ABOUT WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.
- BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. As a major part of WFP’s accountability framework, evaluations assess the performance and results of WFP’s policies, strategies, programmes, and activities for accountability and learning to inform future direction. The Evaluation Policy 2016-2021 aims to strengthen WFP’s contribution to ending global hunger by embedding evaluation into the core of its culture, ensuring evidence-based decision making in all its work.
Since 2017, a new Regional Evaluation Officer (REO) position in the Dakar Regional Bureau for West and Central Africa (RBD) is supporting the Regional Management and Regional and Country Office (CO) colleagues in meeting their responsibilities and accountabilities under the Evaluation Policy and Charter. Framed by the first Regional Evaluation Strategy (RES) 2018-2021 recently approved by the Regional Evaluation Committee (REvCo), the regional decentralized evaluation function aims at fostering the use of CO-led decentralized and corporate centralized evaluation findings.
In helping to implement the RES, the Evaluation Unit of the Regional Bureau in Dakar is seeking to fill one (1) evaluation officer (NOC) position on evaluation with development/humanitarian experience to be based in Dakar Regional Bureau.
The jobholder will support the REO on his tasks related to the implementation of the Regional Evaluation Strategy with a focus on support to Country Offices management of decentralized evaluation and capacity strengthening activities across the region.
- ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
The jobholder will report to the Regional Evaluation Officer or alternate in Dakar Regional Bureau Office. S/he will be responsible for the following key accountabilities:
- Contributing to ensure consistent application of the Decentralized Evaluation Quality Assurance System (DEQAS) and related services by means of coaching, technical support and learning services to COs and RBD colleagues and ensuring appropriate use of quality support advisory services.
- Supporting the implementation of the corporate learning programme on evaluation in the region and strengthening of CO capacity for managing decentralized evaluations.
- Assisting the REO in helping to contribute to national and regional Evaluation Capacity Development activities.
- Take responsibility for integrating protection and gender perspectives in all areas of work, to ensure equal participation of women and men.
- Support the use of information management systems for evaluation processes in the organization.
- Travel to WFP field operations is required.
- Other s required.
- QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
EDUCATION: Master or Advanced University degree in one of the following fields: social sciences, statistics, development economics, performance management, monitoring and evaluation; or First
University degree with additional years of relevant work experience and/or training/courses. Advance University degree or Diploma on Evaluation will be an asset.
EXPERIENCE: Five (5) years of valuable relevant professional work experience in evaluation-related activities in development and/or humanitarian international cooperation.
Has worked in humanitarian or development contexts.
Has experience with UN agencies in the field of M&E, Knowledge Management or Reporting.
- KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
Performance Management & Technical Skills
Broad knowledge of diverse monitoring and evaluation practices, concepts, and principles.
Broad knowledge of internal and external best practices and partnerships to develop and implement optimal evaluation arrangements.
Has organizational and management skills to manage evaluation processes and budgets.
Methodology, Approaches and Analysis
Has knowledge of and ability to develop high-quality terms of references for evaluations, including clear and focused evaluation questions.
Has knowledge of a range of evaluation methods, data collection and analysis methods seeking advice where appropriate.
Has knowledge of how to analyze data from diverse sources.
Ethics
Understands the specific implications of ethics in evaluation and social research activities and is able to consistently ensure that appropriate actions are taken to safeguard ethics.
Demonstrates ethical behavior at all times and communicates WFP’s expectation that all WFP personnel act ethically in furtherance of the ideals of the UN and WFP’s mission.
Language
Fluency (level C) in French and English is required. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of Portuguese will be an asset.
4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES:
4P Theme
Capability Name
Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level
Purpose
Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives
Utilizes understanding of WFP’s Strategic Objectives to communicate linkages to team objectives and work.
Be a force for positive change
Proactively identifies and develops new methods or improvements for self and immediate team to address work challenges within own work area.
Make the mission inspiring to our team
Identifies opportunities to further align individual contributions with WFP’s mission of making an impact on local communities.
Make our mission visible in everyday actions
Helps colleagues to see the link between their individual tasks and the contributions of their unit’s goals to the broader context of WFP’s mission.
