General

Description of assignment title

Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Specialist

Assignment country

Ethiopia

Expected start date

09/09/2024

Sustainable Development Goal

1. No poverty

Volunteer category

International UN Volunteer Specialist

Host entity

UNDP

Type

Onsite

Duration

6 months (with possibility of extension)

Number of assignments

1

Duty stations

Addis Ababa

Details

Mission and objectives

UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System. It serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP’s policy work carried out at HQ, Regional and Country Office levels, forms a continuous spectrum of in-depth local knowledge to cutting-edge global perspectives and advocacy. In this context, UNDP invests in the Global Policy Network (GPN), a network of field-based and global technical expertise across a wide range of knowledge domains and in support of the signature solutions and organizational capabilities envisioned in the Strategic Plan. The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UN Guiding Principles) is widely recognized as the most authoritative, normative framework guiding efforts to reduce or eliminate the adverse impact of business operations on human rights. Experts have described it as the single most important innovation in promoting sustainable business practices in the last 25 years – a role that is reinforced by its inclusion as one of the Means of Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda).

Context

Following almost two years of intense conflict, an Agreement for Lasting Peace through a Permanent Cessation of Hostilities was signed between the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (GoE) and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in Pretoria on 2nd November 2022. The agreement paves the way for the restoration of peace, security, and stability in the Tigray Region and other conflict impacted areas of Afar and Amhara regions. In February 2022, an assessment and planning process for rehabilitation, recovery and reconstruction (RRR) in conflict-impacted areas was launched under the technical coordination of the World Bank (WB) and leadership of the Ministry of Finance (MoF). As a result of this process, the Government has prepared a USD 20 billion Resilient Recovery and Reconstruction Framework (3RF) mostly addressing conflict impacts in Northern Ethiopia. The RC/HC tasked UNDP to prepare a two-year immediate and rapid peace support (stabilization) proposal worth USD 2.4 billion leading to the establishment of the Peace Support Facility. It is an offer endorsed by the Ethiopian Government to support peace processes in Ethiopia providing rapid and scalable peace dividends complementing the 3RF. The Facility is designed to support immediate recovery, risk and vulnerability reduction for communities, conflict prevention working along the HDP Nexus, and promoting pathways towards durable solutions to protracted displacement, and fostering lasting peace in Ethiopia. The Facility's strategic goal is to contribute to an irreversible peace process in Northern Ethiopia. it contributes to the Country’s Programme Document in three key areas: 1. Federal, Regional, and subregional capacities are strengthened for reintegration, reconciliation, prevention, and peaceful management of conflicts. 2. Marginalized groups, particularly the poor, women, persons with disabilities and displaced are empowered to access entrepreneurship services and financial and non- financial assets and services to build productive capacities and benefit from sustainable livelihoods and jobs. 3. The complex, multi-dimensional challenge of consolidating peace and delivering a peace dividend can be addressed adequately only through a multi-dimensional response moving from ‘saving lives’ to ‘sustaining life’, and restoring a sense of normalcy The situation in Northern Ethiopia, therefore, demands practical application of the HDP nexus (and related concept of human security), with all three parts of this equation moving in tandem to stabilize conditions, save, protect, and improve lives, ensure respect for human rights, and lay the groundwork for sustainable peace and development. The PSF is uniquely positioned to respond quickly and effectively to the needs in Northern Ethiopia. It offers a platform benefiting from the leadership and ownership of the Ethiopian Government and Regional Presidents. It has successfully supported the creation of the RROs that are critical for coordination, prioritization and accountable implementation of interventions.

