Impact Evaluation Coordinator (Anticipatory Action)
2026-06-02T15:31:11+00:00
World Food Programme(WFP)
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FULL_TIME
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Nonprofit, and NGO
Project and Program Management, Social Services & Nonprofit, Business Operations, Education, Research
2026-06-16T17:00:00+00:00
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The World Food Programme is the food assistance branch of the United Nations and the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
The main accountabilities and responsibilities are:
Coordinate the WFP/OCHA partnership (30%):
- Act as the liaison between the WFP and OCHA impact evaluation units.
- Engage with OCHA and WFP Country teams, as well as other United Nations agencies, to assess opportunities and feasibility for impact evaluations.
- Hold regular engagements with WFP Anticipatory Action team within WFP Climate and Resilience Service to identify priority countries and impact evaluation designs that align with the service’s priorities.
- Develop impact evaluation designs for priority countries in coordination with country and global headquarter teams.
- Lead the day-to-day engagement with stakeholders at country and regional office level.
- Prepare progress updates, donor reports, briefing notes, and presentations on partnership
- Document lessons learned, good practices, and partnership results.
- Contribute to joint planning, resource mobilization efforts, and proposal development for partnership.
- Provide analysis and recommendations to strengthen coherence between implementing partners.
- Coordinate joint communication materials, success stories, and visibility products on partnership. Ensure consistent messaging aligned with OEV communication guidelines.
- Support organization of public events, field missions, and donor visits as required.
Lead or support the delivery of impact evaluations under the WFP/OCHA partnership (70%):
- Lead the implementation of the impact evaluations (Randomized Control Trials).
- Lead or contribute to the procurement of Institutional Review Board (IRB) approvals.
- Lead in the design, revision, and support the programming of household survey questionnaires.
- Support the selection and contracting of data collection firms and support data collection activities in a manner that is best suited for the impact evaluation and has the potential for meeting other WFP monitoring and evaluation needs.
- Lead or support data analysis in accordance with agreed impact evaluation designs and within timeframes that maximise the opportunity for evidence use.
- Lead the day-to-day engagement with field coordinators and other stakeholders at country and regional office levels.
- Participate in field missions as needed to support the implementation and management of impact evaluations.
- Support enumerators’ training for data collection and provide technical guidance on data quality checks and analysis, ensuring data accuracy and reliability.
- Closely monitor programme implementation to ensure alignment with the evaluation design and data collection protocols.
- Co-author briefs, reports, and other evaluation-related publications, adhering to WFP's reporting standards and WFP evaluation quality assurance systems (EQAS).
- Lead or support the planning and delivery of dissemination workshops and undertake field visits as required to support impact evaluation related activities.
DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:
- Effective engagements with stakeholders to deliver on the partnership workplan
- Effective feasibility discussions with the priority countries to co-create impact evaluations
- Successful design and management of 3 to 4 impact evaluations
- Clear and effective impact evaluation communications outputs
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education:
- Doctoral degree in academic disciplines relevant to the assignment (economics, political science, development studies, etc.).
Experience:
- A minimum of 6 years’ professional experience supporting the delivery and quality of impact evaluations, and preferably with exposure to climate/resilience impact evaluations or research.
- Experience managing RCTs in the field; experience in hardship duty stations is considered a plus.
- Experience working with UN and multilateral agencies; experience working on multi-agency impact evaluations is considered a plus.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Excellent research skills
- Solid knowledge of quantitative methods used for identifying and measuring impacts (e.g. survey design, implicit association tests, etc.).
- Proficiency in using statistical software packages (Stata, R, SPSS, etc.).
- Fully computer-literate with excellent skills in Word, Excel, Power Point and database management.
- Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work effectively and sensitively in diverse teams. Experience working with government partners is desirable.
- Strong organizational and planning skills to manage multi‑partner workplans. Ability to track implementation progress and ensure timely follow‑up.
- Adapt in bringing together diverse stakeholders and facilitating collaborative decision‑making
- Problem‑solving skills to address bottlenecks and operational challenges. Ability to analyse partnership dynamics, identify synergies, and propose strategic adjustments.
