Job Title: Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist
Organization: UNICEF
Job no: 564551
Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment
Duty Station: Teheran
Level: NO-3
Location: Iran
Categories: Research, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
For Iranian nationals only
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to
reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend
their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every
child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, Joy
Organizational Context and Purpose for the job
The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights
of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs,
in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most
disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to
children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have
an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without
discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal
chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural
dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that
investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most
disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children
the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained
growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital.
It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children,
which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the
Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of
nations.
Purpose for the job:
The Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation (PME) Specialist
reports to the Deputy Representative Programme with a dotted line to the
Representative for supervision. The role leads the PME team in overseeing the
planning, monitoring and evaluation across the office. The PME Specialist
provides professional technical, operational and management assistance
throughout the planning, monitoring, evaluation process preparing, executing,
managing and implementing a variety of technical tasks to contribute to
programme effectiveness and oversight.
Key function, accountabilities and related duties/tasks
How can you make a difference?
Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
1.
Programme and Country Office Planning
2.
Situation Monitoring and Study & Research Planning
3.
Programme Implementation and Performance Monitoring
4.
Evaluation
5.
Capacity Building
6.
Coordination and Networking
7.
Knowledge Management
1. Programme and Country Office Planning
Ensure that Country Programme Document (CPD) and the
corresponding result and resource framework is developed, reviewed and updated
based on the applicable planning procedures and processes and workplans and
programme documents are developed and quality assured.
•
Plan and lead the development and modification process of UNICEF country
programme document and coordinate the quality assurance reviews and collection
and consolidation of inputs received from the stakeholders until the complete
finalization
•
Lead launching requirement and arrangements for new country programmes or
official amendments
•
Plan for and lead the bottleneck and causality analysis, prioritization, and
development of the theory of change in coordination with internal and external
stakeholders and national counterparts as relevant
•
Design and implement planning procedures to support regular planning and
adaptation of the programmes to the emerging needs
•
Provide technical support to programme units to develop programme specific theory
of change and key interventions
•
Support budget planning and work breakdown structure design
•
Oversee country office planning for compliance with the global mandates and
strategies
•
Provide technical support to development of the workplans and their
corresponding result and resource frameworks and quality assuring compliance
with applicable standards
•
Plan for and support migration to new programming systems and platform
•
Provide technical support to planning, development and modification of United
Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework under relevant
inter-agency coordination mechanisms.
•
Provide technical support to integrated programming for
humanitarian-development nexus
•
Plan for and conduct annual risk assessment and incorporate relevant elements
of risk informed programming in the programme design
•
Ensure cross-cutting issues are systematically integrated in the programme
design
•
Support functional mapping for the programmatic needs to enable efficient
delivery of programme results
•
Explore programming prerequisites as per the applicable guidelines and the
evolving needs
•
Provide technical input to the management on the programme planning status and
needs.
•
Conduct partnership mapping and reviews
2. Situation Monitoring and Study & Research Planning
Ensure that the Country Office has a plan for evidence
generation and utilization that will provide the most relevant and strategic
information, including monitoring of socio-economic trends and the country’s
wider policy, economic or institutional context, to facilitate an effective
programme management
•
Lead identification of evidence and data gaps and advise on the appropriate
solutions to enable informed programme
•
Provide technical support to planning and establishing the major study and
research objectives, priorities, and activities in UNICEF’s multi-year and
annual plans
•
Provide technical support to quality assurance process for planning and
conducting studies, research and national surveys
•
Support coordination with the national and international entities on evidence
generation efforts and requirements
•
In coordination with other stakeholders, support the collection of SDGs and
other key social development indicators (through MICS or other surveys) to
improve national planning
•
Support partners in the establishment and management of systems to support
Situation Analysis, Common Country Assessment, Early Warning Monitoring
Systems, and Mid-Term Reviews.
•
Coordinate and oversee periodic reporting on risks and the corresponding
mitigation measures.
3. Programme Implementation and Result Monitoring
Ensure that the Country Office has quality information to
assess progress towards expected results established in annual work plans.
•
Provide technical support to ensure that a set of programme performance
indicators is identified and adjusted as necessary in the context of the annual
planning and based on the global indicator selection and development standards
•
Lead, and oversee data collection and analysis, planning monitoring visits and
standardisation of practices across the office
•
Provide technical support in setting baselines and targets for indicators under
the country programme result and resource framework, programme documents and
UNSDCF and support development of consolidated report for internal or external
dissemination.
•
Drawing on monitoring and analysis of key programme performance and management
indicators
•
Provide professional input to management reports, including relevant sections
of the annual/mid-year reports
•
Quality assure indicator reporting and narrative reports by advising on the
correct rating/reporting measures and standards and means of verification
•
Plan and coordinate mid-year/term and annual reviews for the country programme
documents and workplans based on the applicable procedures.
•
Support planning for and holding of the steering committee with the national
counterparts for mid-year/term and annual reviews.
4. Evaluation and Audit
Ensure that UNICEF-supported evaluations are designed and implemented to established UN quality standards, and the results are disseminated in a timely fashion to stakeholders to improve programme performance and contribute to wider learning.
•
Develop and amend country office costed evaluation and quality assure the form
and content for approval at regional, global and the executive board level.
