IAES Senior Evaluation Manager: Center External Reviews
Role Summary
CGIAR is seeking a Senior Evaluation Manager to lead external reviews of its research centers, ensuring rigorous evaluation processes.
About the Organisation
The Evaluation Function workstream within IAES has two core pillars of evaluative activity, responsive to demand from CGIAR’s Council and other CGIAR stakeholders. One of these pillars, for which IAES is recruiting this manager position, is to conduct external, evaluative reviews of CGIAR research centers. The Senior Manager has a critical role to manage the external reviews. The incumbent will work collaboratively with one other IAES Senior Evaluation Manager focused on the research portfolio evaluation pillar, as well as with other workstreams of IAES, as well as CGIAR and Center MEL colleagues, to ensure that information generated through independent evaluations is timely, of high quality, available and accessible, in support of management, learning and decision-making processes.
The role requires an experienced evaluation professional and manager, with specific experience in evaluation of organizations or research institutes. The position holder will have a track record of designing, planning, overseeing, providing quality assurance, analyzing, and reporting on evaluations. Experience working in independent evaluation offices or implementing evaluation in the context of research for development or academic institutions is desirable in this role.
Key Responsibilities
The Senior Manager leads the implementation of the Center External Review framework, maintaining clear standards, criteria, and cadence to ensure rigor and consistency and periodically revalidating the design based on lessons learned. They ensure aggregable data across Centers through standardized methods, rating scales, and templates. They manage evaluator selection and workflows for Center reviews from the IAES roster and oversee quality assurance processes and cross-Center synthetic products. Furthermore, the manager coordinates the timely development and delivery of review materials to governing bodies and leads follow-up processes to track agreed actions and strengthen accountability. They actively contribute to and share expertise within MEL communities, primarily the CGIAR MEL Community of Practice.
Under the supervision of the Director of IAES and aligned with the multi-year evaluation plan
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Minimum Requirements
not-for-profit organizations.
- At least a master’s degree in evaluation, organizational development, broader fields of social sciences, or a combination of equivalent degrees and certifications.
- At least 10 years of progressively responsible professional experience in evaluation, organizational assessment, performance review, or related fields, including at least 3–5 years managing complex organizational evaluations or review programs, preferably within international organizations, research-for-development institutions, academia, or
- Proven robust program and financial management experience, with evidenced capabilities in working on the procurement and management of short-term subject-matter expert consultants in time-bound activities.
- Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, manage stakeholders at senior executive level, and coordinate external evaluation panels and consultants.
- Preferably, working experience in the evaluation offices in multilateral organizations or international research for development organizations; past experience working in program management (operational and implementation roles) in development or research institutes will be viewed favorably.
- Knowledge and skills in evaluation: past activities in collection, management, and analysis of data (including synthetic work), with an emphasis on mixed methods, and experience in evaluative reporting and knowledge management activities.
- Proficient writing and speaking in English, with a proven ability to simplify and prioritize complex concepts and messages; Working knowledge of French or Spanish is highly desirable given the geographical and linguistic diversity of CGIAR Centers.
- Well-developed diplomacy skills and ability to work in cross-cultural and cross-functional teams.
- Proficient skills in software such as MS Office suite (including Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, and SharePoint) and online meetings platforms including MS Teams. Skills in evaluation-specific software for data collection and analysis (MaxQDA, Kobo Toolbox, survey monkey, or similar).
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible candidates with experience in evaluation management are encouraged to apply.
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