At least 10 years of relevant professional experience of work on public sector policies and development planning or monitoring issues

Education
- At least an advanced degree (MSc, MA or equivalent)in a relevant discipline (e.g. development studies, economics, public sector policies, or equivalent subject area)
A relevant professional experience could replace an advanced degree.

Experience
- Strong background and experience in Monitoring and evaluations of national government programs, policies and projects
- Experience and tangible evidence in the analysis of outcome, output and impact assessments
- Good knowledge of national planning and tools of analysis and consistency in the area of monitoring and evaluation
- Excellent analytical skills of policy impact assessments and programs performance (allocation, performance) for social sectors, economic and governance sector
- Experience in undertaking several evaluation studies and impact assessments on national government programs and policies
- Advanced computer skills, including Word, Excel, Access, powerpoint
- Ability to present information and plan and develop training sessions in transparent and comprehensible manner

Previous experience in the Pacific and knowledge of national context will be an asset

Language Skills
- The working language is English. The expert will have a perfect knowledge in English and a good knowledge of French
- Some understanding of Bislama would constitute an advantage

The expert is required to have a good working knowledge of standard computer software (Word processing, spreadsheets etc)