Vacancy Announcement Details

The ILO’s Evaluation Office (EVAL) reports to the Director-General. The Evaluation Office is responsible for the implementation and coordination of evaluation policy, practices and oversight of selected evaluation activities funded by regular budget and donor agencies of the ILO. 

Towards this end, EVAL’s intern will be involved with work on:  

• Monitoring and reporting of evaluation activities and outcomes in the ILO covering through 2023-24; 

• Desk reviews and support for high-level strategy evaluations, thematic evaluations (including synthesis reviews) and cluster Decent Work Country Programme evaluations; tentative topics for the High Level Evaluations in 2024 are: Evaluation of the ILO’s Development Cooperation Strategy, Statistics, and DWCP in the Africa region.

• Meta-analysis and studies on issues of quality, effectiveness of programmes and projects, lessons learned and models of interventions 
• Evaluation knowledge management products, evaluation communication and services (database, newsletter, web-enabled knowledge platforms, etc.);   
• Management of decentralized and centralized evaluations
• Improving ILO capacities and quality control for impact evaluation, including through development of tools and guidelines, training, and development and maintenance of process for tracking elements and progress. 

Learning area

Internships with the Office provide an opportunity for selected graduate and postgraduate students who are pursuing a course of study or work in fields related to the ILO's mandate and activities to: 

As an intern in Evaluation, you will be exposed to a whole range of areas of the work of the Office.  This will increase your understanding of relevant issues at the international level by involving you directly in the work of the Office and the application of ILO principles, programmes and strategies; 

You will gain practical work experience from the ILO which is directly related to their technical specialisation. 

Interns should expect to devote 10% to 20% of their time to administrative tasks. 

Full details available on the ILO website. Application deadline (midnight Geneva time): 29 April 2024