Vacancy Announcement Details

Senior Evaluation Consultant - (2001436)  

Grade: No grade

Contractual Arrangement: External consultant

Contract duration: Ten months

Job Posting: Mar 23, 2020, 2:00:39 PM

Closing Date: Apr 13, 2020, 5:59:00 PM

Primary Location: United States-Washington, D.C.

Organization: Planning and Budget

Schedule: Full-time

The Planning and Budget Department (PBU) is looking for a senior evaluation expert to support the implementation of the PAHO’s Evaluation Policy in the organization regarding the planning of future evaluations, reporting on findings of completed evaluations, and presentation of evaluation matters for decision.

Deliverables:

The consultant is expected to deliver the following:

1. Support the implementation of PAHO’s Evaluation Policy by advising the Director PBU and Executive Management on planning, execution and reporting for all evaluative assignments in the PASB.
2. Develop the Evaluation Work Plan to be approved by EXM, and the annual Evaluation Report for submission to the Executive Committee. 
3. Coordinate with WHO’s Evaluation Office to foster alignment of PAHO’s evaluation activities with that of WHO and other international organizations, while simultaneously promoting PASB-specific evaluation priorities.
4. Cooperate with professional evaluation bodies and the UN Evaluation Group to gain and share knowledge about methodologies and evaluation best practices.
5. Promote the use of evaluation findings to promote organizational learning by establishing effective feedback loops from evaluation findings to policy- and decision makers, operational staff and other stakeholders.
6. Provide advice on the formulation and review of evaluation policies, guidelines, methodologies and best practices within PAHO, and on the review of evaluation reports for compliance with the requirements of the PAHO Evaluation Policy.
7. Strengthen capacities in evaluation among PAHO staff by making available standardized methodologies and training on evaluation.
8. Maintain PAHO evaluation databases: a register of evaluations, including a system to track management responses to evaluation findings; an online inventory of all evaluation performed in PAHO; and a roster of experts with relevant evaluation experience.
9. Manage external contracts, including issuance of bid solicitations, development of contracts, and verification of satisfactory submission of evaluations.

Link:  https://careers.who.int/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2001436&tz=GMT-04%3A00&tzname=