Location: Home Based, Remote
ITU's Oversight Unit/Evaluation (OU/E) is establishing a roster of qualified evaluation consultants (Vacancy notice no. 2303, home-based, Special Service Agreement, external recruitment, duration varying from a few days to several months). Consultants will support centralized and decentralized evaluations, provide technical support to evidence-generation processes (evaluations, project evaluations, reviews, rapid assessments), and help build a robust evaluation culture within ITU.
Responsibilities, under the guidance of the Chief of the Oversight Unit, depending on assignment needs:
- Lead the implementation of evaluation activities from inception through to reporting.
- Provide technical support.
- Lead relevant evidence-generation activities (rapid assessments, syntheses, etc.).
- Produce evaluation briefs by reviewing evaluation reports, extracting key insights and drafting concise summaries aligned with organizational standards.
- Develop capacity-building materials (e.g., Theory of Change, methods, evaluation management).
Deliverables may include inception reports, draft and final evaluation reports with findings, conclusions and recommendations, evaluation briefs, and capacity-building deliverables.
Thematic expertise sought includes institutional effectiveness, digital sector standards and regulation, digital access and inclusion, telecommunications, development projects and programmes, ICT development, digital policies, digital economy, innovation, digital skills and capacity development, and diversity, gender and human rights.
Qualifications: University degree in development studies, international development, social sciences, ICT/telecommunications or a related field (an evaluation certification is an advantage). At least two years of relevant experience, including in strategy, policy, process, outcome, theory-based, realist, programme and project evaluations, and in evidence-generation approaches such as rapid assessments, reviews, value for money assessments and syntheses. UN system experience is an advantage. Advanced English; knowledge of another official ITU language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish) is an advantage.
Application deadline (Midnight Geneva Time): 31 December 2026
HOW TO APPLY:
Apply online via the ITU careers portal: https://jobs.itu.int/talentcommunity/apply/1350959255/?locale=en_US