Monitoring and Reporting Expert

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The Province governments have a major role in facilitating and implementing the Programme for the benefit of both province and local governments. All province governments signed up to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) with MOFAGA in order to be part of the programme implementation. The governance body of the Programme at the provincial level is the Programme Coordination Committee (PCC), which is headed by the Chief Minister. To support the province governments in the implementation of the Programme, a Provincial Programme Implementation Unit (PPIU) will be established in the Office of the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers (OCMCM). The Programme also envisages that each province government will establish a provincial-level training center (Provincial Center for Good Governance PCGG) to cater to the training and capacity building needs of the province and local governments in the respective province.

Against this background, a number of TA personnel will be deployed by the Programme to support the PPIUs in discharging their roles. This Terms of Reference (ToR) describes functions, responsibilities and expected results of the Monitoring and Reporting Expert of the PPIU, as well as qualifications/experience, competencies and selection criteria required of the incumbent.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The overall responsibilities of the assignment are to:

Lead and coordinate the monitoring and reporting of PLGSP activities (Provincial Programme Implementation Unit (PPIU) and Provincial Center for Good Governance (PCGG) at the provincial and local level;
Provide guidance and support to all PLGSP Technical Assistance personnel in the Province on monitoring and reporting;
Contribute to the achievement of PLGSP outputs;
Ensure Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) -related results are well captured and mainstreamed in monitoring and reporting efforts; and
Perform any other tasks assigned by the concerned authorities, including the Local Governance Expert cum Team Leader in the PPIU.

Lead and coordinate the monitoring and reporting of PLGSP activities (Provincial Programme Implementation Unit (PPIU) and Provincial Center for Good Governance (PCGG) at the provincial and local level:

Lead the preparation and updates of the PPIU Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Framework of the Programme, including indicators, baselines, Means of Verification, and targets;
Contribute to the preparation of the Annual Strategic Implementation Plan (ASIP) and trimester workplan, all based on the ProDoc and guidelines provided by the Programme Coordination Unit (PCU);
Lead and coordinate all regular monitoring and reporting efforts of the PPIU, in close collaboration with all PPIU Technical Assistance Personnel;
Facilitate regular field monitoring visits to Programme areas, in close collaboration with other Technical Assistance Project (TAP) personnel at PPIU and PCGG, to conduct qualitative and quantitative assessments of the implementation status; and
Lead the preparation and finalisation of consolidated (PPIU and PCGG) quarterly and annual progress reports to be shared with the Programme Coordination Unit (PCU);
Prepare and update risks/issues and challenges related to monitoring and reporting of the implementation of the ASIP;
Support the Admin and Finance Assistant to regularly monitor PPIU budget implementation; and
Support the PCU, PPIU and external partners in PLGSP mid-term reviews and evaluations.

Provide guidance and support to all PLGSP Technical Assistance (TA) personnel (PPIU and PCGG) in the province on monitoring and reporting:

Coordinate with PCGG experts to support all stakeholders implementing activities at the provincial and local level in ensuring collection and analysis of data and information from all relevant activities;
Regularly update all technical specialists and experts of the PPIU and PCGG on progress towards programme implementation in the province and any issues with regard to monitoring and reporting; and
Ensure that all technical specialists and experts of the PPIU and PCGG are provided with PLGSP progress reports and documents, including good practices, lessons learned and knowledge generated through monitoring and reporting efforts.

Contribute to the achievement of PLGSP outputs:

Provide support to the Innovation and Partnership Expert in the achievement of output 12: Innovation and Partnership Fund is operational and transparently supporting the local governments;
Identify capacity development needs and support development and implementation of capacity development activities for Provincial and Local Governments on monitoring, reporting and data collection; and
Contribute to the development tools related to monitoring, reporting and data collection for the realization of the outputs four, five, six and seven of the Programme.

Ensure Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) – related results are well captured and mainstreamed in monitoring and reporting:

Support the development and implementation of GESI Audits with Provincial and Local Governments;
Ensure that GESI is well captured and mainstreamed in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Frameworks of the PPIU; and
Coordinate with the GESI Specialist (PCU) and GESI Expert (PCGG) to ensure that the GESI-related results are well captured in all monitoring and reporting efforts.

Required Skills and Experience:
Education:

Master’s Degree in Economics, Management and Administration, Statistics or any other social disciplines.

Experience:

At least five years of experience in development and governance and in the area of monitoring and reporting of international development initiatives;
Experience of monitoring and reporting within the GoN, UN system and/or international development partners is a considerable advantage;
Sound understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their implications to the local governance;
Proven experience of institutional capacity development related to monitoring and reporting, preferably with sub-national governments or with other well recognized national institutions and/or international agencies;
Demonstrated skills of coordinating with different stakeholders and facilitating discussions;
Demonstrated strong written and presentation skills for preparing quality reports, briefs, and other knowledge products;
Good knowledge of computer applications especially MS Office;
Good understanding of other applications for data management and project monitoring.

Language requirements:

Fluency in English and Nepali, both written and oral, at professional level are essential;
Knowledge of local languages will be an added advantage.

Source: https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=115056

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