UNDP AFG - Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (NPSA9) – 5 Positions

Contract

This is a NPSA-9 contract. This kind of contract is known as National Personnel Services Agreement. It is normally only for nationals. It usually requires 2 years of experience, depending on education. More about NPSA-9 contracts.

Background

Background:

UNDP is the leading United Nations organization fighting to end the injustice of poverty, inequality, and climate change. Working with our broad network of experts and partners in 170 countries, we help nations to build integrated, lasting solutions for people and planet. UNDP has been working in Afghanistan for more than 50 years on climate change and resilience, gender, governance, health, livelihoods, and rule of law. Under the broader framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in close coordination with other UN agencies, UNDP is supporting Afghan people’s aspiration for peace, prosperity, and sustainability. UNDP is currently implementing its flagship crisis response programme, ABADEI (Area Based Approach to Development Emergency Initiatives), as part of the ongoing UN-led response to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe and the breakdown of Afghanistan’s economy following the August 2021 shift in power.

In response to the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched a USD 405 million grant through the “Novel Financing for Sustaining Essential Service Delivery Project” to alleviate the adverse effect of the crisis. The objective of the intervention is to sustain delivery of essential public services and food security to ease the adverse impact of economic disruptions on the welfare and livelihoods of the most vulnerable population groups in Afghanistan. The ADB grant will be implemented through separate projects delivered by UNDP, UNICEF, WFP, and FAO as executing agencies. The allocation to UNDP will focus on monitoring of the grant programme implemented by UNICEF, WFP, FAO and conducting socio-economic assessments and on-demand research to support a Phase 2.

Under the direct supervision of the NFM Project Manager and in close collaboration with the Monitoring and Communications officer, the M&E officer will undertake the assigned functions to ensure the effective and efficient implementation of NFM project activities at the sub – national level.

Duties and Responsibilities

ONLY CURRENT AFGHANISTAN NATIONALS AVAILABLE FOR EMPLOYMENT AND WILLING TO TRAVEL IN KABUL AND THROUGHOUT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN, ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION. ALL OTHER APPLICANTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will undertake the following to ensure the success of the project:

• Tackling reporting responsibilities and meeting different programme’s reporting requirement at different stakeholder’s levels.
• Develop Monitoring & Evaluation Strategy/ system and relevant guidelines for tracking Novel Financing for Sustaining Essential Service Delivery Project achievements and outcomes and take lead to implement it.
• Keep liaison with different stakeholders and Programme Management Unit to ensure the design and implementation of the M&E is made in collaboration with all relevant actors.
• Contribute and develop planning exercises to meet different implementation levels.
• Follow up and coordinate any external supervision and evaluation, audit missions.

1. Tackling reporting responsibilities and meeting different project reporting requirement at different stakeholder’s levels:

• Provide the Project Manager with timely, efficient, effective, and relevant progress reports of Al Fakhoora Dynamic Futures components.
• Report monthly, quarterly, semi Annually and annual on all activities to the Project Manager.
• Prepare quarterly Reports on all components, following donor’s guidelines and agreed formats.
• Closely coordinate with the Project team members to collect their quarterly progress reports on the Project implementation and development. Develop Monitoring and Evaluation reports on the project’s interventions in line with the identified objectives and aimed results.

2. Develop Monitoring & Evaluation Strategy/system and relevant guidelines for tracking Novel Financing for Sustaining Essential Service Delivery Project achievements and outcomes and take lead to implement it:

• Monitor and Evaluate interventions, following the approved main M&E reference documents (M&E Manual, Result Chain, project document, etc.).
• Monitor and evaluate overall progress on achievement of results.
• Develop SMART and result-oriented impact indicators and guide and coordinate the review of the program results framework.
• Provide inputs, information and statistics for any other relevant monitoring or reporting exercise to management, UNDP or the donor.
• Coordinating across the available components of the project to ensure effective implementation of M&E and Management Information System.
• Monitor all project activities, and progress towards achieving the project output. Ensure all critical risks are identified.
• Conduct capacity assessment of existing monitoring and evaluation system. Give technical comments and suggestions for improvement, when considered convenient.
• Coordinating across the available components of the project to ensure effective implementation of M&E/Management Information System.

