Deputy Director, Office Of Evaluation (Oed) Lazio

Deputy Director, Office Of Evaluation (Oed)
Roma
Lazio, Lazio

Job Posting: 09/Dec/2024

Closure Date: 06/Jan/2025, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: Office of Evaluation (OED)

Job Type: Staff position

Type of Requisition: Senior-level

Grade Level: D-1

Primary Location: Italy-Rome

Duration: Fixed term: two years with possibility of extension

Post Number: 2009870

CCOG Code: 1A02

- **FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, background and culture**:

- **Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply**:

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- FAO's commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations. _

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through the FAO Strategic Framework by supporting the transformation to MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems, for _better production_, _better nutrition_, _a_ _better environment, _ and _a better life_, leaving no one behind.

**Organizational Setting

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is the specialized Agency of the United Nations leading international efforts to defeat hunger.

FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide to achieve food security for all and ensure that people have regular access to high-quality food.

To this end, FAO implements a wide portfolio of projects, programmes, and initiatives across multiple sectors.

These include animal production and health, fisheries, food and nutrition, food systems and safety, forestry, social protection, inclusive rural development, information management systems / data systems for monitoring and decision making, land and water, plant production and protection, and others.

FAO has a growing portfolio of work in the development and humanitarian (emergency and resilience) sectors.

FAO evaluates the strategic alignment, implementation, efficacy, and efficiency of its portfolio of work through its independent Office of Evaluation (OED), which is led by the Director of the Office of Evaluation (OED) who reports to the Director-General and the FAO Programme Committee.

OED evaluates FAO strategies, initiatives, programmes, and projects at global, regional, and national levels.

OED seeks to generate credible and useful evidence and insights to inform decisions, support oversight, and help FAO achieve its mission.

In so doing, OED provides results accountability to both the Director-General and Member Nations.

OED also participates in system-wide evaluation initiatives, thereby contributing to assessments of development and humanitarian effectiveness by the UN system.

The position is located in the Office of Evaluation (OED) at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

**Reporting Lines

The Deputy Director reports to the Director of the Office of Evaluation (OED).

**Summary of Duties and Functions

- Provide technical and management leadership in the Office of Evaluation (OED), ensuring adherence to the Charter of Evaluation and FAO Basic Texts, FAO's new Evaluation Policy (once approved and including UNEG Evaluation Principles), and OED's Strategy, and helping revise these foundational documents as needed over time.

- Serve as acting Director when the Director is absent.

- Represent OED on behalf of the Director, as needed.

- Provide strategic inputs and support to the Director of OED in advising the Director-General, Governing Bodies, and Senior Management.

- Effectively manage human and financial resources under delegated authority, promoting the continued development and effective functioning of a global evaluation function with personnel in locations throughout the world.

- Lead the development and regular updates of a multi-year global Learning Agenda for FAO to reflect learning priorities and guide the development, revisions, and execution of OED's Strategy.

- Oversee clearance of evaluation reports for publication and preparation of presentations to FAO Management and Governing Bodies.

- Lead innovations in OED processes to promote efficient functioning of OED.

This includes, for example, leading revisions to portfolio management, monitoring, risk management, and data governance (in compliance with FAO's Data Protection Policy).

- Lead innovations in conducting evaluations to improve quality and ensure work at the cutting-edge of evaluation methodology, such as enhancing quality assurance and quality review processes.

- Effectively integrate cross-cutting equity and inclusion issues in OED processe