Vacancy Announcement Details

The Young Professional Officer (Evaluation) will contribute to evaluations through quantitative research, data collection and analysis. OED encourages the use of advanced quantitative and data analytic techniques to analyse structured and unstructured data.  

Key Results

  Successfully supported/contributed to programme and project evaluations.

Key Functions

• Conduct data analysis and produce statistics;
• Collect data and maintain databases;
• Provides technical support to various projects;
• Collaborates in the development of training tools and materials and the organization of workshops/seminars etc.;
• Participates in the organization and follow-up of meetings, consultations and conferences, the production of required materials and the provision of information and assistance to partners;
• Perform other related duties as required.

Specific Functions

The specific functions of this position in evaluation are to:

• Participate actively and productively in multidisciplinary evaluation teams, often with internal and external partners.
•  Apply rigorous analytic thinking to analyse data, interpret the resulting statistics and generate effective visualizations.
• Contribute to analyses of FAO’s portfolio of work to inform evaluation designs, leveraging data analytic techniques to analyse large amounts of  structured and unstructured data.  
• Produce data, code and documentation files to facilitate quality assurance, replication and use.
• Collaborate in developing tools to monitor FAO’s portfolio, such as developing dashboards and visualizations.
• Support research and evaluations across FAO’s portfolio of emergency, resilience, and development projects and programmes

Full details available on the FAO website. Application deadline 1 January 2023.