Regional Adviser Evaluation, P-5 at UNICEF

How can you make a difference?

• The selected candidate’s role will include development, implementation, management and monitoring a strategy for strengthening the evaluation function in ESAR.  The role also provides technical support to country offices in the area of evaluation including capacity-development at various levels, including national evaluation capacity and contributes to coordination of regional recommendations regarding global policy development, regional support and contributions to global corporate evaluation activities.
• The responsibilities of this post also include providing technical support, guidance and advocacy on evaluation in humanitarian contexts, in collaboration with other agencies, as well as ensuring that equity and the gender equality perspectives are mainstreamed in evaluation design, analysis and related processes.

Main Activities 

• Develops and leads in the implementation of a regional strategy and annual work plans for thematic and multi-country evaluations in the region;
• Provides technical support and quality assurance to the country offices for the planning, management and conduct of evaluations towards the improved timeliness and credibility of evaluation products;
• Prepares and disseminates reports on the management of the evaluation function to the Regional Evidence Committee, the Regional Management Team and the Evaluation Office;
• Acts as an advocate for evaluative evidence within ESARO and across the region, facilitating engagement around conclusions and recommendations, and ensuring coherence in the use and application of such evidence in improved UNICEF programming and policy advocacy.
• Contributes to efforts by the Evaluation Office to strengthen technical oversight for evaluation management processes across the organization towards greater responsiveness, improved timeliness and quality and the better utilization of evaluation products in the region;
• Contributes to reinforcing the strategic involvement of UNICEF in national evaluation capacity development as well as joint evaluations with Governments and other development actors.
• Provides UNICEF inputs into and coordinates effectively with regional inter-agency evaluation mechanisms, intergovernmental forums and other regional partnerships and organizations relevant to the evaluation function;
• Contributes to efforts by the Evaluation Office to develop and facilitate the utilization of innovative products and processes in the area of evaluation methodology, evaluation management and the use of evaluations;
• Contributes to efforts by the Evaluation Office to implement initiatives towards the professionalization of the evaluation function;
• Manages country programme evaluations, evaluations of humanitarian responses (L2), and multi-country thematic evaluations;
• Keeps abreast of developments in the field of evaluation and knowledge management and provides/coordinates regional contributions and recommendations in connection with the development and implementation of the evaluation policy, global evaluation plan and related strategies and guidance.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• An advanced university degree  (master's degree or higher) in social sciences or other relevant disciplines. Specialization and/or practical training in programme management and evaluation, survey, and research analysis, or applied statistical data analysis in social sciences an asset.
• A minimum of ten years in progressively responsible professional work relating to planning, implementation, coordination and management of evaluation and/or research, with at least half of that experience obtained in developing nations or in organizations whose work is predominantly in developing nations.
• At least five years senior-level management and technical expertise in evaluation at either a very large country office or in regional or headquarters locations.
• At least one instance of exposure to emergency programming, with experience of evaluation of humanitarian responses an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.