, as included in the yearly workplan of the IEU and approved by the GCF Board. In particular, the Evaluation Specialist is expected to provide leadership to the synthesis work planned under the second performance review.

b. The Evaluation Officer will support institutional process for the development of the GCF Evaluation Policy and Guidelines for the Effective Functioning of the IEU. After the adoption of the Policy by the GCF Board, the Evaluation Officer will provide managerial and substantive support in carrying out the responsibilities of the IEU. These may include, and not limited to, the technical development of guidance for carrying out evaluations for GCF projects and programmes, outreach on the guidance, liaison with the GCF Secretariat and accredited entities in the development of the guidance. c. The incumbent will also provide expertise and skills in data collection, analysis and synthesis, particularly with respect to qualitative data. As such, the officer will participate in the IEU DataLab and this work will feed into evaluations, learning and advisory work of the IEU and will build the overall capacity of the IEU.

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Duties and Responsibilities PURPOSE - ADAPT • Undertake evaluations that are part of the workplan of the IEU, including provision of intellectual and managerial inputs; • Identify and adapt synthesis methods for IEU evaluations, and undertake these syntheses • Identify and undertake tasks related to the development of the GCF Evaluation Policy, and subsequent tasks for the IEU; these may include development of standards, provision of technical expertise • Lead and undertake data analyses, particularly qualitative data ENGAGEMENT - PERSUADE • Provide substantive input to the development of IEU efforts to support building of evaluation capacities, in particular of direct access entities; • Liaise on behalf of the IEU for the development of the Evaluation Policy and its related tasks;

• Lead a data-related workstreams with other members of the IEU (including consultants, experts, partners and others) on evaluations, policy matters or other tasks assigned by the Head and supervisor; in particular, work closely with the IEU DataLab to develop methods and skills on data; DELIVERY - ADAPT THE PROJECT CYCLE • Organize tasks between various workstreams (evaluations, policy, data) and deliver within established procedures and resources available; • Assess priorities among competing demands, adjudicate between urgent tasks and carry them out responsibly; • Undertake assigned tasks with a high degree of self-direction and motivation; • Manage, as required, individuals or teams of colleagues to support the work.

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GREEN CLIMATE FUND - EVALUATION SPECIALIST (FOCUS ON POLICY AND DATA)

Profile of the person we are looking for • Driven by the mandate of the GCF and the IEU, and a hunger to support this mandate while being able to learn through the experience; • Demonstrated capacity to work as a self-starter with requiring extensive day-to-day supervision; • Ability to support the establishment and maintaining relationships with key partners – including but not limited to the ability to represent the unit and interface effectively with stakeholders;

• Willingness to cooperate with other staff in a team and contribute to a harmonious environment is essential; • Experience of establishing strong working relationships with colleagues from different functions and cultures. Proven ability to work innovatively within a team environment; • Mature judgment and absolute commitment to confidentiality; • Proven ability to multi-task and deal with high stress situations.

Requirements • Master’s Degree in evaluation, political sciences, social sciences or related fields.

• At least nine years of relevant work experience in a professional capacity, such as experience in institutional or corporate evaluation, within an international organization, development agency, governmental, private sector or non-profit sector. Evaluation of climate initiatives and exposure to climate issues are desirable;

• The role will require an excellent understanding of qualitative methods, which may include grounded theory, case study research, qualitative syntheses. The Specialist will be able to lead the efforts to ensure reliability, validity and rigour in qualitative data collection and analysis or IEU reports.

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Green Climate Fund Organogram Governance OED Units

GCF Board

Independent Units Corporate

IRMU

IIU

Commitees, Panels and Working Group

IEU

Programming

Executive Director

Chief of Staff; Knowledge and Change Management; Policy and Strategy; Senior Ethics Advisor

Deputy Executive Director

Accreditation; Operations Office of the General Counsel

Office of Governance Affairs

Division of Country Programming

Risk Management and Compliance

Division of Private Sector Facility

Office of Governance Affairs

Division of Mitigation and Adaptation

Office of the Internal Auditor

Office of Portfolio Management

Office of Human Resources

Division of Support Services

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The Independent Evaluation Unit The Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) ensures the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is accountable and effective. It conducts independent evaluations of the GCF’s activities to guarantee its accountability and synthesises learnings from high-quality and rigorous evaluations to support the GCF’s effectiveness and efficiency. It operates independently of the GCF Secretariat. Its Head is appointed by and reports directly to the Board.

