Monitoring & Evaluation Adviser - P5

Site:

Egypt , Cairo , Cairo

Sector:

Nonprofit/Community/Social Services/International Cooperation

Role:

Other

Date: ‎11/‎11/‎2022

Job Description

The Position:
The Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser reports to the Regional
Director (RD). S/He provides overall technical support for monitoring and
evaluation across the full range of the work of the Regional Office. In
addition, the Regional M &E Adviser provides Monitoring and Evaluation (M & E)
guidance to all work overseen by the Regional Office, including the technical
assistance system.

How you can make a difference:

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is
wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is
fulfilled. UNFPA's strategic plan (‎2022-‎2025), reaffirms the relevance of the
current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative
results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family
planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results
capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing
the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to ‎2030. Our strategic
plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to "build
forward better", while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-‎19
pandemic on women's and girls' access to sexual and reproductive health and
reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and
ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who
will defend them courageously and with full conviction.
UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact
and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how
they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver
excellence in programme results.

Job Purpose:

You would be responsible for:

Strategic Results Support
*
Contribute to the development of regional substantive/technical methodology
and tools for monitoring and evaluation, in concert with HQ development of
monitoring and evaluation policies, standards, and guidance as well as
oversight compliance of same;
* Provide support for monitoring and evaluation of the regional and country programmes in the region, in collaboration with the Country Offices (CO), the Sub-regional Offices (SROs), the Evaluation Office (EO), the Programme and Technical Divisions (PD, TD);
* Advise on monitoring and evaluation components of the Office Management Plans (OMPs) of the Regional Office;
* Provide technical support to the RO, SROs and COs, to ensure the adequacy of both the hierarchy of results of country and regional programmes, and their use of performance and impact measurement methods and indicators;
* Contribute to the development of frameworks, methodologies and databases for ICPD and MDG monitoring;
* Contribute to the formulation of the Regional Programme, drawing upon the analysis and evaluation of interventions in the sub-regions, and lessons from country programmes;
* Support the development and utilization of programme indicators and indicator databases;
* Work in collaboration with RO advisers and regional programme adviser in the formulation and implementation of oversight plan of regional programme funded initiatives;
* Ensure results-based monitoring and evaluation plan developed, implemented, and results acted upon within the COs, SROs and RO; and
* Ensure the use of results-based indicators and facilitate and support data collection and analysis for evaluation.

Capacity Development
*
Identify innovative evaluation methodologies and promote their incorporation
into UNFPA operations;
* Contribute to the development and adaptation of tools and guidance as well as training materials and manuals in monitoring and evaluation and support their use for capacity development of partner institutions and UNFPA staff in the region;
* Contribute to monitoring and analysis of reports on humanitarian, economic, political and social factors in development and management of population and development programmes;
* Contribute to identify and validate regional monitoring and evaluation experts and institutions for the Fund's regional and international rosters;
* Help build capacity of SROs and COs in the adoption and use of RBM techniques and tools;
* Provide support to country office staff and consultants in organization of evaluations;
* Coach junior professional staff and associates, direct expert consultants and facilitate working groups and task teams in order to provide support to programme managers, implementers on monitoring and evaluation.

Evidence and knowledge development and dissemination
*
Contribute to the analysis, synthesis and dissemination of state-of-the-art
knowledge and new approaches to monitoring and evaluation practice, in
particular best practices, and make recommendations for their adoption at
regional and sub-regional levels;
* Substantively contribute to the identification, documentation and dissemination of best practices / lessons learned;
* Support the office of the Director in ensuring the incorporation of evaluation results and lessons learned in the updating of specific substantive strategies, policies, tools and approaches, and ensure their availability in the organizational system for lessons learned;
* Monitor, analyze, evaluate and synthesize results of regional and country programme interventions in the regional and sub-regional levels;
* Monitor, analyze and evaluate national evaluation reports, synthesize evaluation findings and identify and disseminate lessons learned in monitoring and evaluation to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the work of the Office and of the region; to draw attention to sub-regional realities, and to inform regional and global strategies, policies, procedures and tools;
* Contribute to HQ initiatives on results-based programme management by ensuring integration of lessons learned from evaluation;
* Co-ordinate with other UN regional evaluation units and professional evaluation bodies for thematic evaluations and other evaluation activities; and
* Keep abreast of developments in the area of evaluation.

Quality assurance on evaluation
*
Advise on the validity of the monitoring and evaluation of regional strategies
and approaches;
* Develop and support a substantive quality assurance framework for the work of the Regional Office and assist/advise country offices in implementation of such framework;
* Ensure that evaluations meet high professional standards in line with UNFPA Evaluation Policy and UN Evaluation Norms & Standards;
* Support and nurture an evaluation culture within the Regional Office and the region and design;
* Advise on and support monitoring and evaluation processes and quality assessments in all areas of work under the Division's responsibility;
* Analyze and assess how findings of reviews, assessments and other studies related to UNFPA's areas of work are analyzed, disseminated and taken into account in ongoing strategic planning and programme development;
* Ensure the RO's participation in multi-agency/donor and inter-governmental evaluations of complex programmes and cross-cutting themes; and
* Carries out any other duties as may be required by the Regional Director.

Qualifications and Experience:

Education: Advanced University Degree in public health, social science,
demography, gender, economics, international relations, international
development, public administration, management or other related field. The
graduate or post graduate degree should preferably include credits in the
principles and practice of monitoring and evaluation.

Knowledge and Experience:
* ‎10 years of increasingly responsible professional experience, of which ‎5 years at the international level, ‎5 years in health and/or social sciences evaluation; including periodic updating of technical skills .
* Experience in humanitarian context
Recognized expertise in monitoring and evaluation;
* Strong track record of innovative leadership in managing different types of evaluations, and proven ability to produce demonstrable results;
* Programmatic experience, including programme development, planning, monitoring and reporting
* Extensive network within the academic and development community is an asset;
* Field experience is a strong asset.

Languages:
Fluency in English language is required; working knowledge of Arabic and/or
French is desirable

Required Competencies:

Values:
* Exemplifying integrity,
* Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,
* Embracing cultural diversity,
* Embracing change

Core Competencies:
* Achieving results,
* Being accountable,
* Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen,
* Thinking analytically and strategically,
* Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships,
* Communicating for impact.

Functional Competencies:
* Advocacy/ Advancing a policy-oriented agenda,
* Leveraging the resources of national governments, regional partners/building strategic alliances and partnerships,
* Delivering results-based programmes,
* Internal and external communication and advocacy for results mobilization,
* Strategically positioning UNFPA Programmes,
* Providing conceptual innovation to support programme effectiveness,
* Generating, managing and promoting the use of knowledge and information,
* Providing a technical support system,
* Strengthening the programming capacity of Country Offices,
* Facilitating quality programmatic results.

Managerial Competencies :
* Providing strategic focus,
* Engaging in internal/external partners and stakeholders,
* Leading, developing and empowering people, creating a culture of performance,
* Making decisions and exercising judgment.

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More details

Expiry date: ‎05/‎12/‎2022
Type of contract: Staff (Permanent and Fixed Term)
Duration: ‎1 year
Macro-area: Middle East and Northern Africa
Level of experience: Senior Professional, more than ‎5 years
Area of work: Health and Nutrition
Type of organisation: Multilateral Organisations