Planning & Monitoring Officer

Job Title: Planning & Monitoring Officer

Organization: UNICEF

Job no: 565162
Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment
Duty Station: Tripoli
Level: NO-2
Location: Libya
Categories: Research, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

For Libyan nationals

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, RIGHTS

Purpose:

The Planning and Monitoring Officer reports to the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist for supervision. The Officer provides professional technical, operational and organizational assistance throughout the planning, monitoring process preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative tasks to contribute to overall section functions on planning, implementation, oversight and reporting to ensure programme excellence.

How can you make a difference?

1.  Programme Planning and Reviews

• Support to key planning processes, including CPD, Programme Rationale, CEP, including using key organizational tools such as VISION, RAM, eTools, and others as relevant.
• Provide technical and organizational support to the process of developing annual work plans and maintaining it on the eWorkplanning on RAM.
• Provide technical support as necessary in organizing and managing annual/mid-year/mid-term/end term country programme reviews ensuring consistency with objectives and goals set out in the CPD and contribute to the Annual Management Plan.
• Provide technical and organizational support to the mid-year and end-year reporting.

2.  Programme Performance Monitoring

• Provide technical support as necessary to identifying and adjusting a set of programme performance indicators, in the context of the multi-year and annual IMEPs, the Annual Management Plan and Annual Work Plans, as outlined in the Country Programme Policies and Procedures (PPP).
• Provide technical support to ensure that monitoring system are in place and that key annual programme indicators are tracked and analyzed, including those related to partnerships initiative, and provided regularly to the Country Management Team/ Senior Management Team to guide programme and management decisions.
• Carry out data collection and analysis from field visits, standardizing them across programmes, to feed into to programme performance monitoring.  
• Keep tracking of follow-up action based on management decisions resulting from Country Office performance monitoring and evaluation.
• Compile monitoring and evaluation information/data and make them available to programme/planning sections. Contribute to the preparation of management reports (e.g., relevant sections of the annual reports), drawing on monitoring and analysis of key management indicators.
• Assist in the preparation of reports on systemic issues, good practices or any other analysis or data related to programme implementation and/or evaluation, including programme’ s performance, relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability, as well as good practices in partnerships and collaborative relationships.

3.  Implementation Monitoring

• Provide technical support to ensure that the Country Office has timely and quality information to ensure programmes are on track:
• Conduct monthly planning and monitoring of implementation of field monitoring including Programmatic Visits.
• Contribute to the management of the Third-party monitoring.
• Contribute to the IP management portfolio including optimum use of eTools, ensuring progress report tracking and generate reports for management on IP management using eTools.
• Support the development and implementation of the Annual Performance Monitoring Plans by Results Managers and sections

4.  Situation Monitoring

• Provide technical support to ensure that the Country Office and national partners have timely and accurate measurement of change in conditions in the country or region, including monitoring of socio-economic trends and the country’s wider policy, economic or institutional context, to facilitate planning and to draw conclusions about the impact of programmes or policies.
• In coordination with other stakeholders, support the collection of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators (through MICS or other surveys) to improve integrated national planning.
• Support management of available baseline information on national statistics and key indicators for easy access and use.
• Contribute to country level statistical reports on the status of children’s and women’s human rights issues, and provide a technical support to global reporting obligations including national reports on progress toward the SDGs, and CRC fulfilment.
• Keep monitoring the situation of children’s and women’s rights with national partners and keep updated with the information of the quality research that address issues and challenges affecting children and their families. ·
• Coordinate with partners and provide assistance in their using up-to-date information in, inter alia, Situation Analysis, Common Country Assessment, Annual Reviews, Mid-Term Reviews, and Annual Reports or other progress reports.
• Provide technical support to ensure that the CO has information necessary for UNICEF to effectively report on and advocate for children’s rights through the appropriate channels and to enhance partnerships with key players in monitoring collectively progress on child focused international commitments, including SDGs.
• Support the CO in collecting and interpreting existing data effectively to guide the adjustment of programmes and operational approaches when and as country contexts deteriorate.

