Jobs - 113345- FAO Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Analyst

FAO Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Analyst

Localidad :

Jerusalem, with travel to the West Bank and Gaza Strip as required, TERRITORIOS PALESTINOS

Tipo de contrato :

Service Contract

Fecha de comienzo del contrato :

Fecha límite de postulación :

13-Aug-23 (Medianoche Nueva York, Estados Unidos)

Nivel de puesto :

SB-4

Duración del contrato inicial :

12 months which can be extended based on fund availability and performance

Idiomas requeridos :

Árabe Inglés

Duración esperada del puesto :

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Antecedentes

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Our goal is to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. With 195 members - 194 countries and the European Union, FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide to promote better production, better nutrition and better environment for a better life.

The FAO Coordination Office for the West Bank and Gaza Strip Programme implements the Country Programming Framework for Palestine to enhance the wellbeing of Palestinian people by making the agrifood system more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable in alignment with national policies and strategies and the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSCDF).

Under the overall supervision of the FAO WBGS Head of Office, and direct supervision of the Economist, the position is located in FAO’s Coordination Office for the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS) Programme, based in Jerusalem.

Deberes y responsabilidades

• Support the implementation of the Monitoring work plan of FAO active projects in the WBGS including:

o Adapt the standard monitoring tools to be used for the monitoring of the specific activities of projects and follow up its implementation.

o Lead the implementation of the baseline and end line survey for FAO projects when needed.

o Perform the process monitoring of activities according to the SoPs in place.

o Contribute to the identifying learning subjects in the contexts of implementation of the monitoring activities above including collecting further information required for their dissemination.

• Contribute to the generation of learning and knowledge:

o Identifying success stories, lessons learning, and best practices observed in the course of the M&E work and collect/collate relevant information and data for their documentation and dissemination of those.

o Participation in project inception meetings with targeted communities/beneficiaries as well as conducting regular visits to the projects implementation sites with the aim of increase FAO learning on the relevance of their ongoing activities and identify potential areas of intervention;

• Support corporate planning and reporting activities

o Contributes to the Organization’s corporate results-based planning, monitoring and reporting processes.

o Provide effective and timely support to the ongoing project progress monitoring through collection and consolidation updated of project quarterly reports.

o Contribute to the Country Annual Report.o

• Support the design and measurement of project baseline and endlines as well as contribute to the preparation of project evaluation processes.

o Systematic follow up on the requirements for establishment of ongoing projects baseline and end-line,

o Support the post distribution monitoring implementation, qualitative data collection tools, as well as report drafting and quality assurance.

o Supporting the preparation, follow up and implementation for independent mid-term and terminal evaluation exercises.

o Supporting drafting/review of products related to the accountability to affected population agenda including information sheets, application forms etc.

o Proactively contribute to sharing information, preparing progress and technical reports and other information and advocacy products related to FAO projects when needed.

o Overall support and contribution to the ad-hoc data collection to monitor the impact of crises (ex. Russian/Ukraine conflict).

o Contribute to providing inputs for the various UN wide reports (ex. Secretary General reports),

o Contribute to the project’s beneficiaries databases through constant and regular follow up and data cleaning.

o Manage the data entry on the Project Activity Information Database (PAID).

o Engage and facilitate needs assessment & analysis, including in efforts on assessing food security levels.

•Perform other duties as required

Competencias

FAO Core Competencies:

• Results Focus

• Teamwork

• Communication

• Building Effective Relationships

• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Competencies:

Corporate Competencies:

• Demonstrates commitment to FAO’s mission, vision and values;

• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.

Functional Competencies:

• Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals;

• Shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings;

• Ability to listen to others, interpret messages from others and responds appropriately;

• Asks questions to clarify and exhibits interest in having a two-way communication;

• Ability to prioritize activities and assignments, adjusts priorities as required;

• Allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work;

• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines;

• Takes ownership of all responsibilities and honors commitments;

• Shows willingness to learn from others;

• Seeks feedback to learn and improve.

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

Education:

An advanced University degree in economics, agriculture economics, development studies, rural development, social sciences or other disciplines related to the job requirements.

Experience:

At least three years of relevant working experience in conducting MEAL activities on projects/programs preferably in agriculture and food security.
Previous experience in data quality, analysis, and management is an asset.

Language Requirements:

Arabic mother tongue and very good knowledge of English language.

Other:

Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel, working knowledge of SPSS or other equivalent analysis software from open data sources. Ability to participate and work in a team under tight deadlines.

Ability to take initiative and accomplish tasks with minimum supervision and within tight deadlines.

TO APPLY:

APPLICATIONS WITHOUT THE COMPLETED UNDP P-11 FORM WILL BE TREATED AS INCOMPLETE AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

UNDP P11 form (new Personal History form) (google.com). Kindly ensure to upload both CV and P-11 as one document as the system will only allow one attachment.