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Are you a seasoned Evaluation Officer interested in further developing your professional experience while contributing to ending global hunger? Are you passionate about helping those in need? Would you like to join a global organisation investing in its people?
If so, an exciting & fulfilling career awaits you! Join our diverse and passionate team that works on varied and international projects directly contributing to saving & changing millions of lives around the globe.
Applications must be submitted before Friday July 14, 2023 (11:59 CET).
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a highly prestigious, reputable & world’s largest humanitarian organization, operating in more than 120 countries and territories, bringing life-saving assistance in emergencies, building pathways to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change and supporting sustainable and resilient livelihoods for a world with zero hunger.
At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP’s values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.
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We are seeking to fill the position of Evaluation Officer at the P4 level, based in the Office of Evaluation (OEV) at our Headquarters in Rome, Italy. This position reports to a Senior Evaluation Officer Head of Unit for centralized evaluations within OEV.
The Office of Evaluation (OEV) is an independent evaluation function within WFP. The Evaluation Policy, Charter, and Corporate Evaluation Strategy together constitute the governance framework for the WFP evaluation function within the wider oversight arrangements established by the Executive Board.
The evaluation function plays a key role in strengthening WFP’s contribution to ending global hunger. As outlined in the WFP Evaluation Policy, the evaluation function aims to embed evaluation into the heart of an organizational culture of accountability and learning, ensuring that evaluation is planned and budgeted for, and evaluation findings are comprehensively incorporated into all WFP’s policies, strategies and programmes. Evaluations provide WFP decision-makers and all stakeholders with independent assessment of results for accountability and learning and enable WFP to better respond to the needs and expectations of the populations it serves.
OEV’s workplan includes a variety of centralized evaluations aiming for a comprehensive and balanced evaluation coverage and OEV strives for innovation and improvement in evaluation quality and relevance, strategic evaluation partnerships and strengthening WFP’s culture of learning as well as facilitating evidence-based decision-making.
The main role of this Evaluation Officer will be to manage country strategy plan evaluations, aiming to generate independent, credible and useful evaluation evidence by assessing the performance and results of WFP country strategic plans.
The Evaluation Officer may be asked to manage other types (policy, synthesis, joint) of evaluations.
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These are the common standards of behaviour that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission.
Leads by Example with Integrity | Drives Results and Delivers on Commitments | Fosters Inclusive and Collaborative Teamwork | Applies Strategic Thinking | Builds and Maintains Sustainable Partnerships |
Lives the WFP values and shows humanity and integrity by role modelling care for others | Delivers on commitments and adapts readily to change | Is inclusive and collaborative, and contributes to a culture of learning and personal growth | Demonstrates commitment to gather perspectives, analyse options and risks, and propose new ways of doing things | Builds and nurtures external partnerships and collaborates with partners to deliver common objectives |
Different expectations of behaviour are defined depending on your grade and role/responsibilities within WFP
WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment
WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.