Evaluation Officer (Impact Evaluations)

About the role

The Evaluation Officer (Impact Evaluations) will join the Office of Evaluation (OED) at FAO headquarters in Rome. Reporting to a Senior Evaluation Officer, the incumbent will design, lead and promote impact evaluations of complex projects, programmes and operations, contributing to FAO’s results‑accountability and learning agenda.

Key responsibilities

• Participate in multidisciplinary evaluation teams with internal and external partners.
• Design and lead impact evaluations using experimental and quasi‑experimental methods such as randomized control trials, regression discontinuity and propensity‑score matching.
• Oversee data collection, conduct rigorous qualitative and quantitative analysis, and prepare comprehensive evaluation reports.
• Present findings, conclusions and recommendations to senior FAO officials, governing bodies and other stakeholders.
• Mentor junior evaluation staff and promote the use of evaluation results across the organization.

Required profile

• Highly motivated professional with a strong interest in generating evidence for policy and programme improvement.
• Ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams and with external partners.
• Excellent analytical thinking and communication skills.

Required skills

• Experimental impact‑evaluation designs (randomized control trials).
• Quasi‑experimental designs (regression discontinuity, propensity‑score matching).
• Qualitative data analysis.
• Quantitative data analysis.