Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist, NO-3, FT, based in Yaounde, Cameroon

Contract

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.

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, innovation.

UNICEF has been working in Cameroon since 1975 to allow women and children to fully realize their rights to development without restriction, as enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. UNICEF provides financial and technical support to Cameroon across seven areas to fully realize the rights of women and children. These areas include Health, HIV/AIDS, Water-sanitation-Hygiene, nutrition, education, child protection, and social inclusion. UNICEF focuses mainly on children and the most vulnerable and excluded families. Cameroon’s 2020 population is estimated at 26,545,863 people according to UN data. The population is young and generates strong socioeconomic demand. In rural areas, limited access to basic social services and the effects of climate change led to household impoverishment and severe child deprivations. The task is immense but not insurmountable; it requires the energy of all stakeholders in Cameroon and out of Cameroon: also, women, men, youth and children, government, technical and financial partners, donors, civil society, the private sector, parliamentarians, communities. Everyone is invited to take part in the struggle to meet the challenges that lie ahead. It is together that we will act for Cameroon, a country that summarizes the challenges and hopes of Africa.

To learn more about UNICEF Cameroon, use the below

link https://unicef.sharepoint.com/sites/CMR/SitePages/AboutUs.aspx.

How can you make a difference?

Under the direct supervision of the Chief Planning, Monitoring and Research, NO-4, the Monitoring, and Evaluation Specialist will assist in the development of national capacities for monitoring, evaluation, and research, with special attention to the interest, concern, and participation of government, community, and civil societies stakeholders.

Key responsibilities:

• Integrated Monitoring, Evaluation & Research Plan
• Situation of Monitoring and Assessment
• Programme Performance and Monitoring
• Evaluation
• M&E Capacity Building
• Coordination and Networking

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

Ensure that the Country Office and national partners use a well-prioritized and realistic plan of research, monitoring, and evaluation activities that will provide the most relevant and strategic information to manage the Country Programme, including tracking and assessing UNICEF's distinct contribution.

Provide support to the Country Office and national partners to have a timely and accurate measurement of change in conditions in the country or region, including monitoring of socio-economic trends and the country’s wider policy, economic or institutional context, to facilitate planning and to draw conclusions about the impact of programmes or policies and ensure that monitoring and evaluation capacities of Country Office staff and national partners, government, and civil society are strengthened enabling them to increasingly engage in and lead monitoring and evaluation processes.

Make sure that the Country Office has quality information to assess progress towards expected results established in annual work plans and ensure that UNICEF-supported evaluations are designed and implemented to establish UN quality standards, and the results are disseminated in a timely fashion to stakeholders to improve Programme performance and contribute to wider learning.

Support UNICEF country office to effectively link it to wider UNICEF M&E developments in a way that both contributes to and benefits from organizational learning on effective M&E management.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have

• Advanced university degree (Masters) in social sciences, statistics, planning development, and planning
• A minimum of (5 years) of relevant professional work experience in Programme development, and implementation including monitoring and evaluation activities.
• Developing country work experience or fieldwork experience, at least one instance of exposure to emergency programming, including preparedness planning, and has had an active involvement in a humanitarian crisis response Programme is an asset.
• Fluency in French and good knowledge of English are required. Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered an asset.

To apply for this post.

Interested candidates are kindly requested to apply and upload the following documents:

• Letter of Interest (cover letter)
• CV or Resume
• Master’s degree
• Last Two PER (Internal Candidates Only)
• Copy ID Card/Passport (for national citizens)

For every Child, you demonstrate

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are:

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (2)
• 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)
• Drive to achieve impactful results (2)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Appointments may also be 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.

This is a post requiring a higher education degree, and “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/” Candidates are requested to upload a copy of their master’s degree.

“The VA is open to all (internal and external candidates)” Female candidates are encouraged to apply.