•
Technically support programme partners and designated evaluation steering
committee members to formulate Terms of Reference and evaluation designs of
high quality
•
Drawing on the know-how of knowledge institutions, in compliance with the
organization’s programme evaluation policies and guidelines
•
Monitor and ensure the quality of the desk studies, field work, data collection
and analysis, and the quality of the analysis and ease of understanding during
the report writing phase.
•
Disseminate evaluation findings and recommendations to the intended audiences
in user-friendly methods. In particular, to ensure that effective participatory
feedback is provided to community and civil society stakeholders.
•
Monitor and ensure that a management response to the findings and
recommendations of the evaluation is completed, recorded, and followed up for
implementation.
•
Supporting senior management in organizing and conducting audits, drafting and
implementation of recommendations and management responses.
5. Capacity Building
Ensure that the monitoring and evaluation capacities of
Country Office staff and national partners – government and civil society – are
strengthened enabling them to increasingly engage in and lead monitoring and
evaluation processes.
•
Promote the awareness and understanding of the shared responsibility of PME
function among all staff members through communication, training, learning and
development activities organization wide.
•
In close collaboration with partners, ensure that capacity building strategy
for UNICEF/UN staff, national partners and institutions on result-based
management exists. Pay particular attention so the capacity needs of national
partners such as professional evaluation associations and national evaluations
offices will be strengthened by involvement in evaluation processes and
possibly through specific capacity building initiatives.
•
Collaborate to implement capacity building strategies as a joint commitment
with other developmental partners. Utilize a range of appropriate skills
building strategies including self-learning, seminars and workshops and practical
experience in order that UNICEF and UN staff have the basic knowledge and
skills in understanding and applying new M&E policies, tools, methods to
fulfil their responsibilities. Similarly, design and implement strategies
suited to the skills needs of national partners.
•
Actively seek partnerships with knowledge institutions for the identification
of capacity gaps and development of strategies to address them.
•
Support regional and global capacity building programmes on result based
management and country programme planning
6. Coordination and Networking
Ensure that the UNICEF office is effectively linked to wider
UNICEF M&E developments in a way that both contributes to and benefits from
organizational learning on effective M&E management.
•
Support partnership development and management with national implementing
partners, NGOs, and civil society organizations
•
Collaborate with regional and where needed global planning, monitoring,
research and evaluation sections and advisors for overall coordination of
priority planning, research, monitoring and evaluation activities, especially
those of regional scope requiring the coordinated effort of multiple countries.
•
Partner with the Regional Planning, Monitoring, Research and Evaluation chiefs
to ensure that current and accurate M&E data and results are included in
regional reports, multi-country studies, and knowledge sharing networks.
•
Undertake lessons-learned reviews on successful and unsuccessful M&E
practices and experience at the national level, and ensure they are shared as
appropriate. Similarly, pay attention to M&E knowledge networks to identify
innovations and lessons learned that may be relevant for the CO and partners to
improve their M&E function.
7. Knowledge Management
Ensure that the UNICEF office is systematically involved in
documentation around programmes to contribute to organizational learning,
programme and strategy adaptation and advocacy efforts.
•
Take lead on and provide technical support to identify, capture, synthesize and
share lessons learned from different knowledge sources
•
Research and report on best practices and systems for development planning of
knowledge products
•
Participate as resource person in capacity building initiatives to enhance the
competencies of clients/stakeholders.
•
Systemize knowledge documentation, retrieval and management process withing the
office and contribute to regional initiatives
Impact of Results
The efficiency and efficacy of support provided by the PME
Specialist to the CMT and wide range stakeholders contribute to the successful
planning and monitoring efforts that in turn result in improved country office
and national stakeholders’ development planning, performance and achievement of
concrete and sustainable results.
Effective implementation of evaluations enhances UNICEF’s
capacity and credibility in delivering highly effective programs and concrete
and sustainable results that directly improve services to mothers and children
in the country.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Education:
A university degree in social sciences, data and statistics,
planning, development, and other field of sciences relevant to this role with
minimum 3 years of extensive qualifying work experience directly related to
this role.
Experience:
Five years of relevant professional work experience in
non-for-profit/public sector programme and project planning, monitoring and
evaluation.
Language
Requirements:
Fluency in English and Farsi is required.
Specific Technical Knowledge & Competencies
Required
Knowledge/expertise of:
- programme
and strategic planning
- process
and procedure development
- evaluation
management,
- risk
informed programming
- project/programme
work planning
- financial
management and budget planning/reporting
- statistics
and data management.
- Research
process and methodology development
- Result
based management
- Partnership
development and management
- Proposal
and report development
- risk
and compliance and programmatic quality assurance
For every Child, you demonstrate...
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and
Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we
do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates
self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact
(4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6)
Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others (8) Nurtures,
leads and manages people.
During the recruitment process, we test candidates following
the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework
and its different levels: competency
framework here.
UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged
children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those
children. The
UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their
race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion,
nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
We offer a wide
range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave,
breastfeeding breaks and reasonable
accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the
use of flexible working arrangements.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the
aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual
exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and
discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding
of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous
reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these
standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of
academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be
required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
Remarks:
UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion
is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position,
eligible and suitable candidate with disability are encouraged to apply.
UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.
Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be
facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are also
subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2
(Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF
are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an
assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of
appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not
obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a
reasonable period for any reason.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to
the next stage of the selection process.
Advertised: 30 Jul 2023 Iran Standard Time
Deadline: 14 Aug 2023 Iran Standard Time
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