Evaluation Specialist

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Description

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• Assess the programme strategy in terms of identified priorities and approach;
• Assess the achievement of the programme results with particular attention to the operationalisation of the humanitarian-development-peace nexus; 
• Assess enabling and limiting factors affecting results;
• Identify good practices and lessons learnt to inform design and implementation of future programme in Yemen and other similar protracted crisis;

• Value chains in agriculture, livestock and fisheries; 
• Agricultural policies and sustainable food security systems; 
• Information Management systems for food security, land and water; 
• Natural resource management
• Early warning, disaster risk reduction, emergency response and resilience building;
• Cash and voucher programming;
• Gender, social inclusion and capacity development; 
• Conflict sensitivity, peacebuilding, and Humanitarian-Development-Peace nexus

• The candidates must be independent, that is had no previous direct involvement in the formulation, implementation or backstopping of FAO’s projects in Yemen and will be required to sign a declaration of conflict of interest.

• Review relevant background documentation made available by OED for the assigned thematic area;
• Participate actively in the collection of relevant data, as required and identified in the evaluation matrix;
• Participate in field missions to selected project sites to meet with local partners and beneficiaries; 
• Consolidate and analyse information collected;
• Contribute to all evaluation products and deliverables outlined in the evaluation Terms of Reference, including drafting sections of the evaluation report; and 
• Participate and contribute to the team’s working sessions, including the analysis workshop and presentation of preliminary evaluation findings.

• University degree in a relevant discipline: evaluation, agricultural science, environmental science, natural resource management, food and nutrition security, economics, development studies, etc.  
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in evaluation or respective field of specialization;
• Working knowledge of English and/or limited knowledge of another FAO official language (French, Spanish, Chinese, Russian or Arabic). For PSA.SBS working knowledge of English is sufficient. 

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