Young and Emerging Evaluator

UNFPA is formally named the United Nations Population Fund. The organization was created in 1969, the same year the United Nations General Assembly declared “parents have the exclusive right to determine freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children.”

UNFPA calls for the realization of reproductive rights for all and supports access to a wide range of sexual and reproductive health services – including voluntary family planning, maternal health care and comprehensive sexuality education.

Since UNFPA started its work, the world has seen progress: The number and rate of women dying from complications of pregnancy or childbirth has been halved. Families are healthier. Young people are more connected and empowered than ever before. But too many are still left behind. More than 760 million people are mired in extreme poverty. Sexual and reproductive health problems are a leading cause of death and disability for women in the developing world. Young people bear the highest risks of HIV infection and unintended pregnancy. Many millions of girls face the prospect of child marriage and other harmful practices, such as female genital mutilation (FGM).

Much more needs to be done to ensure a world in which all individuals can exercise their basic human rights, including those that relate to the most intimate and fundamental aspects of life.

The 2024 UNFPA Evaluation Policy encourages country offices to conduct Country Programme Evaluations (CPEs) for every programme cycle and, as a minimum, every two cycles. UNFPA Zambia will be undertaking a CPE to provide an independent assessment of the performance of its 9th Country Programme 2023-2027 and offer an analysis of various facilitating and constraining factors influencing programme delivery and the achievement of intended results. The CPE will also draw conclusions and provide a set of actionable recommendations for the next programme cycle.
UNFPA Zambia is seeking to hire a Young and Emerging Evaluator (YEE) to provide support to the Evaluation Manager and the evaluation team during the CPE process. The YEE will be involved in all the phases of the CPE, namely Preparation, Design, Field Reporting and Dissemination and Facilitation of use phases as described in the UNFPA Evaluation handbook (https://www.unfpa.org/admin-resource/evaluation-handbook-2024).

Under the guidance and supervision of the Evaluation Manager, the Young and Emerging Evaluator is expected to perform a variety of tasks as described in the guidance note on meaningfully engaging youth in evaluations. These include:

• Support the Evaluation Manager in completing key tasks involving drafting notes, data management, desk review of relevant documents, communication with the key stakeholders, organizing meetings and organizing logistics related to the implementation of CPE activities.
• Support the preparation of PowerPoint presentations, graphs, tables and diagrams.
• Support data collection in the field.
• Contribute to data analysis.
• Support key dissemination activities of evaluation results (e.g., presentation of the results evaluation to key stakeholders.

The YEE will support the Population and Development (P&D) Unit with the following core data synthesis and reporting activities:

• Support the P&D Unit in advancing data driven programming through support research activities, strengthening data quality assurance processes and synthesizing evidence into UNFPA-aligned analytical outputs.
• Support programme implementation through deliverable tracking and systematic follow-up to ensure timely execution of P&D activities.
• Support data collection, validation, trend analysis and the development of evidence-based reports for policy and programme action.

• Perform any other duties as assigned.