Project Evaluation Consultant

The Project Evaluation Consultant will conduct a final evaluation of a disaster preparedness and evacuation project in Vanuatu, assessing relevance, effectiveness, impact, and sustainability. The consultant will provide recommendations and support project direction, coordinating with stakeholders and reporting to the project management team.

Responsibilities

• Prepare a Final Evaluation Report including executive summary, introduction, objectives, methodology, limitations, findings, discussions of outcomes and results, lessons learned and good practices, conclusions, recommendations, and annexes.
• Provide advice and input to project direction and methods.
• Report to and maintain good communication with National Programme Officer and Project Manager.
• Attend project meetings online or in person.
• Meet with IOM Chief of Mission, IOM Project Staff, or Government of Vanuatu representatives as requested.
• Coordinate evaluation activities including key informant interviews and meetings in Port Vila during a required trip of approximately 10 days.
• Ensure performance indicators for evaluation results are met as per deliverables.
• Submit deliverables for approval by the project manager.

Requirements

• Master's degree in political science, public policy, development, social science, government administration, climate change, sustainable development, refugee and migration studies, international relations, or related field from an accredited academic institution and 2 years of relevant professional experience.
• Or Bachelor's degree in political science, public policy, development, social science, government administration, climate change, sustainable development, refugee and migration studies, international relations, or related field from an accredited academic institution and 4 years of relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience in carrying out similar evaluation assignments for projects related to humanitarian preparedness, response, recovery, disaster resilience, climate change, evacuation center management, or displacement and evacuation center management coordination.
• Demonstrated capacity to coordinate with and secure key informants (including government actors, community networks, other key stakeholders, and community participants).
• Minimum 4 years of experience working with research, policy development, analysis, monitoring and evaluation, and program evaluation preferably in the field of climate change, disaster risk reduction, emergency response, and/or environment.
• Understanding of Vanuatu displacement, emergency response, evacuation centres, and climate change context are an advantage.
• Experience of working in the Pacific region is an advantage.
• Good communication and coordination skills.
• Computer skills required (MS Word and basic MS Excel) for reporting.
• Strong facilitation, mentoring, and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Fluency in Bislama and English language is required.
• Working knowledge of French is an advantage.

Skills

• Project Evaluation
• Humanitarian Preparedness
• Disaster Resilience
• Climate Change Analysis
• Evacuation Center Management
• Displacement Coordination
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Program Evaluation
• Policy Development
• Research
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Facilitation
• Mentorship
• Reporting
• MS Word
• MS Excel

Languages

Bislama, English, French