UN WOMEN Jobs - 79416- Monitoring and Reporting Specialist (Uganda Nation

Monitoring and Reporting Specialist (Uganda Nationals Only)

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Kampala, UGANDA

Type of Contract :

FTA Local

Starting Date :

01-Aug-2018

Application Deadline :

29-Jun-18 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

NO-C

Duration of Initial Contract :

1 Year

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

1 Year

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.

Under the overall guidance of the UN Women Representative and the direct supervision of the Deputy Representative, the Monitoring and Reporting Specialist will be responsible for the planning, monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the UN Women Uganda Programmes. The Monitoring and Reporting Specialist supervises and leads the Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (ME&R) team in the Country Office and has a strong regular working relationship with the Regional Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting team. The Monitoring and Reporting Specialist also works in close collaboration with the Programme and Operations teams in the Country Office, UN M&E Group, ensuring successful implementation of the UN Women Uganda Strategic Plan for 2016 – 2020.

Duties and Responsibilities

Provide technical support to the Uganda country programme planning:

Provide technical inputs to the annual work planning processes ensuring coordination with the recommended timelines and guidelines from Regional Office and Headquarters;
Coordinate the review of the Development Results Framework (DRF) and Operational Efficiency and Effectiveness Results (OEEF) plans (or other planning frameworks) and provide inputs for the revision of deliverables and delivery planning;
Develop the capacity of staff in the country office and implementing partners to have an understanding of Results Based Management (RBM) concepts and techniques;
Assess the adequacy of results based monitoring, review reporting arrangements by the country office and provide support to the country office to adopt improved Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) systems;
Provide feedback to project/programme design, including feedback on programme documents, theory of change and results matrices from a PME perspective, as necessary;
Ensure budgeting for PME, employ reviews of the programme documents; support identification of monitoring, review and evaluation needs during programmes/project planning.

Provide technical support to the monitoring of the country programme:

Provide technical inputs to the development of a monitoring and review framework and an annual monitoring and review plan, as necessary;
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;
Support senior management in reviewing the delivery rate of the country programme against the budget and in preparing the spending plans;
Conduct/organize joint team reviews of the projects and programmes on a periodic basis to assess the progress against the agreed results/objectives, efficiency, effectiveness and needs for adaptation.

Provide technical support to donor reporting:

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;
Provide technical support to the country office in 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 before submission;
In close collaboration with the programme staff track the spending of the donor funds and prompt the Deputy Representative about seeking no-cost extension, as necessary.

Provide technical support to programme evaluation:

Provide support to the 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;
Ensure that management responses to evaluations are drafted and implemented;
Provide technical support to the country office in the implementation of evaluation findings;
Organize and manage logistics of reviews and evaluations;
Represent UN Women in the UN Uganda Monitoring and Evaluation committee.

Serve as the focal person for the Fund for Gender Equality:

Monitor the partners, review narrative and financial reports and provide written feedback, and support them in timely reporting to the Fund for Gender Equality.

Contribute to knowledge management:

Develop and expand knowledge management strategies, products and methodologies;
Manage the process of identifying and synthesizing of best practices and lessons learned that are directly linked to the monitoring and reporting of programmes and programme planning and contribute to their dissemination.

Key Performance Indicators:

Timely and quality planning processes;
Quality trainings to staff;
Timely monitoring and reporting advice;
Timely and quality reports;
Quality support to UNTF grantees;
Quality support to evaluation processes.

Competencies

Core values:

Integrity:

Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.

Professionalism:

Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work.

Respect for Diversity:

Demonstrate an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff. Demonstrate an international outlook, appreciating difference in values and learning from cultural diversity.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Ethics and Values:

Demonstrate and promote ethics and integrity by creating organizational precedents.

Organizational Awareness:

Build support for the organization and ensure political acumen.

Development and Innovation:

Support staff competence development, and contribute to an environment of creativity and innovation.

Work in teams:

Build and promote effective teams. Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

Communication and Information Sharing:

Create and promote an environment for open and effective communication.

Self-management and Emotional Intelligence:

Stay composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle tense situations with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behavior towards others.

Conflict Management:

Surface conflicts and address them proactively acknowledging different feelings and views and directing energy towards a mutually acceptable solution.

Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing:

Share knowledge across the organization and build a culture of knowledge sharing and learning.

Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making:

Ensure fair and transparent decision-making processes and manage risk.

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES:

Functional Competencies

Ability to lead Programme Monitoring and Evaluation strategies, policies and its implementation;
Ability to lead results-based management and reporting;
Ability to develop and manage budgets;
Ability to implement new systems and effect staff behavioural/ attitudinal change;
Ability to advocate and provide policy advice;
Builds strong relationships with clients, focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback;
Very strong oral and written communication skills;
Strong inter-personal and diplomacy skills;
Strong IT skills;
Ability to take decision under pressure;

Required Skills and Experience

Education and certification:

Master’s Degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, 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 five years of professional experience in the field of rights based monitoring, evaluation and reporting;
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;
Experience related to UN Women’s mandate and activities would be an added advantage.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in written and spoken English is a must;
Knowledge of Luganda and other local languages spoken in Uganda is required;
Working knowledge with any of the official UN languages is an asset.