Chief Evaluation Officer

Contract

This is a P-6 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 10 years of experience, depending on education. More about P-6 contracts.

Organizational context

The Evaluation Office (EVL) supports the Organization to accomplish its objectives by systematically conducting evaluations to provide accountability for achieving results and by promoting organizational learning that informs policy and operational decisions. The Chief Evaluation Officer will support the Director, Evaluation, in: (i) ensuringthe implementation of the Evaluation Policy throughout the Organization; (ii) managing EVL as the independent evaluation function of the Organization; and (iii) providing overall strategic direction on evaluation across the Organization. The Chief Evaluation Officer will in particular: (i) oversee the centralized evaluations under EVL responsibility, from planning through to utilization; (ii) ensure that EVL maintains a high level of technical expertise; and (iii) support the provision of technical back-stopping and quality assurance for decentralized evaluations. She/he will engage actively with external evaluation networks and entities, in particular the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) and Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation (IAHE) mechanisms.

Job Description

The mission of the Evaluation Office (EVL) is to contribute through strategic evaluations to the achievement of WHO'strategic objectives and promote a culture of evaluation at all levels of the Organization. Through this programme, EVL aims to support performance improvement, enhance accountability for results, and promote organizational learning.

Summary of Assigned Duties

1. Support the Director in the development of relevant systems/strategies/institutional frameworks to ensure the implementation of the Evaluation Policy throughout the Organization.

2. Working closely with the Director and in consultation with key organizational stakeholders, develop a strategic programme of centralized evaluations, which would be aligned to WHO's strategic priorities and reflected in the biennial evaluation work plan to be reviewed at the Executive Board.

3. Lead the execution of the programme of centralized evaluation, allocating adequate technical, financial and human resources to each evaluation, providing appropriate guidance to evaluation staff and teams, and ensuring the high quality standard of these evaluations. Selectively lead or manage the evaluations of strategic importance and high complexity.

4. Promote appropriate use of evaluation findings through effective feedback loops from evaluation to policy- and decision-makers, operational staff and other stakeholders.

5. Develop normative and technical guidelines for evaluations, especially for decentralized evaluations conducted by programmes, regional and country offices, and support the promotion of their application.

6. Support EVL in its budgetary and human resource management, ensuring high technical and professional standards of the office staff and consultants through appropriate recruitment and capacity building activities, and advising the Director on the best use of existing human and financial resources.

7. Build and maintain partnerships with Member States and other stakeholders for EVL to achieve its objectives and to promote the results-based and evaluation culture of the Organization.

8. Represent EVL as needed

Required Qualifications

Education

Essential: Advanced level University degree in social sciences, public health or related field.

Desirable: Advanced training in evaluation.

Experience

Essential: A minimum of 15 years of evaluation experience, including both management and conduct of evaluations, and including some experience in highly complex evaluations. Effective management and leadership experience in an international or multicultural environment.

Desirable: Work experience in developing countries.

Functional Knowledge and Skills

Mandatory competencies:

1. Technical Expertise 2. Overall attitude at work 3. Creating an empowering and motivating environment

Demonstrated ability to:- manage and conduct evaluations,including evaluations of a highly complex nature;- identify professional qualities in staff and consultants in recruitment and allocation of work assignments; - deal with governance and institutional aspects of evaluations to ensure maximum contribution of evaluations to the Organization and its stakeholders; - communicate effectively to all audiences, and apply negotiation and facilitation skills as needed, in complex situations;- use mature professional judgement in sensitive or conflicting situations, and in interaction with senior management and Member States; - manage financial and human resources effectively and efficiently.

WHO competencies:

1. Teamwork

2. Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences

3. Communication

4. Promoting innovation and organizational learning

5. Producing results

6. Creating an empowering and motivating environment

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English. Desirable: Intermediate knowledge of French. Intermediate knowledge of other WHO language.

Other Skills

IT literacy

Remuneration

WHO salaries for staff in the Professional category are calculated in US dollars. The remuneration for the above position comprises an annual base salary starting at USD 102,715 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as applicable), a variable post adjustment, which reflects the cost of living in a particular duty station, and currently amounts to USD 6968 per month for the duty station indicated above. Other benefits include 30 days of annual leave, allowances for dependent family members, home leave, and an education grant for dependent children.

Additional information

• This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level
• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
• A written test may be used as a form of screening.
• In the event that your candidature is retained for an interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.
• Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to WHO Staff Regulations, Staff Rules and Manual.
• Staff members in other duty stations are encouraged to apply.
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