Field Monitoring Officer, NO-2, Dnipro, Ukraine, Position - Open for Ukraine Nationals Only

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This is a NO-2 contract. This kind of contract is known as National Professional Officers. It is normally only for nationals. It's a staff contract. More about NO-2 contracts.

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, hope

UNICEF supports health, nutrition, HIV prevention, education, safe drinking water, sanitation and protection for children and families caught in the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The office follows a sequenced, zonal differentiated approach: 70 per cent of its humanitarian efforts support children in areas with ongoing conflict. This includes deploying rapid response teams, using inter-agency humanitarian convoys, ensuring contingency planning and pre-positioning critical supplies, and working with local administrations and civil society partners.

In more accessible zones, national systems, municipalities and civil society organizations will be engaged, combining the humanitarian emergency response for displaced and returning populations with recovery and development support.

How can you make a difference?

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES and DUTIES & TASKS

  1. Situation monitoring
  • Identify and report key emerging issues and trends from field visits, with a focus on issues affecting the humanitarian situation of children and women. Monitor and report on the unmet needs of women and children in the affected areas.
  • Support the CO in collecting and interpreting early warning data effectively to guide the adjustment of programmes and operational approaches when and as country contexts deteriorate.
  • Provide technical support for rapid assessments (inter-agency or independently) to be carried out within the first 48-72 hours of significant changes in the humanitarian context.
  • Participate substantively in the sub-national Assessment Working Group in the east, including to align situation monitoring efforts with other operational agencies within the area of responsibility.

2. Programme performance monitoring

  • Plan and undertake high-frequency visits to monitor the progress of UNICEF programming, including the performance of implementing partners and supporting end-user supply monitoring, as a complement to third-party monitoring. Identify delays, bottlenecks, unmet needs and undelivered supplies
  • Ensure a regular feedback loop, so findings and recommendations from field visits are looped back into programming. Keep track of follow-up actions.
  • Systematically collect beneficiary feedback on UNICEF services and supplies, including appropriateness and satisfaction, and loop this feedback into programming.

3. Continuously strengthen information management systems

  • Provide technical support to programme and emergency colleagues to collect, manage and analyze data on the Field Office response, including data from government and implementing partners.
  • Support the innovation, piloting, use and scale up of tools for the collection, analysis and visualization of data to support management, decision-making and programme accountability and improvement, including mapping and other online, offline, interactive and/or static tools (PowerBi, Kobo, ArcGIS, etc.)

4. Capacity building of field office colleagues

  • Support the adoption and adaptation of Country and Regional Office monitoring and information management tools for use in the Field Office including training colleagues, where required. Provide feedback to Country and Regional Office from a field perspective to improve the relevance and appropriateness of monitoring and information management tools.
  • Provide technical support to Field Office colleagues and local partners on the use of information systems and tools.

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

QUALIFICATIONS

  1. Education****:

University degree in social sciences, development planning, planning, evaluation, survey implementation, advanced statistical research.

  1. Work Experience****:

• Professional work experience in programme development and implementation including monitoring and evaluation activities as follows:

• Two years of relevant professional work experience. Developing country work experience (for IP) or field work experience (for NO)

• At least one instance of exposure to emergency programming, including preparedness planning. Active involvement in a humanitarian crisis response programme preferred..

3. Language Proficiency

Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Technical Knowledge

a) Specific Technical Knowledge Required (for the job) • Knowledge of Project and Activity Evaluation. • Professional technical knowledge/expertise in Data Collection • Professional technical knowledge/expertise in Evaluation Process Management, Follow-up on Recommendations and Dissemination of M&E results.

b) Common Technical Knowledge Required (for the job group) • Professional technical knowledge/expertise in demography, statistics, and data management. • Methodology of M&E, theories, standards and models, quantitative/qualitative/mixed methods, validity/reliability testing of data, data analysis and interpretation, and statistical inference methods. • Professional technical knowledge/expertise in Activity Monitoring & Evaluation, Evaluation Design, data analysis, and reporting. • Gender equality and diversity awareness

c) Technical Knowledge to be Acquired/Enhanced • Knowledge/expertise of best practices, lessons learned and communication. • Understanding of UNICEF’s policies and procedures for programming, monitoring and evaluation guidelines. • Latest programme monitoring and evaluation theory, methodology, technology and tools. • Understanding of UN Mission and system; and International Code of Conduct. • Understanding of UNICEF Mission Statement and observance of UNICEF Guiding Principles.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, 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...

  • Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
  • Works Collaboratively with others (1)
  • Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
  • Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
  • Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
  • Drive to achieve impactful results (1)
  • Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

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 women 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.

This position is based in Dnipro and the incumbent will be expected be work on-site. However, depending on the security conditions and advisory, s/he will be required to relocate within Ukraine.

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