Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser

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Org. Setting and Reporting This position is located in the Financing for Peacebuilding Branch of the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) in the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA). The Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser works under the direct supervision of the Chief, Financing for Peacebuilding Branch. The focus of this post is to ensure the design and functioning of a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) system to monitor the results of the Peacebuilding Fund's investments. The Senior M&E Adviser may be required to supervise additional M&E staff as may be recruited or assigned for defined tasks.

PBSO was established to assist and support the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and administer the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF). Based on the founding resolutions (A/RES/60/180 and S/RES/1645(2005)) establishing the Peacebuilding Commission, the Secretary-General created PBSO which comprises of the Peacebuilding Commission Support Branch, the Policy, Planning and Application Branch and the Financing for Peacebuilding Branch. PBSO is headed by an Assistant Secretary-General (ASG).

The Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) focuses primarily on five action areas in international peace and security, ensuring sound analysis and early warning, preventing conflict and engaging in peacemaking, managing political crises and violent conflicts, sustaining peace, and enhancing partnerships. The Department's mandate is to prevent and resolve conflict through inclusive political solutions.

Responsibilities Within delegated authority, the Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser will be responsible for the following duties: - Manage a small M&E team in support of the following tasks: For Evaluations: - Take the lead to implement the Peacebuilding Fund's (PBF) global monitoring and evaluation plan and oversee its application to country level programmes and projects. This includes standardizing evaluation methodologies, ensuring the recruitment and assignment of evaluators, ensuring quality standards, liaising with field programmes, the dissemination of evaluation reports, and the drafting of inputs based on these evaluations into PBF global and PBSO reports. It includes monitoring all activities undertaken for project evaluations, and overseeing periodic portfolio evaluations for countries eligible for the Peacebuilding and Recovery Facility. It includes piloting innovations for evaluation to improve accountability and learning. - Facilitate discussions and networks on M&E for peacebuilding, in particular among the UN system but also beyond, ensuring dissemination of PBF M&E practices and joining PBF M&E to broader UN system M&E when and as appropriate, including through participation in the UN Evaluation Group. - Ensure consistent quality control on M&E aspects of proposals (including for both Immediate Response and Peacebuilding and Recovery Facilities), including through participation on the PBSO Proposal Appraisal Committee (PAC). - Serve as the PBSO focal point on peacebuilding monitoring and evaluation.

For Monitoring, Data and Reporting: - Oversee the periodic updating of the PBF Strategic Performance Framework, including the development and refinement of outcomes, indicators, means of verification. This should be done in close collaboration with PBSO's Policy Branch, and with other experts in and beyond the UN involved in measuring peace and peacebuilding. - In collaboration with Programme Officers, ensure the development of Strategic Results Frameworks (SRFs) for countries eligible for PBF’s Peacebuilding and Recovery Facility (PRF), as well as development and implementation of SRF monitoring frameworks at country level. - Provide policy inputs to PBF business processes (application guidelines, templates, reporting systems) concerning Design, M&E activities. - Lead on drafting of the SG’s annual Peacebuilding Fund report, drawing on inputs from across the PBF team. - Provide inputs (drafts, and narrative and graphic data representation) to PBF and PBSO reports and presentations and communications. - Contribute to development of indicators and systems to measure peacebuilding impact of processes beyond the PBF, including but not limited to the work of the Peacebuilding Commission and other initiatives, in close collaboration with the Policy Branch of PBSO. - Contribute to the development of indicators and the multi-year PBSO strategy and annual workplans. Assist with the monitoring of the workplan and with the reporting of progress to the PBSO Senior Management Team. - Development of any specific M&E tools required by donors to the Peacebuilding Fund, and facilitation of inclusion of their M&E experts in more general discussions around M&E of peacebuilding. For Training and Knowledge Management: - Lead field missions and provide trainings to review Design M&E processes and increase capacity to perform quality M&E of PBF-funded activities. - Lead the commissioning of at least two thematic cross-country studies per year of PBF-funded work, in close collaboration with the Policy Branch and in partnership with academia and external experts. This may include looking at synergies with the Peacebuilding Commission and the work of DDPA and PBSO more generally on peacebuilding to improve the quality of PBF project strategies and interventions. - Represent PBSO at forums on peacebuilding, monitoring and evaluation and related topics and present DPPA/PBSO/PBF peacebuilding contributions and impacts and M&E methodologies. Work implies frequent interaction with the following: - Members of the UN Peacebuilding Contact Group (PCG), and M&E staff of organizations that are members of the PCG. - Country-level UN and Government staff and officials involved in peacebuilding and PBF-funded programmes, in particular members of Joint Steering Committees, staff of Secretariats to Joint Steering Committees, and staff of Partner UN Organizations. - Officials of donors to the Peacebuilding Fund, in particular M&E staff. - All PBSO staff (front office, PBC Support Branch, Policy Branch). - Networks related to peacebuilding M&E.

