Evaluation Officer

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

Description of task

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the Regional Advisor Evaluation (RA-Ev) or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UNV Evaluation Officer will carry out the following duties:

1. Support the RA-Ev (and / or MCES) on major evaluations and related evaluative work

• Gather key background documents for use in the scoping and execution of evaluations
• Support the process for the development of evaluation terms of reference, which includes managing and/or guide consultants in delineating the scope of the evaluation and engaging in consultations with evaluation stakeholders
• Participate in procurement and recruitment of the evaluation team, which includes reviewing of proposals submitted by preparing tabulation of applicants background, skills and experience that will feed into the selection process;
• Collect and present relevant information for all phases of the evaluation in a concise and digestible format for use by consultants
• Examine interim products and drafts report; consolidate comments by all reviewers for transmission to the consultants
• Support evaluation report editing and formatting for publication
• Knowledge management (KM): help develop the electronic repository of evaluation-related publications (UNICEF uses SharePoint for its KM), reports and data sets for use in the evaluation and maintain until project finalization
• Provide quality professional support to ongoing EAPRO Evaluation section activities, including background research and scoping for upcoming evaluations.

1. Provide support in the management of ad-hoc evaluative work as stipulated in the Regional work plan:

• To provide quality support to drafting concept notes, dissemination of reports, including contributing to scanning of recent articles and publications to keep abreast of new approaches in evaluation and partnership for evaluation

• Gathering research evidence, and other inputs to support evaluations, including design and support to colleagues in online polling, surveying, and rapid data collection

• Support methodology related work in the evaluation section of EAPRO
• Promote the evaluation function in the region
• Undertake other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

1. Provide support to systems development and maintenance of performance data and reporting for the evaluation function:

• Further develop team performance monitoring systems and ensure these are updated on a regular basis against workplan objectives and targets
• Support the evaluation function’s annual reporting requirements, and providing comments and analysis on country annual reports
• Organize evaluation workshops as required.

Educational additional comments

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant area or studies related to e.g. research / evaluation, development studies, social science disciplines

Experience remark

• At least five years of professional work experience at the national and/or international level with experience of the UN or other international development organizations
• Excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills
• Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various MS Office applications (Excel, Word, etc.) and email/internet; office technology equipment; experience (or an aptitude to learn) in IT applications for surveying is desirable; familiarity with database management is also desirable / an advantage
• Have affinity with or interest in UNICEF’s commitments for a better future for children, and volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN System

Language skills

• English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
• Thai(Optional), Level - Fluent

Area of expertise details

• Experience in fields such as monitoring, evaluation, systems development or performance assessment would be an advantage
• Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners, including grassroots community members, other UN organizations, and authorities at different levels; familiarity with tools and approaches of humanitarian and development evaluations and evaluative initiatives

Competencies values

Accountability, Adaptability and Flexibility, Integrity, Knowledge Sharing, Professionalism, Working in Teams

Application procedure

• Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool? First register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup. Important: After creating your account, complete all sections of your profile including contact details and two references and submit it. Incomplete profiles shall not be considered. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink. Lastly, select the special call to which you would like to apply. * Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool? First update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the special call to which you would like to apply. Post is for National UN Volunteer assignments ONLY. This is a national UN Volunteer assignment. Therefore only nationals of above-mentioned Country and legal residents with a residency permit, the status of refugee or with the status of being stateless are eligible to apply. For further details, please clink on the link below. Application deadline: 06-08-2021