Monitoring & Evaluation Officer_CSTI_Bangui

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INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUCEMENT

JOB TITLE:                         Programme Policy Officer- M&E 

TYPE OF CONTRACT:   International consultant Level I

UNIT/DIVISION:            RBD-CAR CO

DUTY STATION:             Bangui, Central African Republic

DURATION:                      11 months

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE:

The Central African Republic (CAR) has one of the most acute humanitarian crises in the world. The country has been afflicted by successive coups and waves of conflict, culminating in the 2013 crisis with unprecedented levels of violence which continues to grip the country. As a result, hundreds of thousands of people are still displaced and face acute food insecurity. Across the country, there are about 700,000 people internally displaced. According to the May 2023 IPC a total of 1.7 million people (representing 41% of the population of 6.1 million) are in a situation of significant acute food insecurity.

The united Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is implementing since march 2023 a Country Strategic Plan (CSP) through which it provides humanitarian food assistance to the most vulnerable people affected by crisis mainly through general food distributions, nutrition prevention and treatment intervention, school based programme, and resilience building using in kind food transfer, Cash-based Transfers(CBT) and capacity strengthening.

WFP Central African Republic Country Office has elaborated a Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) plan which must strengthen the existing monitoring and evaluation system so that it becomes decision-making tool sensitive to the local context and the needs of the affected populations while demonstrating the effects of WFP interventions.

While continuing to meet corporate requirements (accountability and performance management), the strategy aims to strengthen the capacity of the M&E system to generate quality information to improve the programme quality by focusing on the needs of affected population and produced evidence on the improving of food security in CAR.

It is within the background that WFP CAR is recruiting an international M&E consultant who will have as assignment is to strengthen technical capacity of WFP staff, governments and partners to finalize the M&E strategy and improve WFP CAR Country Office performance measurement at output and outcome level.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the direct supervision of the Head of Programme and working in close collaboration with the other programme units, the incumbent is expected to contribute to the development and implementation of Monitoring, Review and Evaluation Plans aligned to WFP corporate standards to generate quality

evidence on the lives of beneficiaries and inform policy, strategy and programme design and implementation. This includes coordinating monitoring activities, managing decentralized evaluations, and thematic/mid-term reviews and positioning WFP as a reliable partner for the CAR government to build monitoring and evaluation strategies. He/she is also expected to contribute to the formulation and implementation of the country monitoring and evaluation strategy, lead various initiatives and contribute to policy development.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Lead the development of Monitoring, Review and Evaluation strategy and plans that will provide the most relevant and strategic information toward achieving expected results (as set out in the Country Strategic Plan (CSP) and other global and regional plans), while being compliant with WFP evaluation and monitoring requirements;
2. Budget for M&E costs and advocate for appropriate financial and human resourcing;
3. Provide inputs to the formulation of the Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy and support its operationalization;
4. Support evidence-based decision-making on programme design and implementation, notably through making monitoring, review and evaluations findings accessible, developing innovative, userfriendly and informative products;
5. Support WFP Management in addressing recommendations from monitoring, reviews and evaluations to ensure that follow-up actions are taken as required in medium complex portfolios;
6. Build M&E capacity of WFP staff and partners through delivery of training and information sharing. Manage junior staff members and guide as required to enable high performance;
7. Contribute to the development and implementation of national government and inter-agency monitoring, reporting and evaluation frameworks aligned with nationally owned sustainable development goals;
8. Take responsibility for integrating protection, gender perspectives, inclusion and conflict sensibility in all areas of work, to ensure equal participation of women and men;
9. Ensure that CO monitoring systems and tools are in place and compliant with corporate standards, including the minimum monitoring requirements (MMR), standard operational procedures (SOP), Post distribution Monitoring (PDM) and establishment of baselines and targets in alignment with the updated corporate results framework (CRF) and hold regular meetings with management and program on M&E findings;
10. Identify, recruit, support and follow TPM to monitor CSP activities and localities with access constraint;
11. Produce regular monitoring reports, including running data analysis, with status of results and implementation progress;
12. Support the country office to put in place the escalation system for monitoring and evaluation activities by the end of 2023
13. 
    Facilitate/contribute to mid-term and thematic reviews, which are intended for internal learning, strategic and operational decision-making;
14. Perform any other duty deemed necessary by the supervisors for a smooth implementation of the country operations.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:

16. The Country Office’s Monitoring and Evaluation activities are properly carried out in compliance with WFP evaluation and monitoring requirements and corporate standards;
17. WFP MEAL strategy and tools are updated.
18. M&E related assessments (Baseline, PDM, thematic evaluation, etc.) and reports are made available on time to support programme operations.
19. WFP escalation system for M&E is in place
20. Localities with constraint are identified and TPM are recruited to monitor activities and report to the CO
21. Evidence on WFP intervention is produced and utilized for fund raising
22. WFP staff and partner staff capacity are reinforced.
23. WFP is represented and animate the working group on M&E

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment.

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.