Call for External Evaluator 2019

The European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention invites interested and experienced candidates to apply for the position as External Evaluator to carry out an external evaluation of activities relating to the implementation of the ENSP work programme 2019.

Scope of activities

The evaluation will look at activities run throughout the year 2019, and the actual work will be carried out between mid-December 2019 and mid-January 2020.

 

Methods to be used can include desk research of ENSP documents and materials, face-to-face & telephone interviews, questionnaires, web-based polls, and other tools that are appropriate for the specific indicator.

The final report will be delivered to ENSP Secretariat by 20 January 2020.

Candidate's profile

Domains of expertise

We are looking for proposals from individuals or companies with one or more of the following evaluation expertise:

• Public health (preferably tobacco control)
• European public or regulatory affairs
• Civil society organisations with an advocacy mandate
• Communication with member organisations of an advocacy organisation

Applicants should indicate clearly their domain or domains of competence, as well as their daily rate and indicative total cost for the evaluation.

Criteria

Candidates should be able to demonstrate that they have:

1. not done business with and are not in the service of or associated with the tobacco industry, its liaison groups or daughter companies, or with any of their past ten (10) years or present activities,
2. at least three years of professional experience in one or more of the above mentioned domains of expertise,
3. appropriate working knowledge of English.

Before signing the contract with ENSP, the selected candidate may be requested to present supporting documents.

Application

The responses to the call should address the following:

1. Proposal for the scope of the external evaluation of ENSP for the period of January-December 2019
2. Overview of your approach to the evaluation and the desired methodology to be used
3. Proposal for data gathering during the period
4. Timeline
5. A detailed quotation

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