United Nations Office at Nairobi Associate Evaluation Officer Jobs in Kenya
United Nations Office at Nairobi Associate Evaluation Officer Jobs in Kenya
Org. Setting and Reporting The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. It is the focal point for all urbanization and human settlement matters within the UN system.
UN-Habitat envisions well-planned, well governed, and efficient cities and other human settlements, with adequate housing, infrastructure and universal access to employment and basic services such as water, energy, and sanitation.
The UN-Habitat’s Office of the Executive Director (OED) provides leadership in urban agenda, setting to implement legislative mandates of UN-Habitat, ensure coherent delivery of the programme of work and management of resources in accordance with UN policies and procedures. This post is in the Office of the Executive Director, at the Nairobi duty Station.
The Independent Evaluation Section has a mandate to coordinate and manage the evaluation function to serve three main organizational objectives of :
Ensuring evaluations provide a basis for substantive accountability to UN-Habitat management, governing bodies, donors and other Habitat partners;
Contributing to enhanced learning, enabling the organization to improve and improving programmatic planning and implementation of current and future UN-Habitat policies, strategies, programmes/projects and processes; and
Contributing to evidence-based policy making. Under the direct supervision of the Chief of the Independent Evaluation Section, the incumbent will carry out the following responsibilities.
Responsibilities
Works with key clients to facilitate the development, implementation and evaluation of assigned programmes/projects, etc.; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and recommends corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties; identifies and tracks follow-up actions.
Identifies issues that would lead to evaluation work planning items and provides inputs to the planning, conduct and reporting of evaluations of UN-Habitat operations, policies, strategies, themes, projects, programmes and ensuring that evaluations conducted are in conformity with UN norms and standards for evaluation;
Supports coordination of evaluation functions at division, branch, regional and country levels.
Reviews and analyses emerging evaluation issues and trends and participates in evaluations or research activities and studies;
With significant guidance, assists in development of a well-focused evaluation Terms of Reference for conducting evaluations that include complete background, purpose, scope, evaluation approach and methodologies, evaluation questions, stakeholder involvement, evaluation management, deliverables and time schedules;
Provides substantive inputs in the preparation of evaluations products that would improve uptake of evaluations by different stakeholders, including evaluation briefs, newsletters, videos, guidance documents and ensuring they are systematically shared on internal and external electronic platforms of UN-Habitat;
Participates in survey initiatives; assists with design of data collection tools; collects reliable and accurate information in an objective way, reviews, analyzes and interprets responses, identifies problems/issues and prepares survey reports;
Provides substantive support to consultative and other meetings, conferences, etc., to include proposing agenda topics, identifying and proposed participants, preparation of background documents and presentations, handling logistics, etc.
Ensures that the evaluation module, integrated in PAAS and the Evaluation Recommendations Tracking System are continuously monitored and updated and is able to generate reports from the system as and when they are needed to facilitate accountability, learning and programme improvement.
Review updates in the Integrated Planning, Monitoring and
Reporting (IPMR) system for preparation of annual evaluation plans and evaluations of individual projects and programmes.
Develops innovative tools and technologies to deliver evaluative information to those that can use it, by synthesizing evaluation reports to get key messages and in appropriate formats to be shared with various audiences and key stakeholders of evaluations;
Provides substantive backstopping to consultative and other evaluation meetings, workshops conferences, etc., including proposing agenda topics, preparation of documents and presentations;
Participates in field missions, including provision of substantive support, data collection, etc;
Contributed to updating the UN-Habitat Evaluation website;
Undertakes other assignments in support of the Independent Evaluation Unit to implement its work.
Competencies
Professionalism: Knowledge and understanding of theories, concepts and approaches of evaluation. Ability to identify issues, analyze and report concisely. Ability to assist with data collection using various methods. Conceptual analytical and evaluative skills to conduct independent research and analysis, including familiarity with and experience in the use of various research sources, including electronic sources on the internet, intranet and other databases.
Communication: Speaks and writes clearly and effectively; listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; asks questions to clarify and exhibits interest in having two-way communication; tailors language, tone, style and format to match audience; demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.
Teamwork: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; solicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others; places team agenda before personal agenda; supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position; shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.
Education
An advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent degree) business administration, information technology, computer sciences, statistics, management, economics or a related field is required.
A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Work Experience
A minimum of two (2) years of progressively responsible work experience in project/programme management, administration, evaluation or related area is required.
Experience in strategic planning, programme monitoring and evaluation is required.
Experience in devising and implementing evaluation mechanisms (e.g. public opinion surveys) to assess popular perceptions is desirable.
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is desirable.
NOTE: "Fluency equals a rating of "fluent" in all four areas (read, write, speak, understand) and " Knowledge of" equals a rating of " confident" in two of the four areas.
How to Apply
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