Monitoring and Reporting Analyst

Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

UN Women Ethiopia’s Country Office Strategic Note 2021-2025 is derived from and contributes to the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSCDF 2020-2025), which outlines the United Nation’s vision and strategic focus in Ethiopia. The UNSDCF supports the Government of Ethiopia’s (GoE) development and humanitarian priorities, as articulated in the Ten-Year Perspective Development Plan – Ethiopia 2030: The Pathways to Prosperity (2020 – 2030) and related national policies and plans. The SN’s orientation and thematic focus areas are grounded in UN Women’s global Strategic Plan (2021-2025) and aligned to major international and African regional development and gender commitments.

The UN Women Ethiopia Country Office’s program contributes to the UN’s shared goals in supporting the Government of Ethiopia to achieve its sustainable development and humanitarian priorities, and commitments to the 2030 Development Agenda. Four strategic priorities are identified in the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2020-2025 that address multidimensional poverty, inequalities, social exclusion, and marginalization, with a focus on youth, women, and girls; supporting the transition to an inclusive and diversified economy; deepening Ethiopia’s democratic transition and promoting peace; and promoting a green and resilient economy. These priorities comprise the outcomes that the UN development system, including UN Women ECO, will work to accomplish.

Reporting to the Deputy Country Representative, the Monitoring and Reporting Analyst will provide support to the Country Office (CO) colleagues in incorporating monitoring and reporting into programme formulation as well tracking against Strategic Plan targets and the reporting of results to internal and external audiences.

Duties and Responsibilities

Facilitate and substantively contribute to the incorporation of monitoring and reporting into programme formulation;

• Facilitate and substantively contribute to the development of monitoring indicators, monitoring calendars, and field monitoring plans and quality assurance processes;
• Include inputs from relevant evaluation findings, conclusions and recommendations into programme formulation;
• Contribute to annual work plan monitoring, reviews and reporting;
• Provide technical support to partners in developing Performance Monitoring Frameworks (PMFs), systems and plans, and Baseline Surveys;
• Facilitate the clearance of donor agreements and Programme Cooperation Agreements with Ethiopia Country Office

Contribute substantively to the monitoring and tracking of results against country/ regional level targets and UN Women Strategic Plan

• Coordinate with Programme Team to ensure that data collection and analysis from field visits are coordinated and standardized across programmes;
• Monitor data from partners/countries on a quarterly basis and provide substantive inputs to regular management briefs to inform decision making;
• Visit partners, along with the Programme Team, to support monitoring of results and planning processes as required;
• Monitor the spending of donor funds and other programme expenditures and disbursements;
• Draft and monitor the Ethiopia Country Office Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research Plan.

Facilitate the reporting of results to internal (Senior Management) and external (Executive Board, Donors) audiences

• Facilitate the process of the Ethiopia Country Office meeting internal and external reporting requirements and deadlines, including annual reporting process;
• Draft donor and programme reports (both narrative and financial);
• Identify relevant evaluation findings, conclusions and recommendations and input them into programme reporting;
• Review progress reports submitted by partners and provide feedback to improve quality and timeliness of reporting;
• Collect and maintain data for country, regional and global corporate reports, mid-term reviews, and final evaluations.

Provide technical support to the Ethiopia Country Office in the implementation the UN Women Evaluation Policy

• Coordinate the implementation of UN Women’s Evaluation plan in the Ethiopia Country Office;
• Provide guidance to programme staff on evaluations;
• Ensure communication between the Ethiopia Country Office and RO regarding Evaluations;
• Coordinate the completion of management’s response to the UN Women Global Accountability and Tracking of Evaluation Use (GATE).

Contribute to knowledge building and capacity building

• Identify and disseminate good practices, lessons and knowledge, as identified through programme implementation, monitoring and evaluation activities;
• Contribute to the development of capacity development tools, including training materials and packages;
• Facilitate capacity building opportunities for staff and partners in the Ethiopia Country Office in the areas of Results Based Management (RBM), Monitoring and Evaluation;
• Promote the awareness and understanding of the shared responsibility of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) among all staff members through communication, training, learning and development activities.

Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

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Functional Competencies:

• Good knowledge of programme formulation and implementation and Results Based Management
• Good knowledge of monitoring and evaluation, evaluation design, data collection and analysis, and reporting
• Ability to synthesize program performance data and produce analytical reports
• Good analytical and report writing skills
• Knowledge of UN programme management systems

Required Skills and Experience

Education and certification:

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Political or Social Science, Economics, International Development Studies, Gender/Women’s Studies is required;
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree;
• A project/programme management certification (such as PMP®, PRINCE2®, or MSP®) would be an added advantage.

Experience:

• At least 2 years of progressively responsible experience at the national or international level in monitoring and reporting of development projects/ programmes;
• Experience in the United Nations systems in an asset;
• Field experience is an asset.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish).

Application:

All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from: . Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.

Note:

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Diversity and inclusion:

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