Evaluation Capacity Development Specialist, Evaluation Office, P-4 at United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Job Purpose:

• The Evaluation Office is the custodian of the evaluation function. It reports functionally to the Executive Board and administratively to the Executive Director. The office is independent from the operational, management and decision-making functions in the organization, and is impartial, objective and free from undue influence.
• The Evaluation Office conducts or commissions centralized evaluations, including selected country programme and regional programme evaluations, selected major country-level humanitarian evaluations, as well as other types of evaluations. It develops evaluation standards, criteria and methodological guidance and maintain evaluation quality assessment mechanisms. The Evaluation Office provides the necessary capacity development on issues related to evaluation and engage in partnerships with professional evaluation networks, such as the United Nations Evaluation Group and the Interagency Humanitarian Evaluation Group, and support the harmonization of the evaluation function in the United Nations system. It also promotes multistakeholder and intergenerational partnerships to strengthen national evaluation capacities, including meaningful involvement of young evaluators.

Qualifications and Experience:
Education:

• Advanced university degree in social sciences, public health, economics, demography or management.

Knowledge and Experience:

• 7 years of experience in managing complex evaluations
• At least 5 years of experience in strengthening evaluation functions within the UN system or in multi-lateral or bilateral environments
• At least 3 years experience in managing Evaluation Quality assurance systems
• Strong communication skills
• Experience in UNFPA core programme areas will be considered an asset
• Demonstrable experience in conducting workshops and training on evaluation

Languages:

• Fluency in English is required, both written and spoken. Fluency in Spanish or French is a very strong asset.