5. Planning and Monitoring Capacity Building

• Provide technical support to ensure that planning, 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 planning and monitoring processes.
• Contribute to the planning and monitoring capacity building for UNICEF staff, national partners and institutions on RRBM.
• Contribute to formulation of staff capacity development strategy and plans, and exercise effective leadership in implementing them, ensuring that country office staff have the basic knowledge and skills to fulfil their monitoring and evaluation responsibilities, and training is planned and carried out to fill identified gaps, including the use of UNPP, eTools, and other planning and monitoring solutions. 
• Promote and provide support to ensure that Country Office staff and national partners are aware of and have access to UNICEF planning and monitoring learning resources.
• Contribute to liaise with knowledge institutions to seek partnerships for the identification of capacity gaps and the development of strategies to address them.

6.  Communication and Partnerships 

•  Provide technical support to ensure that all of the above tasks are carried out and accomplished through effective communication and partnerships, as elaborated below:
• Facilitate or contribute to integrated planning of research, monitoring and evaluation activities within the Country Office, with national partners, the UN Country Team and the wider international community, in the context of internal office management plans, the country programme process, the UNSDCF and sector wide approaches respectively, in consultation with child-right partners.
• Facilitate or contribute to joint planning, monitoring and evaluation activities with national partners, the UN Country Team and the wider international community, wherever possible in the context of the above processes.
• Provide technical support to Country Office staff and national partners on data collection, data management and data analysis for basic monitoring and evaluation.
• Provide synthesis of M&E results to the country office senior management, the Country Management Team and key programme and operations staff.
• Ensure that evaluation recommendations are communicated to the relevant partners for implementation, with advice on the Implementation Plan and follow-up action for future programming.
• Facilitate learning from the results of monitoring and evaluation within the Country Office and more widely within UNICEF in the region and globally, as well as among national partners and other key stakeholders, engaging more expertise from knowledge institutions.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• A University Degree from a recognized university in Social Science, Economics, Statistics, Information Management, International Relations or a related field is required. 
• A minimum of 2 years of professional work experience in social development analysis and programming is required. Relevant experience in programme/project monitoring and evaluation in a UN system agency or a development organization is an asset.
• Fluency in English and Arabic is required. 

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.

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  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: 20 Aug 2023 E. Europe Daylight Time
Deadline: 02 Sep 2023 E. Europe Daylight Time

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Administrative Assistant

Posting Title: Administrative Assistant, FS5 (Temporary Job Opening)

Job Code Title: Administrative Assistant

Organization: United Nations Support Mission in Libya

Duty Station: Tripoli, Libya

Posting Period: 05 July 2023 - 11 July 2023

Job Opening Number: 23-Administration-UNSMIL-213223-J-Tripoli (M)

Staffing Exercise: N/A

United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity

Org. Setting and Reporting

This position is located within the Office of the Human Resources Management Unit of the in the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. The position is based in Tripoli, Libya (Tripoli is classified as a Hardship "E" duty station and a non-family duty station). The incumbent will report to the Human Resources Officer under the overall supervision of the Chief of Unit, Human Resources Management.

On 28 October 2022, the Security Council, by its resolution 2656 (2022) extended the mandate of United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) until 31 October 2023, as set out in resolution 2542 (2020) and paragraph 16 of resolution 2570 (2021). The Security Council, in resolution 2542 (2020), tasked UNSMIL, as an integrated special political mission, in full accordance with the principles of national ownership, to exercise mediation and through its good offices to: (i) further an inclusive political process and security and economic dialogue; (ii) further the continued implementation of the Libya Political Agreement; (iii) help consolidate the governance, security and economic arrangements of the Government of Libya, including support for economic reform in collaboration with international financial institutions; (iv) help to achieve a ceasefire and, provide appropriate support to its implementation; (v) support subsequent phases of the Libyan transition process, including the constitutional process and the organisation of elections; (vi) coordinate and engage closely with international actors including neighboring countries and regional organisations; (vii) provide support to key Libyan institutions; (viii) support, on request, the provision of essential services and delivery of humanitarian assistance, including in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in accordance with humanitarian principles; (ix) monitor and report abuses and violations of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law, including sexual violence in conflict, notably through the effective deployment of women and child protection advisers; (x) provide support in securing uncontrolled arms and related materiel and countering their proliferation; and (xi) co-ordinate international assistance, and provision of advice and assistance to Government-led efforts to stabilise post-conflict zones, including those liberated from Da'esh. The Security Council, through resolution 2570 (2021), tasked UNSMIL to provide support to the Libyan-led and Libyan-owned ceasefire monitoring mechanism including through the facilitation of confidence-building measures and the scalable and incremental deployment of UNSMIL ceasefire monitors.

