Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

• Monitoring, Evaluation & Research Planning. The Field Office and Local partners have a well-prioritized and realistic plan of research, monitoring and evaluation activities, developed collaboratively that provides all the relevant strategic and operational information needed to manage the Country Programme.
• Situation Monitoring and Assessment. A collectively Situation Monitoring and Assessment system owned by all key partners is in place, through which the Field Office and local partners have timely and accurate measurements of change in conditions of children, women, and their families in the two region (East and Adamawa); this information is available to facilitate planning and measure program impact.
• Programme Performance Monitoring. The planning function of the Field Office has quality information collected and disseminated with the participation of all concerned partners to assess progress towards expected annual and multi-year results.
• Evaluation.  UNICEF-supported evaluations attain established UN quality standards, and the results are disseminated in a timely fashion to stakeholders for improving programme performance and contributing to local, national and corporate learning.
• M&E Capacity Building. The monitoring and evaluation capacities of Field Office staff and Regional partners – government and civil society – enhanced with the contribution of UNICEF knowledge partners meet the expectations and requirements of their positions and responsibilities.
• Coordination and Networking. The UNICEF office is linked to wider UNICEF M&E developments in way that both contributes to and benefits from organizational learning on effective M&E management.

• University degree in social sciences, development planning, planning, evaluation, survey implementation, advanced statistical research.
• Two (2) years of professional work experience in programme development and implementation including monitoring and evaluation activities,
• Developing country field work experience.
• At least one instance of exposure to emergency programming, including preparedness planning. Active involvement in a humanitarian crisis response programme is an asset.
• Experience coordinating with other organizations in the collation of information, analysis and development of recommendations.
• Ability to analyze, synthesize information and communicate outcomes clearly to different stakeholders.
• Capacity to manage various tasks simultaneously in planning, implementing, and monitoring a complex project over an extended period.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, ability to work independently and in a team, high-level report-writing skills;
• Ability to work in an international or multicultural environment.
• Fluency in English and French, both oral and written, is required.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/569019