Purpose of the Position
Under the supervision of the Regional Chief of Programme Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation the incumbent of this post will be responsible for monitoring of the situation of women and children, as well as the performance of UNICEF programmes in the ESA region.
Key Expected Results
- Conduct analysis of existing data sets; maintain database of regional profiles and the situation of women and children in the ESA region.
- Review the quality of Results Frameworks, and align the Theory of Changes of the Regional Office and Country Offices' work plans, funding proposals, and Programme Information Database (PIDB) coding.
- Set up system for ongoing review, monitoring and regular reporting on the Regional Management indicators and provide feedback to ESARO and country offices.
- Support country offices in strengthening programme monitoring and evaluation system based on Monitoring Results for Equity System (MoRES) principles, including establishment of a real time monitoring, citizen's engagement in monitoring, and end-user monitoring.
- Set up a system within ESARO for Knowledge Management including documenting and disseminating best practices and innovations from UNICEF and other organizations where relevant.
- Contribute to the development and regular update of Integrated Monitoring & Evaluation Plan (IMEP) within the region.
Qualifications of Successful Candidate
- An advanced university degree (Master's) in Social Sciences, Demography, Development Planning, Statistics, Public Health or a directly-related technical field(s) is required.
- Specialized training in statistics is highly desirable.
- A minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience, at the national and international levels, in programme monitoring and evaluation is required.
- Previous knowledge of and experience in statistical methods and data management is considered an asset.
- Fluency in English (written & verbal) is required. Knowledge of an additional UN Language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish) is considered an asset.
Competencies of Successful Candidate
- Communicates effectively to varied audiences, including during formal public speaking.
- Creates and encourages a climate of team-working and collaboration in a multi-cultural environment.
- Consistently achieves high-level results, managing and delivering projects on-time and on-budget.
- Has good leadership and supervisory skills; co-ordinates group activities, ensuring that roles within the team are clear.
- Translates strategic direction into plans and objectives.
- Analyzes and integrates potentially conflicting numerical, verbal and other data from a number of sources.
- Demonstrates, applies and shares expert technical knowledge across the organization.
- Sets clearly defined objectives and plans activities for self, own team or department.
HOW TO APPLY:
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.
If you want a challenging career while improving the lives of children around the world UNICEF, the leading children’s rights organization, would like to hear from you.
Visit us at www.unicef.org/about/employ to register in our new e-Recruitment system and apply to this and other vacancies. Applications must be received by 09-Feb-15
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Please note that only candidates who are under serious consideration will be contacted.
In the selection of its staff, UNICEF is committed to gender balance and diversity without distinction as to race, sex or religion, and without discrimination of persons with disabilities: well qualified candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
