Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, YuWaah, NOC, New Delhi, India, Post No. 125921 (This position is for Indian Nationals only)

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This is a NO-3 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-3 contracts.

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If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.

The scale of YuWaah’s program outreach and deliverables are ambitious and challenging. There is the need for establishing robust monitoring and evaluation framework with indicators that provide periodic data and evidence to inform the course correction and scale-up. The monitoring, evaluation and reporting functions of GenU/YuWaah comply with the Results-Based Management (RBM) principles. The overall framework and measurement of the results of the key interventions in India is an important function of YuWaah and UNICEF’s contribution to YuWaah.

Quality assurance are instrumental for all monitoring, evaluation and reporting activities. M&E supports the advocacy and policy dialogue efforts of YuWaah with national counterparts to position the agenda of YuWaah in the national context and feeds into the resource mobilization efforts. Tracking progress of the various interventions requires analysis of the information captured though the management information system (MIS) and providing feedback to the YuWaah team and partners to inform the progress. Hence, application of innovative and strategic thinking to deliver the desired results efficiently under resource constraint condition is an important aspect of M&E activities. To this end, there is an M&E results-based framework, theory of change and indicators to be tracked that has been developed. A YuWaah MIS is under development and an M&E agency is also being hired.

Major Roles and Responsibilities:

• Promoting a results-based approach and integrates innovative M&E approaches in the areas of learning, skilling, employment/entrepreneurship, and adolescent/youth engagement.
• Provide substantive and strategic support to YuWaah’s overall Monitoring and Evaluation framework, by undertaking analysis of data on learning, skilling, mployment/entrepreneurship, and adolescent/youth engagement.
• Support efforts related to policy and advocacy by providing robust evidences based on relevant and latest information.
• Integrate substantive methodologies and RBM tools in programming and project design and Implementation.
• Ensure substantive monitoring of interventions of various components of YuWaah by coordinating with staff and partners and analysis of regular information from the field implementation.
• Responsible to support other YuWaah team members in evidence-based advocacy initiatives.
• Support in planning for board meetings and assist in setting measurable targets and milestones periodically through learning from the monitoring and evaluation activities.
• Responsible for periodic reporting on the data indicators for YuWaah.
• Responsible for dissemination of monitoring indicators and evaluation results.
• Liaise with the implementing partners of various interventions for monitoring key indicators and support tracking the progress of the projects.
• Analyze data and reports on programme and projects in terms of achieving results using existing monitoring and evaluation tools.
• Undertake capacity building initiatives on RBM and improving data quality systems for relevant stakeholders.
• Conduct strategic research initiatives by collating, compiling and analysis of data from various sources and support dissemination of such research for advocacy and policy level discussions.
• Prepare research briefs on the basis of systematic analysis of processes and outputs derived from YuWaah supported interventions.
• Conduct and lead all quarter and year end internal reporting processes to UNICEF and YuWaah.
• Facilitate the development of YuWaah MIS through liaising and coordinating with the third-party vendor.
• Lead knowledge management initiatives for the entire YuWaah team.
• Guide, manage and oversee the M&E agency that will conduct evaluations and be responsible for conducting monitoring activities.
• Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

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

EDUCATION:

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in one of the following fields: social sciences, statistics, planning development, planning OR A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• A minimum of 05 years of experience in designing, planning, organising, and conducting mixed method evaluations and also conducting robust monitoring.
• Strong experience in managing research and evaluations (developing a plan/terms of reference and schedule, assigning tasks, ensuring milestones are met on a timely basis, ensuring project costs are within and approved budget, and ensuring that objectives are adequately addressed) is mandatory
• Proven experience in setting up monitoring processes is mandatory
• Proven experience in coordinating to develop and manage a MIS system is preferred
• Demonstrated ability to produce high quality evaluation reports; a solid publication record in peer-reviewed journals is strongly preferred. A writing sample exclusively authored by the candidate to be included in the application.
• Experience in education, skills/employment adolescent/youth development and engagement is preferred
• Experience with working with UN agencies, international donors and similar organisations is preferred

LANGUAGES:

Fluency in English & Hindi (written and verbal) is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Statistical and analytical skills
• Research skills
• Data collection and data analysis skills
• Sampling techniques skills
• Project management skills
• Stakeholder engagement skills and
• Communication skills

For every Child, you demonstrate...

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UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (1)

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (2)

• Works Collaboratively with others (2)

• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)

• Innovates and Embraces Change (2)

• Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)

• Drives to achieve impactful results (2)

• Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

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:

• This position is based in New Delhi (India). The vacancy is open to Indian Nationals only.
• This vacancy is open for internal and external candidates.
• This is a Temporary Appointment and the selected applicant will have a 364 days Temporary Appointment contract.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified and advance to the next stage of the selection process, which involves various assessments.
• UNICEF only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/.

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