Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

13 أبريل، 2023

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Job Title : Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

Type of Contract : Fixed Term

Grade : NOA

Unit/Division : Programme /RAM

Duty Station (City, Country): Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Duration of assignment: 12 months

ORGANIZATIONAL

The position is located in WFP-Haiti Country Office, Port-au-Prince and report to the Monitoring & Evaluation Officer (CST/NOB) /or a designated Programme Officer within the RAM Unit.

Making progress towards a Zero Hunger world requires the translation of WFP’s Strategic Plan (2022-2025) into programmes and activities at country level. WFP is committed to improving performance through strengthening its evidence base and promoting a culture of using evidence for better programmatic decisions and accountability.

The World Food Programme (WFP) oversees a diverse range of food assistance programmes in its efforts to address food insecurity in Haiti. The Research, Assessment, and Monitoring (RAM) section provides technical assistance to the country office for the monitoring and evaluation of programme operations as part of these activities. This unit is in charge of conducting studies and analysis relating to Haitian programmes in order to inform the effectiveness of our interventions and gather lessons learned. Furthermore, the RAM Unit is in charge of accountability to the affected community (including complaints management/feedback), as well as learning and evaluating our programmes.

CONTEXT:

JOB PURPOSE:

The Monitoring & Evaluation Officer/NOA is expected to support 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 or supporting the management of decentralized evaluations, supporting thematic/mid-term reviews and positioning WFP as a reliable partner for governments to build monitoring and evaluation strategies. They may also support the formulation of country monitoring and evaluation strategies and contribute to policy development

and various initiatives

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority):

Monitoring and Evaluation

Provide inputs to the development of Monitoring, Review and Evaluation 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.
Budget for M&E costs and advocate through line manager for both appropriate financial and human resourcing.
Provide feedback on the formulation of the Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Strategies and support their operationalization.
Contribute to evidence-based decision-making on programme design and implementation, notably through making monitoring, review and evaluations findings accessible, developing innovative, user-friendly and informative products.
Support WFP Management in addressing recommendations from monitoring, reviews and evaluations to ensure that follow-up actions are taken as required.
Contribute to building M&E capacity of WFP staff and partners through training and information sharing. Manage junior staff members and guide as required to enable high performance.
Provide inputs to line manager regarding the development and implementation of national government and inter-agency monitoring, reporting and evaluation frameworks, including United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) aligned with nationally owned sustainable development goals.
Take responsibility for integrating protection and gender perspectives in all areas of work, to ensure equal participation of women and men.

Specific to the monitoring function

At Country Strategic Plan (CSP) design stage, support the Head of M&E in developing a Theory of Change outlining how the expected results are likely to occur and listing key assumptions and risks.
Support line manager in ensuring that CO monitoring systems and tools are in place and compliant with corporate standards including the minimum monitoring requirements (MMR), standard operational procedures (SOP) and establishment of baselines and targets in alignment with the updated corporate results framework (CRF).
Draft regular monitoring reports on status of results and implementation progress and contribute to the data analysis.
Support mid-term reviews and thematic reviews which are intended for internal learning, strategic and operational decision-making.

Specific to the evaluation function

Manage or support the head of VAM/M&E in the management of decentralized evaluations in line with WFP Evaluation Policy and Decentralized Evaluation Quality Assurance System (DEQAS). This entails managing or supporting evaluation processes from planning to completion: sourcing, hiring and supervising external evaluators; engaging stakeholders appropriately in the evaluation process and managing communications and budgets.
Support centralized evaluations managed by the Office of Evaluation, joint UNSDCF evaluations and donor-led evaluation in country.
Other duties as required.

