Evaluation Officer(m/w/x)

# Title:  Evaluation Officer Requisition ID: ****5546**** Grade: ****P3**** Country: ****Austria**** Duty Station: ****Vienna**** Category: ****Professional and Higher**** Type of Job Posting: ****Internal and External**** Employment Type: ****Staff-Full-time**** Appointment Type: **Fixed Term - 100 series** Indicative Minimum Net Annual Salary: ****106,792**** ****USD**** Application Deadline: ****13-May-2025**, 11:59 PM (Vienna, Austria time)** **Vacancy Announcement** Female candidates from all Member States are particularly encouraged to apply. **Organizational Context** The Office of Evaluation and Internal Oversight (EIO), is responsible for providing independent and objective assurance, advice, investigation, and evaluation to add value to and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of UNIDO’s operations, internal control framework, risk management, results-based management and governance processes. EIO provides evidence-based information that is credible, reliable, and useful, enabling the timely incorporation of findings, recommendations, and lessons learned into the decision-making processes at organization-wide, programme, and project levels. EIO also assesses the extent to which UNIDO’s programmes and projects, as well as thematic areas, correctly address and effectively achieve the stated objectives of the Organization. EIO is governed by its Charter. The **Evaluation Officer** works under the overall guidance of the Director of the Office of Evaluation and Internal Oversight (EIO) and the direct supervision of the Chief of the Independent Evaluation Unit (EIO/IEU) and in close collaboration with the EIO colleagues to provide a range of evaluation and oversight services to the organization and its stakeholders. The UNIDO Staff Performance Management System reinforces collaboration within formal units as well as among cross-functional teams. In this context, the incumbent collaborates with his/her team and colleagues, in the country as well as in the region and headquarters. Staff -members are subject to the authority of the Director-General and in this context, all staff are expected to serve in any assignment and duty station as determined by the needs of the Organization **Main Responsibilities** 1. Evaluation function: * Drawing on the latest evaluation practices, manage and/or conduct evaluations that are impartial, independent, and credible. * Provide advice on self-evaluations. * Manage evaluations of projects and programmes, and cross-cutting themes, and the respective evaluation teams. * Source, hire, and supervise external consultants to ensure the production of evaluations that IEU requirements. * Apply quantitative and qualitative evaluation data collection and analysis tools, techniques, and approaches. * Ensure that evaluations meet high professional standards in line with the UNIDO Evaluation Policy and UN Evaluation Norms and standards. * Ensure that evaluations are useful and timely to feed into a learning loop. * Follow up management responses and Management Action Plans (MAPs) to recommendations, and monitor the status of implementation. * Assist in planning the human and financial resources needed for a fully operational evaluation function. 2. Promote the evaluation function in the Organization: * Contribute to providing training and capacity building on evaluation. * Contribute to the development of best-practice policies and standards in evaluation and ensure their efficacy and consistent application throughout the organization. * Contribute to the development and review of policies, guidance, systems, procedures, and tools related to evaluation. * Promote accountability and learning to contribute to an enabling environment for results-orientation in the context of UNIDO’s mandate and the common goals of the UN Development System. 3. Support the Director, EIO, and Chief EIO/IEU on other special projects and assignments. * Perform other related duties and assignments as and when required. **Core Values and Competencies** **Core Values** WE LIVE AND ACT WITH INTEGRITY: Work honestly, openly, and impartially. WE SHOW PROFESSIONALISM: work hard and competently in a committed and responsible manner. WE RESPECT DIVERSITY: work together effectively, respectfully, and inclusively, regardless of our differences in culture and perspective. **Key Competencies** WE FOCUS ON PEOPLE: cooperate to fully reach our potential –and this is true for our colleagues as well as our clients. Emotional intelligence and receptiveness are vital parts of our UNIDO identity. WE FOCUS ON RESULTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: focus on planning, organizing, and managing our work effectively and efficiently. We are responsible and accountable for achieving our results and meeting our performance standards. This accountability does not end with our colleagues and supervisors, but we also owe it to those, we serve and who have trusted us to contribute to a better, safer, and healthier world. WE COMMUNICATE AND EARN TRUST: communicate effectively with one another and build an environment of trust where we can all excel in our work. WE THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND INNOVATE: To stay relevant, we continuously improve, support innovation, share our knowledge and skills, and learn from one another. **Job-Specific Competencies:** * Highly motivated and committed to consistently delivering high-quality work. * Highly organized and able to work under competing deadlines and multitask. * Demonstrated ability to operate collaboratively across organizational boundaries and track record of strong teamwork, knowledge sharing, and capacity to motivate and develop teams. **Minimum Organizational Requirements** **Education**: Advanced university-level degree (master's or equivalent)  in Economics, Business Management, Social Sciences, Engineering, or another field relevant to UNIDO’s mandate **required**. Formal training in evaluation is desirable. **Experience**: * A minimum of five (5) years of progressive professional experience in evaluation, at the international level, involving technical cooperation in developing countries is **required**. * Experience in the identification of evaluation needs and; the elaboration of evaluation designs, including clear and focused evaluation questions; and the application of a range of evaluation data collection and analysis methods, using multiple and mixed methods **is required.** * Experience in the field of livelihood support through the implementation of technical cooperation or development programmes/projects is **desirable.** * Experience in facilitating stakeholder workshops, and focus groups **is desirable.** * Knowledge of data visualization tools such as Tableau or PowerBI **is desirable.** **Language Skills**: Fluency in written and spoken English is required. Fluency in or working knowledge of other official language(s) of the United Nations, is an asset.