Monitoring, Evaluation and Mapping Analyst

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Overview

Support M&E activities for UNFPA programs in DRC, focusing on data management and GIS.

You have:

• Demonstrated interest and/or experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis.
• Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation methodologies/system.
• Knowledge of GIS software such as QGIS and ArcGIS for data visualization and spatial analysis.
• Practical experience with statistical software like SPSS and Advanced Excel.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Planning, monitoring and evaluation, and reporting skills.

Contract

This is a UNV International Youth contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Youth contracts.

The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is facing a complex and protracted humanitarian crisis, driven by ongoing conflict, displacement, and recurring natural disasters For decades, the Eastern DRC provinces have been plagued by rampant insecurity, with a significant number of security attacks, community conflict, humanitarian needs and incidents against the local population that involved youth. UNFPA commits to provide humanitarian response but the need of maximizing sustainable measures and action in the nexus peace, security and humanitarian in favour of youth is of paramount importance. Displaced populations and conflict-affected communities face critical needs for food, water, shelter, healthcare, and protection. The risk of GBV is extremely high, particularly for women and girls, who are disproportionately affected by sexual violence and exploitation.
UNFPA implements in Eastern DRC projects that contribute to improving access to reproductive health care, prevention and response services to gender-based violence for displaced and returned populations, as well as host communities and strengthen the restoration/consolidation of peace through the participation of adolescents and young people. UNFPA DRC is implementing several humanitarian projects funded by CERF, ECHO, FCDO, Japan which focus on improved Sexual and Reproductive Health and GBV interventions and target women, girls, adolescents and youth mainly. The projects further aim to support the DRC to specifically strengthen the resilience of communities to prevent radicalization and build lasting peace, improve prevention and response to gender-based violence, improve availability and access to information and quality sexual and reproductive health services for women, adolescents and young people in the Eastern areas of the country.

The Monitoring, Evaluation and Mapping Analyst plays a crucial role in strengthening the effectiveness and accountability of UNFPA programs in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This position involves active participation across the entire M&E lifecycle, leveraging GIS for data management, reporting and capacity building, ensuring that UNFPA's interventions are evidence-based and impactful.

Key Responsibilities Under the direct supervision of Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, the UN Youth Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

1. Data Management and Analysis: • Support to design M&E tools, collect and analyse program data, and contribute to the development of robust M&E frameworks to ensure ensures data is systematical-ly gathered and used to inform decision-making.
2. Evaluation Support: • Participate actively in various evaluations of UNFPA programs and initiatives, in-cluding impact, outcome, and process evaluations.
3. Geographic Information System(GIS) and Mapping in M&E: • Use GIS software (like QGIS and ArcGIS) to visually explore and analyse program data. • Support to create maps and dashboards to pinpoint where programs are working, identify gaps, and understand the geographical spread of activities and beneficiaries. Help make planning and reporting more effective and data-driven by integrating spa-tial insights directly into monitoring and evaluation.
4. Reporting and Knowledge Management: • Participate in preparing of reports on M&E findings, documenting lessons learned, and in identifying best practices. Contribute to broader knowledge management ef-forts within UNFPA, sharing insights that can improve future programs.
5. Capacity Building: • Participate in strengthening M&E capacities within UNFPA and among partners. This can include assisting with workshops, training sessions, and other knowledge-sharing events.
6. Coordination and Collaboration: • work closely with various stakeholders, including program managers, technical ex-perts, and other UN agencies, to ensure M&E activities are well-coordinated and in-tegrated into program implementation.

☒ Adaptability and Flexibility ☒ Building Trust ☒ Client Orientation ☒ Commitment and Motivation ☒ Commitment to Continuous Learning ☒ Communication ☒ Creativity ☒ Empowering Others ☒ Ethics and Values ☒ Integrity ☒ Judgement and Decision-making ☒ Knowledge Sharing ☒ Leadership ☒ Managing Performance ☒ Planning and Organizing ☒ Professionalism ☒ Respect for Diversity ☒ Self-Management ☒ Technological Awareness ☒ Vision ☒ Working in Teams

Demonstrated interest and/or experience (ideally one year) in:

• Quantitative and qualitative data analysis. • Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation methodologies/system. • Knowledge of data analysis and practical experience with GIS software (e.g., QGIS, ArcGIS) and the ability to apply mapping tools for data visualization and spatial analysis, ideally also with statistic software like SPSS, Advanced Excel.

Skills:

• Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation and Reporting
• Information management • Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is the second largest country in Africa, and as a result is quite diverse. Accommodation is very expensive in Kinshasa. Supermarkets exist in the large towns, but consumer items are generally very expensive (as everything is imported). For food, local markets offer a much cheaper alternative.

In Kinshasa insecurity related to the relatively volatile political situation as well as various conflict situations, certain places are subject to increasing street and residential crime.

The unit of currency is the Congolese Franc. The US dollar is the other preferred currency. It may be impossible to exchange traveller’s checks away from the capital city. Credit cards are usually accepted in major hotels only in Kinshasa. In larger towns such as Kinshasa, UN Volunteers are recommended to open US Dollar bank accounts, while in other places, banks may be absent (including ATMs) and VLA payments will be processed in cash. UN Volunteers have the possibility to send part of their allowances to a bank account abroad.

Conditions of Service

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