The Position:

The 2024 UNFPA Evaluation Policy encourages country offices to conduct country programme evaluations (CPEs) for every programme cycle and, as a minimum, every two cycles. UNFPA North Macedonia will be undertaking a country programme evaluation (CPE) to provide an independent assessment of the performance of its 2nd Country Programme (2021-2025) and offer an analysis of various facilitating and constraining factors influencing programme delivery and the achievement of intended results. The CPE will also draw conclusions and provide a set of actionable recommendations for the next programme cycle.

UNFPA North Macedonia is seeking to hire a young and emerging evaluator (YEE) to provide support to the evaluation manager and the evaluation team during the CPE process.

How you can make a difference:

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

Job Purpose and Objectives:

The young and emerging evaluator will be involved in all the phases of the CPE, namely Preparation, Design, Field, Reporting and Dissemination and Facilitation of use phases as described in the UNFPA Evaluation Handbook [https://www.unfpa.org/admin-resource/evaluation-handbook-2024]

The YEE is expected to perform a variety of tasks (as described in the Guidance note on meaningfully engaging youth in evaluations [https://www.unfpa.org/admin-resource/leveraging-power-youth-evaluation-practical-guide-meaningfully-engaging-youth]) under the guidance and supervision of the evaluation manager. These include:

• Support the CPE manager in completing key tasks involving: drafting notes, data management, desk review of relevant documents, communication with the key stakeholders, organizing meetings and organizing logistics related to the implementation of CPE activities;
• Support the preparation of PowerPoint presentations, graphs, tables and diagrams;
• Support data collection in the field;
• Contribute to data analysis;
• Support key dissemination activities of evaluation results (e.g., presentation of the evaluation of the results to key stakeholders)

The work of the YEE will be under the supervision of the CPE manager in the UNFPA North Macedonia CO from August 2024 to December 2024.

Education, Knowledge and Experience:

To provide support to the CPE manager and the evaluation team throughout the evaluation process, a young professional under 35 years of age is expected to meet the following minimum requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, social sciences, demography or population studies, statistics, development studies or any other relevant discipline;
• Training or certification in evaluation (e.g., IPDET, PIFED, CLEAR etc.) or equivalent qualification;
• Less than 5 years of work experience in monitoring and evaluation, research or social studies in the field of international development;
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills;
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural team;
• Good command of information and communication technology and data visualization tools;
• Experience in/knowledge of the national development context;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in local languages and the requested working language;
• Keen interest to improve as a professionally competent evaluator within the framework of national evaluation capacity of the country.

Languages:

Fluency in Macedonian and English is required. Knowledge of other local languages shall be considered an asset

UNFPA Work Environment:

UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA’s workforce – click here to learn more.

Disclaimer:

Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements.

UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts.

Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.