- Excellent written, verbal and visual communication skills. Ability to effectively bridge academic and practitioner audiences.
- Well organised and systematic.
Languages:
- Fluency (level C) in English language and level B in French.
* Act as the liaison between the WFP and OCHA impact evaluation units. * Engage with OCHA and WFP Country teams, as well as other United Nations agencies, to assess opportunities and feasibility for impact evaluations. * Hold regular engagements with WFP Anticipatory Action team within WFP Climate and Resilience Service to identify priority countries and impact evaluation designs that align with the service’s priorities. * Develop impact evaluation designs for priority countries in coordination with country and global headquarter teams. * Lead the day-to-day engagement with stakeholders at country and regional office level. * Prepare progress updates, donor reports, briefing notes, and presentations on partnership * Document lessons learned, good practices, and partnership results. * Contribute to joint planning, resource mobilization efforts, and proposal development for partnership. * Provide analysis and recommendations to strengthen coherence between implementing partners. * Coordinate joint communication materials, success stories, and visibility products on partnership. Ensure consistent messaging aligned with OEV communication guidelines. * Support organization of public events, field missions, and donor visits as required. * Lead the implementation of the impact evaluations (Randomized Control Trials). * Lead or contribute to the procurement of Institutional Review Board (IRB) approvals. * Lead in the design, revision, and support the programming of household survey questionnaires. * Support the selection and contracting of data collection firms and support data collection activities in a manner that is best suited for the impact evaluation and has the potential for meeting other WFP monitoring and evaluation needs. * Lead or support data analysis in accordance with agreed impact evaluation designs and within timeframes that maximise the opportunity for evidence use. * Lead the day-to-day engagement with field coordinators and other stakeholders at country and regional office levels. * Participate in field missions as needed to support the implementation and management of impact evaluations. * Support enumerators’ training for data collection and provide technical guidance on data quality checks and analysis, ensuring data accuracy and reliability. * Closely monitor programme implementation to ensure alignment with the evaluation design and data collection protocols. * Co-author briefs, reports, and other evaluation-related publications, adhering to WFP's reporting standards and WFP evaluation quality assurance systems (EQAS). * Lead or support the planning and delivery of dissemination workshops and undertake field visits as required to support impact evaluation related activities.
* Excellent research skills * Solid knowledge of quantitative methods used for identifying and measuring impacts (e.g. survey design, implicit association tests, etc.). * Proficiency in using statistical software packages (Stata, R, SPSS, etc.). * Fully computer-literate with excellent skills in Word, Excel, Power Point and database management. * Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work effectively and sensitively in diverse teams. * Strong organizational and planning skills to manage multi‑partner workplans. Ability to track implementation progress and ensure timely follow‑up. * Adapt in bringing together diverse stakeholders and facilitating collaborative decision‑making * Problem‑solving skills to address bottlenecks and operational challenges. Ability to analyse partnership dynamics, identify synergies, and propose strategic adjustments. * Excellent written, verbal and visual communication skills. Ability to effectively bridge academic and practitioner audiences. * Well organised and systematic.
* Doctoral degree in academic disciplines relevant to the assignment (economics, political science, development studies, etc.). * A minimum of 6 years’ professional experience supporting the delivery and quality of impact evaluations, and preferably with exposure to climate/resilience impact evaluations or research. * Experience managing RCTs in the field; experience in hardship duty stations is considered a plus. * Experience working with UN and multilateral agencies; experience working on multi-agency impact evaluations is considered a plus. * Fluency (level C) in English language and level B in French.
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Vacancy title:
Impact Evaluation Coordinator (Anticipatory Action)
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Project and Program Management, Social Services & Nonprofit, Business Operations, Education, Research]
Jobs at:
World Food Programme(WFP)
Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, June 16 2026
Duty Station:
Nairobi | Nairobi
Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, June 2 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
The World Food Programme is the food assistance branch of the United Nations and the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
The main accountabilities and responsibilities are:
Coordinate the WFP/OCHA partnership (30%):
- Act as the liaison between the WFP and OCHA impact evaluation units.