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK: COMMON STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOUR

	Upholds WFP values, principles, and standards	Respects others and values diversity	Stays focused and Demonstrates calm under humility and a pressure willingness to learn
Leads by Example with Integrity	Demonstrates and encourages others to uphold the WFP values, principles and standards	Values diversity using respectful and inclusive language, and encourages others to do the same	Stays focused and calm when under pressure, encourages others to do the same, and offers guidance and support to manage difficult situations	Demonstrates humility and a willingness to learn and share knowledge, frequently seeking and acting on feedback, and pursuing opportunities to develop
	Delivers results for maximum impact Identifies and aligns objectives to the required outcomes, holding self and/or others accountable for the delivery of results for maximum impact	Delegates appropriately Delegates responsibly and provides appropriate support empowering others to deliver results	Adapts readily to change Responds readily to change in different contexts and adapts accordingly
Drives Results and Delivers on Commitments
	Is inclusive and collaborative	Gives timely and constructive feedback	Builds and shares new perspectives

Fosters Inclusive and Collaborative

Promotes inclusive teamwork and psychological safety by encouraging colleagues to collaborate by sharing ideas and openly raising issues

Supports development for others by giving timely and constructive feedback

Seeks out, trusts and listens attentively to diverse views to capture, learn, build and share new perspectives

Applies Strategic

Thinking

Communicates and Embraces

fulfils WFP’s vision curiosity and new

ways of doing

things

Communicates and Demonstrates

fulfils WFP’s vision curiosity, designs and operational and implements outcomes to deliver new ways of doing meaningful solutions things when

relevant

Analyses and Considers the impact evaluates data of decisions

Gathers data and Implements decisions, different considering the risks perspectives, and implications of shares knowledge actions for teams, and uses evidence projects and other

to inform decision initiatives making

Builds and

Maintains

Sustainable

Partnerships

Builds partnerships Collaborates to

deliver common objectives

Initiates and builds

partnerships by Collaborates with

identifying and partners to

promoting deliver common

opportunities for objectives by mutual areas of sharing interest and benefit information and

co- creating innovative solutions with beneficiaries when appropriate

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES:

Capability Name	Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level
Strategic Management	Demonstrates understanding of humanitarian and development actions in different contexts and knowledge of global geo-political issues and UN Reform and applie it to enhance existing monitoring and evaluation systems that support WFP’s strategi objectives. Is able to demonstrate to stakeholders the value of monitoring and evaluation fo policy and programming to promote learning within organizations and achieve th SDGs. Has knowledge of identifying monitoring and evaluation needs and of analyzing existing evidence needs and contributes to the design of a comprehensive monitoring, review and evaluation plan that will address learning and accountability needs.
Performance Management	Has performance management cycle skills to support the design and development of monitoring and evaluation systems in line with WFP corporate standards. Demonstrates understanding of internal and external best practices and supports the development and implementation of optimal monitoring, review and/or evaluation arrangements. Has knowledge of the Theory of Change approach and process and is able to support the CO team in developing a ToC for moderately complex programmes. Has knowledge of international norms and standards for evaluation and is able to apply them appropriately, seeking advice where appropriate.
Methodology, Approaches and Analysis	Reviews and provides feedback on the selection and application of high quality, credible, analytical approaches and qualitative and quantitative methods appropriate to monitoring and review requirements and evaluation needs. Support the development of terms of reference for decentralized evaluations and reviews. Has knowledge of a range of evaluation, data collection and analysis methods and is able to identify key methodological requirements for various types of evaluation and review the evaluation design proposed by evaluation teams seeking advice where appropriate. Is able to validate data quality and ensure that data collection and analysis have been conducted ethically.
Communication & Use	Demonstrates ability to communicate effectively key evidence from monitoring, reviews and evaluations to a range of stakeholders. Demonstrates active listening and conflict resolution skills to promote constructive engagement from stakeholders with diverse, complex and high-stake interests and seeks guidance and engagement from CO management where appropriate.
Ethics	Demonstrates ethical behavior at all times and communicates WFP’s expectation that all WFP personnel act ethically in furtherance of the ideals of the UN and WFP’s mission. Understands the specific implications of ethics in monitoring, review and evaluation activities and is able to consistently ensure that appropriate actions are taken to safeguard ethics.

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DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE:

• Previous experience in humanitarian or development contexts.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience: Minimum of three years of relevant professional work experience including monitoring and evaluation activities.

Experience using a variety of quantitative and qualitative analytical tools and methods.

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 3years of relevant work experience and/or training/courses.
Language	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 Portuguese (a WFP working language)