As part of its continuing efforts on the professionalization of evaluation, CES offers to qualified members, through its Professional Designation Program (PDP), a voluntary professional designation: the Credentialed Evaluator (CE). This designation is designed to define, recognize, and promote the practice of ethical, high-quality, and competent evaluation in Canada. The holder of the CE designation has provided convincing evidence of the requisite skills, knowledge, and practical experience identified by the CES as those necessary to be a competent evaluator.
The CES Credentialing Board (CES-CB) is the decision-making body for the Professional Designation Program. This is a call for applications for members of the Credentialing Board.
Eligibility
This call is open to all who meet both of the following eligibility requirements:
Note that the Credentialing Board has the authority to accept nominations and recommend individuals who do not fully meet these criteria in order to enable an appropriately diverse composition of the Board as a whole.
All who are interested are encouraged to apply. Based on the current board composition, we are especially encouraging applications from Indigenous people, individuals who are able to review applications in French, and those who are from Atlantic Canada, the Prairies, and Quebec.
Term and responsibilities
As per CES Professional Designations Programs Policies and Operational Guidelines (March 2019), Board composition will be considered in its entirety when selecting members.
CB members serve for three-year terms, renewable twice (maximum nine years). They are tasked with considering the merits of members' application for credentialed status, through confidential review, and making fair, timely, and objective decisions on applications and appeals for the designation using guidelines and criteria established by CES National Board. They are also asked to provide meaningful and substantive input into the ongoing management and development of the PDP. As recognized knowledgeable, and experienced experts, CB members act as ambassadors for the CES and the PDP in professional exchanges within the evaluation community domestically and internationally.
Currently, the 11 active CB members review approximately 8-9 applications per year, using an online system. There is a 15-day service standard in which to complete reviews once assigned. In order to reduce barriers for CB membership, members are entitled to an honorarium; the current rate is $150 per review plus applicable taxes. CB members are also recognized on the CES website. Terms of the CB members selected though this process are expected to begin in spring/summer 2023. New members will receive training and be mentored by current CB members.
Application and selection processes
To verify your eligibility with respect having held a CE for at least five years, please contact the PDP Applications Administrator at secretariat@evaluationcanada.ca. To submit your application, please:
These are the criteria on which applications will be assessed, in the context of Board composition as a whole.
Applications are due by February 10, 2023.
All applications received will be acknowledged. The CB Selection committee, composed of representatives of the current CB, CES National Board, and the CES Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Environmental Sustainability (EDI-ES) Committee will review, in a structured and confidential process, all applications and recommend the selected applicants for approval to the current CB and CES National Board. Up to 14 new CB members will be selected in 2023.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Beth Snow, CES Vice President, at vicepresident@evaluationcanada.ca.