Senior Evaluation Team Leaders

ADE is expanding its roster of independent experts and is seeking highly experienced Evaluation Team Leaders for upcoming assignments in the humanitarian, peace and development domains.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead complex evaluations from inception to final reporting, ensuring methodological rigor and quality assurance.
• Design methodologies and develop and adapt quantitative and qualitative assessment tools tailored to diverse stakeholders and thematic areas.
• Manage multidisciplinary evaluation teams.
• Oversee and participate in remote and in-person data collection, ensuring ethical and context-appropriate approaches.
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement, workshops and co-creation processes.
• Provide clear, evidence-based analysis and recommendations to inform policy and programming.
• Lead report writing and ensure high-quality deliverables.

Requirements:

• Minimum 12 years’ experience as an evaluation Team Leader.
• At least 5 years leading evaluations for humanitarian agencies and/or on humanitarian issues.
• Proven track record working with a range of evaluation methodologies and mixed-methods approaches. Experience with theory-based methods required; experience with other approaches preferred, including but not limited to: process tracing, outcome harvesting and mapping, systems-thinking approaches and/or foresight methods.
• Advanced facilitation and stakeholder management skills.
• Postgraduate degree in evaluation, public policy, international development, humanitarian affairs, or related social sciences.
• Experience working in conflict-affected environments is highly desirable.
• Fluency in English or French required; other UN languages an asset.

Contractual details:

• This call is for inclusion in ADE’s roster of independent experts.
• Inclusion on the roster does not imply a guarantee of work.
• Assignments may involve remote work and/or field missions.