Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

Description of task

Under the overall guidance of the Deputy Representative and the direct supervision of the M&E team leader, the M&E Specialist will perform the following tasks:

Implementation of Programme Monitoring and Evaluation Activities

• Assist in the development and update of projects ensuring disability inclusion across all the UNFPA core areas of work: SRH, GBV, Harmful Practices, and Data Collection/analysis.
• Ensure effective implementation of the projects annual work plans with focus on results monitoring, objective hierarchy, indicators and monitoring mechanisms, tools, and procedures.
• Support the preparation of projects M&E Plan capturing qualitative and quantitative aspects according to the annual work plans.
• Contribute to the design and set out the framework and procedures for the monitoring and evaluation of project activities, with Implementing Partners, Programme Teams and M&E team leader.
• Ensure that activities/events needed for monitoring are scheduled and responsibilities assigned.
• Collect monitoring evidence that the results are being produced as intended and are efficient including on disability inclusion.
• Support UNFPA staff and Implementing Partners in preparing their data collection and reports.
• Utilize the M&E information system, updating the projects, activities, and indicators on a routine basis.

Analysis and Reporting of Monitoring and Evaluation activities

• Support the M&E team leader with data management and identify project issues and prompt corrective actions to enhance the achievement of results.
• Collect data from the relevant stakeholders including PwD organizations and conduct data analysis to measure the performance(s) against the indicators and targets.
• Support the development and testing of M&E methods, revises and assists in the implementation of recommendations to improve the efficiency of current monitoring systems.
• Review monitoring reports; analyzes them for impact evaluation and identify the causes of potential bottlenecks in project implementation.
• Draft regular M&E programme/projects’ reports and assist the programme/projects’ reviews and evaluations.
• Prepare consolidated progress reports on M&E findings for project management to submit to M&E Specialist, in accordance with approved reporting formats and timing.

Educational additional comments

Bachelor's degree

Area of expertise: Social Science and related field

Experience remark

Required experience: Minimum 3 years

Language skills

• English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
• Nepalese(Mandatory), Level - Fluent

Area of expertise details

Area of expertise: Social Science and related field

Application procedure

This assignment is part of UNV’s disability inclusion strategy. UNV seeks to 1) provide opportunities for persons with disabilities to serve as UN Volunteers 2) enable UN partners to expand diversity and inclusion of persons with disabilities in their workforce worldwide 3) build a talent pipeline of qualified professionals with disabilities who can contribute to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at national and global levels, with focus on national capacity. Only candidate with disabilities is eligible to apply for this position. If shortlisted for this assignment, you will be asked for a copy of an official document confirming that you have a disability from a general practitioner, or from an organization of persons with disabilities. Reasonable Accommodation The UN system wishes to create an inclusive workplace and commits to taking appropriate measures to enable persons with disabilities to access and benefit equally from employment and other engagement opportunities such as volunteering, by providing reasonable accommodation. In this context, “reasonable accommodation” means necessary and appropriate modifications and adjustments not imposing a disproportionate or undue burden, where needed in a particular case, to ensure to persons with disabilities the enjoyment or exercise on an equal basis with others of all human rights and fundamental freedoms.[1]. [1] Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Article 2 UNV Conditions of Service and Entitlements As this is a national UN Volunteer assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging their own housing and other living essentials. National UN Volunteers are part of a health insurance plan. National UN Specialist Volunteers in Nepal receive approximately USD 551 as Monthly Living Allowance. Applicable dependents (primary family unit, up to 3) will be eligible for health insurance. For more information about UNV Conditions of Service and Entitlements, please refer to the following: https://www.unv.org/become-volunteer/volunteer-your-country/conditions-service https://vmam.unv.org/calculator/entitlements Application procedure Please apply via the link below. You can then either log in if you already have a VMAM account or register via ‘Candidate Signup’. Important: On your profile, kindly select the response “yes” to the question whether you consider yourself a person living with a disability. Should you require special arrangements to facilitate the interview and assessment during the selection process, please indicate this in the “special remarks” field in your profile. In case you are facing accessibility constraints kindly write an email to [email protected]. Application deadline: 05-08-2021