Evaluation Officer

The Evaluation Officer supports UN Secretariat entities in planning, managing, and conducting evaluation activities and integrating evaluation findings into the programme cycle. The role involves consulting, quality assurance of evaluations, data analysis, and supporting evaluation management and outreach activities within the Business Transformation and Accountability Division.

Responsibilities

• Performs consulting assignments assisting Secretariat entities in planning, managing and/or conducting internal evaluations and facilitating evaluation workshops.
• Supports UN Secretariat entities in incorporating lessons learned from evaluations into programme plans and budgets and advises on evaluation plans.
• Provides support in tracking and monitoring recommendations and implementation of evaluation management response actions.
• Supports quality assurance of internal evaluations in line with United Nations Evaluation Group standards.
• Researches, analyzes and presents information from diverse sources and prepares various written outputs.
• Undertakes survey initiatives; designs data collection tools; reviews, analyzes and interprets responses; identifies problems and prepares conclusions.
• Provides administrative support to the Evaluation Management Committee and participates in its activities.
• Monitors and analyzes programme/project development and implementation; identifies problems and proposes corrective actions.
• Provides substantive support to consultative and other meetings, conferences, including preparation of documents and presentations.
• Undertakes outreach activities; conducts training workshops, seminars, and makes presentations.
• Participates in inter-agency activities and discussions on evaluation.
• Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provides insights through data visualization methods.
• Performs other duties as required, including supporting BTAD-wide projects.

Requirements

• An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent degree) in evaluation, research methods, business or public administration, management, economics, social sciences or a related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in project or programme management, evaluation, administration or related area is required.
• Experience in planning, managing and/or conducting evaluations is required.
• Experience in conducting reviews and in writing assessments or analytical reports is required.
• Experience in coordination and inter-agency collaboration activities is desirable.
• Two years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.
• Experience in the UN system or comparable international organizations is desirable.
• English language proficiency at UN Level II in reading, writing, listening and speaking is required.

Skills

• Project Management
• Programme Management
• Evaluation Planning
• Evaluation Management
• Conducting Evaluations
• Data Analysis
• Analytical Report Production
• Assessment Report Writing
• Inter-agency Coordination
• Evaluation Quality Assurance
• Evaluation Outreach
• Research Methods
• Business Administration
• Public Administration
• Economics
• Social Sciences

Languages

English