Apply: UNICEF Planning, Monitoring Officer

Deadline: 13 February, 2021

Location: Hargeisa, Somalia

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is seeking to fill the role of Planning and Monitoring Officer.

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, reaching the most disadvantaged children and saving their lives.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in programme mid-term review, annual reviews, previews, meetings
  • Facilitate and guide zonal planning and review meetings
  • Analyse and evaluate data to ensure effective coordination and achievement of objectives and recommend corrective actions when necessary
  • Provide technical advice to programme staff, government officials and other counterparts on planning, with focus on the most vulnerable people, and management of integrated monitoring and evaluation
  • Participate in inter-sectoral collaboration with operations and programme colleagues in tracking programme financial inputs and outputs
  • Prepare the programme status reports required for management, donor reporting, budget reviews, programme analysis, annual reports, etc
  • Review project cooperation agreements for compliance with programmatic objectives and strategies and standard operating procedures
  • Ensure the accurate and timely input of programme information in the computerised programme system, and issuance of status reports for monitoring and evaluation purposes
  • Assist government authorities to plan and organise training programmes
  • Collaborate with UN and other development partners to identify training needs for the purpose of capacity building in planning, monitoring and evaluation
  • Assess trends and measures outcomes relating to achieving MDGs relevant to the social sector
  • Maintain a data bank of social indicators on the situation of women and children in collaboration with government and other partners
  • Analyse and evaluate zonal policy and programming environment and design and implement project activities to strengthen the overall policy environment for children

Requirements

  • University degree in Social Sciences, Demography, Development Planning, Statistics, or a related technical field
  • Two years, minimum, of progressively responsible professional work experience at national and international levels in programme monitoring and evaluation
  • Practical experience in community-based research
  • Fluency in English and another UN language

To apply and for more information, click here.

Photo source: UNICEF Česká republika

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