Background

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.

UN Women Uganda in its Strategic Note 2016-2020 in line UNDAF, NDP II and Uganda vision 2040 in supporting national priorities on Gender Equality and Womens’ empowerment among other normative frameworks, as well as the follow-up and implementation of the?2030 Agenda?for?Sustainable Development?provides coherent support to Government, Parliament, Academia, indigenous and women´s organizations, justice system and UN entities, through providing upstream policy and programme advise, promoting a human rights-based approach to achieve sustainable development, improving national systems, sharing of good practices and lessons learned, strengthening normative and operational linkages, and promoting South-South cooperation. In this mandate, the role of UN Women Uganda is key in ensuring that the above are achieved.

Reporting to the Monitoring and Reporting Specialist, the Monitoring and Reporting Associate will provide support to the Uganda Office colleagues in incorporating monitoring and reporting into programme formulation as well tracking against Strategic Plan targets and the reporting of results to internal and external audiences.

Duties and Responsibilities

Provide technical inputs to programme formulation to ensure monitoring and reporting is incorporated:

• Provide inputs to the development of monitoring indicators, monitoring calendars, and field monitoring plans and quality assurance processes;
• Include relevant inputs from evaluation findings, conclusions and recommendations into programme formulation;
• Provide inputs to annual work plan monitoring, reviews and reporting;
• Provide technical support to partners in developing Performance Monitoring Frameworks (PMFs), systems and plans, and Baseline Surveys;
• Facilitate the clearance of donor agreements and Programme Cooperation Agreements.

Provide technical inputs to the monitoring and tracking of results against country/ regional level targets and UN Women Strategic Plan:

• Coordinate with Programme Team to ensure data collection and analysis from field visits are coordinated and standardized across programmes;
• Monitor data from partners/countries on a quarterly basis and provide inputs to regular management briefs to inform decision making;
• Visit partners, along with the Programme Team, to support monitoring of results and planning processes, as required;
• Monitor the spending of donor funds and other programme expenditures and disbursements;
• Contribute to the development and monitoring of the Uganda’s Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research Plan.

Facilitate the reporting of results to internal (Senior Management) and external (Executive Board, Donors) audiences:

• Facilitate the process of the Uganda meeting internal and external reporting requirements and deadlines, including annual reporting process;
• Contribute substantial inputs to donor and programme reports (both narrative and financial);
• Identify relevant evaluation findings, conclusions and recommendations and input them into programme reporting;
• Review progress reports submitted by partners and provide feedback to improve quality and timeliness of reporting;
• Collect and maintain data for country, regional and global corporate reports, mid-term reviews, and final evaluations.

Provide technical support to the Uganda Office in the implementation the UN Women Evaluation Policy:

• Coordinate the implementation of UN Women’s Evaluation plan in the country office;
• Draft/revise Terms of Reference for specific project/program evaluations;
• Ensure communication between the Uganda office and RO regarding Evaluations;
• Coordinate the completion of management’s response to the UN Women Global Accountability and Tracking of Evaluation Use (GATE).

Contribute to knowledge building and capacity building:

• Identify and disseminate good practices, lessons, and knowledge, as identified through programme implementation, monitoring and evaluation activities;
• Contribute to the development of capacity development tools, including training materials and packages;
• Promote the awareness and understanding of the shared responsibility of Monitoring and Evaluation among all staff members through communication, training, learning and development activities.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Timely and quality support to the programme team and partners in line with work plan;
• Quality and timely systems for tracking/monitoring;
• Timely submission of accurate and quality reports.

Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity;
• Integrity;
• Professionalism.

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication;
• Inclusive Collaboration;
• Stakeholder Engagement;
• Leading by Example.

Functional Competencies

• Good knowledge of programme formulation, implementation, and Results Based Management;
• Good knowledge of monitoring and evaluation, evaluation design, data collection and analysis, and reporting;
• Ability to synthesize program performance data and produce analytical reports;
• Analytical and report writing skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Education and certification:

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Political or Social Science, Economics, International Development Studies, Gender/Women's Studies is required.

Experience:

• At least 3 years of relevant experience at the national or international level in monitoring and reporting of development projects/ programmes.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required;
• Knowledge of the other UN official working language is an asset;
• Knowledge of local languages spoken in Uganda is an asset.