Responsibilities

Within delegated authority, the incumbent will perform the following duties:
Human Resources Management
• Coordinates actions with respect to transactions related to the administration of the section’s/office’s human resource activities, e.g., recruitment, placement, relocation, performance appraisal, job classification reviews, separation of staff members, training etc., ensuring consistency in the application of UN rules and procedures.
Liaises with the relevant administrative and human resources offices as required.
• Oversees the maintenance of vacancy announcement files and keeps track of status of vacancy announcements.
• Maintains records of the performance evaluation status of the section/office. Assists in formulating responses related to rebuttal cases.
• Advises staff on visa matters and other relevant rules and regulations; coordinates the induction and orientation of new staff members in the section/office.
• Provides advice and answers queries on classification procedures and processes.
• Provides information and advices to staff/consultants with respect to conditions of service, duties and responsibilities, privileges and entitlements under the Staff Rules and Regulations.
• Monitors section’s/office’s staffing tables for a variety of human resource activities, e.g., appointments, retirements, expiration of appointments, reassignments, transfers and movement of staff.

Budget and Finance:
• Provides expert assistance and coordination in the preparation and development of the section’s/office’s work plan and budget.
• Assists in monitoring budget/work plan with respect to various budgets, on a regular basis, suggests reallocations of resources and implement the reallocations as necessary.
• Collects data from relevant databases and prepare customized financial reports when required.
• Reviews, analyzes and assists in the finalization of the cost estimates and budget proposals, in terms of staff and non-staff requirements for the section/office, including programmatic aspects:
• Assists managers in the elaboration of resource requirements for budget submissions.
• Monitors budget implementation/expenditures and recommend reallocation of funds as necessary.
• Reviews and verifies the availability of funds for all requisitions ensuring that the correct object of expenditure has been charged. Ensures that the allotments and exchange rates within the relevant systems are updated on a regular basis.
• Monitors extra-budgetary resources, including review of agreements and cost plans, ensuring compliance with regulations and rules and established policies and procedures.
• Assists in the preparation of the year end budget performance report submissions.
• Assists in finalization of budget performance reports, analyzing variances between approved budgets and the actual expenditures.

General Administration:
• Coordinates the provision of guidance, training and daily supervision to other staff in the area of responsibility.
• Provides assistance in drafting of host country agreements, budget agreements, and contributions for grants or other activities as appropriate.
• Identifies and resolves diverse issues and problems as they arise, determining the appropriate actions.
• Coordinates extensively with service units and liaises frequently with internal team members both at Headquarters and in the field mission.
• Performs other related administrative duties, as required (e.g., operational travel program, monitoring accounts and payments to vendors and individual contractors for services, physical space planning and the identification of office technology needs and maintenance of equipment, software and systems, organizes and coordinates seminars, conferences and translations).

Competencies

•Professionalism: Knowledge of United Nations system and policies, as well as Security Council mandates. Demonstrates highest degree of confidentiality in treating internal documents and sensitive information. Substantive experience in and thorough knowledge of administrative procedures (e.g., budget/work programme, human resources, database management, etc). Shows pride in work and in achievements; demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter; is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results; is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns; shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges; remains calm in stressful situations. Takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all area of work.

