MONITORING AND EVALUATION OFFICER / Chargé(e) de Suivi et de l’Evaluation – Yaoundé
UNESCO
Yaoundé, Centre, Cameroon
·24 May. 2024
·Temporary
·Humanitarian
·Others
- Ensure quality equitable and inclusive education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
- Work towards sustainable societies and protecting the environment through the promotion of science, technology, innovation and the natural heritage.
- Build inclusive, just and peaceful societies by promoting freedom of expression, cultural diversity, education for global citizenship, and protecting the heritage.
- Foster a technological environment in the service of humankind through the development and dissemination of knowledge and skills and the development of ethical standards.
- Coordinate the planning, development and implementation of integrated M&E strategies and systems through the UNESCORE platform (Core Planner and Core Manager) in support of the Regional Office programmes and projects.
- Lead the Regional Office's M&E system with robust tools to assess implementation progress and impacts for informed decision-making, including:
- Coordinate with programme specialists, project coordinators and staff to adapt or create relevant tools and systems for effective data collection, management and analysis, archiving and use of data.
- Provide technical support in the area of M&E to ensure that the Regional Office has quality information to assess progress towards expected results in project documents as well as annual work plans.
- Work closely with implementing partners, beneficiaries, to ensure collection of relevant and appropriate data necessary for an effective M&E system.
- Lead activities related to data quality assurance, on-site data verification through spot checks which further contribute to ensuring the validity and quality of data from the source.
- Provide the Regional Office with technical support in the project design process on all issues related to M&E.
- Coordinate and manage all decentralized evaluations within the Regional Office as “Evaluation Focal Point” including, but not limited to, providing technical support in evaluation planning, formulation of the terms of evaluation reference, participate in the selection and contracting, manage the evaluations and follow the evaluation recommendations.
- Coordinate joint planning of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) and reports on the interventions of UNESCO in the information system of the United Nations (UNINFOS).
- Strengthen the capacities of staff, implementing partners, government partners of host countries, through coaching, mentoring, upgrading on the management system based on the results of the UNESCO (RBM) and UNESCO information management systems (UNESCORE platform and UNINFOS system), allowing them to be more involved in monitoring and evaluation processes.
- Carrying out or following up, as necessary, urgent or unforeseen, any other task falling within the remit of the Direction.
- Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in the field of development, evaluation management, business administration, social sciences, or a related field.
- At least two (2) years of relevant professional experience in the field of programme and project management, monitoring and evaluation, or in a related field, of which preferably one (1) year acquired at the international level.
- Knowledge of management of development programme.
- Knowledge of project and activity evaluation.
- Professional technical knowledge/expertise in data collection, demographics, statistics and data management, and survey management.
- Professional technical knowledge/expertise in managing the evaluation process.
- Knowledge of following up on recommendations and disseminating monitoring and evaluation results.
- Mastery of monitoring and evaluation methodology (quantitative/qualitative/mixed).
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to produce/write high quality documents and briefings/reports, in a clear and concise manner.
- Ability to work in a team and maintain effective working relationships in a multicultural environment.
- Excellent organizational and coordination skills and ability to work effectively under tight deadlines, dealing with complex and sensitive situations.
- Excellent computer skills, including MS Office software (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Project, etc.).
- Excellent knowledge (written and oral) of French or English, and good knowledge of the other language.
- Training or other qualifications in disciplines in a field related to the position.
- Experience working with the United Nations system or an international organization/institution.
- Professional experience acquired in multicultural work environments.
- Experience of at least one (1) year in the field of emergency programmes.
- Active participation in a humanitarian crisis response programme.
- Knowledge of the mandate, vision, strategic direction and priorities of the Organization.
- Geopolitical knowledge of the African region, particularly Central Africa.
- Knowledge of the work and general functioning of international organizations and/or the United Nations system.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge of a spoken language spoken in the Central African region.
- Knowledge of other official UNESCO languages (Arabic, Chinese, Spanish or Russian).
» Years of work experience: Between 2 year and 3 years
» Minimum Education Level: Master's Degree