3. Keep liaison with different stakeholders and Project team to ensure the design and implementation of the M&E is made in collaboration with all relevant actors:

• Provide feedback to the Project Manager on project strategies and activities. Give sound recommendations to management for better implementation, so as to achieve expected results, indicators and objectives.
• Clarify M&E responsibilities of different project personnel, and assist the program team with M&E tools and in supporting them in their use. Consolidate a culture of lessons learning involving all program staff and allocate specific responsibilities.
• Effective participation in annual project reviews and planning activities, and assist in preparing relevant reports. Provide top quality Monitoring and evaluation advisory services to the Partner NGOs, and other stakeholders, including coaching partners to forward better utilization of methodology and tools.
• Undertake regular visits to the field to support implementation of M&E and to identify where adaptations might be needed. Contribute to knowledge management, dissemination, and building in close coordination with UNDP and local partner’s staff.
• Provide top quality Monitoring and evaluation advisory services to the Partner NGOs, and other stakeholders.

4. Contribute and develop planning exercises to meet different implementation levels:

• Develop a M&E plan including indicators with clear baseline and target values, as well as measurement tools.
• Contribute to the development of the Annual Work Plan, ensuring alignment with strategy, agreement on annual targets and inclusion of M&E activities in the work plan.
• Prepare Detailed M&E budget.
• Prepare calendar of M&E activities, including the implementation of all needed M&E tools, such us: students’ surveys, Focus Group Discussions, structured interviews and other data collection tools.

5. Follow up and coordinate any external supervision and evaluation, audit missions:

• Facilitate, act as resource person, and join if required any external supervision and evaluation/audit missions.
• Coordinate external impact evaluations, as well as focus groups with beneficiaries and counterparts to determine impact of program activities on targeted beneficiaries.
• Facilitate, act as resource person, and join if required any external supervision and evaluation/audit missions.

Perform other duties within your functional profile as assigned and deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the office.

Competencies

Core Competency

Achieve Results:

LEVEL 1: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline

Think Innovatively:

LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements

Learn Continuously

LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback

Adapt with Agility

LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible

Act with Determination

LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships.

Engage and Partner

LEVE 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships.

Enable Diversity and Inclusion

LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination.

Functional & Technical competencies

Business Management

RESULTS-BASED MANAGEMENT: Ability to manage programmes and projects with a focus at improved performance and demonstrable results.

Business Management

PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals.

Business Management

MONITORING: Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular feedback on the consistency or discrepancy between planned and actual activities and programme performance and results.

Business Management

EVALUATION: Ability to make an independent judgement based on set criteria and benchmarks - Ability to anticipate client's upcoming needs and concerns.

Business Management

COMMUNICATION: Ability to communicate in a clear, concise, and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels.

Business Management

WORKING WITH EVIDENCE AND DATA: Ability to inspect, cleanse, transform and model data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions, and supporting decision-making.

Business Management

RISK MANAGEMENT: Ability to identify and organize action around mitigating and proactively managing risks.

Required Skills and Experience

UNDP STRONGLY ENCOURAGES QUALIFIED WOMEN TO APPLY FOR AVAILABLE POSITIONS FOR WHICH THEY MEET THE STATED MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.

Application Requirement

All Applicants MUST complete and attach the UNDP Personal History-P-11 Form (found here) to their applications in the vacancy site.

Submission of personal resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV) will not be acceptable and candidates who fail to attach the above required P-11 form will not be considered.

Min. Education requirement****:

• Master’s degree in Social/Political Sciences, Development studies, M&E or any other related field.

• Bachelor’s degree in Social/Political Sciences, Development studies, M&E or any other related field with additional 2 years relevant experience will be given due consideration in lieu of Master’s Degree.

Relevant Experience:

• Master’s with two (02) years or Bachelor’s with four (04) years of relevant experience in Social/Political science, development studies, management or any other related field, including solid experience in Results-Based Management including planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting.

Required Skills:

• Experience Working with Afghan CSOs is required.
• Demonstrated extensive experience in working with grassroots organization, media and civil society is required.
• Proficient use of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) and internet is required.
• Solid experience in developing results frameworks and Theory of Change, and M&E plans for development projects is required.
• Demonstrated experience working with monitoring and evaluation of development projects/ programme, including lessons learned is required.
• Experience in reviewing and drafting project reports is required.
• Solid experience in implementation and coordination of interventions at the sub – national level is required.
• Earlier experience with UN and International organizations will be preferred.
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation is an asset.
• Experience in working with communities is an asset.
• Experience in working with international organization or international community is an asset.
• Experience in the implementation of community – based interventions is an asset.

Language Requirements:

Proficiency in English is required – both written and oral.

Fluency in local language of duty station Dari and/or Pashto is required.

ONLY CURRENT AFGHANISTAN NATIONALS AVAILABLE FOR EMPLOYMENT AND WILLING TO TRAVEL IN KABUL AND THROUGHOUT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN, ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION. ALL OTHER APPLICANTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.