Monitoring and Evaluation Associate

All UNHCR workforce members must individually and collectively, contribute towards a working environment where each person feels safe, and empowered to perform their duties. This includes by demonstrating no tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment including sexual harassment, sexism, gender inequality, discrimination, and abuse of power. 

As individuals and as managers, all must be proactive in preventing and responding to inappropriate conduct, support ongoing dialogue on these matters and speaking up and seeking guidance and support from relevant UNHCR resources when these issues arise.

Purpose and Scope of Assignment:    

The Monitoring and Evaluation Associate will assist in providing support and guidance on monitoring and evaluation of multiyear strategies and in the coordination with other sections/units, partners and stakeholders to ensure harmonized monitoring approaches. The incumbent will work in line with the overall UNHCR directions which crucially require working with partners, including with persons for and whom UNHCR works, UN agencies, governmental institutions, and private sector, ensuring that programme monitoring is approached as per UNHCR’s Strategic Directions, Result Base Management, Global Strategic Priorities (GSPs), Global Compact for Refugees (GCR), and corporate positions on SDGs.   The incumbent is supervised by the Programme Officer or another professional or more senior local staff depending on the staffing structure of the Office.

The Monitoring and Evaluation Associate is expected to have contacts within the Organization and outside the duty station, as well as with partners and other stakeholders to collect information and monitor programme activities.

Duties:

• Assist the supervisor in the development and implementation of UNHCR’s system for monitoring protection and solutions strategies and results (impact, outcomes, outputs) in cooperation with relevant teams.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of monitoring plans across all implementation modalities, (partnerships, direct implementation, operational partners) ensuring consistency and coherence of UNHCR’s monitoring activities and an age, gender and diversity perspective in monitoring.
• Support the implementation and use of monitoring systems, including entry, aggregation, reporting and sharing of data based on agreed protocols and standards.
• Support the MFT in planning and conducting monitoring activities and support the planning of monitoring visits, the documentation of findings and the follow up to monitoring recommendations.
• Compile, review and analyse monitoring reports and data of partners and teams, ensuring quality assurance and compliance with established policies, guidelines, procedures and standards. Generate monitoring and progress reports on a regular basis.
• Assist teams and partners in selecting and designing indicators for multi-partner initiatives (including UNSDCF, HRP, RRP etc.) ensuring coherence and avoiding gaps and overlaps.
• Follow up on any changes in the operations and monitoring plan, verify baselines, targets and actuals contributing to the soundness of Operations Plan and enhancement of data quality.
• Support UNHCR and partner staff in applying UNHCR’s results-based management monitoring standards and procedures.
• Assist in reviewing, selecting and designing indicators for multi-partner initiatives (including UNSDCF, HRP, RRP etc.) ensuring coherence and avoiding gaps and overlaps.
• Contribute actively to the interagency Monitoring and Evaluation Team
• Perform other related duties as required.

Qualifications and Experience:

Education:

• Fluency in Spanish and good working knowledge of English (B1).

Work Experience: 

• 3 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 2-year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher.
• Demonstrated experience in programme monitoring and related processes. Knowledge and practical experience of Results Based-Management. Experience in programme management training and capacity building activities.

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