Monitoring and Evaluation Analyst

As the United Nations lead agency on international development, UNDP works in 170 countries and territories to eradicate poverty and reduce inequality. We help countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities, and to build resilience to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Our work is concentrated in three focus areas; sustainable development, democratic governance and peacebuilding, and climate and disaster resilience.

UNDP’s mandate is to end poverty, build democratic governance, rule of law, and inclusive institutions. We advocate for change and connect countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life.

The M&E Analyst will substantially support and contribute to the results-based monitoring framework and strategies, and operationalize the monitoring and evaluation plan and related systems. S/he will have a key technical role in improving the quality of results tracking and reporting and in strengthening institutional monitoring and evaluation capacities, including national partners. S/he is expected to work in collaboration with thematic programme teams and operations, and support UNDP and national counterparts to ensure M&E aspects are well internalized and applied. S/he will participate actively in M&E mechanisms established as part of the UNSDCF, Government of Timor Leste, and joint programming processes.

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the UNDP Deputy Representative or her designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer Monitoring and Evaluation Associate will:

a. Support Capacity Building and Systems Strengthening for M&E:

• Support the establishment of a robust Monitoring and Evaluation framework under the Country Programme Document, engaging all relevant staff to strengthen planning, implementation, oversight, and monitoring of workplan activities.
• Support the elaboration of the Annual Work Plan (AWP), Result-oriented annual reporting (ROAR).
• Provide technical support on Results-Based Management (RBM) and Monitoring & Evaluation, and institutionalize the use of Monitoring & Evaluation tools and plans to enable UNDP staff and Implementing Partners to effectively guide programme delivery and ensure efficient utilization of funds.
• Support quality assurance (ex, PQA, Project Quality Assurance) of the results frameworks in relation to the CPD as well as the donor-funded programmes.
• Promote evidence-based programming through identifying data and knowledge gaps and the most efficient and effective ways of bridging the knowledge gaps.
• Regular follow-up with programme staff to ensure availability of data to feed into corporate dashboards and monitoring systems, as well as the external reporting requirements.
• Support the design and implementation of any thematic evaluations and end-of-programme evaluation, as well as tracking the implementation and follow-up of evaluation recommendations.
• Assist in sharing knowledge of results, lessons, and experiences across programme areas.

b. Support the UN Country Team in results reporting:
• Support and participate in the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework M&E working group meetings and UNDP’s role as co-chair to ensure that it fulfils its commitments as per the agreed terms of reference and work plan.

c. Others:
• Support the UNDP Representative and Deputy Representative in planning, management, and oversight functions of the Country Programme Document.
• Carry out any other additional tasks assigned by the UNDP Representative and Deputy Representative.