The IEU also provides evaluation reports to the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), for purposes of periodic reviews of the Financial Mechanism, of which GCF is a part.

The IEU was established by the GCF Board as an independent unit to provide objective assessments of the performance and results of the Fund, including its funded activities, its effectiveness, and its efficiency.

The IEU has several objectives: a. Informing decision-making by the Board and identifying and disseminating lessons learned, contributing to guiding the GCF and stakeholders as a learning institution, providing strategic guidance; b. Conducting periodic independent evaluations of the GCF performance to objectively assess the results of the GCF and the effectiveness and efficiency of its activities; c. Providing evaluation reports to the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement for purposes of periodic reviews of the Financial Mechanism.

The IEU has a mandate for both discharging an accountability function and supporting a learning function. These are central to the GCF being a learning organization as laid out in its Governing Instrument and its initial strategic plan.

a. Evaluation: The IEU will undertake independent overall, portfolio, country, thematic, programme evaluations that inform the GCF strategic result areas. In key cases, it will also support and undertake project evaluations. The IEU will use relevant and innovative methods and an independent peer-review mechanism that will provide guidance on independent evaluations. The vision, criteria and guidelines for these will be laid out in the independent evaluation policy. The IEU is also mandated to independently peer review and attest the quality of the GCF self-evaluation; b. Advisory and capacity support: The IEU is required to advise the Board by synthesizing findings and lessons learned from its evaluations. These findings and lessons learned are expected to also inform the Executive Director of the Secretariat and other GCF stakeholders. The IEU will engage closely with the independent evaluation units of intermediaries and implementing entities of the GCF, including National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and Accredited Entities (AEs). It will provide support to catalyse learning and build and strengthen the NDAs and AEs evaluation capacity. It will also provide guidelines and support evaluationrelated research that helps produce rigorous evidence in the GCF result areas; c. Learning: The IEU will support the GCF in its learning function by ensuring that recommendations from independent evaluations are incorporated into the Secretariat’s functioning and processes. This includes recommending possible improvements to the GCF performance indicators and its initial results framework, after accounting for international experience and the results of the evaluation; d. Engagement: The IEU will actively participate in relevant evaluation networks to ensure that it is at the frontier of evaluation practice. The IEU will involve its own staff and staff from the NDAs and AEs in evaluations wherever feasible and appropriate. In addition, the IEU will support knowledge hubs of low-emission and climate-resilient pathways.

The responsibilities of the IEU are as follows: For more information please click here, or read the IEU work plan and budget.

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The Independent Evaluation Unit Organogram Head

Executive Assistant

Team Assistant

Communications and Uptake Associate

Evaluation Specialist

Communications and Uptake Officer

Evaluation Specialist

Data and Geographic Information Systems Analyst

Principal Evaluation Officer

Evaluation Researcher

Principal Evaluation Officer

Evaluation Researcher Qualitative

Chief Evaluation Advisor

Evaluation Researcher Quantitative

Impact Evaluation Officer

Evaluation Specialist

Junior Researcher

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How to Apply All correspondence, at this stage, should be via Oxford HR. To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button on the job advert page, complete our online application form, and submit your CV and cover letter. Please provide a CV and cover letter in two different documents.

The cover letter should be no more than two pages long and explain why you are interested in this post and how your skills and experience make you a good fit. The document should be saved in MS Word in the following format: Your First Name-Your Last Name-Document Name- Date (mmyyyy) e.g., Malika Cook CV062021GreenClimateFund.

Timeline Closing date: First stage interviews: Final interviews:

12 July TBC TBC

Early applications are strongly encouraged as application review will continue on an ongoing basis until 12 July.

Selection process All candidates will receive an update regarding their application after the closing date. We advise candidates to add the role email to their safe senders list and regularly check their spam folder.

Queries If you have any queries on any aspect of the appointment process, need additional information, or would like to have an informal discussion, please email gcf-evaluationspecialist@oxfordhr.co.uk in the first instance.

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