Consultant Evaluation

World Food Programme; Roma; On-site; EUR 47,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

The World Food Programme is seeking an Evaluation Analyst (Impact Evaluation) in Rome, Italy, for a 3-month CSLT Regular contract. The role supports coordination of impact evaluation windows and develops tools to track costs and outcomes.

You will contribute to econometric analyses, data collection guidance, and dissemination of findings, working with diverse field teams under the Office of Evaluation.

Qualifications

• Master’s or doctoral degree in economics, public health, development studies or related field.
• 3 years professional experience delivering impact evaluations or research.
• Experience with humanitarian contexts is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support WFP’s impact evaluation windows.
• Develop costing templates and visualization dashboards for evaluation activities.
• Conduct cost effectiveness and efficiency analyses for School-Based Programmes and Climate & Resilience windows.
• Provide technical guidance on data collection, analysis and reporting to teams.
• Engage with field coordinators and prepare inception/end-line reports.

Skills

Quantitative methods

Econometric analysis

Stata/R

Data analysis

Report writing

English fluency

Interpersonal skills

Education

Master’s or doctoral degree in relevant field

Tools

Stata

R

Excel

Job description

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

15 November 2026-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome)

WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.

ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of extreme weather shocks.

At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP’s values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

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WHY JOIN WFP?

• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
• WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

JOB TITLE:

Evaluation Analyst (Impact Evaluation)

TYPE OF CONTRACT:

CSLT Regular (L1)

UNIT/DIVISION:

Office of Evaluation

DUTY STATION (City, Country):

Rome, Italy

DURATION:

3 months (100% time)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

As the largest humanitarian agency in the world, WFP is committed to generating rigorous impact evaluation evidence to better understand the needs of the people they serve and to support them in transitioning out of food insecurity.

WFP’s 2022 Evaluation Policy defines impact evaluations as measuring changes in development outcomes of interest for a target population that can be attributed to a specific programme or policy through a credible counterfactual.

Impact evaluations have already significantly altered the way the world understands poverty and the effectiveness of development interventions. But humanitarian and transitional development contexts have not yet benefitted from the same level of impact evaluation evidence. WFP’s Impact Evaluation Strategy (2019-2026) lays out WFP’s vision for increasing the coverage and use of rigorous impact evaluations in humanitarian and development settings, highlighting the organization’s renewed commitment to generating operationally relevant evidence of global significance.

This position will help WFP respond to growing demand from host countries, donors and policymakers for high-quality impact evaluation evidence. Impact evaluations are delivered by WFP’s Office of Evaluation (OEV) at the request of country offices. They are usually undertaken during programme implementation over a multi-year period.

Impact evaluations are delivered in line with corporate evidence priorities through impact evaluation “windows” and “workstreams”. Impact evaluation windows are portfolios of impact evaluations in specific priority evidence areas, agreed with WFP management, which will be updated over time as the organization’s evidence priorities change. Workstreams are specific evidence areas cutting across thematic windows. Current impact evaluation windows include cash-based transfer and gender; climate and resilience; and school-based programmes, with a fourth window under discussion on nutrition. In addition, there is an optimizing humanitarian interventions workstream that cut across the thematic windows.

The incumbent will report to the Evaluation Officer coordinating the School-Based Programmes window or Climate & Resilience window.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

The main accountabilities and responsibilities are:

Support the coordination and management of WFP’s Impact Evaluation Windows (20%):

• Develop and maintain IE management tools, data banks, e-library, information, and archive systems for assigned work (including in SharePoint and Teams).
• Gather documents, review literature and data as necessary for preparing activities.
• Prepare notes in preparation and following meetings/events.
• Conduct relevant analysis in support of key window and evaluation phases.

Support WFP to learn and use appropriate tools and methods for impact evaluation activities (10%):

• Actively share lessons learned from supported impact evaluations (e.g., measurement tools, data collection protocols, analyses, etc.) with OEV, regional evaluation officers (REOs), country offices and relevant programme teams in workshops, events, meetings, newsletters, etc.

Support impact evaluations delivered through WFP windows (70%):

• Support the design of the impact evaluation in accordance with best practices as well as WFP Process Guide. Impact evaluations should use context appropriate methods of analysis and data collection tools and innovate accordingly whenever necessary.
• Develop costing data entry templates across thematic windows, along with procedure documentation and visualization dashboards, to support transparent and standardized processes.
• Conduct comprehensive cost effectiveness et efficiency analysis for School-Based Programmes and Climate & Resilience windows by overseeing the collection, cleaning, and validation of data, ensuring accuracy and consistency across regions.
• Provide technical guidance to teams on cost analysis across thematic windows, including best practices for data entry, cleaning, validation, and analysis.
• Develop and implement cost-effectiveness analysis models using analytical and statistical tools to support scenario evaluation, sensitivity analysis, and data-driven decision-making
• Support or contribute to the attainment of Institutional Review Board (IRB) approvals.
• Support the procurement of data collection firms and support data collection activities in a manner that is best suited for the impact evaluation and has the potential for meeting other WFP monitoring and evaluation needs.
• Support the development of indicators and guidance on data collection, ensuring the alignment with WFP monitoring and evaluation requirements and research priorities.
• Assist in the design, revision, and support the programming of survey questionnaires.
• Support data analysis in accordance with agreed impact evaluation designs and within timeframes that maximise the opportunity for evidence to be used in WFP and other partners decision-making processes.
• Support the day-to-day engagement with field coordinators and other stakeholders at country and regional offices.
• Produce or review detailed reports that outline impact evaluation activities and findings at the inception, mid-line(s), and end line of each impact evaluation, in accordance with WFP guidance and templates.
• Support the quality assurance and peer review processes for impact evaluation reports.
• Support the design and dissemination workshops and undertake field visits as required to support impact evaluation related activities.

Any other duties assigned by the Head of Impact Evaluation Unit.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:

• Record of active support and CO engagement for WFP’s impact evaluation windows.
• Well organized and accurate impact evaluation coordination and planning tools.
• Complete library of well-organized evaluation products, databases, and process as per OEVstandard procedures.
• Well-organized and accessible costing templates, procedure documentation, visualization dashboards, and validated cost data reports.
• Clear step-by-step documentation of the impact evaluation process for supported IEs.
• Portfolio of easily accessible impact evaluation outputs (e.g., data collection and analysis tools, reports and other communication products).

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education:

• Master’s or doctoral degree in academic disciplines relevant to assignment (economics, political science, public health, development studies, gender studies, evaluation, geography, etc.).

Experience:

• Either a master’s degree with 3 years professional experience or completed doctoral degree in relevant field. Experience supporting the delivery of impact evaluations or conducting research in countries where WFP is operational.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Solid knowledge of quantitative methods used for identifying and measuring outcomes on health and nutrition, human capital, gender, social protection.
• Experience in conducting econometric analysis.
• Previous experience conducting impact evaluations.
• Proficiency in using statistical software packages (Stata, R, etc.).
• Fully computer-literate with excellent skills in Word, Excel, Power Point and database management.
• Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work effectively and sensitively in diverse teams. Experience working with government partners is desirable.
• Excellent communication skills, written, verbal and visual. Experience effectively translating between academics and practitioners is highly desirable.
• Strong organisational and planning skills, and high attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently.
• Well organised and systematic.

Languages:

• Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language is required (preferably French).

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