Evaluation Officer P4 – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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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.

Are you an experienced Evaluation Officer interested in further developing your professional experience while contributing to ending global hunger? Are you passionate about helping those in need? Would you like to join a global organization investing in its people?

If so, an exciting & fulfilling career awaits you! Join our diverse and passionate team that works on varied and international projects directly contributing to saving & changing millions of lives around the globe.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Applications must be submitted by Sunday, November 06, 2022 (10:59 PM CET)

WHO WE ARE

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a highly prestigious, reputable & world’s largest humanitarian organization, operating in more than 120 countries and territories, bringing life-saving assistance in emergencies, building pathways to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change and supporting sustainable and resilient livelihoods for a world with zero hunger.

At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

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WHY JOIN US?

• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
• WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment
• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities
• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe
• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section)

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

This job is located in the Ethiopia Country Office and will report directly to the Deputy Country Director (Programmes). The position will operate with considerable independence in their area of work with functional oversight from the Regional Evaluation Officer located in the Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa (RBN) in Nairobi.

JOB PURPOSE:

To develop and implement an evaluation strategy, aligned to the regional evaluation strategy and guided by the WFP evaluation policy (2022), Charter and Corporate Evaluation Strategy, to generate quality evidence on the outcomes and effects of WFP’s interventions in Ethiopia on the lives of beneficiaries, and inform policy, strategy and programme design and implementation.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Manage 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).
2. Source, hire or procure and supervise external consultants and evaluation firms to conduct evaluations that meet DEQAS requirements.
3. Engage stakeholder groups, both internal and external to WFP, appropriately in the evaluation process and manage communications.
4. Contribute to application of the normative framework, quality support, assessment mechanisms and reporting on decentralized evaluation.
5. Support centralized evaluations commissioned by the Office of Evaluation, including global evaluations, CSP evaluations, Corporate Emergency Evaluation, and impact evaluations, as appropriate.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Participate and represent the country office in external professional forums and networks and internal collaboration on monitoring and evaluation issues.
9. Participate in WFP internal evaluation expertise groups to enable sharing of experience and development of good practice.
10. Manage junior staff members, providing coaching and guidance as required to ensure appropriate development and enable high performance.
11. Take responsibility for incorporating gender and protection perspectives in all areas of evaluation work (data collection, analysis and reporting), to ensure equal participation of women, men and marginalized people.
12. Other as required.

QUALIFICATIONS AND KEY REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION:

You have:

• Advanced University degree in International Development, Economics, Statistics, Social Science or other relevant field, or First University degree with an additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses

EXPERIENCE:

You have:

• A minimum of eight (8) years of relevant postgraduate professional level work experience in development or humanitarian work such as Monitoring, Evaluation, Programme/project design and/or management, needs assessment, research, reporting, with at least four (4) years of professional experience in managing complex monitoring and/or evaluation activities spanning a range of policies and programme initiatives.

LANGUAGE:

You have:

• Fluency (level C) in the English language.
• Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or Portuguese (A WFP’s working language)

MORE ABOUT YOU

You have:

• Experience in using a variety of quantitative and qualitative analytical tools, methods and approaches and in managing, supervising and coaching staff.
• Very good knowledge in monitoring and evaluation methods, approaches, statistical applications and reporting systems and good understanding of results-based management principles and practices.
• Ability to ensure that ethics are incorporated into evaluation processes and can uphold ethics.
• Solid knowledge about Norms and Standards for Evaluation, can communicate the essentials of the norms and standards to others and apply them appropriately.
• Solid practical knowledge on how data is collected, compiled, analysed and presented for management decisions, programme adjustment and donor reporting.
• Ability to develop monitoring systems and databases including preparation of data collection, analysis and reporting tools.
• Ability to work with relevant technology, procedures (e.g., web-based databases, other statistical applications) to produce in-depth analysis and develop and share quality reports and visualizations.
• Good knowledge of programme design, implementation and operational challenges in food and nutrition security.
• Experience in building capacity through formal and informal training processes, including developing documentation and training materials.
• Solid knowledge of human rights and gender equality and is able to ensure that evaluation design, questions and analysis incorporate this knowledge.

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK

These common standards of behaviour guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission.

Different expectations of behaviour are defined depending on your grade and role/responsibilities within WFP.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Mobility is and continues to be, a core contractual requirement in WFP. The selected candidate will be employed on a fixed term as well as a rotational contract with a probationary period of one year.

WFP offers an attractive compensation and benefits package in line with ICSC standards (http://icsc.un.org) including basic salary, post adjustment, relocation entitlement, visa, travel and shipment allowances, 30 days’ annual leave, home leave, an education grant for dependent children, a pension plan, and medical insurance.

The selected candidate will be required to relocate to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to take up this assignment.

REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION

• We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
• Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.
• Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
• Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
• Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
• Please contact us at wfprecruitment@wfp.org in case you face any challenges with submitting your application
• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified

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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.

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