Competencies •PROFESSIONALISM: Demonstrated track record of strong diagnostic, analytical, and problem-solving skills; broad knowledge of UN system policies and procedures; strong knowledge and experience with programme monitoring and evaluation and results-based management and reporting; ability to review and edit the work of others; Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation procedures and best practices within international organizations, donor community, academia and NGOs. Provides leadership and takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work; demonstrates knowledge of strategies and commitment to the goal of gender balance in staffing.

•COMMUNICATION: Speaks and writes clearly and effectively; listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; asks questions to clarify, and exhibits interest in having two-way communication; tailors language, tone, style and format to match audience; demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.

•PLANNING AND ORGANIZING: Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies; identifies priority activities and assignments; adjusts priorities as required; allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work; foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary; uses time efficiently.

•VISION: Identifies strategic issues, opportunities and risks; clearly communicates links between the Organization's strategy and the work unit's goals; generates and communicates broad and compelling organizational direction, inspiring others to pursue that same direction; conveys enthusiasm about future possibilities.

•MANAGING PERFORMANCE: Delegates the appropriate responsibility, accountability and decision-making authority; makes sure that roles, responsibilities and reporting lines are clear to each staff member; accurately judges the amount of time and resources needed to accomplish a task and matches task to skills; monitors progress against milestones and deadlines; regularly discusses performance and provides feedback and coaching to staff; encourages risk-taking and supports creativity and initiative; actively supports the development and career aspirations of staff; appraises performance fairly.

Education Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in business administration, management, economics, international relations or a related field. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Work Experience At least ten years of progressively responsible experience in international development, with proven track record in programme design and management is required.

Concrete experience in knowledge management required.

Experience in project evaluation is required.

Experience in the design and management of projects in post-conflict settings is desirable.

Peacebuilding research experience is desirable.

Field experience with a UN organization or another international organization is desirable.

Publications in the field of programme management, project evaluation or knowledge management is desirable.

Languages English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in English (both oral and written) is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage.

Assessment Evaluation of qualified applicants may include an assessment exercise which may be followed by a competency-based interview.

Special Notice Staff members are subject to the authority of the Secretary-General and to assignment by him or her. In this context, all staff are expected to move periodically to new functions in their careers in accordance with established rules and procedures.

Staff members of the United Nations Secretariat must fulfill the lateral move requirements to be eligible to apply for this vacancy. Staff members are requested to indicate all qualifying lateral moves in their Personal History Profile (PHP) and cover note.

The United Nations Secretariat is committed to achieving 50/50 gender balance and geographical diversity in its staff. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.

At the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the recruitment and employment of staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity, with due regard to geographic diversity. All employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications and organizational needs. The United Nations is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. The United Nations recruits and employs staff regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religious, cultural and ethnic backgrounds or disabilities. Reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities may be provided to support participation in the recruitment process when requested and indicated in the application.

United Nations Considerations According to article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity. Candidates will not be considered for employment with the United Nations if they have committed violations of international human rights law, violations of international humanitarian law, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, or sexual harassment, or if there are reasonable grounds to believe that they have been involved in the commission of any of these acts. The term “sexual exploitation” means any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, differential power, or trust, for sexual purposes, including, but not limited to, profiting monetarily, socially or politically from the sexual exploitation of another. The term “sexual abuse” means the actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions. The term “sexual harassment” means any unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that might reasonably be expected or be perceived to cause offence or humiliation, when such conduct interferes with work, is made a condition of employment or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment, and when the gravity of the conduct warrants the termination of the perpetrator’s working relationship. Candidates who have committed crimes other than minor traffic offences may not be considered for employment.

Due regard will be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible. The United Nations places no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs. The United Nations Secretariat is a non-smoking environment.

The paramount consideration in the appointment, transfer, or promotion of staff shall be the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity. By accepting an offer of appointment, United Nations staff members are subject to the authority of the Secretary-General and assignment by him or her to any activities or offices of the United Nations in accordance with staff regulation 1.2 (c). In this context, all internationally recruited staff members shall be required to move periodically to discharge new functions within or across duty stations under conditions established by the Secretary-General.

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