The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.
Responsibilities:
Manage the evaluation processes from preparation to completion.
Manage sourcing, hiring and supervising of the evaluation team.
Engage stakeholders appropriately in the evaluation process.
Develop and manage relevant communication and knowledge management plans as well as budgets.
Take responsibility for ensuring the integration of protection, gender and wider inclusion issues throughout the evaluation process.
Prepare the Terms of reference (TOR).
Prepare and present budget and team for CD/DCD approval.
Serve as the main contact point in WFP for the evaluation team throughout the evaluation process.
Convene on behalf of the chair, the evaluation reference group and evaluation committee and provide secretariat services.
Consolidate the library of information needed for the evaluation before the start of the inception phase.
Take responsibility for the administrative and logistical needs of the evaluation.
Ensure relevant logistical arrangement are in place, including liaising with units/authorities for ticketing, payments, transport, visa, authorisations as relevant.
Organise and facilitate an evaluation team and commissioning office in person or remote orientation meeting (if one is planned) prior to the inception phase and relevant inception meetings.
Coordinate with the evaluation team and staff of the commissioning office to prepare the field site visit agenda, in line with the requirements set out in the inception report.
Organize meetings (including the end of fieldwork debriefing) with key stakeholders and site visits.
Comment on and quality assure the evaluation products in compliance with DEQAS process guide.
Submit the draft ToR, inception and evaluation report to the DE Quality Support Service (DEQS) for feedback on the quality of the deliverables from an evaluation perspective; and participate in the DEQS follow-up calls.
Provide systematic and constructive feedback to the evaluation team leader on the basis of the review and the feedback from the DEQS.
Share the draft TOR, inception and evaluation report with the Evaluation Reference Group and relevant stakeholders for their review and comment.
Consolidate all comments received on draft ToR, inception and evaluation report in a comments matrix and follow-up to ensure that the evaluation team addresses all the comments or provides a rationale if any are not addressed.
Review final ToR, inception and evaluation report and comments matrices, and submit quality assured products to the evaluation committee chaired by the CD/DCD for approval.
Support submission and publishing of the approved evaluation products and disseminate evaluation findings and results with all evaluation stakeholders.
Facilitate/support the development of a management response.
Support organisation and participate in an End of Evaluation Lessons Learned session with relevant stakeholders, to reflect on the evaluation process.
Education:
Advanced University degree in one of the following fields: social sciences, statistics, development economics, performance management, monitoring and evaluation or other related fields, or First University degree with additional years.
Work Experience:
Minimum of Three years of post-graduate relevant professional experience with a Master’s degree, or five years post-graduate relevant professional experience with a Bachelor's University Degree of relevant professional experience in evaluation, including strong experience using a variety of quantitative and qualitative analytical tools and methods.
Experience in management of evaluation systems and processes in diverse contexts, assessing national policies and programmes including subject areas relevant to WFP country, regional or global level.
Worked in a multi-cultural environment
Language:
Fluency (level C) both in English and Arabic language.
