Vacancy Announcement Details

Principal Evaluation Specialist (two positions)

30 Mar 2020

UNESCO

The UNESCO Internal Oversight Service (IOS) is currently looking for two Principal Evaluation Specialists. 

The Principle Evaluation Specialist, under the authority of Director of IOS and the supervision of the Head of Evaluation, will assist the Evaluation Office’s efforts in providing evaluation driven evidence-based advice on improvement of UNESCO’s activities/programmes/projects as per scheduled IOS evaluation work plans.  

More specifically, the Principal Evaluator will be responsible for the Evaluation Office’s contribution to the evaluation of activities financed from regular and extrabudgetary sources.

In particular, the incumbent will: 

  • manage, coordinate and provide advice and the necessary methodological backstopping for internal and external evaluation activities.
  • oversee the implementation of evaluation recommendations and appropriate integration of lessons learned in programme activities of the Organization.
  • participate, as a team leader when appropriate, in the conduction of programme evaluations, the evaluation of projects, policies or cross-cutting themes financed from regular and extrabudgetary sources.
  • take part in performance /programme reviews related to regular and extrabudgetary activities and support the development of appropriate methodology and performance criteria.
  • be responsible for contributing to the management, coordination and maintenance of the Evaluation Focal Point network and for providing advice and backstopping to individual focal points and decentralized evaluation managers;
  • lead the communication of evaluation findings and recommendations in the most adequate format and via the most adequate channels to the different audiences, including intergovernmental bodies.   
  • contribute to the elaboration of performance indicators and measures during the preparation of its major planning and programming documents, and subsequent reporting.
  • contribute to continuous methodological improvements and the development of guidelines and procedures  to be applied by evaluators in assessing programmes results of activities financed from regular and extrabudgetary activities.
  • lead the design and update of training modules/guidance material and conduct practical training of Evaluation Focal Points, Field Office and  Secretariat staff members.
  • contribute to the improvement and management of the Organizations's knowledge repository of evaluation of regular and extrabudgetary activities.

Further details available on the UNESCO website. Deadline for applications 27th April.