Position: Evaluation Officer

Application Deadline: August, 01/2023

WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.

CONTRACTUAL INFORMATION

JOB TITLE: Evaluation Officer 

GRAD: NOB

CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term 

DUTY STATION: Addis Ababa

DURATION: 1 Year with a possibility of extension

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

This job is located in the Ethiopia Country Office and will report directly to the Head of the Evaluation unit. The position will operate with considerable independence in their area of work and will be supported by the Regional Evaluation Office located in the Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa (RBN) in Nairobi.

JOB PURPOSE

To provide independent evaluation evidence, assessing the performance and results of policies, programmes and activities of WFP for accountability and learning to inform future direction; and contribute to embedding an effective evaluation culture and function throughout WFP.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

• Support evaluation processes and budgets from preparation and design through to completion to ensure the production of independent, credible evidence that meets high professional standards in line with UN norms and standards and codes of conduct for evaluation in the UN system, embodied in WFP’s Evaluation Policy and Decentralized Evaluation Quality Assurance System (DEQAS).

• Help in sourcing and hiring external consultants and evaluation firms to undertake evaluations that meet DEQAS requirements.

• Engage stakeholder groups, both internal and external to WFP, appropriately in the evaluation process and manage communications.

• Contribute to the application of the normative framework, quality support, assessment mechanisms and reporting on decentralized evaluation.

• Promote WFP’s evaluation culture of accountability and learning through analyzing evidence and lessons; preparation of syntheses and summaries of evaluation findings and recommendations; and prepare presentations of these, tailoring messages to specific audiences and platforms, working with internal and external stakeholders to enhance learning from and use of evaluation evidence in policy, programme and project design.

• Promote the use of evaluation evidence internally and externally, including the development of briefs and other learning/knowledge products related to evaluation, support and advocate for the integration of evaluation evidence into programmatic and management presentations and forums, and others.

• Participate and represent the country office in external professional forums and networks and internal collaboration on monitoring and evaluation issues.

• Participate in WFP internal evaluation expertise groups to enable sharing of experience and development of good practice.

• Take responsibility for incorporating gender and protection perspectives in all areas of evaluation work, to ensure equal participation of women, men and marginalized people.

• Other as required.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: First or advanced University degree in International Development, Economics, Statistics, Social Science, or other relevant fields.

Experience: 3 and more years of working experience in monitoring and evaluation in humanitarian and development, contexts.

Language: Fluency (level C) in English language.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Managed or led evaluation team(s) and/or supervised monitoring/assessment staff. Experience in managing evaluations in UN agencies or in international organizations is an asset.

• Led or supported effective monitoring and evaluation processes spanning a range of policies and programme initiatives.

• Ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders including governments, non-governmental organizations, research entities, and academia among others.

• Analytical, initiative, maturity of judgement, flexibility and humility are critical interpersonal skills to this position.

How to Apply

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Qualified female candidates and persons with disability are highly encouraged to apply. 

WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.