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Programme Specialist - Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Kampala, UGANDA

Type of Contract :

Service Contract

Starting Date :

01-Oct-2014

Application Deadline :

08-Sep-14 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

SB-5

Duration of Initial Contract :

1 year

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

UNDP is looking for suitable candidates to fill the post of Programme Specialist- Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting for UN Women. The UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, the UN Women will lead and coordinate United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It will provide strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

Under the overall guidance of the UN Women Representative and the direct supervision of the Deputy Representative, the Programme Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Specialist (PPMER) Specialist will be responsible for the planning, monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the UN Women Uganda Programmes.

Duties and Responsibilities

Planning support to the country programme and consolidation of plans:

Draw, document, disseminate and apply good practices and lessons learnt in new and revised planning;
Ensure annual work planning processes are well coordinated in line with the recommended timelines and guidelines from Regional Office and Headquarters;
In close collaboration with the Regional PPME & R Specialist, guide and coordinate the review of the DRF and OEEF plans (or other planning frameworks) including the provision of technical advice for the revision of deliverables and delivery planning;
Support /develop capacity of staff in the country office and implementing partners to have a common understanding of Results; Based Management (RBM) concepts, techniques and appreciate the importance of RBM to achieving UN Women results;
In collaboration with the Deputy Representative, assess the adequacy of results based monitoring, review reporting arrangements by the country office and provide support to the country office to adopt improved PMER systems;
Provide feedback as needed into project/programme design, including providing feedback on programme documents, theory of change and results matrices from PME perspective;
Reinforce budgeting for PPMER, employing reviews of the programme documents; supporting identification of monitoring, review and evaluation needs during programmes/project planning.

Support monitoring of results against strategic outcomes and as per approved plans:

Develop a monitoring and review framework for the Country Programme and annually develop a monitoring and review plan together with annual Development Results Framework (DRF) and Operational Efficiency and Effectiveness Results (OEEF) and any other planning framework(s) the organization may adopt in the future;
Compile data sources, employing collection and/or meta-analysis of monitoring data from the national data sources;
Develop monitoring and review guidelines, formats and tools;
Analyze project reports and synthesize the country office’s quarterly, six monthly and annual report;
Ensure timely delivery of all the reports to the donors and other partners as needed.

Monitoring and supporting compliance with donor requirements and reporting results (including reporting to donors):

In close collaboration with the regional office, maintain an information system for donor contract management, including tracking donor contracts, UN Women’s contractual obligations, other delivery requirements of the contract, grant tranches or installment schedules, reporting schedule and reporting requirements;
Support the country office in timely preparation of the narrative and financial reports for the donor funded (cost-share funds) projects and in collaboration with the Deputy Representative take direct responsibility of their finalization and quality before submission;
In close collaboration with the programme staff track the spending of the donor funds and where necessary prompt the Head of the Office about seeking no-cost extension in timely manner;
Compile and submit timely internal quarterly, six-monthly and annual reports (periodicity and frequency may change) of the country programme office.

Programme Progress Review and Evaluations Support:

In close collaboration with the Regional Evaluation Specialist, support implementation of UN Women’s Evaluation Strategy at country level;
Support planning, designing and implementation of evaluations and reviews including management of the evaluation/ review process (drafting of TOR, identification of consultants etc.);
Follow up in country office to ensure that management responses to evaluations are drafted and implemented;
Guide the country office in the implementation of evaluation findings;
Conduct/organize joint team reviews of the projects and programmes on a periodic basis (at least twice a year) to assess the progress against the agreed results/objectives, efficiency, effectiveness and needs for adaptation;
Support senior management in reviewing the delivery rate of the country programme against the budget and in preparing the spending plans;
Organize and manage logistics of reviews and evaluations.

Serve as the focal person for the following:

Fund for Gender Equality: As focal person, the responsibility is to directly monitor the partners, review narrative and financial reports and provide written feedback, and support them in timely reporting to the Fund for Gender Equality;
Internal and donor reporting: Meet responsibilities as described under the sub-heading ‘Monitoring and supporting compliance with donor requirements and reporting results’;
Evaluation: Meet responsibilities as described under the sub-heading ‘Programme Progress Reviews and Evaluations Support’;
Represent UN Women in the Monitoring and Evaluation sub-committee of the PMT.

Competencies

Core Competencies:

Knowledge of current practices in the area of programme monitoring and evaluation, knowledge management;
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UN Women;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Fostering innovation and empowerment;
Working in teams at all levels;
Communicating information and ideas/knowledge sharing;
Analytical and strategic thinking/results orientation/commitment to Excellence.

Functional Competencies:

Ability to lead Programme Monitoring and Evaluation strategies, policies and its implementation;
Ability to lead results-based management and reporting;
Job knowledge /technical expertise;
Ability to formulate and manage budgets;
Ability to implement new systems and effect staff behavioural/ attitudinal change.

Management and Leadership:

Builds strong relationships with clients, focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback;
Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
Demonstrates good oral and written communication skills;
Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities;
Good planning, goal setting and prioritization skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s Degree in Gender Studies, Economics, Management, Social Sciences, or related field;
Additional certification in statistics, MIS management and Monitoring and Evaluation will be considered as an asset.

Experience:

A minimum of seven years of professional experience in the field of rights based monitoring and evaluation;
Experience in the management of gender equality and women’s empowerment programmes or analytic work in gender and development, gender analysis and/or human rights;
Good knowledge of rights-based approach and result-based management.
Experience related to UN Women’s mandate and activities would be an added advantage;
Sound knowledge of international standards on human rights, women’s rights and related instruments;
A proven ability to liaise with a myriad of stakeholders and partners, including government, civil society, international organizations and grassroots organizations;

Language:

Fluency in English and the UN national language of the duty station.

Note:

UN Women is an equal opportunity Employer.

Qualified women are encouraged to apply. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.