Design, Monitor & Evaluation Officer

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Description

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Org. Setting and Reporting

PBSO was established to assist and support the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and administer the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF). Based on the founding resolutions (A/RES/60/180 and S/RES/1645(2005)) establishing the Peacebuilding Commission, the Secretary-General created PBSO which comprises of the Peacebuilding Commission Support Branch, the Policy, Planning and Application Branch and the Financing for Peacebuilding Branch. PBSO is headed by an Assistant Secretary-General (ASG). The Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) focuses primarily on five action areas in international peace and security, ensuring sound analysis and early warning, preventing conflict and engaging in peacemaking, managing political crises and violent conflicts, sustaining peace, and enhancing partnerships. The Department’s mandate is to prevent and resolve conflict through inclusive political solutions. The Design, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer works under the direct supervision of the Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor within the Financing for Peacebuilding Branch. The focus of this post is to ensure the Design, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (DMEL) of peacebuilding at country level to support programme implementation and monitor the results of the Peacebuilding Fund’s investments. The DM&E Officer may be required to supervise additional DM&E staff as may be recruited or assigned for defined tasks.

Responsibilities

Within delegated authority, the Programme Officer will be responsible for the following duties:

• Participates in providing close support to country-based partners in the development, implementation and evaluation of assigned programmes/projects, etc.; monitors and analyzes programme/project development and implementation; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and proposes corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties; identifies and tracks follow-up actions.
• Performs consulting assignments, in collaboration with the client, by planning facilitating workshops, through other interactive sessions and assisting in developing the action plan the client will use to manage the change.
• Researches, analyzes and presents information gathered from diverse sources regarding peacebuilding design, measurement and monitoring of peacebuilding projects.
• Provides substantive backstopping to FPB programme officers.
• Assists in policy development, including the review and analysis of issues and trends, preparation of evaluations or other research and learning activities and studies related to PBF business processes (application guidelines, templates, reporting systems) concerning DME&L.
• In support of country-based partners, Undertakes survey initiatives; designs data collection tools; reviews, analyzes and interprets responses, identifies problems/issues and prepares conclusions.
• Prepares various written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analysis, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications, etc.
• Provides substantive support to consultative and other meetings, conferences, etc., to include proposing agenda topics, identifying participants, preparation of documents and presentations, etc.
• Undertakes outreach activities; conducts training workshops, seminars, etc.; makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.
• Assist with quality control on DM&E aspects of proposals (including Immediate Response Facility projects and Peacebuilding and Recovery Facility strategies/priority plans), including through participation on the PBSO Proposal Appraisal Committee (PAC).
• Participates in or lead field missions, including provision of training on DM&E for peacebuilding and guidance to external consultants, government officials and other parties and drafting mission summaries, etc.
• Coordinates activities related to budget and funding (programme/project preparation and submissions, progress reports, financial statements, etc.) and prepares related documents/reports (pledging, work programme, programme budget, etc.).
• Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
• Performs other duties as required.

Education

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in social sciences, evaluation, research methods business administration, management, economics or a related field is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is an advantage.

Work Experience

• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in monitoring and evaluation of peacebuilding or humanitarian interventions is required. Experience in the management of peacebuilding programmes/projects or related area is desirable. A minimum of two years of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in both oral and written English is required. Knowledge of French is desirable. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage.

Source: https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/241562?language=en

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