The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the United Nations system's designated entity for addressing environmental issues at the global and regional level. Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action. UNEP's Executive Office (EO) provides leadership in global environmental agenda-setting, to implement legislative mandates of UNEP, and the General Assembly, to ensure coherent delivery of the programme of work and to ensure management of human resources in accordance with UN policies and procedures. This post is located in the Evaluation Office at the Nairobi duty station. The Evaluation Office has a mandate to evaluate all UNEP projects and programmes to serve the organizational objectives of (i) informing evidence-based decision making to improve programmatic planning, implementation results, monitoring and reporting, (ii) providing substantive accountability to Member States, funding partners and the general public and (iii) promoting organisational learning. Under the direct supervision of the UNEP's Executive Director, the incumbent will carry out the following duties:
• Lead, supervise and carry out the work programme of the Evaluation Office; provides programmatic/substantive reviews of the drafts prepared by others. • Co-ordinate and oversee the preparation and implementation of the UNEP evaluation policy and strategy. • Report to intergovernmental bodies on programme/project performance or on programmatic/ substantive issues, particularly those presented in biannual and/or annual reports. • Ensure that the outputs produced by the Evaluation Office maintain high-quality standards; that reports are clear, objective and based on comprehensive data and evidence. • Prepare the work programme of the Evaluation Office, determining priorities, and allocating resources for the completion of outputs and their timely delivery. • Undertake or oversee the programmatic/administrative tasks necessary for the functioning of the Evaluation Office, including preparation of budgets, reporting on budget/programme performance, evaluation of staff performance (PAS), interviews of candidates for job openings, evaluation of candidates and preparation of inputs for results-based budgeting. • Recruit staff, taking due account of geographical balance. • Manage, guide, develop and train staff under his/her supervision. • Foster teamwork and communication among staff in the Evaluation Office and across organizational boundaries. • Lead and supervise the organization of meetings and seminars on substantive issues; manages the substantive preparation and organization of such meetings or seminars. • Participate in international, regional or national meetings and provides programmatic/substantive evaluation expertise on an issue or holds programmatic/substantive and organizational discussions with representatives of other institutions. • Represent UNEP at international, regional or national meetings. •Leads team members efforts to collect and analyze data and provides insight to identify trends or patterns for data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting. Ensures that everyone can discover, access, integrate and share the data they need. • Perform any other relevant duties assigned.