UN WOMEN Jobs - 94712- Monitoring and Reporting Consultant

Monitoring and Reporting Consultant

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Home Based, SOMALIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

22-Oct-20 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

3 Months

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

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 center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States' priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

Despite the substantial progress achieved in the past year, protracted conflicts, violence, displacements and climatic shocks have continued to hinder attainment of substantive GEWE gains. These persistent obstacles have resulted in severe protection issues particularly for women and girls who constitute estimated 50% of the affected population as per the Humanitarian Needs Overview 2019. There is limited participation of women in peace processes, politics, decision making and access to justice. UN Women through its engagement in Somalia, has prioritized to work in promoting women political participation, ensuring women peace and security and increasing women’s access to justice.

Objectives of the assignment:

The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical and coordination support to UN Women Somalia Office in its initiative of undertaking the assessment of the UN Women Somalia Strategic Note and development of a new SN and AWP. Provide M&E and Reporting coordination and technical support to Women, Peace and Security, Elections and Rule of Law Programs in timely monitoring, reporting and communications for the joint programmes on the above areas.

The Monitoring and Reporting consultant will play a central role in assisting Somalia Programme Office’s monitoring of the Strategic Note/Annual Work Plan and the Country Programme Office management’s oversight of the efficient and timely implementation of programs. The Monitoring and Reporting consultant will also coordinate various reporting exercises of the Somalia Office as well as provide quality assurance for quarterly online monitoring systems (via the Results Monitoring System - RMS), annual reports, and donor reports.

Under the overall supervision of the Country Program Manager, the Monitoring and Reporting Consultant will take an oversight role in assisting the Somalia Programme Office management and the program leads with the monitoring and reporting functions. The consultant will be required to work in close collaboration with the programme and operations team at the Somalia Programme Office, ESARO and relevant UN Women HQ staff.

Duties and Responsibilities

Provide technical support to the Somalia Office strategic planning processes, ensuring plans are aligned with the UN Women Strategic Plan:

Provide technical support, coordinate with program and operations team in supporting the consultant in undertaking the assessment of the Somalia Strategic Note;
Coordinate and provide technical support in the development of the Strategic Note (SN) and Annual Work Plan (AWP) development processes;
Ensure linkage of Somalia SN and AWP and corresponding Monitoring, Evaluation and Research (MER) Plans with the UN Women Strategic Plan, Somalia National Development Plan-9, UN Cooperation Framework and the Country Cooperation Framework and the UN Somalia Gender Strategy.

Provide quality assurance and technical support to country office team in program management and monitoring:

Provide quality assurance of program documents through review of results frameworks in order to meet SMART criteria;
Work closely with the team and provide technical support in the development of Performance Monitoring Frameworks (PMFs) and Baseline Surveys;
Provide technical support in the development and effective implementation of monitoring systems at country level including the development of monitoring guidelines and tools;
Hold monitoring meetings with the partner agencies and provide technical support to partners agencies staff in building M&E and reporting skills sustainably;
Ensure timeliness of budget revision processes for the Somalia Programme Office.

Provide technical support in the reporting of results to internal and external audiences:

Provide technical support and in coordination with the team consolidate and prepare quality quarterly, annual and donor reports;
Upload and update regional data into the electronic tracking system for annual reporting;
Coordinate with program and operations team in timely submission of donor reports, consolidate, review and finalize donor reports and provide feedback to improve quality and timeliness of reporting.

Expected Outputs:

Coordinated and drafted inputs for the Q3 Quarterly Result-Based Management Reporting;
Coordinated, consolidate and finalize the UNW Annual progress report 2020;
Coordinated, provided technical support in timely monitoring, oversight and technical inputs to knowledge products;
Coordinated with team, partner agencies and provided technical support in collection of data, result based reports, and prepare consolidated project reports;
Supported developing communications materials for the WPE, WPS and Access to Justice programs and contribute to knowledge products and promotional materials including research, briefs, fact sheets, presentations, social media, etc.

Deliverables and Payment Schedule:

Final Q3 Quarterly Result-based Management Report - 10% fee allocation;
Provided technical support in timely monitoring, oversight and technical inputs to knowledge products - 20% fee allocation;
Developed at least 2 write-ups of 2 page each for the WPE, WPS and Access to Justice programs and inputs to UNW Somalia website - 20% fee allocation;
Timely collection of data, result based reports, and prepare 3 consolidated project/donor reports - 25% fee allocation;
Finalized UNW Somalia Annual progress report 2020 - 25% fee allocation.

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

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf?la=en&vs=637

Functional Competencies:

Strong knowledge of programme formulation and implementation and Results Based Management;
Strong knowledge of monitoring and evaluation, evaluation design, data collection and analysis, and reporting;
Ability to provide policy advice and support to partners;
Ability to engage with donors;
Ability to synthesize program performance data and produce quality analytical reports;
Strong analytical and report writing skills;
Good knowledge of UN programme management system;
Strong planning, goal setting, prioritization and organizational skills;
Ability to pay close attention to detail.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Political or Social Science, Economics, International Development Studies, Gender/Women's Studies; An advanced university degree in Monitoring and Results Based Management is considered an advantage.

Experience:

At least 5 years of relevant experience at the national and international levels, with a focus on programme monitoring, evaluation and reporting of programmes.
Experience in the field of Women Political Participation, Elections, Women, Peace and Security and Access to Justice for Women is desired;
Experience in coordination with international organizations and other stakeholders, is required.
Experience in programme coordination is an asset.

Language Requirements:

Excellent skills in written and spoken English

UNWOMEN 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.