Evaluation Officer

Job Description

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Evaluation Officer

14/Sep/2026

05/Oct/2026, 9:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit : OED

Staff position

Type of Requisition : Professional Project

Italy-Rome

Duration : Fixed-term: one year with possibility of extension

Post Number : 2011185

CCOG Code : 1A02e

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• FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, background and culture
  
• Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply
  
• Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct, and to uphold FAO's values
  
• FAO, as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status, objectives and mandate, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination
  
• All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks
  
• All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality
  
• FAO staff are subject to the authority of the Director-General, who may assign them to any of the activities or offices of the Organization.
  

FAO’s commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through the FAO Strategic Framework by supporting the transformation to MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems, for better production , better nutrition , a better environment, and a better life , leaving no one behind.

FAO is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Our goal is to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. With 195members (194 countries and the European Union), FAO works in more than 130 countries worldwide.

FAO implements a wide portfolio of projects, programmes, and initiatives across multiple sectors. These include animal production and health, fisheries, food and nutrition, food systems and safety, forestry, social protection, inclusive rural development, information management systems/data systems for monitoring and decision making, land and water, plant production and protection, and others. FAO has a growing portfolio of work in the development and humanitarian (emergency and resilience) sectors. FAO evaluates the strategic alignment, implementation, efficacy, and efficiency of its portfolio of work through its independent Office of Evaluation (OED), which is led by the Director of OED who reports to the Director-General and the FAO Programme Committee.

OED evaluates FAO strategies, initiatives, programmes, and projects at global, regional, and national levels. OED seeks to generate credible and useful evidence and insights to inform decisions, support oversight, and help FAO achieve its mission. In so doing, OED advances knowledge and provides results accountability to both the Director-General and Member Nations. OED also participates in system-wide evaluation initiatives, thereby contributing to assessments of development and humanitarian effectiveness by the UN system.

OED values candidates who are highly motivated to excel and want to join OED colleagues in generating transformative knowledge for FAO, its Member Nations, and others working in the fields in which FAO operates to achieve its mission of ending hunger

The position is located in the Office of Evaluation (OED) at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

The Evaluation Officer reports to a senior Evaluation Officer in OED.

Evaluations

Planning, designing, conducting and promoting the use of evaluations, thereby contributing to enhanced results-accountability to the Director-General and the Governing Bodies, and enriched learning by the Organization; and improved results-based management.

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• Supports evaluations of programmes, programme components or cluster o