SVD Evaluation Team Leader job at UNICEF
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Posted date: 2025-Jul-30
Location: kampala, Kampala, Uganda
SVD Evaluation Team Leader 2025-07-30T07:11:19+00:00 UNICEF https://cdn.ugashare.com/jsjobsdata/data/employer/comp_2401/logo/unicef.png https://www.unicef.org/ FULL_TIME kampala Kampala 00256 Uganda Professional Services Admin & Office 2025-08-10T17:00:00+00:00 Uganda 8 The UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) is proposing an evaluation of UNICEF’s response to the Level 2 Ebola Response in Uganda. The purpose of the evaluation is to strengthen UNICEF’s accountability to affected populations, partners, and donors supporting humanitarian response and will support the learning towards strengthening preparedness and response capacities to build resilience for increase integration within the humanitarian- development-peace nexus. Key Duties and Responsibilities: The objectives of the evaluation are: -
- To assess to which extent the recommendations formulated during the last response have been used to inform the current preparedness and response plan and identify any resulting good practices.
- To assess the effectiveness and contribution of the UNICEF Response to national efforts, in line with CCCs
- To inform the resilience efforts of the CO in terms of preparedness and Accountability to Affected Persons (AAP)
- To formulate recommendations to inform transition plan, coordination and PHE response from UN, UNICEF and national partners moving forward
- The primary audience for this evaluation is UNICEF staff, management, and regional advisors who were responsible for leading the UNICEF response to the L2 Ebola Outbreak in Uganda. The evaluation’s findings may also be shared with key counterparts, in addition to the main stakeholders involved in this evaluation at the community level. A list of external stakeholders is available in Annex 1, per response pillars.
Scope: Please refer to the full Evaluation Terms of Reference, including Evaluation Questions and Methods, through this link. - Timeline, deliverables, and payment schedule: Please refer to the full Evaluation Terms of Reference, including Evaluation Questions and Methods, through this link.
Important notes - Data archive: Data gathered in the exercise is transferred to an organized archive that will permit follow-on users to replicate or extend the analysis. Suitable care is taken to ensure respondents’ anonymity, which is documented in the inception and final reports.
- Monitoring work progress on deliverables that are not listed in the TOR will be periodically required.
- The format and page limits for the final deliverables will be decided in the inception period. A high value will be placed on concise products that communicate well with different audiences. Thus, the final
- products should be edited and produced to include infographics and print layouts in an easy-to-read format.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… -
- Advanced university degree in disciplines relevant to evaluation (e.g., social policy, economics, demography, anthropology, public health).
- A minimum of ten years’ experience evaluating humanitarian action. Prior experience evaluating UNICEF humanitarian response in Eastern and Southern Africa will be considered as an advantage (P5 level)
- Experience in conducting multi-disciplinary evaluations, including evaluating rapid onset emergencies for UNICEF, other UN agencies or other international partners at the global, regional or country levels.
- Knowledge of the latest qualitative and quantitative methods and approaches in humanitarian evaluation, especially participatory methods and accountability to affected populations.
- Experience in desk review-based methodologies with strong qualitative and quantitative analytical and synthesis competencies.
- Technical expertise relevant to UNICEF’s emergency operations, familiarity with UNICEF’s emergency response, including the Core Commitments to Children, preferred
- Experience and knowledge of child rights and participation, equity, disability inclusion, and gender equality in research and evaluation, particularly in humanitarian settings
- Excellent analytical, communication and drafting writing skills in English
- Significant advantages
- Proven ability to develop attractive evidence products that present complex information via Infographics and other communication means.
- Proven ethical use of Artificial Intelligence for data analysis
- A work record in Eastern and Southern Africa and with experience in Uganda within a humanitarian context
- In-depth knowledge of Ebola in the Eastern and Southern African Region specifically, with experience in preparedness and response to other public health emergencies
- Record of top-ranked evaluation reports by GEROS or other UN entities
- Languages:
- Fluency in English is expected; Knowledge of local languages would be considered as an advantage.