•Planning & Organizing: Identifies priority activities and assignments; adjusts priorities as required; allocates appropriate amounts of time and resources for completing work; foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary; uses time efficiently.

•Teamwork: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; solicits input by genuinely valuing others' ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others; places team agenda before personal agenda; supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position; shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

Education

High school or equivalent diploma is required.

Job - Specific Qualification

Technical or vocational certificate in administrative services, business administration or personnel management is desirable.

Work Experience

At least eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience within the United Nations system or the private sector in the field of administration, finance, accounting, human resources, audit, or in other related fields is required.

Experience working in a restricted security environment in a conflict or post-conflict setting is desirable.

Experience working with Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) applications (i.e Umoja) is desirable.

Languages

French and English are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of Arabic is desirable.

Assessment

Evaluation of qualified candidates may include a written assessment and/or an interview.

Special Notice

This position is available temporarily for a short tenure. If the selected candidate is a staff member from the United Nations Secretariat, the selection will be administered as a temporary assignment.

• While this temporary assignment may provide the successful applicant with an opportunity to gain new work experience, the selection for this position is for a limited period and has no bearing on the future incumbency of the post.

• Subject to the funding source of the position, the eligibility for this temporary job opening may be limited to candidates based at the duty station.
• This temporary job opening may be limited to "internal candidates," who have been recruited through a competitive examination administered according to staff rule 4.16 or staff selection process including the review of a central review body established according to staff rule 4.15.

• Staff members of the United Nations common system organizations who will reach the mandatory age of separation or retirement within the duration of the current temporary need period are not eligible to apply.Submitting an application or selection for the current temporary job opening does not delay or increase the mandatory age of separation.

• Retirees above the mandatory age of separation who wish to be considered for the current temporary job opening must indicate the reason for their last separation as "retirement." Such retirees shall not be employed by the Organization, unless (a) the operational requirements of the Organization cannot be met by staff members who are qualified and available to perform the required functions; and (b) the proposed employment would not adversely affect the career development or redeployment opportunities of other staff members and represents both a cost-effective and operationally sound solution to meet the needs of the service.

• The United Nations Secretariat is committed to achieving 50/50 gender balance in its staff. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.

United Nations Considerations

According to article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity. Candidates will not be considered for employment with the United Nations if they have committed violations of international human rights law, violations of international humanitarian law, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, or sexual harassment, or if there are reasonable grounds to believe that they have been involved in the commission of any of these acts. The term “sexual exploitation” means any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, differential power, or trust, for sexual purposes, including, but not limited to, profiting monetarily, socially or politically from the sexual exploitation of another. The term “sexual abuse” means the actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions. The term “sexual harassment” means any unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that might reasonably be expected or be perceived to cause offence or humiliation, when such conduct interferes with work, is made a condition of employment or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment, and when the gravity of the conduct warrants the termination of the perpetrator’s working relationship. Candidates who have committed crimes other than minor traffic offences may not be considered for employment.

Due regard will be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible. The United Nations places no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs. The United Nations Secretariat is a non-smoking environment.

Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process.

The paramount consideration in the appointment, transfer, or promotion of staff shall be the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity. By accepting an offer of appointment, United Nations staff members are subject to the authority of the Secretary-General and assignment by him or her to any activities or offices of the United Nations in accordance with staff regulation 1.2 (c). In this context, all internationally recruited staff members shall be required to move periodically to discharge new functions within or across duty stations under conditions established by the Secretary-General.

Applicants are urged to follow carefully all instructions available in the online recruitment platform, inspira. For more detailed guidance, applicants may refer to the Manual for the Applicant, which can be accessed by clicking on “Manuals” hyper-link on the upper right side of the inspira account-holder homepage.

The evaluation of applicants will be conducted on the basis of the information submitted in the application according to the evaluation criteria of the job opening and the applicable internal legislations of the United Nations including the Charter of the United Nations, resolutions of the General Assembly, the Staff Regulations and Rules, administrative issuances and guidelines. Applicants must provide complete and accurate information pertaining to their personal profile and qualifications according to the instructions provided in inspira to be considered for the current job opening. No amendment, addition, deletion, revision or modification shall be made to applications that have been submitted. Candidates under serious consideration for selection will be subject to reference checks to verify the information provided in the application.

