Programme Policy Officer (Monitoring & Evaluation) - NOA

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WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is a leading organization delivering food assistance and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. We also support governments of developing countries in their efforts to eliminate hunger and malnutrition by addressing the underlying causes and disparities in access to food and good nutrition to ensure that no one is left behind in line with the Agenda 2030, Sustaining Peace and Agenda for Humanity. WFP is particularly focused on Goals 2 (Zero Hunger) and 17 (Partnerships).

BACKGROUND

The monitoring unit in the Regional Bureau has the responsibility to support and enhance the capacity of the country offices to ensure adequate, appropriate and timely monitoring their programmes, for accountability and – most importantly – for learning purposes.

The Regional Bureau closely works with Headquarters’ (HQ) Research Assessment, and Monitoring (RAM) and Performance Management and Monitoring (RMP) teams to strengthen monitoring capacity in Asia Pacific.

The Programme Policy Officer leads the compliance and oversight pillar of the regional Monitoring work.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Job title: Programme Policy Officer (Monitoring & Evaluation) Vacancy number: TBC Contract type: Fixed-term (NOA) Duration: 1 year, renewable Duty Station: Bangkok, Thailand

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

• Contribute towards the development of a limited number of projects, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider programme policies and guideline. • Follow data gathering and monitoring systems ensuring that rigorous quality standards are maintained. • Research and analyse policy and operational issues to support senior colleagues in the development of policies, programmes and activities. • Contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting on programmes and activities that enable informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders. • Liaise with internal counterparts to ensure effective collaboration, monitoring ongoing projects. • Provide guidance to support staff, acting as a point of referral and assisting them with analysis and queries. • Support to Country Offices (COs) in ensuring that COs monitoring systems and tools are in place and compliant with corporate standards including the minimum monitoring requirements (MMR), standard operational procedures (SOP) and establishment of baselines and targets in alignment with the update corporate results framework (CRF). • Support the COs in developing monitoring, review and evaluation plans and budgeting for M&E costs to support programme implementation and progress toward achieving expected results (as set out in the Country Strategic Plan (CSP) and other global and regional plans), while being compliant with WFP evaluation and monitoring requirements. • Contribute to evidence- based decision-making on programme design and implementation, notably through monitoring, review and evaluations findings accessible, developing innovation, user-friendly and informative products. • Support WFP Management and Programme staff in addressing recommendations from monitoring, reviews and evaluations to ensure that follow-up actions are taken as required. • Contribute to build capacity of WFP staff and partners through training and information sharing. • Take responsibility for integrating protection and gender perspectives in all areas of work, to ensure equal participation of women and men. • Other as required.

Work Experience

• A minimum of one-year of progressively responsible work experience in project management, monitoring and evaluation. • Experience in data analysis, data management and report preparation.

Knowledge & Skills

• Practical knowledge on how monitoring data is collected, complied, analyzed and presented for management decisions, programme adjustment and donor reporting. • Practical understanding of project cycle management from fund allocation to reporting. • Good knowledge of results-based management principles and practices. • Experience in performing data checks and data analysis. • Advanced skills in MS Excel, PowerPoint and MS Word.

• Desirable: Tableau and other standard WFP software packages and system.

EDUCATION

• Advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Statistics, Business Administration, Social Sciences, or other field relevant to analytics, or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.

LANGUAGE

• Fluency in spoken and written English is required. Proficiency in a second UN languages is an advantage.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Deadline: 02 November 2020 (Midnight Bangkok Time) This vacancy announcement is for Nationals from Thailand. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. To be considered, interested candidates are invited to apply through the WFP careers website (http;//www1.wfp.org/careers/job-openings).

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WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.