Evaluation Officer

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Job Description - Evaluation Officer (2601618)

Job Description

2601618

Evaluation Officer

Job Posting

31/Jul/2026

Closure Date

21/Aug/2026, 9:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit : OED

Job Type

Staff position

Type of Requisition : Professional Project

Primary Location

Italy-Rome

Duration : Fixed-term: one year with possibility of extension

Post Number : 2007277

CCOG Code : 1A02e

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- FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, background and culture
- Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply
- Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct, and to uphold FAO’s values
- FAO, as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status, objectives and mandate, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination
- All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks
- All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality
- FAO staff are subject to the authority of the Director-General, who may assign them to any of the activities or offices of the Organization.

FAO’s commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through the FAO Strategic Framework by supporting the transformation to MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems, for better production , better nutrition , a better environment, and a better life , leaving no one behind.

Organizational Setting

FAO is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Our goal is to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. With 195 members (194 countries and the European Union), FAO works in more than 130 countries worldwide.

FAO implements a wide portfolio of projects, programmes, and initiatives across multiple sectors. These include animal production
and health, fisheries, food and nutrition, food systems and safety, forestry, social protection, inclusive rural development, information management systems / data systems for monitoring and decision making, land and water, plant production and protection, and others. FAO has a growing portfolio of work in the development and humanitarian (emergency and resilience)



sectors. FAO evaluates the strategic alignment, implementation, efficacy, and efficiency of its portfolio of work through its independent Office of Evaluation (OED), which is led by the Director of OED who reports to the Director-General and the FAO Programme Committee.

OED evaluates FAO strategies, initiatives, programmes, and projects at global, regional, and national levels. OED seeks to generate credible and useful evidence and insights to inform decisions, support oversight, and help FAO achieve its mission. In so doing, OED advances knowledge and provides results accountability to both the Director-General and Member Nations. OED also
participates in system-wide evaluation initiatives, thereby contributing to assessments of development and humanitarian
effectiveness by the UN system.

OED values candidates who are highly motivated to excel and want to join OED colleagues in generating transformative knowledge for FAO, its Member Nations, and others working in the fields in which FAO operates to achieve its mission of ending hunger!

The position is located in the Office of Evaluation (OED) at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

Reporting Lines

The Evaluation Officer reports to a more senior Evaluation Officer in OED.

Technical Focus

Evaluations

Key Results

Planning, designing, conducting and promoting the use of evaluations, thereby contributing to enhanced results-accountability to the Director-General and the Governing Bodies, and enriched learning by the Organization; and improved results-based management.

Key Functions

- Composes and manages project evaluation teams.
- Supports evaluations of programmes, programme components or cluster of projects.
- Supports lead evaluators in the preparation of evaluation reports and related materials.
- Assist with the organization and preparation of meetings, missions, workshops and other events.
- Keeps abreast of methodological developments in evaluation and contributes to the development of evaluation methodologies and tools.
- Liaises and collaborates with other units of the Organization with a view to promoting results-based and evaluation culture, and enhanced learning from evaluations.
- Liaises and collaborates with the evaluation units of other United Nations organizations as well as professional evaluation bodies.
- Performs other duties as required.

Specific Functions

- Helps design and conduct evaluations of projects, programmes, and thematic or geographic areas focused on measuring results, that is,



outcomes and impacts.
- Supports the preparation of evaluation reports and related materials, such as briefs, papers, and presentations.
- Applies (and enforces in others) rigorous analytical thinking in conducting analyses (qualitative and quantitative), preparing dissemination materials (reports, papers and journal articles, presentations, and so on), and documenting work completed to ensure it is reproducible.
- Ensures the quality of the work conducted or managed, including reports and presentations, and assists in quality enhancement of evaluations conducted by others.
- Participates actively and productively in multidisciplinary evaluation teams, often with internal and external partners.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) focused on research and evaluation methods and in one of the following fields: data science, economics, econometrics, geography, political science, public policy, sociology, or statistics.
- Three years of relevant experience in supporting, designing, planning and/or conducting evaluations.
- Working knowledge (proficiency - level C) of English and intermediate knowledge (intermediate proficiency - level B) of another official FAO language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish).
- Results Focus
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Building Effective Relationships
- Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

- Ph.D. degree is highly desirable.
- Extent and relevance of technical expertise in conducting evaluations (particularly impact evaluations, that is, using designs that establish cause and effect relationships rigorously) and designing and analysing panel surveys, as demonstrated by at least three publications in peer-reviewed journals. List of peer-reviewed publications must be uploaded as a separate document and excluding articles published in predatory journals (document #1 to be uploaded).
- Proven ability to deliver clear and concise reports and presentations as demonstrated through a writing sample of an evaluation conducted (document #2 to be uploaded), a brief justification/rationale for the writing sample selected (document #3 to be uploaded), a presentation based on that writing sample (document #4 to be uploaded), and a cover letter (document #5 to be uploaded).
- Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions is desirable, as well as in fields related to FAO's mission (such as agriculture, nutrition, emergency and resilience, climate mitigation and resilience, and others), is highly desirable - as demonstrated in the CV (document #6 to be uploaded)
- Analytical skills and ability to write clear and concise reports in English.

Please note that all candidates should adhere to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO, Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency.

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