Senior Evaluation Officer

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is an international financial institution and a specialized United Nations agency dedicated to eradicating rural poverty and hunger. It does so by investing in rural people. IFAD finances programmes and projects that increase agricultural productivity and raise rural incomes, and advocates at the local, national and international level for policies that contribute to rural transformation. 

In line with IFAD’s Evaluation Policy, the Independent Office of Evaluation (IOE) reports directly to the IFAD Executive Board (EB). The Evaluation Policy established that the evaluation function at IFAD will operate in line with internationally accepted principles for the evaluation of development assistance. The IFAD Evaluation Policy also states that the IOE Director will ensure that IOE is staffed by independent-minded, experienced evaluators.

The Senior Evaluation Officer works under the overall supervision and strategic, policy and management guidance of the Director, IOE, as well as the day-to-day supervision of a Lead Evaluation Officer, IOE.
 

Job Role
The Senior Evaluation Officer, IOE, leads Country Strategy and Programme Evaluations (CSPEs) having a large number of complex operations.

Key Functions and Results
EVALUATION MANAGEMENT: Senior Evaluation Officers at this level substantively contribute to IOE evaluation management activities with a view to ensuring adherence to IOE evaluation policy, quality standards and evaluation manual. Major activities include but are not limited to:
Supporting the preparation of IOE’s Annual Work Programme, the conduct of internal peer reviews and the periodical review of IFAD’s evaluation methodology and processes;
Contributing to the development of the evaluation methodology; and
Leading, training and motivating international/national experts in the conduct of project evaluation.
 COUNTRY PROGRAMME EVALUATION: Senior Evaluation Officers at this level lead Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation (CSPE) activities, ensuring independence and accountability. Major activities include but are not limited to:
Managing the entire evaluation process for CSPEs, including building teams of evaluation experts, production of the Approach Paper, organization of the evaluation mission, leading and being responsible for the main report, organization of in-country workshops and facilitation of the agreement at completion point on the evaluation findings and recommendations among the IFAD management and concerned governments;
Participating in internal peer reviews of CSPEs; and
Preparing concise, reader-friendly and yet analytically rigorous evaluation reports and presenting them in-house and to the EB’s Evaluation Committee.
 IMPACT EVALUATION: The Senior Evaluation Officer enhances IFAD’s accountability and knowledge of results at the project level by designing and conducting impact evaluations as well as preparing the final evaluation report. Assessment and documentation of results and impact are done with reference to both qualitative and quantitative information. Major activities include but are not limited to:
Customizing methods and data collection tools to the specific project design and area context as well as identifying relevant impact domains and sampling areas;
Overseeing the collection and analysis of primary impact data to establish evidence and illustrate the project’s contribution/successes;
Leading the main mission and preparation of the final impact evaluation report; and Making recommendations for the design/re-design and implementation of on-going and future operations in the country.

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