UNITED NATIONS ENTITY FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT NO. UNIFEM/SC/2010/023
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Date of Issue: 27 December 2010
Closing Date: 19
January 2011 |
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I. Position Information |
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Job Code Title :
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Organization : UN Women – United
Nations Entity for Gender
Equality and the
Empowerment of Women
Classified Grade : SC- Band- 8
Direct supervisor : Regional Program Director
Duty Station : New Delhi , India
Type of Contract : Service Contract
No. of positions : One
Duration : One Year
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This vacancy is open to applicants of
either sex with an approach
to have a workforce which reflects diversity and gender balance, to
promote equal opportunities. UN does not solicit or screen for
information in respect of HIV or AIDS status. All selections are based
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II. Organizational
Context
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UN WOMEN is the women's
fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and
technical assistance to innovative approaches aimed at fostering women's
empowerment and gender equality. UN WOMEN is essentially a learning
organization and strongly believes in promoting accountable and
transparent processes to achieve its objectives/goals. Therefore, in its
Strategic Plan (SP) for 2008-2011, UN WOMEN commits itself to
strengthening and sharpening the focus of monitoring and evaluation in
its programmes and projects. This approach is anchored in three
accountability frameworks:
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The Development Results
Framework
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the Management Results
Framework
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the Biennium Support
Budget
UN WOMEN is therefore proposing to appoint a Monitoring and
Evaluation Specialist to be assigned in its South Asia Regional Office (SARO)
based in Delhi, and to also work closely with its Country Offices (COs)
in Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh,
Maldives, Sri Lanka, Iran, Bhutan and Afghanistan.
Under the overall supervision of the Regional Programme
Director and the Deputy Regional Programme Director in the UN WOMEN
South Asia Regional Office (SARO), the Monitoring and Evaluation
Specialist will be expected to carry out the following functions :
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III.
Functions / Key Results Expected |
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Summary of Key functions:
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Programme Performance Monitoring
II.
Reporting
III.
M&E Capacity Building
IV.
Evaluation
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I. Programme Performance Monitoring
Monitoring Indicators
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Provide technical support to ensure that a set of programme performance
indicators is identified for the SARO Sub-Regional Programmes in the
context of the SARO Sub-Regional Strategies in close collaboration with
the thematic advisers and partners,.
Data Collection
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Provide technical support to ensure that data collection and analysis
from field visits are coordinated and standardised across programmes to
feed into programme performance monitoring.
Monitoring System
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Technically support the SARO and COs to design Programme monitoring
systems and implement the same.
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Ensure that adequate performance monitoring systems and indicators for M
& E are part of design of new programmes.
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II. Reporting
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Drawing on monitoring and
analysis of key program performance indicators, provide professional
input to management reports including relevant sections of the annual
reports,
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Work closely with the
programme managers to ensure timely submission of analytical progress
reports to the donors. These reports would need to be submitted in a
standard reporting format as required by HQ, donors and partners.
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Review evaluation reports
for quality assurance purposes, applying high professional standards in
line with UN WOMEN's Evaluation Policy and UN Evaluation Norms &
Standards.
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III. M&E Capacity
Building
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Promote the awareness and understanding of the shared responsibility of
M& E function among all staff members through communication, training,
learning and development activities organization-wide and applying UN
WOMEN’s Evaluation Policy and tools.
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In close collaboration with partners, identify capacity needs of
national partners such as professional evaluation associations will be
strengthened by involvement in evaluation processes and possibly through
specific capacity building initiatives.
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IV. Evaluation
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Prepare, monitor and ensure compliance on evaluation plan and assist in
preparation of evaluation budgets for individual evaluations,
Technically support programme partners to formulate Terms of Reference
and evaluation designs of high quality in compliance with the
organization’s programme evaluation policies and guidelines.
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Assist in the supervision of evaluation process. Monitor and ensure the
quality of the field work and data management during the implementation
phase of evaluations, and ensure a high quality of analysis and
reporting of the evaluation findings.
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Disseminate evaluation findings and recommendations to the intended
audiences in user-friendly methods. In particular, to ensure that
effective participatory feedback is provided to community and civil
society stakeholders.
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Monitor and ensure that a management response to the findings and
recommendations of the evaluation is completed, recorded, and followed
up for implementation.
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Submit electronic copies of all evaluations to SARO, the Asia-Pacific
section and the Evaluation Unit at the Headquarters.
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Any other tasks assigned by the Regional Programme Director.
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IV. Impact of Results
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The key results of the post
are formulation of forward-looking strategies and policies for the SARO
related to Monitoring and Evaluation plans and their implementation.
This highly strategic post will ensure rigorous monitoring and
evaluation of UN WOMEN programmes in the South Asia Region.
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V. Competencies and
Critical Success Factors
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Competencies/ Requirements
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Knowledge of current theories and practices
in the area of evaluation and knowledge management.
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Knowledge of UN context and topics.
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Substantive knowledge and understanding of gender equality issues and
more broadly, human rights issues
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Knowledge of the regional realities and their related gender and
development issues.
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Technical and professional skills:
1) Evaluation design –required
competencies to identify issues that would lead to work planning items,;
research relevant issues and subjects of interest for; and contribute in
the development of a well-focused Terms of Reference; good understanding
of various methodologies in evaluation;
2) Data collection and analysis –
Has the required competencies to collect reliable, valid and accurate
information in an objective way.
3) Gender analysis – has experience
in conducting gender analysis; understands issues regarding gender
equality and women’s rights.
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Oral and written communication: Has the required competencies
to: write accurately in a clear and concise drafting style; review
documents for content and style, including evaluation reports that
meet UNEG reporting standards; assist with formal presentations;
articulate relevant subject matter in a clear and concise way.
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Training:
Has the ability to design and provide basic training on evaluation and
Results Based Management,
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Evaluation process management:
Has evaluation management skills, including developing a plan and
schedule, assigning tasks, ensuring milestones are met on a timely
basis, ensuring project costs are within an approved budget and
ensuring evaluation objectives are adequately addressed. Have
competencies in working together in a professional manner with team
members exhibiting patience, courtesy, cultural sensitivity and
respect for others and their ideas.
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Ethics:
Acts according to the standards of ethical conduct for evaluators.
Acts with integrity and honesty in relationships with all
stakeholders.
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VI. Recruitment Qualifications |
Education: |
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Masters degree in social science or related field and/or evaluation of
public policy related field;
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Experience: |
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A minimum of 7 - 10 years professional experience, preferably
in the field of evaluation;
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Experience in the management of gender equality programmes, or
analytic work in gender and development, gender analysis and/or human
rights;
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Background in international relations and knowledge of current
development issues;
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Experience related to UN WOMEN's mandate and activities an
asset;
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Field work experience desirable;
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Language Requirements: |
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Fluency in English and working knowledge of local language.
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