Statistics & Monitoring Officer, FT, NOB, Monrovia

Entry Monitoring & Evaluation

Overview

Support UNICEF's mission to advance children's rights through data collection and monitoring.

You have:

• A University Degree in statistics, information management, economics, or other related field.
• Minimum of two (2) years of post-qualification professional experience in social development, public policy, or international development.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Familiarity with information management tools and platforms, such as Excel, KoboToolbox, Power BI, or other data visualization and reporting systems.
• Relevant experience within the UN system or other international development organizations is considered a strong asset.
• Demonstrated experience in managing programme or project monitoring systems, including indicator tracking, data quality assurance, and use of monitoring frameworks.
• Proven ability to analyze and synthesize data from multiple sources for use in programme planning, performance reviews, and reporting.
• Experience in supporting the implementation of evaluations, including logistical coordination, data management, and preparation of documentation and briefing materials.

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 over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

For every child, results

UNICEF's core mission is to advance the rights of every child worldwide, embedding this commitment across all programs, advocacy efforts, and operational activities, particularly in challenging contexts like Liberia. Central to this is the equity strategy, which prioritizes the most marginalized and excluded children and families, translating the promise of children's rights into actionable outcomes. Equity ensures that every child can survive, thrive, and reach their full potential without discrimination, bias, or favoritism, even in a post-conflict nation where rural-urban disparities, climate vulnerabilities, and fragile infrastructure present significant hurdles. When any child faces unequal opportunities across social, political, economic, civic, or cultural dimensions compounded by historical conflict and entrenched social norms, their fundamental rights are violated.

The UNICEF Liberia Country Programme emphasizes integrated, decentralized approaches to support vulnerable groups, with a special focus on adolescent girls, amid risks from epidemics, economic inequality, and environmental shocks. This context requires resilience, cultural sensitivity, and a steadfast commitment to equity in a resource-constrained environment, where UNICEF collaborates with government, UN agencies, and civil society to enhance Public Financing for Children (PF4C) and advance child rights. Strategic shifts toward education prioritization, community empowerment, and decentralized service delivery are driving efforts to empower the most disadvantaged, while emerging evidence highlights that investments in education, health, and protection for vulnerable groups not only unlock children's potential but also promote long-term national growth and stability, vital for Liberia's ongoing recovery and development.

How can you make a difference****?

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

1. Setting Standards for Programme performance planning and monitoring

2. Support to the preparation of the integrated monitoring and evaluation plan (IMEP)

3. Support to decentralized data collection, analysis and reporting

4. Support to UNVs working at county and national level on data collection, analysis and reporting

5. Networking, Partnerships & Knowledge Sharing

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: Full JD-Statistics and Monitoring Officer -NOB-Liberia.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements:

• Education:

A University Degree in statistics, information management, economics, other related field.

• Work Experience:

• Required: Minimum of two (2) years of post-qualification professional experience in social development, public policy, or international development, with a strong emphasis on data collection, monitoring, and evaluation.

  Asset: Familiarity with information management tools and platforms, such as Excel, KoboToolbox, Power BI, or other data visualization and reporting systems.

  Asset: Relevant experience within the UN system or other international development organizations is considered a strong asset.

• Language Requirements:

Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Desirables:

Demonstrated experience in managing programme or project monitoring systems, including indicator tracking, data quality assurance, and use of monitoring frameworks (e.g., RBM). Proven ability to analyze and synthesize data from multiple sources for use in programme planning, performance reviews, and reporting. Experience in supporting the implementation of evaluations, including logistical coordination, data management, and preparation of documentation and briefing materials.

• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness

(3) Drive to achieve results for impact

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

This position has been assessed as an elevated risk role for Child Safeguarding purposes as it is either a role with direct contact with children, a role that works directly with identifiable children’s data, a safeguarding response role, or an assessed risk role. Additional vetting and assessment for elevated risk roles in child safeguarding (potentially including additional criminal background checks) apply.

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). 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 based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be canceled.

Remarks:

As per 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.

UNICEF is committed to fostering an inclusive, representative, and welcoming workforce. For this position, eligible and suitable female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF’s Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.

UNICEF shall not facilitate the issuance of a visa and working authorization for candidates under consideration for positions at the national officer and general service category.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

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