Independent Evaluators

Description of the Recruitment Notice

This recruitment notice for independent evaluators falls under the “ECAS Grantmaking to its members in the EU”, which is part of the European Citizenship Accelerator (EURECA 2023) project funded through the support of the CERV programme of the European Union, for which ECAS successfully applied in 2022.

In the context of this project, in 2023 ECAS will re-grant, on a competitive basis, to its 70 members – Civil Society Organisations, based in the EU – to provide them with an opportunity to contribute to the achievement of ECAS’s objectives, in the areas of:

• Citizenship Rights – aimed at strengthening European citizenship through citizens’ engagement, supporting the post-COVID restoration of freedom of movement in the EU, fostering EU rights, including EU mobile citizens’ rights, their voting rights and political and socio-economic integration in the host countries; and
• European Democracy – aimed at empowering citizens’ participation in the democratic process by promoting innovative democratic approaches and tools to help citizens make their voices heard, with special emphasis on countering disinformation and populist narratives.

Project proposals submitted will be evaluated (tentatively in May 2023) by two evaluation experts working independently from each other, in accordance with an evaluation grid, provided by ECAS. The quantitative assessment on each criterion will be supported by a short and clear justification. The final score for the project proposal will be the average of the scores granted by the two experts. If the lower score is more than 30% less than the higher one and the project proposal has obtained the minimum score determined in the Guidelines for Applicants, the project will be referred to a third evaluator for arbitration. The final score for the project proposal will be calculated as the average of the two nearest score values.

ECAS expects 20 – 30 applications in 2023.

ECAS is therefore looking to recruit motivated independent evaluation experts with a solid knowledge of EU rights and values and a strong track record in EU project management and evaluation to assess the project proposals submitted by its members.

Knowledge and Experience

• Solid knowledge of the EU decision-making process, EU values and the European Commission Work programme 2023.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in management of EU projects, linked to EU Citizenship and/or European Democracy.
• Knowledge of the concepts of gender equality, inclusion, diversity and equity.
• A solid understanding of the functioning of Civil Society Organisations in the EU.
• Experience in EU project assessment and/or writing.
• Experience in EU project financial management.
• English language proficiency – written and oral.

Non-conflict of interest of the applicant is a must!

A conflict of interest is considered to exist whenever the exercise of functions impartially and objectively may be compromised for reasons related to personal and family life, political or national affinity, personal connection to applicant, economic interest or any other interests.

If any conflict of interest between a candidate evaluator and the ECAS staff and/or Board of Directors is identified, the candidate will not be eligible for the recruitment.

Remuneration

Contract or invoices corresponding to the work executed: appr. EUR 1,000 – 1,500 for the assessment of 20-30 project proposals (appr. EUR 50, VAT included per a project proposal evaluated).

Deadline for Applications

Applications titled “Independent Evaluator”, containing CV and a Letter explaining how the candidate meets the criteria should be submitted by January 25th, 2023 to Ms. Anita Marullo at anita.marullo@ecas.org.

Processing of personal data

The reply to any recruitment notice involves the recording and processing of personal data (such as name, e-mail, and address). Such data will be processed pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data. Unless indicated otherwise, the questions and any personal data requested that are required to evaluate the application in accordance with the recruitment notice will be processed solely for that purpose by ECAS.

Nominal Publication

Personal data collected in the context of this call will be processed in accordance with the ECAS Privacy Policy. Your name may be published in the ECAS website if selected as an independent evaluator, but only after the recruitment procedure is closed. You will be required to confirm that there is no conflict of interest for the assignment if selected as evaluator.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.