Evaluation Consultant

Job Posting Organization:
UN Women is an organization grounded in the vision of equality as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations. Established to eliminate discrimination against all women and girls, UN Women promotes accountability on gender equality through evaluation and strengthening evaluation capacities. The organization operates globally, with a focus on enhancing its role at country, regional, and global levels. UN Women aims to enhance accountability, inform decision-making, and contribute to learning on achieving women's empowerment and gender equality through its operational and normative work. The Independent Evaluation, Audit and Investigation Services (IEAIS) provides independent evaluation, internal audit, and investigation assurance, as well as advisory services to management on UN Women’s programs, controls, business systems, and processes, identifying good practices and providing recommendations for improvement.

Job Overview:
The Evaluation Consultant will work under the supervision of the Regional Evaluation Specialist for Asia and the Pacific and in consultation with the Chief of the Independent Evaluation Service (IES). The consultant will contribute to corporate evaluations, including synthesis and rapid assessments, and support the evaluation function for the Asia and the Pacific region. The role involves conducting corporate evaluations, supporting preliminary research, documentation review, and analysis processes. The consultant will also support or lead data collection efforts, including desk reviews, survey design, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions. The consultant will undertake quantitative and qualitative data analysis, create visualizations, and assist in drafting evaluation reports and communication packages. Additionally, the consultant will support the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific evaluation function, ensuring quality assurance of decentralized evaluations and facilitating the use of evaluation learnings in UN Women efforts in the region.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the conduct of corporate evaluations as an evaluation team member (70% of time effort).
• Conduct preliminary research, documentation review, and analysis processes, including evaluation portfolio analysis based on relevant documents and corporate data.
• Support or lead data collection efforts, including desk reviews, survey design, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions.
• Undertake quantitative and qualitative data analysis for case studies and create data visualizations, tables, and graphs for key documents.
• During the evaluation reporting phase, support the development and presentation of preliminary findings and drafting of synthesis evaluation reports and annexes.
• Develop communication packages for evaluations, such as evaluation briefs and support dissemination efforts.
• Support the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific evaluation function, including managing quality assurance of decentralized evaluations and providing knowledge management leadership.
• Facilitate the use of evaluation learnings in UN Women efforts in the region and track Key Performance Indicators for the Asia and the Pacific region.
• Submit monthly progress reports detailing work completed and deliverables finalized during that month.

Required Qualifications:

• Advanced university degree in evaluation, international development, social sciences, or a related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of 2 years of professional experience in qualitative/quantitative data collection and analysis, and program or corporate evaluation is required.
• Understanding of the UN system or experience working with an international organization is an asset.
• Demonstrated experience in gender equality and women’s empowerment, gender mainstreaming, gender analysis, and gender-responsive evaluation is an asset.
• Experience supporting or leading evaluation syntheses is an asset.
• Experience with data analysis and visualization tools (e.g., Nvivo, Tableau) is an asset.

Educational Background:
The position requires an advanced university degree in evaluation, international development, social sciences, or a related field. Alternatively, a first-level university degree combined with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree.

Experience:
The consultant should have a minimum of 2 years of professional experience in qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis, as well as program or corporate evaluation. Familiarity with the UN system or experience working with international organizations is considered an asset, as is demonstrated experience in gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Languages:
Proficiency in English is required for this position. Knowledge of another official United Nations language, such as French or Spanish, is desirable and considered an advantage.

Additional Notes:
This consultancy is office-based in Bangkok, Thailand, and the consultant is expected to work 20 days a month. A monthly rate will be paid upon satisfactory completion of tasks and deliverables summarized in a monthly report. UN Women will cover travel and related visa and terminal fees for the Thailand duty station, while the selected consultant will be responsible for accommodation costs. If travel outside the duty station is required, UN Women will arrange travel separately. The organization emphasizes diversity and inclusion, ensuring that recruitment and employment decisions are made based on qualifications, competence, integrity, and organizational need.