The Position:

The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialist will be responsible for the coordination and operationalization of results-oriented monitoring and evaluation efforts within the UNFPA Philippine Country Office. The M&E Specialist will also have a key role in improving the quality and results orientation of programme interventions and developing institutional capacity of major partners in monitoring and evaluation. He/she will work closely with the country office, donors, and UN partner agencies to ensure results-based management principles are internalized and applied.

The M&E Specialist will report directly to the Assistant Representative under the overall oversight of the Country Representative. He/She will work closely with all the Country office units.

How you can make a difference:

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.

In the Philippines, UNFPA has started developing its new five-year 9th Country Programme 2024-2028. The 9^th CP is tightly aligned with the mid- and long-term development goals of the Philippines and Ambisyon Natin 2040, the Philippine Development Plan as well as the global Agenda 2030 including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and UNSDCF.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

Job Purpose:

Working within the Country Office (CO) environment, you will play a crucial role in supporting the Country Office in the effective planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programs and projects. You will contribute to enhancing the UNFPA Philippines Country Office ability to measure the impact and outcomes of its interventions in the areas of reduction of adolescent pregnancies, Adolescent and youth SRH, ensuring integration with population and development, reproductive health, and gender.

You will assist in monitoring results achieved during implementation, guiding the appropriate application of systems and procedures, ensuring accountability, learning and continuous improvement as required.

Qualifications and Experience:

Education:

An advanced university degree (Master’s Degree) in international development, public health, international studies, statistics, economics and/or other related social science disciplines.

Knowledge and Experience:

• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in providing strategic support to data management and analysis, research, and monitoring and evaluation.
• Experience in establishing monitoring systems and baselines in various countries
• Experience of liaising with donors such as KOICA
• Demonstrated understanding of working with the Philippine NGAs and non-government organizations, academe, and community
• Experience of conducting M&E in one of the following areas, preferred – Sexual and Reproductive Health, Population and Development, and Gender

Languages:

Fluency in English; knowledge of other official UN languages, preferably French and/or Spanish, is desirable.