Planning and Monitoring Officer

Contract

This is a UNV National Expert contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Expert contracts.

UNICEF Egypt has started its new Country Programme in January 2023. Ample focus of the PME workplan is to strengthen the Planning and Monitoring function in the Office and raise the capacity of ECO and UNICEF staff with a special emphasis on use of evidence and data management in enhancing planning, performance, and implementation. The local UNV National Specialist will Support the Programmatic Planning and Monitoring Function in UNICEF Egypt Country Office (ECO). They will work in the PME Section of UNICEF Egypt Country Office- Cairo and support the PME Section in all activities related to country programme planning and monitoring, annual work planning, and annual reporting. The Planning and Monitoring Officer will interact with all staff in carrying out the responsibilities noted below in para. They may also interact by email/phone with UNICEF M&E staff in the Middle East North Africa regional office in Amman, and occasionally with other M&E staff in other UNICEF offices in the MENA region.

11. For UNICEF DOAs include the following: In addition to duty station specific vaccine requirements, appointments are subject to confirmation of fully vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the appointment. It does not apply to UN Volunteers who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their contracts.

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1.1 Support the RBM capacity development to ECO staff and partners 1.2 Support in the coordination, development, and amendments of UNICEF Programmatic rolling workplan and UNSDCF Joint workplans 1.3 Support the development and monitoring of the Annual Work Plans (AWPs) and amendments with relevant sections, as required 1.4 Support the UNICEF ECO in the rollout and adoption of the UNICEF global e-Work Planning module for Country Offices on UNICEF systems 1.5 Support the UNICEF ECO in evaluation and gender coding in UNICEF systems. 1.6 Support the UNICEF ECO in Preparing inputs for the UNICEF CMT, ECMT, PMG, UNSDCF results group M&E Team meetings and completing required deliverables including MOMs. 2.Monitoring and Reporting Activities 2.1 Support UNICEF ECO staff and partners in developing, testing digital, remote monitoring and reporting tools for developmental and humanitarian programs. 2.2 Support data analysis and data management capacity building activities for UNICEF ECO humanitarian and developmental Programs 2.3 Support ECO staff and field coordinators in data analysis and maintenance of the project/Programme level M&E, MEAL and MIS systems. 2.4 Support the coordination and quality assurance of inputs (indicator progress and narrative) for Country Office Annual Reporting (COAR) and One UN reporting processes. 2.5 Lead data input completion on the UNINFO platform. 2.6 Support the management of the UNSDCF Governance results group.

• Accountability; • Adaptability and flexibility; • Creativity; • Judgement and decision-making; • Planning and organising; • Professionalism; • Self-management.

The incumbent must be a dynamic, multi-functional person, who supports UNICEF with professionalism, dedication and client orientation, and who must be willing both to work on programmatic/substantive aspects and to provide operational/logistical services. The following qualifications are required: • Professional work experience at the national and/or international level in Research and Evaluation or other relevant Programmes; experience with capacity building is an asset, as is experience working in the UN or other international development organization; • Excellent oral and written skills; excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills; • Accuracy and professionalism in document production and editing; • Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners, including grassroots community members, religious and youth organizations, and authorities at different levels; familiarity with tools and approaches of communications for development; • Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel; • Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various MS Office applications (Excel, Word, etc.) and email/internet; familiarity with database management; and office technology equipment; • Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines; • Sound security awareness; • familiarity with database management and development (Access); good skills in data analysis (Python, R and/or STATA) and with open data kits such as Kobo; • Desirable: experience with project development and management, monitoring and evaluation, human rights-based approaches, capacity development approaches, are all assets;

Cairo, Egypt is a family duty station with a wide range of services (health, education and leisure) and good living conditions. It has long been a center of the region’s political and cultural life, with high levels of tourism. Like other similar cities, Cairo offers good quality of life in terms of access to shopping centers, banks, medical services, educational facilities, cultural events, etc. The Arab Republic of Egypt has a unique geographical position in Northeast Africa, at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, on the Mediterranean and Red Sea, and its connection to Sub Saharan Africa through the Nile Valley. UN Expert Volunteer gets the following package: • Volunteer Living Allowance (around EGP 29,727/Month) • Entry Lump-Sum = USD 400 (one-time payment paid in EGP) • Exit Lump-Sum upon completion of contract. • Medical and life Insurance premium/Cigna (100%) and dependents policy. • Access to UNV E-Campus for training and learning including access to LinkedIn learning.
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