Job openings advertised on the Careers Portal will be removed at 11:59 p.m. (New York time) on the deadline date.

No Fee

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Monitoring and Evaluation Associate

Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Associate - NPSA 7

Organization: UNDP

Job Identification: 11758

Location: Tripoli (LBY), Libya

Apply Before: 07/12/2023, 06:59 AM

Job Schedule: Full time

Grade: NB3

Vacancy Type: National Personnel Service Agreement

Practice Area: Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding and Responsive Institutions

Bureau: Regional Bureau for Arab States

Contract Duration: 1 Year

Education & Work Experience: Bachelor's Degree - 4 year(s) experience OR High School certificate- 7 year(s) experience

Required Languages: Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic

Vacancy Timeline: 2 Weeks

Job Description

Background

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are core principles at UNDP:  we value diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate, we foster inclusion as a way of ensuring all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, and we ensure equity and fairness in all our actions. Taking a ‘leave no one behind’ approach to our diversity efforts means increasing representation of underserved populations. People who identify as belonging to marginalized or excluded populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Learn more about working at UNDP including our values and inspiring stories.

UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) works in approximately 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion. Anchored in the 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and committed to the principles of universality, equality, and leaving no one behind, UNDP supports countries’ efforts to strengthen frameworks for development, peacebuilding, disaster risk reduction, and climate change.

In Libya, UNDP has designed a new Country Programme Document (CPD) for 2023–2025, which proposes as one of its three major objectives to invest in local peacebuilding and resilience, marking a transition from immediate stabilization towards longer-term development and peacebuilding. In this regard, UNDP is supporting peace and resilience in targeted clusters across Libya by strengthening the capacity of local institutions and communities to manage conflicts and tensions, complementing its focus on enhancing accountable, effective, and gender sensitive governance, and promoting sustainable green growth and greater resilience to climate change.

The Strengthening Local Capacities for Resilience and Recovery Project Top-Up, funded by the EU, aims at supporting local authorities in Libya to respond to the many conflicts and human mobility induced challenges that impact negatively people access to essential services, social cohesion and community security, and jobs and sustainable livelihoods. The overall objective of the project is to improve the living conditions and resilience of vulnerable populations (including migrants, refugees, IDPs, returnees and host communities), in particular in the municipalities most affected by migratory flow and/or affected by the conflict.

The Monitoring and Evaluation Associate will contribute to the monitoring, evaluation management and production of updates and reports complying with corporate and donor requests. Under the direct supervision of the Reporting and M&E Specialist, and overall guidance of the Project manager, s/he will be responsible for designing and implementing the monitoring activities, ensuring evaluability, and contribute to managing evaluations of the SLCRR Project.
 

Duties and Responsibilities

Implementation of planning and monitoring tools for accountability and reporting purposes by focusing on progress and results achievement through:

• Supporting the implementation of the Monitoring System with SMART indicators including data collection and performance tracking of project activities.
• Ensuring alignment of the logical frameworks and indicators according to the project and EU monitoring systems. Support the updating of related databases accordingly. 
• Collecting data on a monthly basis to measure achievements against the performance indicators, check data quality, maintain and administer the monitoring database. Analyse, aggregate findings and deliver corresponding reports.
• Reviewing the performance of existing data collection and management information systems and recommend further improvement of the logical frameworks particularly in the areas of performance indicators and their measurement.
• Supporting the Project team in implementing the key project performance indicators (KPI) as well as monitoring them throughout the duration of the project.

Identification of challenges and support for theory of change initiative

• Analyzing and highlighting positive and negative trends and providing the Project Manager with key information to support decision making process to address the identified challenges and bottlenecks.
• Support the Project Manager in planning, editing and reviewing key project documents including internal and external reports, theory of change, the logical framework and indicators. 
• Undertake regular visits to the project implementation sites to measure project results and to identify where adaptations might be needed and discuss findings with Project Manager.

