Job description
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
Monitoring and Evaluation:
Provide inputs to the development of Monitoring, Review and Evaluation plans that will provide the most relevant and strategic information toward achieving expected results (as set out in the Country Strategic Plan (CSP) and other global and regional plans), while being compliant with WFP evaluation and monitoring requirements.
Budget for M&E costs and advocate through line manager for both appropriate financial and human resourcing.
Provide feedback on the formulation of the Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Strategies and support their operationalization.
Contribute to evidence-based decision-making on programme design and implementation, notably through making monitoring, review and evaluation findings accessible developing innovative, user-friendly and informative products.
Support WFP Management in addressing recommendations from monitoring, reviews and evaluations to ensure that follow-up actions are taken as required.
Contribute to building M&E capacity of WFP staff and partners through training and information sharing. Manage junior staff members and guide as required to enable high performance.
Provide inputs to line manager regarding the development and implementation of national government and inter-agency monitoring, reporting and evaluation frameworks, including United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) aligned with nationally-owned sustainable development goals.
Take responsibility for integrating protection and gender perspectives in all areas of work, to ensure equal participation of women and men.
Monitoring:
At Country Strategic Plan (CSP) design stage, support the Head of M&E or Head of Programme in developing a Theory of Change outlining how the expected results are likely to occur and listing key assumptions and risks.
Support line manager in ensuring that CO monitoring systems and tools are in place and compliant with corporate standards, including the minimum monitoring requirements (MMR), standard operational procedures (SOP) and establishment of baselines and targets in alignment with the updated corporate results framework (CRF).
Draft regular monitoring reports on status of results and implementation progress and contribute to the data analysis.
Support mid-term reviews and thematic reviews which are intended for internal learning, strategic and operational decision-making.
Evaluation:
Manage or support senior officer in the management of decentralized evaluations in line with WFP Evaluation Policy and Decentralized Evaluation Quality Assurance System (DEQAS). This entails managing or supporting evaluation processes from planning to completion; sourcing, hiring and supervising external evaluators; engaging stakeholders appropriately in the evaluation process and managing communications and budget.
Support centralized evaluations managed by the Office of Evaluation, joint UNDAF evaluations and donor-led evaluations in country.
Other duties as required.
STANDARD MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education:
Advanced University degree in one of the following fields: social sciences, statistics, development economics, performance management, monitoring and evaluation or other related fields; or First University degree with additional years of relevant work experience and/or training/courses. The university needs to be recognised by Unesco https://www.whed.net/home.php
Experience:
A minimum of three years of relevant professional experience including monitoring and evaluation activities.
Has experience using a variety of quantitative and qualitative analytical tools and methods.
Language:
Fluency (level C) in English.
Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN Language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish and/or WFP’s working language Portuguese. Language will be tested.
DESIRED CAPABILITIES/ KNOWLEDGE FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE
Previous experience in humanitarian and development contexts will be an asset.
Strategic Management: Has knowledge of humanitarian and development actions, global geo-political issues and UN Reform, and applies it to enhance monitoring and evaluation functions that supports WFP’s strategic objectives. Is able to demonstrate to stakeholders the value of monitoring and evaluation for policy and programming in the achievements of the SDGs.
Performance Management: Has performance management cycle skills, and knowledge of international norms and standards for evaluation; understands the value of Theory of Change (ToC).
Methodology, Approaches and Analysis: Has knowledge of qualitative and quantitative methods and analytical approaches in order to review and provide feedback on the selection and application of those to WFP monitoring, review and evaluation exercises. Is able to validate data quality and ensure that data collection and analysis have been conducted ethically.
Communication & Use: Demonstrates active listening, communication and conflict resolution skills to promote constructive engagement of stakeholders and communicate effectively key evidence.
Ethics: Understands the specific implications of ethics in monitoring, review and evaluation activities; Demonstrates ethical behavior at all times and is able to consistently ensure that appropriate actions are taken to safeguard ethics.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Selected candidates will be placed in the FIT Pool and may be contacted as the needs arise for fixed-term international positions in any of the countries in which WFP operates, including hardship duty stations. The FIT Pool membership will last 2 years.Mobility is and continues to be a core contractual requirement in WFP. These positions are rotational which means that the incumbent shall be subject to the regular reassignment process unless the position is reclassified as non-rotational. Professional level positions are rotational on a period of 2 to 4 years, mobility is the essence of WFP.WFP offers an attractive compensation and benefits package, including basic salary, post adjustment, relocation entitlement, travel and shipment allowances, 30 days’ annual leave, home leave, an education grant for dependent children, pension plan and medical insurance.
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