People
Look for ways to strengthen people’s skills
Is able to identify, support and encourage focused on-the-job learning opportunities to address gaps between current skillsets and needed future skillsets for WFP.
Create an inclusive culture
Recognizes the contributions of teammates and encourages contributions from culturally different team mates to recognize the value of diversity above and beyond just including it in programming for beneficiaries.
Be a coach & provide constructive feedback
Provides and solicits ongoing constructive feedback on strengths and development opportunities to help develop individual skills, whilst also helping others identify areas for improvement.
Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit
Sets clear targets for self and others to focus team efforts in ambiguous situations (e.g., unprecedented issues and/or scenarios)
Performance
Encourage innovation & creative solutions
Thinks beyond team’s conventional approaches to formulate creative methods for delivering food aid and assistance to beneficiaries.
Focus on getting results
Maintains focus on achieving individual results in the face of obstacles such as volatile or fragile environments and/or organizational roadblocks.
Make commitments and make good on commitments
Takes personal accountability for upholding and delivering upon team’s commitments and provides assurance to stakeholders.
Be Decisive
Demonstrates ability to adjust to team’s plans and priorities to optimize outcomes in light of evolving directives, while also responding quickly in high-pressure environments, such as in emergency settings.
Partnership
Connect and share across WFP units
Demonstrates an understanding of when and how to tactfully engage other units in conversations on impact, timing, or planning
Build strong external partnerships
Networks regularly with key external partners using formal and informal opportunities to understand each partner’s unique value proposition, and to build and strengthen relationships
Be politically agile & adaptable
Demonstrates ability to adapt engagement approach in the context of evolving partner circumstances and expectations
Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships
Demonstrates ability to articulate to internal and external audiences the value that individual contributions and immediate teams bring to partnerships.
FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES:
Capability Name
Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level
Strategic Management
Demonstrates good understanding of humanitarian and development actions in different contexts and knowledge of global geo-political issues and UN Reform, and applies it to enhance existing monitoring and evaluation systems that support WFP’s strategic objectives.
Is able to demonstrate to stakeholders the value of monitoring and evaluation for policy and programming in the achievements of the SDGs.
Has ability to analyze the existing evidence base, needs and design a comprehensive monitoring, review and evaluation plan that will address learning and accountability needs.
Performance Management
Has solid performance management cycle skills to support (or lead when required) the design and implementation of monitoring review and evaluation systems in line with WFP corporate standards.
Has knowledge of internal and external best practices and contributes to the development and implementation of optimal monitoring, review and/or evaluation arrangements.
Has good understanding of the Theory of Change (ToC) approach and process and is able to support the CO team in developing a ToC for moderately complex programmes.
Has knowledge of international norms and standards for evaluation and is able to apply them appropriately, seeking advice where needed.
Methodology, Approaches and Analysis
Ensures selection and application of high quality, credible, analytical approaches and qualitative and quantitative methods appropriate to WFP monitoring, review and evaluation needs.
Has knowledge of and ability to develop high-quality terms of references for evaluations and reviews.
Has knowledge of a range of evaluation methods, data collection and analysis methods and is able to define key methodological requirements for various types of evaluations and critically review the evaluation design proposed by evaluation teams seeking advice where appropriate.
Is able to validate data quality and ensure that data collection and analysis have been conducted ethically.
Communication & Use
Demonstrates skills to communicate effectively key evidence from monitoring, reviews and evaluations to a range of stakeholders.
Demonstrates active listening and conflict resolution skills to promote constructive engagement from stakeholders with diverse, complex and high-stake interests and seeks guidance and engagement from CO management where appropriate.
Ethics
Demonstrates ethical behavior at all times and communicates WFP’s expectation that all WFP personnel act ethically in furtherance of the ideals of the UN and WFP’s mission.
Understands the specific implications of ethics in monitoring, review and evaluation activities and is able to consistently ensure that appropriate actions are taken to safeguard ethics.
5.TERMS & CONDITIONS
Position open to Senegalese nationals only. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.
Applications received after the deadline on 19 Febuary 2020 will not be considered.
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