[Hiring] Senior Evaluation Consultant @Pan American Health Organization

Role Description

PAHO seeks a Senior Evaluator Consultant to provide methodological leadership and guide implementation of an evaluation framework over an 8-month period (November 2026 to June 2027). The consultancy covers three components:

• Principal Evaluator conduct the realist evaluation of Utopías.
• Design of a realist evaluation for Crecer en Renca.
• Design of a realist evaluation course and its introductory module.

Qualifications

• Master's in social sciences, public health, or a related field.
• Nine (9) years or more of proven experience in program evaluation, with demonstrated expertise in realist and/or theory-based evaluation of complex, multi-site social or health interventions.
• Prior experience serving as Principal Evaluator or senior technical advisor, providing methodological guidance and quality assurance to field-based evaluators or research teams.
• Expertise in social determinants of health, health equity, and community-based health promotion.
• Strong mixed-methods analytical skills and a record of peer-reviewed publications.
• Experience designing and teaching courses or training programs on realist and/or theory-based evaluation for decision-makers, practitioners, and researchers, preferably in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Requirements

• Develop the evaluation protocol, including methodological details, assessment of data availability, validation of the Theory of Change, and refinement of evaluation questions.
• Provide ongoing methodological guidance and technical oversight to the Field Coordinator.
• Analyze the mechanisms through which Utopías generates health and guide the realist Context-Mechanism-Outcome synthesis across sites.
• Lead the design and validation of instruments for community readiness assessment and monitoring of dignity of experience.
• Provide technical guidance for the synthesis and communication of findings to stakeholders.
• Develop a realist evaluation methodology for Crecer en Renca and validate a Theory of Change with relevant partners.

Benefits

• Part-time consultancy (60% FTE).
• Total payment: $30,144.
• Duration: 8 months (23 November 2026 to 20 July 2027).