Emplois au PNUD - 34316- Research Assistant

Research Assistant

Lieu :

New York, ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE

Type de contrat :

Individual Contract

Date de commencement :

17-Dec-2012

Date limite de candidature :

13-Dec-12 (Minuit New York, États-Unis)

Niveau du poste :

International Consultant

Durée du contrat initial

3 months

Langues requises :

Anglais

Durée prévue de la mission :

3 months

Le PNUD s’engage à recruter un personnel divers en termes de genre, de nationalité et de culture. Nous encourageons de même les personnes issues des minorités ethniques, des communautés autochtones ou handicapées à postuler. Toutes les candidatures seront traitées dans la plus stricte confidentialité. Le PNUD ne tolère pas l’exploitation et / ou les atteintes sexuelles, ni aucune forme de harcèlement, y compris le harcèlement sexuel, et / ou toutes formes de discrimination. Tous/tes les candidats/tes selectectionnes /ées devront ainsi se soumettre à de rigoureuses vérifications relatives aux références fournies ainsi qu’à leurs antécédents.

Historique

In late 2012 and early 2013 the UNDP Evaluation Office (EO) will carry out an assessment of the quality of programme and project evaluations conducted by the UNDP Bureaus and Country Offices. This effort is carried out annually, consistent with the EO work plan, as approved by the UNDP Executive Board. There are approximately 200 evaluation reports that will be reviewed and quality assessed, and a team has been hired to assist the EO with these quality assessments. Once the individual assessments are completed, the results will be synthesised, and then reported on as part of the Annual report on Evaluation, presented to the UNDP Executive Board at their annual meeting.

The Research Assistant will be directly supervised by the UNDP EO Task Manager for this effort. The RA will also work closely with other members of the Quality Assessment team.

Devoirs et responsabilités

Tasks

Under the supervision of the Manager, the following tasks will be carried out by the RA during the course of the assignment:

Drafting syntheses and analyses of the findings in terms of the quality assessment of the programme and project reports
Provide technical support to analysing the data and designing reporting formats, charts and diagrams using the information from the assessment template
Support the launch and maintenance of an on-line quality assessment template placed on the electronic platform (UNDP’s Evaluation Resource Centre)
Help with assigning and tracking individual work assignments for each consultant
Other miscellaneous tasks to ensure timely delivery of draft report by 8 February 2013
Liaise with consultants undertaking the quality assessments and provide support and clarifications as required with regard to the assessment template

The deliverables for the assignment stem from the above tasks and include at a minimum:

Tracking sheets for consultant contributions
Guidance notes for use of on-line assessment template
Analyses of aggregate information derived from the individual report assessments for inclusion in the draft Annual Report
Monthly activities and accomplishments report

Compétences

Knowledge of UN activities
Excellent analytical and research skills and the ability to distil information
Excellent, advanced knowledge and experience of Excel and other software applications
Self motivated and autonomous, must be able to plan his/her own work to be produce and deliver the reports on time

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education:

Minimum master’s degree with academic and/or professional background in international development, social sciences or related discipline

Experience:

At least 2 years of professional experience in researching in the fields of international development, economics, social sciences or related

Language:

Excellent writing skills in English & competence in written French and/or Spanish highly desirable.