Monitoring and Evaluation Analyst NPSA8, Analyste suivi et évaluation NPSA8, Maroua , UNDP

Role Responsibilities/ Responsabilités du rôle

Job Description

BACKGROUND

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

1. OFFICE/UNIT/PROJECT DESCRIPTION

UNDP Cameroon coordinated, alongside the government, the implementation of the first phase of the Regional Stabilisation Facility, Cameroon window in the far north Region.The development and implementation of joint action plans for the localities of Amchidé (Municipality of Kolofata), Limani (Municipality of Mora) and Moskota (Municipality of Mozogo), Blangoua (Municipality of Blangoua), Waza (Municipality of Waza) since January 2020 has been facilitated in this context. As a multi-donor project establishing a common funding mechanism to achieve the scale and flexibility of responses needed for stabilization and to enable a transition to longer-term development in the Far North Region, the Project has set itself the following major objectives: (i) Immediately stabilize specific areas, freed from Boko Haram control, but where communities remain vulnerable to continued infiltration and attack; ii) Increase community activities along the corridor in coordination with security forces and local authorities to maintain the return process.

The armed conflict following Boko Haram’s acts of violent extremism in Cameroon’s Far North Region has slowed economic activity and destroyed basic infrastructure in a region that already suffered from high levels of poverty before the outbreak of conflict, further increasing the vulnerability of these populations. Some villages and towns in Cameroon’s Far North Region have become uninhabited due to Boko Haram attacks, further reducing the presence of the state and the provision of basic services. Added to this the recent community conflicts, that consequences on social cohesion are unprecedented.

The second phase of the Stabilisation Project, which aims to improve the social contract in the global sense of the term, gives an important part to social cohesion, which must be understood as transversal between the three main pillars of the project, namely: i) community security and justice systems,ii) essential social services and infrastructure and  iii) short-term livelihood opportunities.

UNDP Cameroon is recruiting a M&E Assistant for the RSF project.

The project has three key objectives:

• To maintain a minimum level of security in the intervention areas;

• To address urgent needs for basic social services and infrastructure;

• To provide immediate opportunities for access to sustainable livelihoods

The achievement of these objectives is guided by three main principles:

• Provide a different delivery model;

• Radically changing the scale and nature of interventions on the ground;

• Simultaneous coverage of a range of areas (in all 4 countries) in agreement with the civilian and military authorities.

The implementation of the National Stabilization Window’s objectives as declined above needs a strong M&E/Reporting Assistant dedicated to support the Head of Stabilization Unit for the application of UNDP guidelines for monitoring and evaluation.

2. SCOPE OF WORK

The M&E Officer will be based in Maroua.

In order to achieve his or her results, he or she will be specifically responsible for the following tasks:

• Support the design and implementation of outcome monitoring in accordance with donor’s guidelines.

• Prepare terms of engagement for M&E missions at outcome level or at strategic program level to be undertaken by third parties.

• Support in identifying, hiring & supervision of evaluation experts and provide substantive analysis & input to the exercise.

• Ensure the collection of basic data and update indicators for project monitoring.

• Ensure periodic updating of the monitoring and evaluation plan and make proposals for corrective actions to be taken.

• Participate in the development of specific donor-driven fundraising strategies and approaches.

• Produce high quality concept notes and proposal to donors.

• Develop M&E online information system for measuring projects’ impact, and report on the progress;

• In addition to regular reporting to the UNDP CMR Country Office, regularly liaise with partners and other UN Agencies and NGOs, and other key actors in order to share lessons and resolve common challenges;

• Document project development for future replication and expansion;

• Report on a regular basis on progress vis-à-vis a clear outline of duties and expected results on regular basis as well as work plans to relevant staff;

• Preparation of various communication initiatives, including a monthly progress report, input to UNDP County Office newsletter and input to the UNDP cooperate website.

• Conduct community perception surveys

• Monitor events as determined in the Monitoring & Communication Plan, and update the plan as required;

• Ensure the online archiving of activity deliverables and evidences

• Prepare the Project Quarterly Progress Report (progress against planned activities, update on Risks and Issues, expenditures) and submit the report to Project Assurance and the Project Board;

• Prepare the final review Report and submit the report to UNDP and the Project Board.

• Prepare Final Project Review Reports to be submitted to UNDP and the Project Board;

• Prepare evaluation and third-party monitoring as required.

