Evaluator Skills & Expertise

When responding to an invitation to tender ceni selects an evaluator or team of evaluators internally from its Staff Team and/or by utilising its Register of Associate Consultants. Selection is based on the evaluator's understanding and experience of the policy and practice areas in which the project is located.

Expertise, knowledge, experience - ceni evaluators are recruited on the basis of their technical expertise in evaluative research, management experience and understanding of organisational issues, knowledge of key policy issues as well as experience of the voluntary/community sector and its ethos. Evaluators also require strong interpersonal skills to ensure that the process is inclusive, incorporating the views of a broad range of stakeholders, and to maintain an atmosphere of trust and openness throughout. In some cases ceni draws upon the specialist knowledge of individuals who are not evaluators but can advise on aspects of the work.

The use of Associate Consultants, with their different skills and experience, provides ceni with greater reach and flexibility in the type and scale of evaluation which can be undertaken. It is also a source of innovation and ideas, which feeds into improved practice and extends our capacity to influence and inform evaluation policy.

Quality Assurance - In the event of using an Associate Consultant ceni undertakes a management, administration and quality assurance role on behalf of the commissioner and the evaluator.

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