If you are a passionate and committed professional and want to make a lasting difference for children, the world’s leading children’s rights organization would like to hear from you.
Purpose:
UNICEF offices complete between 85-120 evaluations per year. Since 2009, it has been a requirement that each evaluation be followed by an evaluation management response
(EMR) in which management details the actions it will take in reaction to the findings and recommendations. These commitments are recorded and subsequently tracked in a
Management Response Data Base (MRDB). This process is governed by guidance and standard operating procedures. The EMR system operates by self-reporting. Offices upload
their intended MRs, and subsequently update the actions taken and whether the intended action is completed or not. The results are reported to UNICEF’s Executive Board and to
internal users on a periodic basis.
A summary of the logic and guiding policy for MRs is contained in the final 2 pages of this document. This is drawn from the guidance at the introductory pages of the MRDB.
Additional written guidance exists. This summary makes reference to three other documents that provide additional insight. Those documents may be viewed her by following this link: http://www.unicef.org/evaluation/index_86334.html
Periodically UNICEF undertakes major reviews of some or all aspects of its evaluation function. It is intended in 2016 to request that an external peer review be conducted, potentially led by the UN Evaluation Group. In preparation for this peer review, a set of assessment exercises are being undertaken under the guidance of the UNICEF NY Evaluation Office. This review will be one if this set of exercises. It will be an independent look at the
operation of the management response process, focusing on the actions taken by offices to implement commitments made in the MRs.
The purpose of the review is to generate evidence and analysis on the performance of the UNICEF evaluation Management Response system and advise UNICEF on steps required to strengthen it. This will require review of compliance with the requirements of the system, assessment of user engagement with the system, and preparation of recommendations concerning actions to make the system more timely, comprehensive, and impactful. Comparison with similar systems is expected to yield suggestions for adjustments required to strengthen the system and increase its ease of use by users across the organization.
For more information, see the attached TERMS OF REFERENCE.
Minimum requirements and competencies:
1. Advanced degree in a research related discipline (e.g. Evaluation, Statistics, Research) or in a substantive social sciences or development studies field requiring methods training (e.g. Economics, Geography, Development Studies, Education etc.)
2. At least eight years professional work in the evaluation field
3. At least two of those years involved in evaluation in developing nation settings
4. Having been a team member or team leader in at least three evaluations that have generated recommendations for which the client was later to supply a management response
5. Having been a participant in the process of formulating the management response to an evaluation
6. Complete English fluency
7. Strong analytic skills
8. Strong writing skills
How to Apply:
Interested parties are invited to send their application following these instructions:
a. Send the documents described next to the e-mail address evalofficeapplications@unicef.org
b. Include “Evaluation Consultant – Management Response Review ” as the subject of the e-mail
c. Include in the e-mail a cover letter describing your interest in and your suitability for the position. Make sure to present your daily/monthly rate in this letter.
d. Include in the e-mail an updated CV/Resume. You must present this in the form of a completed United Nations Personal History Profile (P11). This form is available at http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/P11.doc. You may in addition also opt to include a cv/resume in your own format.
e. Include in the e-mail a sample of your professional work. It should demonstrate your analytic and writing skills, and should be based on an evaluation or piece of research. It may be the actual final report, a journal article etc. Make sure to indicate your level of contribution to this work sample.
f. The application deadline is 5:00 PM New York USA time on Monday 7 December 2015
g. Should you have any questions about this vacancy, please send the questions to evalofficeapplications@unicef.org
Please note that only candidates who are under serious consideration will be contacted.
In the selection of its staff, UNICEF is committed to gender balance and diversity without distinction as to race, sex or religion, and without discrimination of persons with disabilities: well qualified candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.