Evaluation Officer

**Background**:
This position is open for secondment only and participating States are kindly reminded that all costs in relation to an assignment at the Secretariat must be borne by their authorities.

The OSCE has a comprehensive approach to security that encompasses politico-military, economic and environmental, and human aspects. It therefore addresses a wide range of security-related concerns, including arms control, confidence
- and security-building measures, human rights, combating human trafficking, national minorities, democratization, policing strategies, counter-terrorism and economic and environmental activities. All 57 participating States enjoy equal status, and decisions are taken by consensus on a politically, but not legally binding basis.

The OSCE Secretariat in Vienna assists the Chairpersonship in its activities, and provides operational and administrative support to the field operations, and, as appropriate, to other institutions.

The Office of Internal Oversight (OIO) is part of the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna, Austria. OIO is responsible for planning and delivering internal audits, investigations, and independent evaluations of the Organization's activities, including field operations. The work of OIO assures the adequacy of governance, risk management, and internal control, ensures compliance with the Organization's internal control framework, and enhances performance and the efficiency and effectiveness of operations.

The Evaluation Section of OIO conducts Independent Evaluations in line with its Independent Annual Evaluation Plan, monitors the implementation of evaluation recommendations, synthesizes findings and lessons learned from Independent Evaluations and decentralized evaluations, supports Executive Structures with evaluation work through advisory services and capacity building and promotes a culture of evaluation throughout the organization.

**Tasks and Responsibilities**:
As Evaluation Officer, you will report directly to the Deputy Director/ Head of Evaluation of OIO. Your second level supervisor is the Director of OIO.

As Evaluation Officer, you will collaborate with the OSCE Evaluation Focal Points and OSCE Evaluation Network's members throughout the Organization, with a view to sharing information and knowledge, developing evaluation capacities, providing advice and guidance, moderating discussions, etc. You will also survey and/or interview OSCE staff and mission members for specific evaluation assignments.

**More specifically, you will be tasked with the following**:
Leading organizational evaluation capacity development by leading, planning and implementing activities for the OSCE Evaluation Network, including the Annual Evaluation Network Meeting, delivering training, webinars, and workshops; backstopping and providing advisory services to OSCE evaluation managers, and managing information and knowledge sharing within the OSCE Evaluation Network and between OSCE executive structures;
Monitoring compliance of OSCE executive structures with the Organization's Evaluation Policy, by co-ordinating meetings of the OSCE Evaluation Focal Points, requesting and analysing relevant information on the planning and results of decentralized evaluations, mapping evaluation coverage and expenditures in the Organization, following up on the implementation of evaluation recommendations, and drafting inputs for OIO's annual work plan and report;
Recommending actions to improve the implementation of OSCE's evaluation policy and to strengthen the Organization's culture of evaluation;
Performing other duties as assigned.

**Necessary Qualifications**:
First-level university degree in public policy, international affairs, evaluation or other social sciences that involve qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis;
A minimum of six years of progressively responsible experience in evaluation or applied research, including collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data and data visualization;
Knowledge of theories of change and logic models and the ability to identify, recreate and facilitate the development of theories of change and logic models for complex programmes, policies or initiatives;
Knowledge of UNEG evaluation norms and standards, ethical guidelines, and evaluation theory and practice, including knowledge of integrating human rights and gender equality perspectives into evaluation processes;
Engagement in professional networks and continuous self-development in order to enhance evaluation competencies and skills;
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English; good command of other OSCE languages is an asset;
Demonstrated gender awareness and sensitivity, and an ability to integrate a gender perspective into tasks and activities;
Ability and willingness to work as a member of a team, with people of different cultural, and religious backgrounds, different gender, and diverse political views, while maintaining impartiality and objecti