Planning & Monitoring Officer (Reports), NO-B, Fixed Term, UNICEF Thailand Country Office, Bangkok, Thailand (Thai Nationals Only), Job No

Entry Programme & Policy Monitoring & Evaluation

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, better future.

Learn about what we do to create a fair chance for every child in Thailand, click here.

How can you make a difference?

Under the direct supervision of the Programme Monitoring and Reporting (PMR) Specialist, the post will provide professional technical, operational and administrative assistance for planning, monitoring, reporting processes as well as preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative tasks to contribute to programme planning, implementation, oversight and reporting to ensure those are carried out according to the schedule and that results, and recommendations are implemented and followed up in a timely manner.

Major Responsibilities

1. Setting Standards for Programme performance planning and monitoring

• Provide technical support as necessary to developing, identifying and adjusting a set of programme performance indicators, in the context of the Annual Management Plan and Annual Work Plans, outlined in the Programme Policy and Procedures Guidance.

• Provide technical support as necessary in organising and managing annual/mid-year/mid-term/end term country programme reviews ensuring consistency with objectives and goals set out in the CPD and contribute to the Annual Management Plan.

• Carry out data collection and analysis standardising them across programmes, to feed into to programme performance monitoring.

• Prepare and monitor regular management reports drawing on monitoring and analysis of key management performance indicators.

• Monitor follow-up actions based on management decisions resulting from Country Office performance monitoring.

• Support the programme components to effectively monitor and report on the intersectoral programme results, cross sectoral programme component results and field office results to facilitate programme coherence and convergence where appropriate.

• Contribute to development of programme as well as situation monitoring framework (in coordination with relevant section) for the learning zones including technical backstopping to the programme team for convergent programming.

2. Coordinate and support the preparation and process of program implementation and offices reporting

• Support the preparation of Mid-year/Annual reports, drawing on monitoring and analysis of progress from periodic reviews and progress assessments of work plans.

• Coordinate with relevant sections and offices in the monitoring and preparation of high-quality donor reports as well as funding proposals as necessary by standardizing formats, contents and ensuring adherence to donor requirements. Provide quality assurance of reports and proposals.

• Conduct research, analyse and develop advocacy and fundraising information for UNICEF’s and Government, and other donors use in close collaboration with Programme and PSFR teams.

• Establish and maintain a proposal database to target partnerships against programme needs in the context of Thailand, and to inform management on development, submission status of proposals and to monitor funding received and utilized.

• Support the Partnership Review Committee in reviewing, documentation and processing of Implementing Partnership Management plans and proposals ensuring all due diligence requirement of the partners including Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA).

3. Support systemic use and improvement of Management tools to promote equity programming

• Help lead the use and management of Organization’s Management tools and platforms e.g. Results Assessments Modules, Strategic Monitoring Questions, VISION, InSight, eTools, UN Partners Portal (UNPP) etc. as required for Offices’ Planning, Monitoring and Reporting plans.

• Provide technical support and update the office on changes of any new developments in the planning and reporting structure in inSight / RAM and VISION, and ensure the changes are reflected.

• Help coordinate with relevant office colleagues on the use of eTools for Partnership Management ensuring correctness of update of information in a timely manner and regularly providing on the status and progress.

• Keep abreast of Global Planning, Monitoring and Reporting policies, procedures and requirements to proactively meet the Office’s need for information or other related issues to ensure delivery of results as scheduled and allocated.

• Support the monitoring of UNSDCF results for UNICEF through use of UNINFO in coordination with the Resident’s Coordination Office.

4. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

• Identify, capture, synthesize and share lessons learned from monitoring and reporting for integration into broader knowledge development planning and management efforts.

• Research and report on best and cutting-edge practices for development planning of knowledge products and systems for programme performance reporting.

• Provide training and technical assistance, as required, to staff and partners to improve the overall quality and consistency of monitoring reports and other related documents as required.

• Participate as resource person in capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of Office team and clients/stakeholders.

• Assist in the preparation of reports on systemic issues, good practices or any other analysis or data related to programme implementation and/or monitoring, as well as good practices in partnerships and collaborative relationships.

• Prepare timely analytical documents highlighting critical areas for management progress monitoring, oversight and action.

5. Networking and partnership building

• Provide technical and operational support to a wide range of stakeholders on UNICEF policies, practices, standards and norms related to Planning, Monitoring and Reporting.

• Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with relevant stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate and build their capacity for Programme Planning, Implementation and Monitoring.

• Participate in appropriate inter-agency (UNCT) meetings/events on Planning, Monitoring and Reporting to collaborate with inter-agency partners/colleagues on UNSDCF operational planning and preparation and to integrate and harmonize UNICEF position and strategies with the UNSDCF development and planning process.

Qualifications of Successful Candidate

Education:

• University degree in social sciences, development planning, monitoring, evaluation, survey implementation, and statistical research.

Work Experience:

• A minimum of 2 years of direct professional experience in social development analysis and programming at the international and/or in a developing country is required.

• Relevant experience in program/project planning, monitoring and reporting in a UN system agency or organization is preferable.

Language Requirements:

• High Fluency in English and Thai is required. (Valid TOEIC score of at least 855: Listening and Reading section, is required.)

• Working knowledge of another UN language an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) and Core Competencies (for staff without supervisory responsibilities):

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)

• Works Collaboratively with others (1)

• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)

• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)

• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)

• Drive to achieve impactful results (1)

• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

Technical Knowledge:

a) Specific Technical Knowledge Required (for the job)

• Knowledge of Project and Activity Monitoring and Reporting

• Professional technical knowledge/expertise in Data Collection

• Professional technical knowledge/expertise in Monitoring Process Management, Follow-up on Recommendations and Dissemination of results.

b) Common Technical Knowledge Required (for the job group)

• Professional technical knowledge/expertise in demography, statistics, and data management.

• Methodology of Monitoring, theories, standards and models, quantitative/qualitative/mixed methods, validity/reliability testing of data, data analysis and interpretation, and statistical inference methods.

• Professional technical knowledge/expertise in Activity Monitoring, data analysis, and reporting.

• Gender equality and diversity awareness

c) Technical Knowledge to be Acquired/Enhanced (for the Job)

• Knowledge/expertise of best practices, lessons learned and communication.

• Understanding of UNICEF’s policies and procedures for programming, monitoring and evaluation guidelines.

• Latest programme monitoring and its theory, methodology, technology and tools.

• Understanding of UN Mission and system; and International Code of Conduct.

• Understanding of UNICEF Mission Statement and observance of UNICEF Guiding Principles.

• UNICEF strategic framework for partnerships and collaborative relationships

Successful candidate will be offered an attractive remuneration package under the UN system.

Only shortlisted candidates with pre-screening according to child safeguarding will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Please send application and Performance Evaluation Reports (PERs) of the last two years no later than 15 March 2023.

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.

UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children.

For gender balance in the workforce, Thai National male qualified candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

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.

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