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, 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. Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

UN Women, through its Women, Peace and Security Team in Cotabato City, manages the Women Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) that works with CSO partners in conflict impacted communities all over the country. It is also implementing the Empowering women for sustainable peace in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) together with UNDP. These programme recognize that gender-related vulnerabilities and violence, pandemics, climate change, and electoral transitions challenge to the peace and stability of the BARMM and its surrounding areas by straining efforts to reintegrate former combatants, driving up competition for scarce resources in localities with historical tension, and shifting institutional focus away from building inclusive policies during the formative stage of the region’s new administrative apparatus. These programme seek to contribute to the Normalization agenda of the BARMM government. They are designed to prevent insecurity and violence by harnessing the potentials of both women and men and addressing structural gender inequality and discriminatory gender norms that are the barriers to sustainable peace.

In 2023, UN Women supported the development and launch of the National Action Plan on Peace on Women Peace and Security (2023-2033) and the BARMM Regional Action Plan on Women Peace and Security (2023-2027). From 2024, UN Women will focuses on the localization of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in BARMM and other conflict areas of the countries, with the assumption that peace is inextricably linked to equality between women and men. Empowering women to engage in peacebuilding within communities affected by conflict is critical to creating and sustaining peace in BARMM and the country’s other conflict zones. The Philippine NAP WPS and BARMM RAP WPS BARMM provide a clear entry point to translate commitment into concrete plans back with resource allocation in the coming years. As we implement these, the UN Women seek to enhance the role of the Filipino and Bangsamoro women in the implementation of the peace agreement, in conflict transformation and the protection of their human rights in conflict and post-conflict settings.

Reporting to the Programme Specialist Women Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action (SB5), the Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Officer will provide support to the WPS Team and the WPHF project incorporating monitoring, evaluation and reporting into WPS programme formulation as well tracking against Project Plan targets and the reporting of results to internal and external audiences through annual reports and other donor reports.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Facilitate and substantively contribute to the incorporation of monitoring, evaluation and reporting into WPS project 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 WPS programme formulation;
• Contribute to WPS annual work plan monitoring, reviews, reporting and quality assurance processes;
• Provide technical support to WPS and WPHF partners in developing Performance Monitoring Frameworks (PMFs), systems and plans and Baseline Surveys in coordination with Monitoring and Reporting Analyst;

2. Contribute substantively to the WPHF monitoring and tracking of results against WPS-HA targets and UN Women Strategic Plan

• Coordinate with the Monitoring and Reporting Analyst and the WPHF project team to ensure that data collection and analysis from field visits are coordinated and standardized;
• Monitor data from WPHF partners on a quarterly basis and provide substantive inputs;
• Visit WPHF partners, along with the WPHF project team, to support monitoring of results and planning processes as required;
• Contribute to the development, monitoring, evaluation, and research plan for the WPS and WPHF portfolio.

3. Write WPS and WPHF reporting of results to internal and external audiences

• Draft WPS and WPHF donor reports and support the Monitoring and Reporting Analyst to draft donor and WPS-HA programme reports;
• Write good practices and highlight successes of the WPS and WPHF projects.
• Contribute to identification off relevant evaluation findings, conclusions and recommendations and input them into WPHF reporting and programme reporting.
• Contribute to the review of progress reports submitted by WPS and WPHF partners.
• Contribute to the collection and maintenance of data for the WPS and WPHF project, corporate internal reports, mid-term reviews, and final evaluations.

4. Provide technical support to the WPHF project team in the implementation of the UN Women Evaluation Policy

• Coordinate with Monitoring and Reporting Analyst on the implementation of the Evaluation plan of WPHF project;
• Provide support to the WPHF project team on evaluation implementations in coordination with Monitoring and Reporting Analyst;
• Ensure communication between the WPHF Project team and WPS-HA programmes regarding Evaluations;

5. Support communications, visibility and programme results distribution through knowledge building and knowledge sharing in the CO and WPS, focusing on the achievement of the following results:

• Identify and disseminate good practices, lessons and knowledge, as identified through WPS and WPHF project implementation, monitoring and evaluation activities;
• Contribute and support the development of capacity development tools, including training materials and packages;
• Documentation and generation of impactful stories and cases studies
• Generation of marketing and communication materials to broaden project engagement and visibility
• Participation in the training and knowledge exchanges;
• In coordination with the WPS project team, co-facilitate the capacity-building opportunities among WPHF partners 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.

6. The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organisation.

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 1 year of relevant experience at the national or international level in monitoring and reporting of projects/ programmes in areas related to gender and/or peace and development;
• Experience in application of results-based management principles in monitoring and reporting projects and programmes;
• Experience in the United Nations systems and/or UN Women in an asset;
• Experience in gender-responsive monitoring, evaluation and reporting is desirable;
• Experience writing stories for diverse audience is an added advantage
• Field experience is an asset.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English and Filipino is required;
• Working knowledge of another official UN language (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.

Application:

• All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from Application and recruitment process tendersglobal.net About us: Careers at UN Women tendersglobal.net UN Women – Headquarters
• 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.

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