Monitoring Officer, Level NO-2, Kabul, Afghanistan (only for Afghan nationals)

Contract

This is a NO-2 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-2 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, Results!

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How can you make a difference?

KEY END-RESULTS

1. Programme Monitoring. Programme monitoring of the Country Programme yields quality information, collected and disseminated with the participation of all concerned partners, to assess progress towards expected annual and multi-year results.

2. Monitoring Capacity Building. The RBM and evidence-based planning and monitoring capacities of the Country Office staff and national partners – government and civil society – are enhanced with the contribution of UNICEF knowledge partners to meet the requirements of their positions.

3. Coordination and Networking. The UNICEF office is linked to wider UNICEF P&M developments in way that both contributes to and benefits from organizational learning on effective P&M management.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES and DUTIES & TASKS

Within the delegated authority and under the given organizational set-up, the incumbent may be assigned the primarily, shared, or contributory accountabilities for all or part of the following areas of major duties and key end-results.

1. Programme Monitoring

Ensure that the Country Office has quality information to assess progress towards expected results established in annual work plans.

Duties & Tasks

• Provide technical support to the programme and zonal offices staff to establish and roll-out programme monitoring mechanisms including mid-year and annual reviews, mid-term reviews, strategic moments of reflection, to record the progress and identify potential bottlenecks to be addressed by the programme sections and field offices.
• Provide technical support and inputs on setting up programme monitoring systems/tools, including the use of digital platforms. This includes field-monitoring, third-party monitoring (TPM) – including the management of TPM contracts – humanitarian performance monitoring and community-based monitoring.
• Support programme staff and zonal offices in the implementation of the programme monitoring system and provide inputs for regular adjustment of the standard operating procedures to ensure optimal monitoring results.
• Provide technical support to the HACT Unit to ensure that HACT monitoring makes an integral part of the ACO comprehensive monitoring system.
• Facilitate the semi-annual and annual updates to the Results Assessment Module

2. Monitoring Capacity Building

Ensure that the planning and monitoring capacities of Country Office staff and national partners – government and civil society – are based on evidence and the RBM principles thus enabling them to more effectively engage in planning and monitoring processes.

Duties & Tasks

• Promote the awareness and understanding of the shared responsibility of RBM among staff members, including in zonal offices, and national partners through communication, training, learning and development activities organization-wide.
• Support the Planning and Monitoring Section in development and implementation of a strategy/approach for RBM capacity building and adoption through a participatory process with sectoral and zonal staff as well as national partners.
• Work closely with programme sections and the Resource Mobilization Unit in conducting quality reviews of donor proposals and reports, as well as draft partnership documents, from an RBM perspective.

3. Coordination and Networking

Ensure that the UNICEF office is effectively linked to wider UNICEF P&M developments in a way that both contributes to and benefits from organizational learning on effective P&M management.

Duties & Tasks

• Collaborate with regional advisors, peers from other UNICEF offices as well as with the UN agencies in the duty station, zonal offices and national partners for overall coordination of priority planning and monitoring activities, especially those of national/subnational scope requiring the coordinated effort of multiple countries.
• Partner with the relevant regional staff to ensure that current and accurate planning and monitoring data and results are included in regional reports, multi-country studies, and knowledge sharing networks.
• Undertake lessons-learned reviews on successful and unsuccessful planning and monitoring practices and experience at the national and subnational level, and ensure they are shared as appropriate.
• Liaise with UNICEF and other professional P&M knowledge networks to identify innovations and lessons learned that may be relevant for the CO and partners to improve their P&M function.

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

QUALIFICATIONS

1. Education:

• University degree in social sciences, statistics, planning development, planning.

2. Work Experience:

• Five years of progressively responsible relevant professional work experience at the national level in programme planning, implementation, monitoring, budget monitoring. Practical experience in monitoring large programmes will be an asset.
• Field work experience.
• At least one instance of exposure to emergency programming, including preparedness planning. Active involvement in a humanitarian crisis response programme preferred.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.

3. Language Proficiency

• Fluency in English and the national language of the duty station.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues

UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness(3)Drive to achieve results for impact(4)Innovates and embraces change(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity(6)Thinks and acts strategically(7)Works collaboratively with others.

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:

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable [Insert diversity profile] are encouraged to apply.

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are also 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.