Consultant – Evaluation Officer for the Regional Office and Country Offices in the East Asia and the Pacific Region, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO), Bangkok, Thailand

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfilling their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, a better future

UNICEF works to ensure the rights of all children in the East Asia and Pacific Region. This means the rights of every child living in this country, irrespective of their nationality, gender, religion or ethnicity, to:

• survival – to basic healthcare, peace and security;
• development – to a good education, a loving home and adequate nutrition;
• protection – from abuse, neglect, trafficking, child labour and other forms of exploitation; and
• participation – to express opinions, be listened to and take part in making any decisions that affect them

How can you make a difference?

UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office is seeking an individual consultant to strengthen the evaluation function in UNICEF’s East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO) by supporting the implementation of the UNICEF Global Evaluation Policy, the Regional Evaluation Strategy, and related workplans at both regional and country levels. The EAPRO Evaluation Section currently operates with a small team consisting of a full-time Regional Evaluation Advisor, a Programme Assistant, and a Young Emerging Evaluator consultant. In the context of increasing demand for evaluation-related work and constrained human resources, this consultancy will provide additional technical and operational capacity to support the effective functioning of the evaluation portfolio.

Under the overall guidance of the Regional Evaluation Advisor, the consultant will:

(a) support the planning, implementation, and monitoring of the regional strategy aimed at strengthening the