Portfolio Officer (Portfolio Monitoring and Development Effectiveness) The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank whose mission is Financing Infrastructure for Tomorrow in Asia and beyond-infrastructure with sustainability at its core. We began operations in Beijing in 2016 and have since grown to 110 approved members worldwide. We are capitalized at USD100 billion and AAA-rated by the major international credit rating agencies. Collaborating with partners, AIIB meets clients' needs by unlocking new capital and investing in infrastructure that is green, technology-enabled and promotes regional connectivity.
AIIB's Portfolio Management Department (PMD) is responsible for monitoring AIIB's rapidly growing investment portfolio, which includes loans and equity investments with or without sovereign guarantees, and assisting management and project teams to ensure portfolio quality. PMD is recruiting a Portfolio Officer (Portfolio Monitoring and Development Effectiveness) to strengthen its Corporate Portfolio Monitoring and Data Analytics (CPM) functions in portfolio monitoring and results measurement. The Portfolio Officer will report directly to the Senior Portfolio Officer (CPM) under the overall supervision of the Director General (PMD) and focus on delivering portfolio analytics and on assisting project teams in developing and implementing robust development effectiveness systems and results frameworks for AIIB-financed projects that capture their effects on prosperity, people and nature.

Responsibilities:

• Support portfolio management and monitoring by providing portfolio and results analysis in periodic reports, such as the Quarterly Monitoring Report, or ad hoc management reports.
• Facilitate Quarterly Portfolio Reviews for assigned Departments, including by providing pipeline and portfolio overviews, and by enabling discussions of specific projects with material or severe issues.
• Support Management in the development and updating of operational policies, tools, systems, and processes that relate to portfolio and project monitoring, results monitoring, project implementation and compliance oversight, and contribute to the digital transformation of Investment Operations data.
• Work closely with the Investment Client Departments (ICDs), the Strategy, Policy and Budget Department (SPB), the Sustainability and Fiduciary Solutions Department (SFD), the Sector, Themes and Finance Solutions Department (STF) and the Economics Department (ECON) to ensure robust results measurement frameworks are in place and procedures are developed for each project, sector strategies and the entire portfolio.
• Advise Project Team Leaders during the due diligence process on the definition of the project objective, the incorporation of lessons learnt and developing results frameworks for their projects, including defining appropriate results indicators, and data collection methods and responsibilities that are relevant and appropriate for the project and the Client in alignment with the Guidance Note on Project-Level Results Frameworks, relevant Sector Strategies and the Climate and Gender Action Plans.
• During project implementation and at completion, advise Project Team Leaders and Clients on data collection activities, data quality, identification of risks to development outcomes, including uncertainties on the achievement of positive outcomes and the potential occurrence of unintended negative outcomes, the response to development results-related issues, and the identification and sharing of lessons learnt.
• Advise Project Team Leaders and Management on the self-evaluation of the development effectiveness of completed projects including on the dimensions of project relevance, effectiveness, and sustainability.
• Conduct and support periodic review, benchmarking and reporting on expected and achieved project results and development outcomes; recommend corrective action plans/measures as necessary, based on these reviews.
• At portfolio level, contribute to reports of development results and other related knowledge products that incorporate information on progress in expected and realized results that are materially relevant, faithfully represented, comparable, verifiable, timely and understandable.
• Support the Strategy, Policy and Budget Department (SPB) in the development and monitoring of results frameworks for assigned Sector strategies.
• In close collaboration with the Strategy, Policy and Budget Department (SPB), multilateral and bilateral partners, standard bodies, and clients, contribute to the harmonization of development results indicators and the development of measurement tools for assigned sectors and products.
• For assigned projects, act as Management's liaison with the Complaints-resolution, Evaluation and Integrity Unit (CEIU) in relation to Early Learning Assessments (ELAs) and Project Learning Reviews, coordinating Management's input on project selection, approach papers, evaluation activities and draft documents, and facilitating the adoption of a management response, and contribute to the Management's responses on corporate and thematic evaluations with respect to private sector development effectiveness.

• Minimum of 5-8 years of in portfolio monitoring, development effectiveness, impact management or business intelligence experience in an international financial institution, preferably with experience in infrastructure financing or infrastructure sectors.
• Demonstrated experience applying results measurement systems of multilateral and bilateral development banks required.
• Advanced data analytics skills required.
• Understanding of infrastructure economics and broad knowledge and familiarity with issues in development finance (knowledge of and experience in the infrastructure sector would be an advantage).
• Knowledge of climate and gender mainstreaming.
• Critical thinking skills.
• Ability to develop innovative solutions for measurement and data sharing.
• Ability to collaborate seamlessly across boundaries of strategy, investment, safeguarding and compliance functions.
• Ability to work effectively in a multicultural organization.
• Strong organizational skills and proven track record of results.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills in English, particularly in describing complex results chains and delivering data insights to a non-technical and executive audience.
• Master's degree in data science, economics, urban and regional planning, business administration, or public policy from a reputable university.