Programme Policy Officer (Monitoring & Evaluation) - NOA - Kabul

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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 (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. WFP has been working in Afghanistan since 1963. WFP food assistance aims to help the most vulnerable, food-insecure Afghans, including women and children, and families affected by conflict and natural disasters. In the approved Country Strategic Plan (2018-2022), WFP Afghanistan is well placed to provide comprehensive support to the country in achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 via its six closely interrelated outcomes, which range from emergency response to livelihoods creation, as well as nutrition Programmes based on a life-cycle approach, and the strengthening of national food systems.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. We are the world's largest humanitarian organization, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters, and the impact of climate change.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

This job is in WFP Country Office (CO), covering both the Monitoring and Evaluation Functions. The job holder will report to the head of CO VAME unit or the designate with functional supervisions.

JOB PURPOSE

Reporting to the Senior National M&E Officer/Head of VAME unit, and with technical and strategic guidance from the Head of Programme and other international staff, the National M&E Officer will provide/contribute to analytical and technical support to the VAME unit, Operations and Management as well as to performance results.

Job holder is expected for expert support of the development and implementation of Monitoring, Review and Evaluation Plans, and many more strategic documents preparation and revision aligned to WFP corporate standards to generate quality evidence on the lives of beneficiaries and inform policy, strategy and programme design and implementation. This includes coordinating monitoring activities, supporting thematic/mid-term reviews and positioning WFP as a reliable partner for governments to build monitoring and evaluation strategies. It may require also professional support the formulation of country monitoring and evaluation strategies, SOP, and contribute to policy development and various initiatives.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Monitoring and Evaluation

1. Contribute to the operational Logical Framework (Logframe) formation/revision and configuration into WFP corporate system (COMET).

2. Provide inputs to the development of Monitoring, Review and Evaluation (MRE) plan that will provide the most relevant and strategic information 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.

3. Support the VAME planning & budgeting tool preparation exercise including costs planning and actual and advocate through line manager for both appropriate financial and human resourcing.

4. Develop annual monitoring sample size for all WFP field offices (FOs) considering the Minimum Monitoring Requirement (MMR) standard.

5. Provide feedback on the formulation of the M&E Strategy and support its operationalization.

6. 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.

7. Support WFP Management in addressing recommendations from monitoring, reviews, and evaluations to ensure that follow-up actions are taken as required.

8. Contribute to building M&E capacity of WFP staff and partners through training and information sharing. Manage junior staff members and guide as required to enable high performance and that may include field visits.

9. Take responsibility for integrating protection and gender perspectives in all areas of work, to ensure equal participation of women and men through analyzing the process and outcome data.

10. Support line manager in ensuring that CO 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 updated corporate results framework (CRF).

11. Draft regular output/outcome monitoring professional reports on status of results and implementation progress and contribute to the data analysis and also provide technical guide as might require.

12. Manage and take the lead in Third Party Monitoring (TPM) companies hired by WFP for outsourced monitoring purposes spot check missions (remote project site visits) and data analyzes.

13. Support on monitoring issue finding tracking practices including the Compliance Feedback Mechanism (CFM) system to make sure they are addressed properly and intime.

Specific to the evaluation function 14. Support senior M&E officers in the management of any data analyses in line with WFP policy and quality assurance system. This entails managing or supporting M&E processes from planning to completion, sourcing, and supervising.

15. Coordinate M&E related trainings at WFP standard to FOs, TPM monitors, and Cooperating Partners (CPs)

16. Regular field visits to FOs and project sites for various M&E purposes and provide feedback on project sites findings.

17. Support centralized evaluations managed by the Office of Evaluation, joint UNDAF evaluations and donor-led evaluation in country.

18. Other duties as required.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Bachelor-university degree in Economics, Food Security, Statistics, Data Science, agriculture, or other related field with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses. Master’s degree in the mentioned field will be preferred.

Language:

Fluency (level C) in English language and in Dari and/or Pashto

OTHER: Willingness to travel throughout the country, including to remote rural areas.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

This section is optional to describe additional responsibilities & knowledge required for the specific job.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Good knowledge of statistics, data analysis and sampling. • Experience in handling data management and data analysis related to M&E. • Experience with data visualization (graphs, charts, infographics) using Tableau and MS Excel. • Experience in designing survey tools in smartphones using Kobo, ODK, ONA, MoDA etc. • At least 2 years of working experience on the professional level in the public/private sector, with a focus on M&E activities. • Good English writing skills and ability to write reports to present findings of data analysis. • Good computer literacy (including Microsoft Office suite – Word, Excel, Power Point). • Courtesy, tact and ability to work effectively with people of different national and cultural backgrounds. • Ability to maintain accurate and precise records. • Ability to design and carry out trainings for national counterparts and field staff • Ability to handle a large volume of work quickly and accurately under time constraints.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Position Title: Programme Policy Officer (Monitoring & Evaluation) Grade: NOA Contract: Fixed Term Duty Stations: Kabul

Number of Positions: 1 (One) Salary: Competitive remuneration package Medical Plan: International valid medical plan valid also for staff, spouse and dependents children under 18 years

WFP Work Envirionment WFP is committed to ensuring that all its workplaces are free from abuse, offensive behaviour, harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. WFP is also committed to promoting a work culture in which every employee understands, and is able to carry out, his/her personal responsibilities for maintaining the dignity of work colleagues. WFP seeks to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women. We believe our mission of fighting global hunger worldwide can only be achieved if women, men, girls and boys are offered equal opportunities in terms of access to resources and services and participation in decision making roles.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

13 December 2021

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Female applicants and qualified applicants with disabilities 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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