• Identify follow-on actions and submit them for consideration to the Project Board;

• Manage the transfer of project deliverables, documents, files, equipment and materials to national beneficiaries;

• Perform any other duties that the Head of Stabilization Unit would assign as needed.

3. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT

The M&E Officer will directly report to the Head of the Stabilization Unit.

4. COMPETENCIES

Expected Demonstration of Competencies

Core

Achieve Results:

LEVEL 2: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work

Think Innovatively:

LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking

Learn Continuously

LEVEL 2: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning

Adapt with Agility

LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process

Act with Determination

LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously

Engage and Partner

LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships

Enable Diversity and Inclusion

LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies

Thematic Area               Name    Definition

Ethics UN policy knowledge – ethics      Ethics UN policy knowledge – ethics Knowledge and understanding of the UN Staff Regulations and Rules and other policies relating to ethics and integrity

Monitoring      Monitoring         Abilit to proide managers and ke stakeholders ith regular feedback on the consistency or discrepancy between planned and actual activities and programme performance and results

Evaluation        Evaluation           Ability to make an independent judgement based on set criteria and benchmarks – Ability to anticipate client’s upcoming needs and concerns.

Effectiveness Effectiveness     Quality assurance of corporate data

Effectiveness Effectiveness     Thematic evaluation management responses

Effectiveness Effectiveness     Decentralized evaluation

Digital & Innovation    Developmental evaluation

Learning and adaptation focused: ability to promote and facilitate ongoing reflection and adaptation; aimed at informing learning and portfolio related decision making.

Being comfortable with unknown unknowns, uncertainty and understand the traits and value of working with emergence. Being able to give direction rather than destination: monitor and learn about how we understand the present and our direction towards something better (general intent) – not measuring progress and milestones towards a specific pre-defined goal

Being able to carry out evaluation thinking in complex systems and adapting evaluation strategies to changing realities.

Being inclusive, collaborative and co-creative: being able to design and implement evaluation frameworks with the variety of stakeholders and beneficiaries involved.

Being flexible and able to use of a mix of methods, having a high tolerance for ambiguity and can draw on a variety of qualitative and quantitative evidence, is open to unorthodox types of evidence.

Ability to set up the structures, conditions, rituals to create a culture for curiosity, reflection and learning and promote evaluation results and insights from a learning perspective.

Understand key principles of systems and complexity theory.

5. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OF THE SUCCESSFUL NPSA

Min. Academic Education             Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Economics, Statistics or related Social Sciences

Min. years of relevant Work experience At least 2 years of relevant experience in M&E and Reporting

Required   skills and competencies

Excellent organizational skills and be able to produce quality results on time;

Experience on use of data analysis software (SPSS, R…)

Knowledge of data collectionand GIS tools (Kobo Collect, 123 survey, QGIS, ArcGis)

Knowledge of the preparation and organization of workshops and seminars;

Have a spirit of initiative and teamwork as well as a high sense of confidentiality;

Good ability to work under pressure, and demonstrate great responsibility in an environment of cultural diversity;

Be dynamic, have a good presentation, a sense of human relations and teamwork;

Good skills in the use of management software;

Experience in the use of computers and office software packages such as (MS Project, Word, Excel, and Power Point) and web based management systems is essential.

Desired additional skills and competencies

Experience in provision of operational support to stabilization project, monitoring and evaluations in the field is desirable.

Knowledge of the UN and UNDP programme operations would be an added advantage.

Working experience in crisis, post-conflict and/or humanitarian setting is an asset,

Field experience preferably in post-conflict countries, is an asset

Humanitarian experience preferably in post-conflict countries is an asset

Substantive knowledge in development issues in general and UN’s practice areas is an asset

Working experience in the Far North would be an asset;

Required Language(s) (at working level)

Strong written and spoken French skills are required, and English will be an advantage.

Knowlegde of local languages ( Fulfuldé, Toupouri and Arabic at least)  will be an asset.

Professional Certificates               N/A

6. Travel

The M&E Assistant will work in the Maroua Office. He can be deployed in the RSF Project zones for the monitoring and evaluation of activities in the field.

DISCLAIMER

Female candidacies are strongly encouraged.

Important applicant information

All posts in the SC categories are subject to local recruitment.

Applicant information about UNDP rosters

Note: UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement.  We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.

Workforce diversity

UNDP is committed to achieving diversity within its workforce, and encourages all qualified applicants, irrespective of gender, nationality, disabilities, sexual orientation, culture, religious and ethnic backgrounds to apply. All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence. We strongly encourage female candidacies.

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