UN Monitoring and Reporting Analyst Job Careers – United Nations Women (UNW)
Job Title: Monitoring and Reporting Analyst
Organization: United Nations Women (UNW)
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
About US:
The 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 centre of all its efforts, the UN Women leads and coordinates the United Nations system-wide efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action. It provides strong and coherent leadership and technical advice in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.
Job Summary: The Monitoring and Reporting Analyst will provide support to the Programme on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls incorporating monitoring and reporting into programme formulation as well tracking against Strategic Plan targets and the reporting of results to internal and external audiences.
Key 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 EVAWG Programme and the Uganda Country Office 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 Country Office 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 Country 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 Country Office 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.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal applicant for the United Nations UN WOMEN Monitoring and Reporting Analyst job opportunity must hold a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Political or Social Science, Economics, International Development Studies, Gender/Women’s Studies
- Three years of relevant experience at the national or international level in monitoring and reporting of development projects/ programmes.
- Fluency in English is required;
- Knowledge of the other UN official working language is an asset;
- Knowledge of one or more of the following local languages; Ngakaramojong, Luganda and Acholi is an asset.
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.
NB: The United Nations does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (Application, interview meeting, processing, or training). The United Nations does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates desiring to serve the United Nations Women (UN Women) in the aforementioned capacity should express their interest by visiting the UN recruitment website and clicking Apply Now.
Deadline: 5th February 2019
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