Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

Contract

This is a NO-C contract. This kind of contract is known as National Professional Officers. It is normally only for nationals. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be more than 4,342 USD.

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Index # 436

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

To ensure that effective WHO country presence is established to implement WHO country cooperation strategies that are aligned with Member State's health development agendas and emergency/ resilience programmes and harmonized with the United Nations country teams.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

1. Facilitate the monitoring of thethe external relations, parnerships, resource mobilization activities at the country level, design methodologies, tools, and indicators for monitoring the implementation of projects and operations; evaluating the quality of outputs including the management, coordination, effectiveness, and resource mobilization of multisectoral emergency prevention, preparedness, response and recovery action plans, and programmes.
2. Provide technical support to the different health clusters in identifying public health baselines, health-specific interventions that are evidence-based; synergize the integration and incorporation into related work plans, ensuring compliance with existing reporting requirements.
3. Determine the data information elements that are required internally and externally to support the health sector/cluster coordination and decision-making, design standardized methods of capturing and consolidating evidence-based health interventions and document lessons learned, best practices, and trend analyses for promoting accountability, responsiveness, and transparency.
4. Build and strengthen national capacities for monitoring and evaluation of national health programmes, through conducting a needs assessment, defining training needs, developing strategies to achieve targets, and facilitating the implementation of training activities.
5. Assess the impact and effectiveness of responding to health emergencies at the national level, evaluate the relationship between emergency programmes and operational structures in WCO; identify gaps, recommend capacities required to improve effectiveness; suggest remedial actions to allow greater predictability, accountability, and partnerships.
6. Prepare background documents, concept papers, situation analysis, develop monthly technical reports assessing the implementation of related programmes.
7. Facilitate the operational planning and reporting of related health emergencies activities, verify results-oriented formulations, and brief technical leads on proper submissions that culminate in approved operational work plans, and their subsequent programmatic monitoring, evaluation, and reporting.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: University degree in information management, public health, epidemiology, economics, international development, life sciences, public or business administration

WHO 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 through the link: http://www.whed.net/.

Desirable: Advanced university degree (Masters level or above) in information management, public health, epidemiology, economics, international development, public or business administration from an accredited/recognized institute. Certified training in monitoring and evaluation.

Experience

Essential: At least five years of related experience in the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation strategies, methodologies, and tools, including experience in emergency operations or humanitarian context.

Desirable: Prior emergency disaster and health outbreak response or humanitarian working experience at field level, with WHO/UN, health cluster partners, recognized humanitarian organizations, or with an international nongovernmental organization.

Skills

• Demonstrated knowledge of principles, disciplines and techniques to implement monitoring and evaluation strategies.
• Good research and documentation skills especially for ‘best practices’ in organizational change.
• Proven ability to make recommendations related to work-processing approaches and procedures which would lead to more efficient systems design.
• Advanced ability to gather, analyze and disseminate information on best practice in accountability and results-based management system.

WHO Competencies

Enhanced WHO Global Competency Model:

https://www.who.int/employment/WHO_competencies_EN.pdf?ua=1

• Teamwork
• Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
• Communication
• Promoting innovation and organizational learning.
• Moving forward in a changing environment

Use of Language Skills

Excellent knowledge of English and local language

Other Skills (e.g. IT)

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Demonstrated knowledge of information technology and ability to apply it in work assignments

REMUNERATION

Remuneration comprises an annual base salary starting at USD 48,805 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as applicable) and 30 days of annual leave

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level

• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.

• A written test may be used as a form of screening.

• In the event that your candidature is retained for an interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO 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 through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.

• This is a National Professional Officer position. Therefore, only applications from nationals of the country where the duty station is located will be accepted. Applicants who are not nationals of this country will not be considered.

• Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to WHO Staff Regulations, Staff Rules and Manual.

• Staff members in other duty stations are encouraged to apply.

• For information on WHO's operations please visit: http://www.who.int.

• WHO is committed to workforce diversity.

• WHO prides itself on a workforce that adheres to the highest ethical and professional standards and that is committed to put the WHO Values Charter into practice.

• WHO has zero tolerance towards sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct (i.e., discrimination, abuse of authority and harassment). All members of the WHO workforce have a role to play in promoting a safe and respectful workplace and should report to WHO any actual or suspected cases of SEA, sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct. To ensure that individuals with a substantiated history of SEA, sexual harassment or other types of abusive conduct are not hired by the Organization, WHO will conduct a background verification of final candidates.

• WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.

• Applications from women are particularly encouraged.
• Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to apply on-line. For assessment of your application, please ensure that
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