Planning and Monitoring Officer

Contract

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

Sudan, surrounded by the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Libya and South Sudan, positioned next to East, West and North Africa, is surrounded by complex conflicts in an unpredictable, volatile and rapidly evolving region. Sudan is by size the third biggest country in Africa, with a diverse population of around 42 million people. Sudan’s children make up half of the total population, and the past two decades have seen their lives significantly improve: fewer girls and boys are dying before their fifth birthday, primary school attendance is increasing, immunization coverage is high and the country remains polio free. Still, millions of children continue to suffer from protracted conflict in Darfur, the Kordofans, and Blue Nile, from seasonal natural disasters, malnutrition and disease outbreaks, and from under-investment in basic social services. More than three million of Sudan school aged children are not in the classroom. UNICEF has been in Sudan since 1952 and continues with a presence in 12 of Sudan’s 18 states.

Under the direct supervision of the Planning Specialist, the International UN Youth Volunteer will perform the following duties: · Programme planning: Support the Country Programme Document planning process. Sup-port development and quality assurance of Annual/rolling workplans, partnership docu-ments and donor proposals, federal and central level. · Situation Monitoring: Provide support to ensure that the Country Office and national part-ners have timely and accurate measurement of change in conditions in the country or re-gion, including monitoring of socio-economic trends and the country’s wider policy, econom-ic or institutional context, to facilitate planning and to draw conclusions about the impact of programmes or policies. · Programme Performance Monitoring: Provide support to ensure that the Country Office has quality information to assess progress towards expected results established in annual work plans. · Reporting: support the development and quality assurance of the Country Office Annual Report. · Communication and Partnerships: Provide technical support to ensure that all of the above tasks are carried out and accomplished through effective communication and part-nerships. · Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Commitment and Motivation Communication Ethics and Values Integrity Planning and Organizing Respect for Diversity Technological Awareness Working in Teams

• Experience with planning and monitoring or quantitative research is required. • Development programme/project administration Mandatory • Knowledge management, archiving and documentation Optional • Monitoring and evaluation Optional

Khartoum, is relatively safe though it is advised not to go out on the streets alone (including during daytime), especially as a woman. • Crime is low, restricted mostly to petty crime, and foreigners are generally not targeted by criminals. •Khartoum, suffers a lack of basic services, including basic health services. •Khartoum experiences daily failures of basic utilities, including daily water, electricity and cel-lu-lar network cuts. Khartoum is a family duty station.
•The internet connectivity in Sudan is facilitated mostly through cellular networks and is there-fore very unpredictable. •The air quality is poor due to the frequent burning of trash – a necessity in the absence of public waste.