Evaluation Specialist

Under the overall guidance of the Director of Evaluation and the supervision of the Senior Evaluation Specialist (Humanitarian Evaluation portfolio), the Evaluation Specialist, Humanitarian (P4) is responsible for supporting the evaluation of L3 responses within the broader humanitarian portfolio of the Evaluation Office. In addition. Given that the Organization features actively in the inter-agency arena of humanitarian action, working with partners and serving as lead or co-lead agency in more sectoral clusters than any other agency, the Evaluation Specialist will be also represent UNICEF in the Management Group of one or IAHE.

Given the pivotal role that evaluation plays in assessing UNICEF’s humanitarian work in L3, L2 and L1 settings, the Evaluation Specialist will contribute to answer, as objectively, systematically and impartially as possible, whether UNICEF is achieving results in humanitarian action, and why or why not, so that the Organization can improve its response in L3 emergencies. The role of the Evaluation Specialist- Humanitarian will be especially critical for measuring the outcomes of UNICEF’s investments in L3 responses, particularly in those clusters and sectors, where UNICEF has taken a global leadership role. The results obtained will be considered by UNICEF and partners when determining strategic investment to reach the revised Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action (CCCs) and other global commitments.

Summary of key functions accountabilities:

Manage Manage and provide oversight of the individual humanitarian evaluations and other humanitarian evaluative exercises in line with the key normative standards guiding UNICEF’s evaluation function Manage directly and/or support managing corporate-level thematic evaluations that cover emergency preparedness, humanitarian response, early recovery, rehabilitation, reconstruction, and transition to development; and country/regional specific Level 3 emergencies that are impartial, independent, credible and that meet professional standards. This includes undertaking background document review, development of terms of reference, consultant recruitment and interviews, selecting appropriate evaluation design, facilitation of team meetings, consultant management, review of and feedback on project outputs, internal and external liaison to elicit feedback on evaluation outputs and supporting dissemination of evaluation to various stakeholders.

Provide technical support to regional and country offices undertaking L2 and L1 humanitarian evaluations Support regional and country offices to evaluate the organization’s response to other levels of emergencies including L2 and L1 contexts; and in other country/regional thematic evaluations of humanitarian action.

Support Inter-agency Humanitarian Evaluations in L3 contexts Participate in, and on a high-priority basis co-manage, inter-agency and joint humanitarian evaluations together with partners, providing feedback on specific evaluation outputs and liaising with internal colleagues and interagency counterparts to convey feedback on these outputs.

Lead and support efforts on humanitarian themes complementary to discrete evaluations This includes but not limited to methodological development, reviews, research studies, meta-analyses, surveys, and developing good governance structures for humanitarian evaluation work in L3 contexts

Contribute actively and positively to the ongoing strengthening of the EO, and the UNICEF Evaluation function more broadly, and the evaluation ecosystem within and beyond the UN systems This area of activity ranges from developing guidance, approaches and innovative data collection systems during L3 humanitarian evaluations that enhances how humanitarian evaluations are undertaken; to systematic strengthening (i.e., technical support and the development of effective and efficient capacity development initiatives for all UNICEF staff engaged with Evaluation of Humanitarian Action EHA), supporting efforts of national evaluation capacity development related to EHA that are promoted at Regional and Country levels.

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Minimum requirements:

Education:

• An advanced university degree (Master’s) in a social science, public policy, international affairs, public health or a field related to the sectors that covers humanitarian programmes is required.

Work Experience: 

• A minimum of eight (8) years of professional experience in humanitarian evaluation with knowledge of inter-agency evaluations is required. Experience related to UNICEF’s mandate.
• Prior experience in managing evaluations and coordinating evaluations across many internal and external evaluations stakeholders
• Willingness/ability to keep up to date with the latest skills and organizational guidance in the field of evaluation.
• Evidence of organizational skills, tact and diplomacy, strong communication interpersonal, and emotional intelligence skills to engage with diverse stakeholders and build trust working in teams.
• Proven track record of ability to foster collaboration, build partnerships, and work effectively in multicultural and multidisciplinary teams.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of other official UN languages is an asset (Arabic, Chines, French, Russian, Spanish).

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/579937