United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Evaluation Officer

Organization: Sightsavers
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 30 Oct 2014

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Evaluation Officer to join our Policy and Programme Strategies department.

The Evaluation Officer will be responsible for managing, commissioning and quality assuring project and programme baselines, mid-term and end-term evaluations. This will include support for, and coordination of, externally conducted evaluations, as well as supporting initiatives for learning from evaluation currently being developed by the team. There may also be some areas of work on supporting development of any new evaluation approaches needed in the next strategic period.

A good knowledge of monitoring and evaluation principles is essential, as is an understanding of programmatic work in international development. Sightsavers' programme portfolio focuses on eye health, inclusive education and social inclusion, so experience or demonstrable interest in one of these areas is also desirable.

The successful candidate will have a Master’s degree in a relevant social science subject and demonstrable experience of monitoring and evaluation experience. Excellent written and spoken communication skills are essential, as well as excellent analytical skills, attention to detail and good organisational skills.

Please see the job description for full details of the role.

We will close the role as soon as we have found a suitable applicant; so please apply as soon as possible.

How to apply:

To apply for this post, please visit our vacancies page at http://sightsavers.net/about_us/vacancies/21472.html, download our application form and return the completed application form and equal opportunities form as two separate documents to jobs@sightsavers.org.

We’re an equal opportunities employer, and we particularly encourage qualified people living with a disability to apply.

We will be contacting shortlisted candidates for interview, shortly after the closing dates. We very much regret that in view of the large number of applications we receive, we are unable to respond if you are unsuccessful. I am sure that you will understand the need to concentrate resources towards our work.