IAES Senior Evaluation Manager: Center External Reviews

ABOUT THE POSITIONThe Evaluation Function workstream within IAES has two core pillars of evaluative activity, responsive to demand from CGIAR’s Council and other CGIAR stakeholders. One of these pillars, for which IAES is recruiting this manager position, is to conduct external, evaluative reviews of CGIAR research centers. The Senior Manager has a critical role to manage the external reviews. The incumbent will work collaboratively with one other IAES Senior Evaluation Manager focused on the research portfolio evaluation pillar, as well as with other workstreams of IAES, as well as CGIAR and Center MEL colleagues, to ensure that information generated through independent evaluations is timely, of high quality, available and accessible, in support of management, learning and decision-making processes.The role requires an experienced evaluation professional and manager, with specific experience in evaluation of organizations or research institutes. The position holder will have a track record of designing, planning, overseeing, providing quality assurance, analyzing, and reporting on evaluations. Experience working in independent evaluation offices or implementing evaluation in the context of research for development or academic institutions is desirable in this role.MAIN RESPONSIBILITIESRole Summary The Senior Manager leads the implementation of the Center External Review framework, maintaining clear standards, criteria, and cadence to ensure rigor and consistency and periodically revalidating the design based on lessons learned. They ensure aggregable data across Centers through standardized methods, rating scales, and templates. They manage evaluator selection and workflows for Center reviews from the IAES roster and oversee quality assurance processes and cross-Center synthetic products. Furthermore,...