FAO Office of Evaluation
Evaluation of Efforts to Promote Post-Crisis Transition
FAO's Office of Evaluation is recruiting fora thematic evaluation of FAO's "efforts to promote post-conflict transition", to start at the end of the year and be carried out during the first half of 2013. The evaluation will look at how FAO promotes transitioning from immediate emergency relief to longer-term and more sustainable recovery and development work, verifying the effectiveness of FAO's tools to support the recovery of rural livelihoods, markets and institutions at different levels.
The tentative timeline for this work includes an inception phase in November 2012-January 2013, an evaluation phase in March-May 2013, and a report-writing and dissemination phase in June-August 2013.
Composition and profile of the evaluation team
The Evaluation will be conducted by a multidisciplinary team of independent consultants. Gender equity and geographical balance will be pursued in so far as possible in the team composition, to ensure diversity of perspectives. Knowledge of FAO, expertise in food security, nutrition, natural resource management, agriculture and related sectors will be prioritised. Direct experience in conducting strategic thematic evaluations will be important – as will experience in working in both humanitarian responses and transition/development programming.
The Evaluation team will consist of:
A Team Leader, who will be a leading expert in the field and have experience in leading large and complex evaluations. They will possess in-depth knowledge of transition and recovery debates, and of one or more areas of FAO’s work. The Team Leader will be required to start working during the inception phase, for around 20 working days in the last quarter of 2012.
Four to five Team Members with expertise in one of FAO’s areas of work (Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, Natural Resource Management, Food and Nutrition Security), institutional capacity building, market analysis, agricultural and food security policy. They will possess good knowledge of the international debate on transition/recovery post-conflict and post-disaster. Hands on experience in humanitarian settings and in-depth knowledge of funding architecture are a plus. Candidates will demonstrate solid interviewing skills, confidence with the theoretical debates, and an ability to collect information and to write succinct well developed analysis.
The Office of Evaluation is presently scoping for prospective candidates for the position of Evaluation Team Leader and Evaluation Team Members. For details please refer to the full call for expression of interest.
Consultants with expertise in one of the technical areas indicated above and experience in undertaking independent evaluations of complex programmes are invited to submit an expression of interest together with their resume/cv and indication of availability and expected remuneration to the Office of Evaluation: savina.tessitore@fao.org
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