- Engage with OCHA and WFP Country teams, as well as other United Nations agencies, to assess opportunities and feasibility for impact evaluations.
- Hold regular engagements with WFP Anticipatory Action team within WFP Climate and Resilience Service to identify priority countries and impact evaluation designs that align with the service’s priorities.
- Develop impact evaluation designs for priority countries in coordination with country and global headquarter teams.
- Lead the day-to-day engagement with stakeholders at country and regional office level.
- Prepare progress updates, donor reports, briefing notes, and presentations on partnership
- Document lessons learned, good practices, and partnership results.
- Contribute to joint planning, resource mobilization efforts, and proposal development for partnership.
- Provide analysis and recommendations to strengthen coherence between implementing partners.
- Coordinate joint communication materials, success stories, and visibility products on partnership. Ensure consistent messaging aligned with OEV communication guidelines.
- Support organization of public events, field missions, and donor visits as required.
Lead or support the delivery of impact evaluations under the WFP/OCHA partnership (70%):
- Lead the implementation of the impact evaluations (Randomized Control Trials).
- Lead or contribute to the procurement of Institutional Review Board (IRB) approvals.
- Lead in the design, revision, and support the programming of household survey questionnaires.
- Support the selection and contracting of data collection firms and support data collection activities in a manner that is best suited for the impact evaluation and has the potential for meeting other WFP monitoring and evaluation needs.
- Lead or support data analysis in accordance with agreed impact evaluation designs and within timeframes that maximise the opportunity for evidence use.
- Lead the day-to-day engagement with field coordinators and other stakeholders at country and regional office levels.
- Participate in field missions as needed to support the implementation and management of impact evaluations.
- Support enumerators’ training for data collection and provide technical guidance on data quality checks and analysis, ensuring data accuracy and reliability.
- Closely monitor programme implementation to ensure alignment with the evaluation design and data collection protocols.
- Co-author briefs, reports, and other evaluation-related publications, adhering to WFP's reporting standards and WFP evaluation quality assurance systems (EQAS).
- Lead or support the planning and delivery of dissemination workshops and undertake field visits as required to support impact evaluation related activities.
DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:
- Effective engagements with stakeholders to deliver on the partnership workplan
- Effective feasibility discussions with the priority countries to co-create impact evaluations
- Successful design and management of 3 to 4 impact evaluations
- Clear and effective impact evaluation communications outputs
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education:
- Doctoral degree in academic disciplines relevant to the assignment (economics, political science, development studies, etc.).
Experience:
- A minimum of 6 years’ professional experience supporting the delivery and quality of impact evaluations, and preferably with exposure to climate/resilience impact evaluations or research.
- Experience managing RCTs in the field; experience in hardship duty stations is considered a plus.
- Experience working with UN and multilateral agencies; experience working on multi-agency impact evaluations is considered a plus.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Excellent research skills
- Solid knowledge of quantitative methods used for identifying and measuring impacts (e.g. survey design, implicit association tests, etc.).
- Proficiency in using statistical software packages (Stata, R, SPSS, etc.).
- Fully computer-literate with excellent skills in Word, Excel, Power Point and database management.
- Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work effectively and sensitively in diverse teams. Experience working with government partners is desirable.
- Strong organizational and planning skills to manage multi‑partner workplans. Ability to track implementation progress and ensure timely follow‑up.
- Adapt in bringing together diverse stakeholders and facilitating collaborative decision‑making
- Problem‑solving skills to address bottlenecks and operational challenges. Ability to analyse partnership dynamics, identify synergies, and propose strategic adjustments.
- Excellent written, verbal and visual communication skills. Ability to effectively bridge academic and practitioner audiences.
- Well organised and systematic.
Languages:
- Fluency (level C) in English language and level B in French.
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Experience in Months: 72
Level of Education: postgraduate degree
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