Overview
This is a senior leadership role requiring deep technical expertise in evaluation. It provides independent evaluation evidence, assessing the performance and results of policies, programmes and activities of WFP for accountability and learning to inform future direction.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development of the evaluation function including supporting policy, strategy and plans.
- Contribute to OEV’s leadership, management and corporate performance.
- Manage high profile and/or highly complex evaluation processes and budgets.
- Lead, motivate and develop a complex team of professionals.
- Source, recruit, manage and quality assure the work of external consultants.
- Engage stakeholder groups, both internal and external to WFP, appropriately in the evaluation process and manage communications.
- Provide second level quality assurance of evaluations managed by evaluation officers.
- Promote WFP's evaluation culture of accountability and learning.
- Strengthen the use of evaluative evidence through preparation and dissemination of innovative evidence products.
- Lead development and implementation of a specific stream of Office of Evaluation work-plan.
- Provide coaching and guidance to staff.
- Lead specific evaluation expertise group(s).
- Represent the Office of Evaluation as required in inter-agency forums and professional bodies.
- Effectively integrate cross-cutting issues related to equity, inclusion, human rights and humanitarian principles into WFP evaluation processes.
Required Experience
- 11 years or more (of which at least four international) of relevant professional experience both in the field and in Headquarters in international development or humanitarian work, evaluation and/or policy studies.
- At least 8 years' experience in conducting / managing complex, global and country-specific evaluations including inter-agency and joint evaluations.
- First-hand experience in managing or conducting as team leader complex global and country-specific evaluations (under time and financial constraints), in diverse contexts, assessing policies and programs including subject areas relevant to WFP.
- First hand experience in evaluation quality assurance and assessment mechanisms.
- In-depth, up-to-date understanding and knowledge of global geopolitical issues relevant to WFP's mandate.
- In-depth, up-to-date understanding and knowledge of advancing international professional evaluation standards.
- Broad knowledge of diverse evaluation practices, concepts, and principles.
Qualifications
- Advanced University degree in International Development, Economics, Social Science or other relevant fields, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.
- Membership in professional evaluation association and/or professional certificate in evaluation is highly desired.