Task description

Under the direct supervision of the Deputy Head of Peace Support the UN volunteer will be responsible for the following tasks • Produce accurate, quality, and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual progress reports • Track program progress, projects’ expenditure against approved budgets, anticipate any deviations and recommend and act on relevant and required adjustments. Closely work with the finance team to ensure narrative reports are complete with financial information • Keep reporting requirements, guidelines, and resources up to date and ensure they are understood by all field staff and partners • Maintain and update the program database • Provide support in developing and maintaining a functional knowledge management system • Lead role in PSF monitoring, overseeing data collection, collation, storage, analysis using various systems. • Collect progress data against indicator targets (RF- project results) and adjust implementation processes to ensure the project is progressing towards the intended outputs and outcomes. • Collect stakeholder feedback, evidence on contextual changes, and operational performance data against financial and efficiency targets/regularly monitor and update on the status of risk register. • Compare and analyze evidence against defined baselines, milestones, targets, and the theory of change, and identify factors related to progress. • Verify output progress and/or completion as per output verification template. Initiate and execute, in coordination with PDRM, output verification /field monitoring visits, and provide written feedback to implementing partners and UNDP on findings and proposed actions. • Initiate periodic review meetings, data collection, review/ analysis, storage, and reporting. • Undertake action planning meeting with program teams to review data trends and overall project performance and maintain a tracker for key actions. • Ensure integration of gender indicators and data disaggregation by sex, age, and geographic area • Monitoring to ensure that AWPs are effectively implemented, and progress reports submitted in a timely fashion. • Extract learnings, best practices and lessons learned and ensure outcomes and lessons learned are integrated into the project and shared with relevant stakeholders. • Provide training and mentoring to IP and PSF staff and partners to ensure the understanding and implementation of the M&E Plan and M&E system. • Provides technical expertise (TA) to PSF – provides hands on support with concrete ideas and recommendations for integrating M & E. This TA includes but is not limited to building partners M&E capacity; developing terms of reference for hiring local staff or consultants in line with the M&E ; supporting the selection of qualified local staff or consultants; providing quality control on consultant draft and final reports. • Collaborates with other UNDP program specialists to develop knowledge products, subject guides, training materials and tools/solutions that are innovative and in line with the PSP and the country office CPD. • Builds capacity of PSF and IPs staff through leading learning opportunities to improve application of tools and processes and updates of evolutionary thinking around Monitoring, Evaluation and reporting. • Supports resource mobilization and new proposals development, Program Development with the preparation of Logic Models, Theories of Change and RF, issue logs, risk logs and environmental social screening for projects for new Concept Documents. • Improves and streamlines PSF’s M&E data collection and reporting writing process using suitable system. • Ensure the use of relevant evaluation findings, conclusions and recommendations are incorporated into programme formulation and program reporting. • Ensure data collection and analysis from field visits are coordinated and standardized across regions. • Monitor data from partners on a quarterly basis and inform decision makers.

Eligibility criteria

Age

18 - 80

Nationality

Candidate must be a national of a country other than the country of assignment.

Requirements

Required experience

5 years of experience in Programme/Project Planning and Coordination, Monitoring, Evaluation, reporting and management of multi-donor and multi-sector recovery and development programmes/projects in post-conflict settings at national and/or international levels is required for advanced university degree holders. • Experience in the field of post-conflict coordination and proven analytical capacity, especially for issues relating to local development. • Familiarity with programmatic issues related to local governance, peacebuilding needs, conflict assessment, stabilization, social cohesion, and relief to recovery. transition processes. • Good knowledge of institutional mandates, policies and guidelines related to peacebuilding, reconstruction, and development, and a good knowledge of the United Nations System and the multi/bilateral cooperation. • Excellent oral and written skills; excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills; • Accuracy and professionalism in document production and editing; • Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners, including grassroots community. members, religious and youth organizations, and authorities at different levels; familiarity with tools and approaches of communications for development; • Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national. personnel; • Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in database management, various MS Office applications (Excel, Word, etc.) and email/internet; familiarity with and office technology equipment; • Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines; • Sound security awareness. • Have affinity with or interest in stabilization, development and peace building, volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN System. • Experience working with UNDP and UN system policies and programming would be an added advantage. • Extensive knowledge and experience in Results Based Management, including Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting. • Prior experience with multiple-donor-funded projects would be an added advantage.

Area(s) of expertise

Business management, Communication, Crisis and emergency response

Driving license

-

Languages

English, Level: Fluent, Required

Required education level

Master degree or equivalent in Development Studies, Economics, Monitoring and Evaluation, Project Management, Statistics or other related social sciences is required. A first-level university degree in similar fields in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Competencies and values

• Accountability • Adaptability and flexibility • Creativity • Judgement and decision-making • Knowledge sharing • Planning and organising • Professionalism • Self-management • Working in teams

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