Overview
This temporary position is responsible for leading the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of programmes, operations, and other activities in an assigned functional area.
Key Responsibilities
- Develops, implements, and evaluates assigned programmes/projects, including planning, organizing, conducting and managing OCHA internal and inter-agency humanitarian evaluations; monitors and analyzes programme/project development and implementation; formulates and reviews relevant documents and reports, including terms of reference and evaluation proposals; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and initiates corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties; ensures follow-up actions.
- Performs consulting assignments, in collaboration with the client, by planning and facilitating workshops, through other interactive sessions and assisting in developing the action plan the client will use to manage the change.
- Researches, analyzes and presents information gathered from diverse sources for the development and preparation of OCHA evaluation standards, procedures, criteria and methodological guidance for internal and Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluations and the promotion of innovation in evaluation methodology and dissemination of good practices.
- Coordinates policy development -- including reviewing and analyzing issues and trends and preparing evaluations or other research activities and studies.
- Generates survey initiatives; designs data collection tools; reviews, analyzes, and interprets responses; identifies problems and issues; and prepares conclusions.
- Organizes and prepares written outputs, e.g., draft background papers, analysis, reports and studies, inputs to publications, etc.;
- Provides substantive backstopping to consultative and other meetings and conferences (including proposing agenda topics, identifying participants, preparation of documents and presentations, etc.), as well as technical support to the Chief of Unit on evaluation design, methodology and their adaptation to specific contexts, and more generally to other programme managers on humanitarian evaluation.
- Initiates and coordinates outreach activities; conducts training workshops, seminars, etc.; makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.
- Leads and/or participates in large, complex field missions, including providing guidance to external consultants, government officials and other parties, drafting mission summaries, etc.
- Coordinates activities related to budget funding (programme/project preparation and submissions, progress reports, financial statements, etc.) and prepares related documents/reports (pledging, work programme, programme budget, etc.).
- Performs other duties as required.
Required Experience
A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in project or programme management, administration, or related area is required. Experience in independent programme evaluation, including evaluation design, implementation, or management, is required. Experience managing inter-agency evaluations and reviews is desirable. Experience in the management or evaluation of humanitarian financing programmes is desirable. At least three (3) years in the past seven (7) years of international field experience (actual setting where a mission or project is being implemented) in aid operations (complex emergency or natural disaster) is desirable.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in business administration, management, economics or a related field is required. A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
