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UN Women Monitoring and Reporting Analyst.

Vacancy Number: Pr19/01930

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	21 Nov 2019, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	FTA
Starting date:	16 Dec 2019
Reference to the project:	UN Women
Expected Duration of Assignment:	One year, renewable
Submission Instructions: This is a local position, therefore only citizens of the Republic of Moldova or other non-citizens legally entitled to work in the Republic of Moldova are eligible to apply. Applications should be submitted on-line following this link:  https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=88529 and should include a fully completed UN Women Personal History Form (P11) as attachment by November 21st, 2019, COB.  Failure to disclose prior employment or making false representations on this form will be grounds for withdrawal of further consideration of his/her application or termination, where the appointment or contract has been issued. Note: The system will only allow one attachment, hence all supporting document e.g. P11 and Cover letter must be scanned as one attachment. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment. Only qualified, shortlisted candidates will be contacted for test and interview.
Supporting Documents: Terms of Reference Personal History Form (P11) UN Women

Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

UN Women’s presence in the Republic of Moldova has evolved from being a project-based office in 2007 to a Country Office with full delegated authority as of 2015. Currently, UN Women Moldova Country Office is  implementing its Strategic Note (SN) for 2018-2022, which is aligned with the Republic of Moldova-United Nations Partnership Framework for Sustainable Development 2018-2022 and the Global Strategic Plan of UN Women.  The SN 2018-2022 aims at advancing progress under the following three Impact Areas (IA): IA1: More women from diverse groups fully participate and lead in governance processes and institutions, IA2: Women have income security, decent work and economic autonomy, IA3: Public authorities, institutions and communities prevent violence against women and girls and deliver quality essential services.

Reporting to the Programme Specialist, the Monitoring and Reporting Analyst will provide support to the Country Office (CO) and colleagues in incorporating monitoring and reporting into programme formulation as well tracking against Strategic Plan targets and the reporting of results to internal and external audiences.

Scope of work

Facilitate and substantively contribute to the incorporation of monitoring and reporting into programme formulation

• Facilitate and substantively contribute to the development of monitoring indicators, monitoring calendars, and field monitoring plans and quality assurance processes;
• Include inputs from relevant evaluation findings, conclusions and recommendations into programme formulation;
• Contribute to annual work plan monitoring, reviews and reporting;
• Provide technical support to partners in developing Performance Monitoring Frameworks (PMFs), systems and plans, and Baseline Surveys;
• Facilitate the clearance of donor agreements and Programme Cooperation Agreements with CO.

Contribute substantively to the monitoring and tracking of results against country/ regional level targets and UN Women Strategic Plan

• Coordinate with Programme Team to ensure that data collection and analysis from field visits are coordinated and standardized across programmes;
• Monitor data from partners/countries on a quarterly basis and provide substantive inputs to regular management briefs to inform decision making;
• Visit partners, along with the Programme Team, to support monitoring of results and planning processes as required;
• Monitor the spending of donor funds and other programme expenditures and disbursements;
• Draft and monitor the CO’s Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research Plan.

Facilitate the reporting of results to internal (Senior Management) and external (Executive Board, Donors) audiences

• Facilitate the process of the CO meeting internal and external reporting requirements and deadlines, including annual reporting process;
• Draft donor and programme reports (both narrative and financial);
• Identify relevant evaluation findings, conclusions and recommendations and input them into programme reporting;
• Review progress reports submitted by partners and provide feedback to improve quality and timeliness of reporting;
• Collect and maintain data for country, regional and global corporate reports, mid-term reviews, and final evaluations.

Provide technical support to the CO in the implementation the UN Women Evaluation Policy

• Coordinate the implementation of UN Women’s Evaluation plan in the CO;
• Provide guidance to programme staff on evaluations;
• Ensure communication between the CO and RO regarding Evaluations;
• Coordinate the completion of management’s response to the UN Women Global Accountability and Tracking of Evaluation Use (GATE).

Contribute to knowledge building and capacity building

• Identify and disseminate good practices, lessons and knowledge, as identified through programme implementation, monitoring and evaluation activities;
• Contribute to the development of capacity development tools, including training materials and packages;
• Facilitate capacity building opportunities for staff and partners in the ountry in the areas of Results Based Management (RBM), Monitoring and Evaluation;
• Promote the awareness and understanding of the shared responsibility of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) among all staff members through communication, training, learning and development activities.

Key Performance Indicators

• Timely and quality technical support to the programme team and partners in line with work plan;
• Quality and timely development and review of systems for tracking/monitoring;
• Timely submission of quality and accurate reports;
• Quality support to Evaluation processes, including timely coordination of mission.

Requirements for experience

Education and certification:

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Political or Social Science, Economics, International Development Studies, Gender/Women's Studies or other related areas is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree;
• A project/programme management certification would be an added advantage.

Experience:

• At least 2 years of progressively responsible experience at the national or international level in monitoring and reporting of development projects/ programmes;
• Experience in the United Nations systems in an asset;
• Field experience is an asset.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English and Romanian is required;
• Competence in one or more of the other minority languages relevant for Moldova, including Russian, Gagauz, Ukrainian, Bulgarian or other languages is an asset.