Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant

Details

Mission and objectives

UNDP has been working across Afghanistan for more than 50 years on challenges related to climate change and resilience, gender, governance, health, livelihoods and rule of law.
Guided by the government and its Development Councils, our work is fully aligned with the Afghanistan National Peace and Development Framework and National Priority Programmes, and is carried out in close coordination with partner UN agencies under the One UN Framework.
As the UN’s development network, we connect the Afghan government and people with the resources and information they need to drive their own development according to their own priorities, as well as to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

Context

UN Volunteers should be provided equal duty of care as extended to all host entity personnel. Host entities support to the UN Volunteer includes, but is not limited to:
• Introductory briefings about the organisation and office-related context including security, emergency procedures, good cultural practice, and orientation to the local environment.
• Support with arrival administration including setting-up of bank accounts, residence permit applications and completion of other official processes as required by the host government or host entity.
• Structured guidance, mentoring and coaching by a supervisor including a clear workplan and performance appraisal.
• Access to office space, equipment, IT support and any other systems and tools required to complete the objectives of the assignment including a host entity email address.
• Access to shared host entity corporate knowledge, training, and learning.
• Inclusion of the volunteer in emergency procedures such as evacuations.
• Leave management.
• DSA for official travel, when applicable.
• All changes in the Description of Assignment occurring between recruitment and arrival or during the assignment need to be formalized with the United Nations Volunteer Programme.
• Investigate misconduct: sharing reports with the UNV.
• Provide emergency assistance, e.g., the death of volunteer or medical evacuation, in collaboration with UNV. Accept letters of guarantees or potential liabilities for covering medical costs not claimable under medical insurance in extraordinary situations (e.g., isolation facilities` services during pandemics).

Task description

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of Project Manager or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer M&E Assistant will:
• Support the design, review and implementation of UNDP projects and programmes M&E plans and tools, ensuring alignment with the UNDP Programme M&E framework.
• Support project monitoring and evaluation activities to assess whether the project is on track to achieve project results as per the project document and annual workplan.
• Provide support in the continuous monitoring, documentation of lessons learned, and best practices contributing to overall goal of the country Programme and to distil lessons learned, best practices to inform programming.
• Assist in the provision of inputs to the technical progress reports, annual progress reports, results oriented annual reports (ROAR), integrated work plan (IWP) updates, and other accountability report on concrete results achieved.
• Assist in supporting field level team to collect data and information that supports quarterly reporting, ensuring adherence to and compliance with project annual work plans and M&E frameworks.
• Assist in supporting Field offices in the implementation of results-oriented peace community cohesion and conflict mitigation approaches.
• Assist in provision of methodological support to projects in development of the projects’ results frameworks.
• Support in development of the unified monitoring tools such as monitoring plans/reports, data collection forms, analytical data sheets, etc.
• Assist in supporting and providing technical assistance to field offices to ensure the implementation of the results-oriented activities, enabling high quality delivery of outputs and activity results.
• Support the country office M&E community of practice and M&E Team in any kind of data analysis and reporting.
• Assist in coordinating and facilitation of the evaluation missions, including provision of logistical support as required.
• Maintaining and administering M&E documents and filing system Support with translation of various documents into Pashto and Dari
• Providing support in any other M&E related work.
Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities:
• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day).
• Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country.
• Provide annual and end of assignment self- reports on UN Volunteer actions, results, and opportunities.
• Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.
• Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly arrived UN Volunteers.
• Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.