Management of Evaluation and Reporting

• Support the project corresponding evaluations. This can include provision of administrative and substantive support, provision of all inputs requested by evaluators, reading and providing feedback on inception and final evaluation reports, supporting the Project Manager to elaborate evaluation management responses, corresponding actions plans and evaluations recommendations uptake. 

Facilitation of knowledge building, knowledge sharing and guidance to project team and all stakeholders, on M&E matters

• Prepare and deliver capacity building for project staff, stakeholders and project partners on M&E activities and needed inputs from each project components. 
• Identify lessons learned and develop case studies/best practices for internal and external reporting to capture qualitative and quantitative results of the project.
• Provide inputs and data for monthly, quarterly and annual reports, conferences, seminars, workshops, training sessions and meetings.
• Write talking points, briefing notes and provide inputs for communication products and for the Project Manager to present data and quantitative information as needed.
• Perform other duties as may be assigned.

Logistical support

• Provide all required logistic support as per the contractual arrangements and/or interviews in the preparation of mid-term and final evaluations of the SLCRR project. 

Institutional Arrangement

The M&E Associate will work under the day to day supervision of Reporting and M&E Specialist and the overall guidance of the Project Manager. 
 

Competencies

Core
Achieve Results:	LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
Think Innovatively:	LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
Learn Continuously:	LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
Adapt with Agility:	LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
Act with Determination:	LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident
Engage and Partner:	LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
Enable Diversity and Inclusion:	LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination

 

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies (insert up to 7 competencies)  Thematic Area Name Definition Business Management Monitoring Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular feedback on the consistency or discrepancy between planned and actual activities and programme performance and results 2030 Agenda: Engagement & Effectiveness Effectiveness Performance and data analysis and sharing lessons 2030 Agenda: Engagement & Effectiveness Effectiveness RBM standards and practices for programming Digital & Innovation Data governance Knowledge of data science, skills to develop data management tools, organize and maintain databases and operate data visualization technologies Digital & Innovation Data collection Being skilled in Data Sorting, Data Cleaning, Survey Administration, Presentation and Reporting including collection of Real-Time Data (e.g. mobile data, satellite data, sensor data). Digital & Innovation Data analysis Ability to extract, analyse and visualize data (including Real-Time Data) to form meaningful insights and aid effective decision making Partnership management Relationship management Ability to engage with a wide range of public and private partners, build, sustain and/or strengthen working relations, trust and mutual understanding

 

 Required Skills and Experience 

Min. Education requirements	Secondary Education is required,  University degree in international development, statistics, demographics, public policy, economics, or related field will be given due consideration but not a requirement
Min. years of relevant work experience	Minimum 7 years (with Secondary education) or 4 years) with Bachelor’s or equivalent degree) of professional experience in project management support functions.  At least three years’ experience in M&E.
Required   skills	Experience developing and refining data collection tools. Strong IT/computer skills, including the ability to use Microsoft Office for reporting, and presentation
Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the Competencies section	An advanced certificate or post-graduate degree or relevant work experience in M&E, statistics, or economics will be as asset. Expertise in analyzing data using statistical software; Experience in gender mainstreaming; Experience in working with local and/or national governments; Experience working with UN/UNDP and INGOs.
Required Language(s)	Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic
Professional Certificates	N/A

 

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Important information for US Permanent Residents ('Green Card' holders) 
 

Under US immigration law, acceptance of a staff position with UNDP, an international organization, may have significant implications for US Permanent Residents. UNDP advises applicants for all professional level posts that they must relinquish their US Permanent Resident status and accept a G-4 visa, or have submitted a valid application for US citizenship prior to commencement of employment. 

UNDP is not in a position to provide advice or assistance on applying for US citizenship and therefore applicants are advised to seek the advice of competent immigration lawyers regarding any applications.

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Note: UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement.  We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.

Non-discrimination

UNDP has a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual exploitation and misconduct, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.  

UNDP is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer that does not discriminate based on race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status. 

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