Monitoring & Evaluation Adviser at United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Cairo, Egypt

Deadline: 05 December 2022

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Monitoring & Evaluation Adviser in Cairo, Egypt. The duration of this post is 1 year.

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.

Key Job Responsibilities

The Monitoring & Evaluation Adviser will perform the following functions-

• Strategic Results Support 
  • Contribute to the development of regional substantive/technical methodology and tools for monitoring and evaluation, in concert with HQ development of monitoring and evaluation policies, standards, and guidance as well as oversight compliance of same;
  • Provide support for monitoring and evaluation of the regional and country programmes in the region, in collaboration with the Country Offices (CO), the Sub-regional Offices (SROs), the Evaluation Office (EO), the Programme and Technical Divisions (PD, TD);
  • Advise on monitoring and evaluation components of the Office Management Plans (OMPs) of the Regional Office;
  • Provide technical support to the RO, SROs and COs, to ensure the adequacy of both the hierarchy of results of country and regional programmes, and their use of performance and impact measurement methods and indicators;
  • Contribute to the development of frameworks, methodologies and databases for ICPD and MDG monitoring;
  • Contribute to the formulation of the Regional Programme, drawing upon the analysis and evaluation of interventions in the sub-regions,  and lessons from country programmes;
  • Support the development and utilization of programme indicators and indicator databases;
  • Work in collaboration with RO advisers and regional programme adviser in the formulation and implementation of oversight plan of regional programme funded initiatives;
  • Ensure results-based monitoring and evaluation plan developed, implemented, and results acted upon within the COs, SROs and RO; and
  • Ensure the use of results-based indicators and facilitate and support data collection and analysis for evaluation.
• Capacity Development
  • Identify innovative evaluation methodologies and promote their incorporation into UNFPA operations;
    
    
    Contribute to the development and adaptation of tools and guidance as well as training materials and manuals in monitoring and evaluation and support their use for capacity development of partner institutions and UNFPA staff in the region;
  • Contribute to monitoring and analysis of reports on humanitarian, economic, political and social factors in development and management of population and development programmes;
  • Contribute to identify and validate regional monitoring and evaluation experts and institutions for the Fund’s regional and international rosters;
  • Help build capacity of SROs and COs in the adoption and use of RBM techniques and tools;
  • Provide support to country office staff and consultants in organization of evaluations;
  • Coach junior professional staff and associates, direct expert consultants and facilitate working groups and task teams in order to provide support to programme managers, implementers on monitoring and evaluation.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must have:

• Advanced University Degree in public health, social science, demography, gender, economics, international relations, international development, public administration, management or other related field. The graduate or post graduate degree should preferably include credits in the principles and practice of monitoring and evaluation.  
• 10 years of increasingly responsible professional experience, of which 5 years at the international level, 5 years in health and/or social sciences evaluation; including periodic updating of technical skills .
• Experience in humanitarian context
• Recognized expertise in monitoring and evaluation;
• Strong track record of innovative leadership in managing different types of evaluations, and proven ability to produce demonstrable results;
• Programmatic experience, including programme development, planning, monitoring and reporting
• Extensive network within the academic and development community is an asset;
• Field experience is a strong asset.
• Fluency in English language is required; working knowledge of Arabic and/or French is desirable

How to Apply

Applicants must submit their applications through online process.

For more information, visit UNFPA.