Background
The purpose and role of evaluation in UN Women is to enhance accountability, inform decision-making and to contribute to learning on the best ways to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment through its operational and normative work. As a member of the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG), UN Women follows its norms and standards. UN Women evaluations also adhere to gender equality principles and are rights responsive.
The final project evaluation will also set forward-looking recommendations on how to strengthen UN Women’s UNSCR 1325 programming and monitoring and evaluation systems at the country and sub-regional levels. In addition, the evaluation will support the planning of follow-up activities by identifying successful approaches and spaces to further enhance performance; it will serve both as a tool and a learning product. Primary audiences of the final evaluation are project stakeholders, donors, partner organisations, and UN Women project, country and regional offices and headquarters.
Eligibility
- Degree in law, political science, gender studies, security, or a related discipline;
- A minimum of 10-15 years of relevant professional experience, specifically in the area of evaluating international development oriented
initiatives and organizations;
- A substantial international track record of conducting different types of evaluations, including process, outcome and impact evaluations in
different countries with a variety of organizations;
- A demonstrated experience with applied research with data collection, analytical and presentation skills and demonstrated ability to
structure information;
- Previous experience with the United Nations and/or other international organisations is considered an asset as is previous work on the
women, peace and security agenda;
- Strong analytical, writing and communication skills in English;
- Strong computer skills;
- Fluency in spoken and written English;
- Knowledge of Bosnian, Croatian and/or Serbian language is considered an asset.
Responsibilities
This evaluation is a final project evaluation. It will cover activities conducted in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo (under SCR 1244), Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Serbia, that have been implemented since the beginning of the project (January 2011) until the time of the evaluation. The evaluation will also take into account activities through November 2013).
For the purposes of this evaluation, the key questions identified by stakeholders and project activity implementation were organized in line with OECD DAC criteria under the following main evaluation criteria: relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, and impact. Further, the evaluation will assess capacity development, partnerships, visibility and results based management/monitoring/evaluation as cross-cutting themes.
Deadline: 09 June 2013
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