Overview
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is establishing a roster of evaluation consultants to support independent evaluations across its normative, regulatory, and technical cooperation functions. Consultants will contribute to strategic, thematic, programme, and project evaluations.
Key Responsibilities
- Preparing inception reports detailing evaluation approach, methodology, workplan, and deliverables.
- Designing and applying evaluation methodologies, including mixed-methods approaches and data collection tools.
- Leading or contributing to data collection, analysis, and triangulation.
- Presenting preliminary findings to the Evaluation Manager and stakeholders.
- Drafting high-quality evaluation reports and analytical outputs.
- Finalizing evaluation reports based on feedback.
- Facilitating validation workshops, stakeholder consultations, and learning processes.
- Preparing summaries, communication products, and visual materials.
Required Experience
- Minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in conducting and/or leading strategic, thematic, programme, or project evaluations.
- Experience in conducting or contributing to evaluations in international, multilateral, or similarly complex institutional contexts, including programmes or initiatives implemented in development or humanitarian settings.
- Experience in the evaluation of programmes, strategies, or policy interventions related to sustainable development.
- Experience in conducting context-responsive evaluations grounded in local realities.
- Desired experience within the UN system or other international/multilateral organizations.
- Desired experience in evaluating policies, programmes, or initiatives related to maritime safety, security, and marine environmental protection.
- Desired experience in conducting evaluations across a range of geographic and socio-economic development contexts.
- Desired experience in evaluating partnerships and cooperation mechanisms aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
- Desired experience in conducting complexity-aware strategic or programmatic evaluations.
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in evaluation, economics, social sciences, political science, development studies, international relations, law, or a related field.
- A first-level university degree combined with relevant professional training and experience in evaluation may be accepted in lieu of an advanced degree.
