Programme Policy Officer (Monitoring & Evaluation) NOA, Beirut - Lebanon

Programme & Policy

Overview

Support monitoring and evaluation plans to improve program effectiveness

You have:

• Advanced University degree in Economics, Agriculture, International Affairs, Business Administration, Social Sciences, Development Studies or related fields.
• At least three (3) years of post-graduate professional experience in relevant fields if holding an advanced degree, or five (5) years if holding a first university degree.
• Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and Arabic.
• Previous experience in humanitarian or development contexts.
• Very good experience using computers including Microsoft Office, specifically Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Experience using SPSS or STATA.
• Ability to undertake basic statistical analysis.
• Ability to coordinate and facilitate communication with relevant units/teams.
• Good knowledge of Gender and protection analysis.
• Well-organized and excellent English writing skills.

This Vacancy Announcement will close on 17 February 2022 at 11:59 PM Rome Time.

Terms & Conditions:

- This position is open to qualified Lebanese candidates only. - Female candidates in particular, are encouraged to apply. - Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Contract Duration:

The Programme Policy Officer will be contracted for an initial period of 12 months. Contract may be extended based on satisfactory performance.

Job Purpose:

To support the development and implementation of Monitoring, Review and Evaluation Plans aligned to WFP corporate standards to generate quality evidence on the lives of beneficiaries and inform policy, strategy and programme design and implementation.

Organizational Context:

This post is based in Beirut CO and the incumbent is to report to the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer.

Organizational background

Assisting more than 90 million people in 83 countries each year, the World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience.

As the international community has committed to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition by 2030, one in nine people worldwide still do not have enough to eat. Food and food-related assistance lie at the heart of the struggle to break the cycle of hunger and poverty.

In Lebanon, WFP provides humanitarian assistance to 1.4 million vulnerable people a month, in the form of unrestricted assistance in-kind and cash-based transfers. WFP supports as well Lebanese schools with school meals and supports vulnerable households in protecting and improving their livelihoods through trainings and rehabilitation of local infrastructures. WFP also supports Lebanon’s National Poverty Targeting Programme, and Lebanon’s Emergency Crisis and COVID-19 Response Social Safety Net Project (ESSN)

To know more about WFP’s mission, please check the below video:

https://www.facebook.com/WorldFoodProgramme/videos/10154930622760178/

Key Responsibilities (not all-inclusive, nor exhaustive):

Under the supervision of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer, the incumbent will perform the following tasks:

1. Support the line manager in providing inputs to the development of Monitoring, Review and Evaluation plans that will provide the most relevant and strategic information toward achieving expected results (as set out in the Country Strategic Plan (CSP)), while being compliant with WFP evaluation and monitoring requirements.

2. At Country Strategic Plan (CSP) design stage, contribute to the development of the Theory of Change outlining how the expected results are likely to occur and listing key assumptions and risks.

3. Support in the coordination of the Country Office monitoring activities through ensuring that the monitoring systems and tools in place are compliant with corporate standards including the minimum monitoring requirements (MMR), standard operational procedures (SOP) and establishment of baselines and targets in alignment with the updated corporate results framework (CRF).

4. Draft regular monitoring reports on the status of results and implementation progress and contribute to the data analysis.

5. Contribute to evidence-based decision-making on programme design and implementation, notably through making monitoring, review and evaluations findings accessible, developing innovative, user-friendly and informative products.

6. Support technical units in addressing recommendations from monitoring, reviews and evaluations to ensure that follow-up actions are taken as required.

7. Support in budgeting for M&E costs and advocate through line manager for both appropriate financial and human resourcing.

8. Support the capacity building of WFP staff, cooperating partners and national government counterparts in M&E through training and information sharing.

9. Provide guidance to support staff, acting as a point of referral and assisting them with analysis and queries.

10. Perform other related duties as required.

Standard Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Advanced University degree in Economics, Agriculture, International Affairs, Business Administration, Social Sciences, Development Studies or other related fields or First University degree with additional years of relevant work experience and/or trainings/courses.

Experience: At least three (3) years of post-graduate professional experience in the fields of programme reporting, monitoring, performance assessment, management and/or research if holding an advanced degree (Master's degree), or five (5) years of post-graduate experience if holding a first university degree (bachelor’s degree).

Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and Arabic.

Desired Experiences & Competencies:

• Previous experience in humanitarian or development contexts and knowledge of the humanitarian and development activities and procedures in the country.
• Very good experience using computers including Microsoft Office specifically Microsoft Word, Power Point and Excel.
• Experience using SPSS or STATA.
• Ability to undertake basic statistical analysis.
• Ability to coordinate and facilitate communication with relevant units/teams including ability to follow-up on M&E results and actions for effective implementation of programmes and/or policy discussions.
• Good knowledge of Gender and protection analysis,
• Well-organized.
• Excellent English writing skills.

Qualified female applicants are especially encouraged to apply

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

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Added 4 years ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: wfp.org