Purpose of the Position
Under the supervision of the Programme and Planning Manager, the Monitoring Officer is accountable for the accomplishment of the stated key end-results by providing professional expertise and assistance in information/data collection, data analysis, monitoring, preparation of reports, communication and partnership, inter-agency coordination, and in implementing training programmes for national and sub-national data collection and monitoring and research capacity building with special attention to the interest, concern and participation of primary stakeholders.
Key End-Results Expected
- Provide technical support to the country context and situation analysis as well as to the evaluation of achievement of results during the 2013-2017 Country Programme.
- Ensure that Country Office Performance is systematically monitored and data for key indicators of the Country Office Annual Report and other management and donor reports are collected, analyzed and made available to management and the Country Management Team.
- Provide technical support to the planning team responsible for developing the new UNICEF Country Programme Document for DRC 2018-2012, including preparing Situation and Bottleneck Analysis and collaborating with ministries.
- Develop convincing Theories of Change with programme sections to describe and justify future programmes.
- Work with partners in order to ensure that UNICEFs monitoring structures and systems are understood and shared with necessary stakeholders.
- Ensure that monitoring and evaluation capacities of Country Office staff and national partners are strengthened, enabling them to increasingly engage in and lead monitoring and evaluation processes.
- Carry out research, monitoring and evaluation activities within the Country Office, the UN Country Team, and with the Regional office and with all other stakeholders, including national partners and the international community; and the results are shared with all partners to stimulate joint engagement.
Qualifications of Successful Candidate
- Advanced university degree in social sciences, development planning, planning, evaluation, survey implementation, advanced statistical research.
- Two years of relevant professional work experience. Developing country work experience or field work experience.
- At least one instance of exposure to emergency programming, including preparedness planning. Active involvement in a humanitarian crisis response programme preferred.
- Fluency in English and French. Additional language(s) an asset.
Competencies of Successful Candidate
- Communicates effectively to varied audiences, including during formal public speaking.
- Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment; demonstrates awareness of own strengths and limitations and how these may impact on own work.
- Sets high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves project goals.
- Quickly builds rapport with individuals and groups; maintains an effective network of individuals across organizational departments.
- Analyzes and integrates potentially conflicting numerical, verbal and other data from a number of sources; makes rational judgments from the available information.
- Sets clearly defined objectives and plans activities for self, own team or department.
Remarks
*The successful candidate for this emergency recruitment MUST be available to commence work within 31 days of receiving an offer.
The New and Emerging Talent Initiative (NETI) is an entry point for dynamic professionals interested in an international career with UNICEF. Aside from the qualifications indicated in the job description for this post, all NETI programme applicants must also meet the following minimum requirements:
- Completion of an advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) at the time of application;
- Proficiency in English and another official language of the United Nations;
- Readiness to be assigned to any UNICEF office worldwide, including hardship duty stations;
- At least 2 years of relevant work experience for functions at the P-2 level, and at least 5 years of relevant work experience for functions at the P-3 level. Relevant experience should include work in developing countries and in multicultural environments.
All applicants will be required to complete a technical test questionnaire at the time of application. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified and will therefore advance to the next stage of the competitive selection process, which involves various additional assessments including a language proficiency test.
Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply. UNICEF is committed to providing an inclusive working environment that offers all staff, including those with disabilities, full and equal access to employment opportunities.
HOW TO APPLY:
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