To assess to which extent the recommendations formulated during the last response have been used to inform the current preparedness and response plan and identify any resulting good practices. To assess the effectiveness and contribution of the UNICEF Response to national efforts, in line with CCCs To inform the resilience efforts of the CO in terms of preparedness and Accountability to Affected Persons (AAP) To formulate recommendations to inform transition plan, coordination and PHE response from UN, UNICEF and national partners moving forward The primary audience for this evaluation is UNICEF staff, management, and regional advisors who were responsible for leading the UNICEF response to the L2 Ebola Outbreak in Uganda. The evaluation’s findings may also be shared with key counterparts, in addition to the main stakeholders involved in this evaluation at the community level. A list of external stakeholders is available in Annex 1, per response pillars. Advanced university degree in disciplines relevant to evaluation (e.g., social policy, economics, demography, anthropology, public health). A minimum of ten years’ experience evaluating humanitarian action. Prior experience evaluating UNICEF humanitarian response in Eastern and Southern Africa will be considered as an advantage (P5 level) Experience in conducting multi-disciplinary evaluations, including evaluating rapid onset emergencies for UNICEF, other UN agencies or other international partners at the global, regional or country levels. Knowledge of the latest qualitative and quantitative methods and approaches in humanitarian evaluation, especially participatory methods and accountability to affected populations. Experience in desk review-based methodologies with strong qualitative and quantitative analytical and synthesis competencies. Technical expertise relevant to UNICEF’s emergency operations, familiarity with UNICEF’s emergency response, including the Core Commitments to Children, preferred Experience and knowledge of child rights and participation, equity, disability inclusion, and gender equality in research and evaluation, particularly in humanitarian settings Excellent analytical, communication and drafting writing skills in English Significant advantages Proven ability to develop attractive evidence products that present complex information via Infographics and other communication means. Proven ethical use of Artificial Intelligence for data analysis A work record in Eastern and Southern Africa and with experience in Uganda within a humanitarian context In-depth knowledge of Ebola in the Eastern and Southern African Region specifically, with experience in preparedness and response to other public health emergencies Record of top-ranked evaluation reports by GEROS or other UN entities Languages: Fluency in English is expected; Knowledge of local languages would be considered as an advantage. JOB-6889c597c7d96 Vacancy title:
SVD Evaluation Team Leader Jobs at:
UNICEF Deadline of this Job:
Sunday, August 10 2025 Duty Station:
kampala | Kampala | Uganda Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, July 30 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed JOB DETAILS: The UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) is proposing an evaluation of UNICEF’s response to the Level 2 Ebola Response in Uganda. The purpose of the evaluation is to strengthen UNICEF’s accountability to affected populations, partners, and donors supporting humanitarian response and will support the learning towards strengthening preparedness and response capacities to build resilience for increase integration within the humanitarian- development-peace nexus. Key Duties and Responsibilities: The objectives of the evaluation are: -
- To assess to which extent the recommendations formulated during the last response have been used to inform the current preparedness and response plan and identify any resulting good practices.
- To assess the effectiveness and contribution of the UNICEF Response to national efforts, in line with CCCs
- To inform the resilience efforts of the CO in terms of preparedness and Accountability to Affected Persons (AAP)
- To formulate recommendations to inform transition plan, coordination and PHE response from UN, UNICEF and national partners moving forward
- The primary audience for this evaluation is UNICEF staff, management, and regional advisors who were responsible for leading the UNICEF response to the L2 Ebola Outbreak in Uganda. The evaluation’s findings may also be shared with key counterparts, in addition to the main stakeholders involved in this evaluation at the community level. A list of external stakeholders is available in Annex 1, per response pillars.
Scope: Please refer to the full Evaluation Terms of Reference, including Evaluation Questions and Methods, through this link. - Timeline, deliverables, and payment schedule: Please refer to the full Evaluation Terms of Reference, including Evaluation Questions and Methods, through this link.
Important notes - Data archive: Data gathered in the exercise is transferred to an organized archive that will permit follow-on users to replicate or extend the analysis. Suitable care is taken to ensure respondents’ anonymity, which is documented in the inception and final reports.
- Monitoring work progress on deliverables that are not listed in the TOR will be periodically required.
- The format and page limits for the final deliverables will be decided in the inception period. A high value will be placed on concise products that communicate well with different audiences. Thus, the final
- products should be edited and produced to include infographics and print layouts in an easy-to-read format.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… -
- Advanced university degree in disciplines relevant to evaluation (e.g., social policy, economics, demography, anthropology, public health).
- A minimum of ten years’ experience evaluating humanitarian action. Prior experience evaluating UNICEF humanitarian response in Eastern and Southern Africa will be considered as an advantage (P5 level)
- Experience in conducting multi-disciplinary evaluations, including evaluating rapid onset emergencies for UNICEF, other UN agencies or other international partners at the global, regional or country levels.
- Knowledge of the latest qualitative and quantitative methods and approaches in humanitarian evaluation, especially participatory methods and accountability to affected populations.
- Experience in desk review-based methodologies with strong qualitative and quantitative analytical and synthesis competencies.
- Technical expertise relevant to UNICEF’s emergency operations, familiarity with UNICEF’s emergency response, including the Core Commitments to Children, preferred
- Experience and knowledge of child rights and participation, equity, disability inclusion, and gender equality in research and evaluation, particularly in humanitarian settings
- Excellent analytical, communication and drafting writing skills in English
- Significant advantages
- Proven ability to develop attractive evidence products that present complex information via Infographics and other communication means.
- Proven ethical use of Artificial Intelligence for data analysis
- A work record in Eastern and Southern Africa and with experience in Uganda within a humanitarian context
- In-depth knowledge of Ebola in the Eastern and Southern African Region specifically, with experience in preparedness and response to other public health emergencies
- Record of top-ranked evaluation reports by GEROS or other UN entities
- Languages:
- Fluency in English is expected; Knowledge of local languages would be considered as an advantage.
Work Hours: 8 Experience in Months: 120 Level of Education: bachelor degree Job application procedure Interested and qualified? Click here to apply
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