UN Women: Evaluation Consultant, Bangkok, Thailand, International Consultant

I. Background/Context

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against all women and girls.

The mandate and functions of UN Women call for the promotion of organizational and UN system accountability on gender equality through evaluation, strengthening evaluation capacities and learning from evaluation, and developing systems to measure the results and impact of UN Women with its enhanced role at country, regional and global levels. The purpose and role of evaluation in UN Women is to enhance accountability, inform decision-making and contribute to learning on the best ways to achieve women’s empowerment and gender equality through 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 programmes, controls, business systems, and processes to identify good practices, provide recommendations for improvement, and contribute to learning.  

II. Description of Responsibilities /Scope of 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 Evaluation Consultant will contribute to corporate evaluations, including synthesis and rapid assessments, IES-led regional evaluations for Asia and the Pacific and support the evaluation function for the Asia and the Pacific region as follows:  

1. Support the conduct of corporate evaluations as an evaluation team member (70% of time effort)   

• Support preliminary research, documentation review and analysis processes, such as document review and evaluation portfolio analysis based on and review of relevant documents (e.g., strategic notes, prodocs, donor reports and evaluation reports etc.) and corporate data (e.g. monitoring and reporting data, financial and HR data etc.)   
• Support or lead elements of data collection, including desk review, survey design and implementation, key informant interviews and focus group discussions, and the implementation of other data collection tools. Undertake quantitative and qualitative data analysis for case studies and create data visualizations, tables, and graphs for key documents and analysis as needed.  
• During the evaluation reporting phase, support the development and presentation of the preliminary finding and drafting of the synthesis evaluation report and annexes.  
• Support the development of the communication package for the evaluation, such as evaluation brief and Transform magazine and support the dissemination of the evaluation.  

  2. Support the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific evaluation function, including conducting IES-led evaluations and managing the quality assurance of decentralized evaluations (Regional and Country Office managed), and providing knowledge management leadership (i.e. facilitating use of evaluation). (30% of time effort)    

• IES-led evaluations:  
• Support preliminary research, documentation review and analysis processes, such as document review and evaluation portfolio analysis based on and review of relevant documents (e.g., strategic notes, prodocs, donor reports and evaluation reports etc.) and corporate data (e.g. monitoring and reporting data, financial and HR data etc.)   
• Support or lead elements of data collection, including desk review, survey design and implementation, key informant interviews and focus group discussions, and the implementation of other data collection tools. Undertake quantitative and qualitative data analysis for case studies and create data visualizations, tables, and graphs for key documents and analysis as needed.  
• During the evaluation reporting phase, support the development and presentation of the preliminary finding and drafting of the synthesis evaluation report and annexes.  
• Support the development of the communication package for the evaluation, such as evaluation brief and Transform magazine and support the dissemination of the evaluation.  
• Provide support to management and quality assurance of evaluation processes in the Asia and the Pacific region, building capacity within the region for high quality gender responsive evaluation.  
• Support the Regional Office Community of Practice on Results Based Management to facilitate use of evaluation learnings in UN Women efforts in the region.   
• Support the tracking of Key Performance Indicators for the Asia and the Pacific region.  

Monthly progress reports are to be submitted, describing work completed and listing any deliverables finalized during that month (deliverables as outlined above: guidance, presentations, talking points, tools, reports, and any other concrete outputs). 

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel

This is an office-based consultancy, based in Bangkok, Thailand. 

As part of this assignment, there may be travel related to the scope of work, which will be paid for separately in accordance with UN Women’s travel policy. 

Core Values: 

• Respect for Diversity 
• Integrity 
• Professionalism 

Core Competencies: 

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues 
• Accountability 
• Creative Problem Solving 
• Effective Communication 
• Inclusive Collaboration 
• Stakeholder Engagement 
• Leading by Example 

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies:   https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment/application-process#_Values   FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES: 

• Excellent command of written and oral English
• Working knowledge of another UN language is an advantage
• Strong analytical and communication skills
• Ability to work within a diverse team, and to carry out assigned tasks independently
• Strong planning and organizing skills with ability to identify priority activities and assignments and to use time efficiently
• Ability to take decisions and manage political/cultural sensitivity

Education and Certification:

Education:

1. Advanced university degree in evaluation, international development, social sciences, or a related field is required.
2. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

3. A minimum of 2 years professional experience in qualitative/quantitative data collection and analysis, programme or corporate evaluation required. 

4. Understanding of the UN system or experience working with an international organization an asset.  

5. Demonstrated experience in the areas of gender equality and women’s empowerment, gender mainstreaming, gender analysis, and gender-responsive evaluation an asset. 

6. Experience supporting or leading evaluation syntheses an asset.   

7. Experience with data analysis and visualization tools (e.g. Nvivo, Tableau) an asset 

Languages:

8. Language proficiency in English required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language (e.g. French, Spanish) is desirable.

V. Payment

The consultant is expected to work 20 days a month based in Thailand, and a monthly rate will be paid upon satisfactory completion of tasks and deliverables that will be summarized in a monthly report.

UN Women will cover travel and related visa and terminal fees for Thailand duty station.  The cost of accommodation will be responsible by the selected consultant.

Should the consultant be required to travel outside the duty station, UN Women will prepare the travel arrangement for the consultant separately.

• Application letter explaining your interest in the consultancy and why you are a suitable candidate for the consultancy position. 
• Applicants must ensure that all sections of the application form, including the sections on education and employment history, are completed. If all sections are not completed the application may be disqualified and not considered for further assessment. 

*Applicants who have been shortlisted will be asked for any other materials relevant to pre-assessing the relevance of their experience, 2-3 relevant writing samples. These samples must have been authored by the applicant. Alternatively, the applicant should be able to show that they led in the drafting of the same,  copy of biodata page of national passport and copy of the highest education certificate.

VII. Diversity and Inclusion

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.  

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.  

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination.  All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)