Background
UNDP Bangladesh’s Early Recovery Facility (ERF) promotes national ownership of the post disaster early recovery process through the fullest possible engagement of national and local authorities in the planning, execution and monitoring of recovery actions with UNDP assistance. It mobilizes resources to prepare, plan, and implement interventions to ensure that people affected by disasters recover and seek development gains. ERF supports national and local government in developing policies and plans for full recovery. Such support will is provided through systematic assessment of recovery needs, coordination amongst various agencies, preparation of an early recovery plan / framework, and human resource support wherever necessary. ERF promotes equity, social inclusion, and transparency in promoting recovery policies and plans. It advocates people’s participation in recovery planning, and promote policies and programmes which do not discriminate on the basis of gender, ethnicity, religion, age, disability, etc. ERF supports and strengthens the Early Recovery Network and Early Recovery Cluster in Bangladesh, an overall recovery preparedness planning, and advocates for the allocation of resources in support of early recovery activities.UNDP recognizes that there are several agencies, from both the UN system and NGO sector, which have extensive experience and operational capacity in the area of recovery. ERF does not seek to replace the existing capacity with its own. ERF builds on the national and local capacity for recovery, and highlights the need for recovery programmes through its advocacy and knowledge management. ERF strives to ensure that recovery assistance is available to those who need it most, that there are no significant gaps in the overall recovery programme, and various sectors are adequately represented and harmonized.
The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will work under the direct supervision on the Project Manager. The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist works in close collaboration with UNDP Country Office operational units, as well as a wide range of other disaster management related stakeholders.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Establish/manage a results based monitoring mechanism for the project
- Enhance capacity of all concerned project consultants/experts/staff/project partners in the use of Results Based Monitoring and other approved programme monitoring system
- Develop appropriate project monitoring indicators for the activities
- Establish routine project monitoring procedures and systems to enable all activities to be regularly and effectively monitored
- Prepare regular and timely project monitoring reports for GOB/UNDP/donors/other concerned agencies.
- Develop guidelines on the use of monitoring systems for disaster and early recovery emergency response activities as required
- Undertake regular and ongoing evaluation of ERF activities with a view to increasing the effectiveness of the activities and highlight areas of concern to the Project Manager and concerned specialist
- Facilitate the work of external evaluation monitoring, and audit teams as required
- Set up mechanisms for participatory monitoring for sustainable and community-based early recovery programme
- Support relevant programmatic ad technical missions. Facilitate mission/s on M&E
- Assist the Project Manager to better supervise field monitoring personnel/team
- Collect and update project information at regular interval. Follow best practices in disseminating progress with colleagues and relevant stakeholders through project manager/management
- Significantly support initiatives for resource mobilization
- Represent ERF Management at approved events as required. Participate and lead coordination meetings, consultations, etc.
- Supervise the implementation and ensure adherence to the common and agreed guidelines for the identification of beneficiaries and rest of the implementation procedures
- Assist the local government/implementing partners in the elaboration of project documentation to guarantee a timely acceptable and financially sound programme
- Support management to identify new projects, areas of intervention, innovative approaches as well as flag likely overlaps, duplications, gaps and risk factors. Suggest solutions, where appropriate
- Provide managerial oversight to smooth implementation of UNDP-assisted interventions in disaster-affected areas
- Coordinate the tasks and achievements of the UNDP monitoring teams deployed in districts
- Produce and regularly submit progress reports. Consolidate reports and provide feedback on the findings/recommendations of reports provided by implementing partners and ERF colleagues
- Develop/contribute for the development of knowledge products and ensure effective dissemination
- Identify and support advocacy initiatives
- Other duties as required by the ERF Management or in the changing circumstances.
- Establish generic monitoring mechanism for disaster emergency response and early recovery activities
- Ensure that program activities are done in a manner so that result based output is achieved
- Develop high quality monitoring and reports of UNDP’s early recovery and emergency programme
- Successfully manage ERF’s field-based monitoring team.
The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will ensure a results-based system is in place to tap key results that contribute towards the project Outputs.
Competencies
Corporate Competencies- Promotes UN’s values and ethical standards (tolerance, integrity, respect, results, orientation, impartiality)
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
- Work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude
- Demonstrates good oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities
- Provides inspiration and leadership to project staff as well as all the partners.
- Capability to engage in team-based management, experience of leading workshops and being a resource person
- Ability to undertake results-based management and reporting
- Ability to oversee timely project implementation and to provide the necessary trouble shooting to keep project implementation on schedule
- Ability to implement new systems and affect staff behavioral/ attitudinal change.
- Promotes knowledge management and a learning environment in the office through leadership and personal example
- Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Sensitivity to and responsiveness to all partners
- Respectful and helpful relations with all UN/UNDP staff.
Required Skills and Experience
Education- Master Degree in economics, statistics, social sciences, disaster management or engineering.
- 7 years of work experience with at least 3 years in project monitoring related activities, preferable with international organizations
- Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages advantageous to monitoring.
- Ability to think clearly and analytically
- Ability to plan own work, setting priorities and completing it under pressure or when faced with competing demands
- A sound knowledge of design, drawing and estimating for settlement improvement for poor communities
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) in English and Bangla
- Ability to use Microsoft Office for reporting, and presentation.
- A strong commitment to gender sensitive, inclusive and pro-poor development works
- Ability to work with multi-disciplinary team
- Consultative and empowering working style and willingness to learn from others
- Willingness to travel as required.
- Fluency in written and spoken English and Bangla.