Overview
The Evaluation Specialist will support the Independent Evaluation Office's strategic partnership and national evaluation capacity development activities, aiming to increase visibility and influence for UNICEF's partnerships and NECD work.
Key Responsibilities
- - Support strategic partnership and national evaluation capacity development activities.
- - Deepen collaboration with key stakeholders.
- - Provide an interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, policy influence, and potential resource mobilization.
- - Serve as a focal point and resource for colleagues in national evaluation capacity development (NECD) partnerships.
- - Ensure greater visibility for UNICEF’s partnerships and NECD work and influence in support of its mission.
Required Experience
- A minimum of (5) years of progressively responsible professional experience in one or more of the following areas: evaluation, research, capacity development, public affairs, external relations, resource mobilization or other relevant area, preferably in an international organization is required.
- Minimum 5 years of working directly on evaluation partnership management and liaison activities with the UN system.
- Minimum 5 years of working directly on national evaluation capacity development activities within the UN system.
- Minimum of 3 years of working directly on evaluation synthesis partnership activities across the UN system and broader partners.
- Experience of online learning management system.
- Knowledge of tools for impact evaluation.
- Deliver offline and online events.
- Familiarity with political and governmental process.
- Conduct policy analysis.
- Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.
Qualifications
An advanced university degree is required in one of the following fields: international relations, political science, evaluation, research, communications, international development or another relevant technical field.
