Monitoring Analyst
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Job Title: Monitoring Analyst
Type of Contract: Regular Consultancy (CST II)
Division: RAM
Duty Station (City, Country): HQ-Rome
Duration: 11 months
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
Research, Assessment and Monitoring (RAM) is a Division in the Programme and Policy Department incorporating VAM, research and monitoring to support policy and strategic development. These critical services provide the foundation for effective programme implementation, from targeting vulnerable locations, identifying trends in poverty and food insecurity, assessing the performance and impact of food assistance, to enabling mid-course adjustments through data monitoring.
The mission of RAM is: “To provide credible, relevant and timely evidence for strategic and operational decision-making, resource mobilization and accountability to beneficiaries.”
Within RAM, the monitoring function provides guidance and supports the field in planning, collecting, measuring and analysing programme performance to inform decision-making, maintain operational focus on results, and generate data for process, output, outcome/impact analysis and evaluations.
Employee Terms and Conditions:
Employees holding consultancy contracts and any other short-term type of contracts are specifically excluded from the HR policy on Flexible working arrangement (including the requested regular telecommuting) unless their terms of reference specify otherwise
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under the guidance of either the Head of Field Monitoring and/or the Head of Corporate Monitoring, the monitoring consultant will lead efforts to support the uptake of the Normative Measurement Framework, support data systems and analysis and provide field support for data generation, analysis and use. She/he will contribute to all RAM-M workstreams. The expected tasks under each workstreams include, but are not limited to, as follows:
Measurement Framework & Methods
Support the update of the measurement framework and methods, including:
- Support the update of WFP’s Indicator Compendium and respective indicator methodologies;
- Support the inclusion of new indicators in Country Strategic Plan logframes;
- Contribute to the revisions of field & corporate WFP monitoring guidelines;
- Manage consultations between RAM-M, RAM and PD teams to review indicators, methodologies monitoring findings and discuss recommendations; and
- Support to WFP Regional Bureaux (RBx) and Country Offices (COs) in the uptake and implementation of monitoring guidance and measurement requirements;
Data Systems & Analysis
- Support the efforts to standardize and maintain CO-level monitoring systems and tools for data capturing, processing and analysis. More specifically, she/he will
- Support roll-out and adoption of RAM tools aiming to improve data collection, management, analysis and visualization;
- Undertake relevant analysis of global output, outcome and process monitoring data and support the development of global monitoring data visualization templates and tools; and
- Carry out knowledge management of monitoring products and ensure sharing within relevant networks
Field Support & Implementation
Support RBs and COs in adapting new measurements and implementing new monitoring tools across the evidence value chain. This includes:
- Support Country Strategic Plan (CSP) design processes through ensuring uptake and implementation of corporate frameworks and methods (e.g. Line of Sight, CRF);
- Ensuring understanding and use of key corporate guidance and tools through;(e.g. the Evidence Planning and Budgeting tool to budget for CSPs);
- Update of ‘how to’ guides/tutorials; and
- Preparation and facilitation of regular online and face-to-face monitoring trainings and Q&A sessions.
Crosscutting
All work streams may entail support to RBs and COs by conducting field missions to support RBs/COs to strengthen the monitoring function and/or by building capacity of field staff in applying corporate guidance and methodologies.
DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:
The key outputs of the consultant are expected to be:
- Indicator methodologies are updated and included in the WFP Indicator Compendium;
- New indicators are included in CSP logframes;
- Indicator modules are integrated in the Survey Designer;
- Report and presentation analyzing global monitoring/food security results leveraging process, output; outcome, and food security data are finalized and shared;
- Data visualization templates and tools are developed and disseminated
- Knowledge management repository of all relevant RAM-M monitoring products;
- Updated and quality-assured CO data for the EPB tool;
- Field missions to support RBs/COs to strengthen the monitoring function.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:
Advanced University degree in social sciences, statistics, development economics, performance management, monitoring and evaluation or other related fields, or First University degree with additional years of relevant work experience and/or training/courses.
Experience:
Minimum of five years of relevant professional work experience, including in monitoring and guidance/policy development;
Proven knowledge, abilities and skills in the areas of Monitoring and Evaluation, including experience in RBM principles and practices as well as preparing logframes and defining indicators; Practical knowledge on how monitoring data, and in particular output data, is collected, compiled, analysed and presented for management decisions, programme adjustment and donor reporting;
Experience using a variety of quantitative and qualitative analytical tools and methods;
Experience using data analysis and visualisation tools (e.g., STATA, SPSS, and/or R; Tableau).
Knowledge and Skills:
Previous experience in humanitarian or development context.
Languages:
International Professional: Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or WFP’s working language, Portuguese.
Terms and Conditions:
WFP offers a competitive compensation package which will be determined by the contract type and selected candidate’s qualifications and experience.
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http://www.wfp.org Click on: “Our work” and “Countries” to learn more about WFP’s operations.
Deadline for applications: 11 March 2023
Ref.: VA No. 530712
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