The Evaluation Office of the International Labour Organisation (ILO/ ILO-EVAL) is seeking expressions of interest from a qualified consultant to conduct an Independent Evaluation of the ILO Action Plan for Gender Equality 2022–25.
Type of contract: External Collaboration Contract
Expected duration of assignment: The level of effort for this assignment is estimated at 30-35 days over a period of 3 months (February-April 2025). It is anticipated that most of the data collection will be done online with some possible travel to Geneva.
The Evaluator should have the following qualifications:
Contextual knowledge of the UN system in general and the ILO specifically;
- At least 7 years’ demonstrable experience in evaluating strategies, policies, programmes and projects at the international level related to gender equality, or comparative experience;
- Experience in conducting evaluations for UN organizations, including, ideally, corporate level, strategy and programme evaluations across countries;
- Demonstrated knowledge of gender equality;
- Advanced understanding of ILO cross-cutting issues (international labour standards, social dialogue and tripartism, gender equality, disability inclusion, and non- discrimination, environmental sustainability);
- Excellent analytical and communication skills;
- Demonstrated ability to deliver quality results within strict deadlines;
- Advanced university degree in social sciences or related graduate qualifications;
- Expertise in qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods; experience of utilizing online methodologies of data collection would be an asset.
- Familiarity with the ILO's procedures and tripartite structure, normative and social dialogue mandate, would be a significant advantage;
- Understanding of the UN system, the UN evaluation norms and standards is desirable.
- Past performance with the ILO/UN in evaluation work
The evaluator(s) must have no previous involvement in the design or delivery of the ILO Action Plan for Gender Equality 2022-2025.
Full details available on the ILO website. Application deadline 23rd January.