Following a request by the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in November 2022 the United Nations Secretary-General granted the country eligibility to access funding to support the social cohesion priorities of the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework Agreement and the EU 14 priorities (notably Priority 5). The areas of focus of these funds are:

1. Improving trust within and between communities to advance the wellbeing and prosperity of all people and contribute to long-term stability.
2. Strengthening inter-community and inter-entity engagement for more responsive, inclusive, gender-sensitive and transparent delivery of services, notably in the areas of education, culture, and environment with the aim to bridge divisions.
3. Dealing with the past through truth-seeking, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence with a focus on the dignity and rights of survivors of wartime violations.

To ensure high level oversight and accountability, the Government and the UN have established a joint steering committee, co-Chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the UN Resident Coordinator. To support this steering committee and the broader peacebuilding team in the RCO, the United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office is establishing a PBF Secretariat. The PBF Secretariat will include 4 staff members: a PBF Manager, a Monitoring and Evaluation Analyst, a Communication Analyst, and an Administrative and Finance Associate.

Position Purpose:

Under the overall supervision of the Resident Coordinator (RC), reporting directly to the PBF Manager of the PBF Secretariat, the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Analyst will oversee the development and implementation of a monitoring, evaluation and reporting framework funded by the PBF in BiH. He/she will contribute to strengthening of the PBF Secretariat and Joint Steering Committee capacities.

The M&E Analyst will oversee the development of a joint integrated M&E system for the PBF projects to promote synergies among them. He/she will ensure formulation of common results and indicators at the macro level to help measure achievements based on priorities defined in the eligibility application.

He/she will be responsible for the collection and analysis of PBF interventions-related data and will define the appropriate baseline for each project results. In collaboration with project teams, he/she will ensure results of different projects are documented, monitored, evaluated, analyzed, and built upon. He/she will contribute to specific activities (perception surveys, etc.), maintain mapping of activities updated, develop, and implement reporting strategy in close collaboration with the PBF Secretariat’s Coordinator.

He/she will also be focal point for the Joint Steering Committee annual report. He/she will work closely with respective PBF project managers, recipient agencies and their implementing partners.

More specifically, responsibilities will include:

1. Projects performance monitoring
2. Provide technical assistance to implementing partners.
3. Knowledge development and dissemination.

• Formulate a joint monitoring and evaluation framework for PBF projects’ implementation based on PBSO performance management plan, in consultation with governmental partners, main stakeholders and UN agencies.
• Contribute to monitor projects’ execution and evaluate their impact on peacebuilding, including by organizing field visits and joint M&E missions on project sites.
• Develop mechanisms to collect, analyze and communicate project data.
• Contribute to strengthen M&E capacities through provision of technical support to development of monitoring and reporting systems.
• Organize and participate to evaluation exercises and ensure that recommendations are followed and implemented.
• Ensure data collection to measure projects indicators.
• Collaborate with implementing partners on quality participatory monitoring based on sound planning.
• Facilitate joint M&E activities with national partners involved in PBF activities, as needed.
• Follow workplan in real time and help identify challenges to projects implementation, bring attention to problems and contribute to solving them in a timely manner.
• Work with relevant implementing entities to conduct joint annual review of workplans, including quality reports and oversight.
• Prepare reports on implementation progress or performance indicators, as needed.
• Prepare briefings to communicate project results to JSC, donors, Government, etc.

Provide technical assistance to PBF implementing partners:

• Support PBF implementing partners with planning and M&E activities.
• Support project teams to develop M&E and quality control plans.
• Provide technical expertise in M&E, including to select indicators, define and set objectives and verification processes, etc.
• Contribute to project data collection, compilation and analysis, focusing on best practices.
• Coordinate preparation of periodical project reviews and monitor progress.
• Contribute to preparation of semi-annual and annual reports.

Knowledge development and dissemination:

• Create database of interventions and stakeholders involved in peacebuilding to promote synergies.
• Support stakeholders in strengthening results-focused M&E capacities.
• Collect, document and disseminate best practices and lessons learned to improve projects’ performance.
• Support the Joint Steering Committee to develop monitoring and reporting tools promoting results visibility.

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

Achieve Results: LEVEL 1

• Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline

Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1

• Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements

Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1

• Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback

Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1

• Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible

Act with Determination: LEVEL 1

• Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident

Engage and Partner LEVEL 1:

• Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships

Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1

• Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination

Cross-Functional & Technical:

Business Direction & Strategy – System Thinking:

• Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system

Business Management – Communication:

• Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience
• Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels.

Business Management – Portfolio Management:

• Ability to select, prioritize and control the organization’s programmes and projects, in line with its strategic objectives and capacity; ability to balance the implementation of change initiatives and the maintenance of business-as-usual, while optimizing return on investment

Communications – Digital Asset Management:

• Ability to use digital asset management (DAM) systems to effectively store, share and organize digital assets such as images, videos and other media

Communications – Multimedia Writing/Editing:

• Ability to create and/or edit written content for multimedia

Digital innovation – Data analysis:

• Ability to extract, analyze and visualize data (including Real-Time Data) to form meaningful insights and aid effective decision making

Digital innovation – Data storytelling and communication:

• Skilled in building a narrative around a set of data and its accompanying visualizations to help convey the meaning of that data in a powerful and compelling fashion.

Digital innovation – Data Collection:

• Being skilled in Data Sorting, Data Cleaning, Survey Administration, Presentation and Reporting including collection of Real-Time Data (e.g. mobile data, satellite data, sensor data)

• Proven technical knowledge of the results-based management cycle and monitoring and evaluation is required.
• Proven experience in designing monitoring and evaluation systems and designing development projects or integrated portfolios is required.
• Experience in designing, implementing and/or managing assessments and/or data collection exercises/processes is required.
• Proven ability to work with quantitative and qualitative data, and appropriately use qualitative data /information collection tools in innovative ways is highly desirable.
• Advanced knowledge of data management tools and database packages is highly desirable.
• Experience conducting applied research projects and reporting on findings is desired.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally, conflict, gender and socially sensitive.
• Ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners.
• Knowledge of peacebuilding programming is an asset.