Research & Evaluation Specialist, P-4, Fixed Term, Dhaka, Bangladesh #547349 (not for Bangladeshi nationals)

Contract

This is a P-4 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 7 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 138,365 USD and 178,394 USD.

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, knowledge.

The Social Policy, Evaluation, Analytics and Research (SPEAR) programme exists to strengthen capacity of government partners (and UNICEF internally) for evidence-based social policy and progressive financing for children and to strengthen systems for delivering and monitoring expanded and integrated social protection to all children in Bangladesh, particularly the most disadvantaged. A key focus of the Bangladesh Country Office (BCO) is evidence generation and use for informed decision-making at programme and policy level, nationally and sub-nationally. This includes development and shepherding of BCO’s evidence strategy and alignment of the Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (IMEP) to the strategy; quality designs, implementation, and dissemination of evidence; guaranteeing quality assurance and ethical standards in evaluations, research, and strategic studies; leadership on capacity building around evidence generation and knowledge management to ensure strengthened evidence-based programming and decision-making and use of all results both internally and externally with government partners.

How can you make a difference?

Within the above context, the Research & Evaluation Specialist is accountable for formulation, design, planning, implementing, and disseminating all evidence generation activities in BCO, with a specific focus on evaluations, to ensure overall efficiency and effectiveness of the programme management and delivery and accomplishment of programme goals and objectives. The position technically supports research, studies, and evaluations in meeting quality and ethical standards, in accordance to UNICEF programme and evidence-related policies and guidelines. The position is accountable for assisting all programme sections in evidence-based decision-making, including the design of necessary programmatic building blocks to ensure greater evaluability, success in goals achievement, and sustainability. The position is accountable for collaborating on new global programmes and their country roll-out to develop greater awareness of assumptions and perceptions about evidence-related work.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

1. Research and Evaluation Planning and Running
2. Research and Evaluation findings met UN quality standards
3. Research and Evaluation capacity building
4. Coordination and Networking

For detailed job responsibilities, please access JD below:

JD-Research Evaluation Specialist P4.docx

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Advanced university degree in social sciences, statistics, planning development or economics.
• Eight years of professional work experience at national and international levels in research and evaluation including international work experience.
• Background and familiarity with Professional work experience in programme development and implementation including monitoring and evaluation activities.
• At least one instance of exposure to emergency programming, including preparedness planning. Active involvement in a humanitarian crisis response programme preferred.
• Fluency in English and another UN language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (3)
• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (3)
• Works Collaboratively with others (3)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (3)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
• Drives to achieve impactful results (3)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination.

UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

*UNICEF does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

*Internal candidates may be given preference over external candidates. The term "Internal" refers to all staff members with fixed term, continuing or permanent appointments.

*Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

*Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

*The complete vacancy announcements can be reviewed via UNICEF Careers website at https://jobs.unicef.org/en-us/listing/