Planning and Monitoring Officer, NOB, Temporary Appointment, Lebanon Beirut

Beirut

Organization: UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund
Location: Beirut
Grade: Junior level - NO-B, National Professional Officer - Locally recruited position
Occupational Groups:
- Operations and Administrations
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Planning
Closing Date: Closed

UNICEF is looking for a Planning and Monitoring Officer who is accountable for the accomplishment of the stated key end-results by providing professional expertise and assistance in advocating for an environment whereby all programmes are supported in matter of planning, monitoring and information management.

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, a Champion

The Planning and Monitoring Officer is accountable for the accomplishment of the stated key end-results by providing professional expertise and assistance in advocating for an environment whereby all programmes are supported in matter of planning, monitoring and information management.

How can you make a difference?

1. Prepare the elaboration of the new country programme and ensure adequate programme documentation for the Country Programme Recommendation (CPR) and related documents such as CPD, CPMP, and CPAP, ensuring consistency with UNICEF Strategic Plan, national priorities, sectoral strategies and goals.

2. The UNICEF work plan is properly set as per RBM structure, with indicators progressively monitored ensuring targets achievement.
•Provide technical support to UNICEF programme to identify and adjust outcomes, outputs and performance indicators, in the context of the HRRP annual review.
•Support the different UNICEF programme in planning their work plan and defining their targets/budget. Support in the development of Partners’ Cooperation Agreements (PCAs) and advice on setting adequate outputs, activities and targets as per the HRRP. Assist in the development of tools used for PCAs monitoring.
•Support UNICEF sections in managing their programmes based on an appropriate Result Based Management.
•Build the capacities of UNICEF partner on the use of monitoring tools.

3. Support counterparts (Ministries, NGOs) in capacity strengthening in matter of planning, monitoring and evaluation by providing different approaches, tools and mechanisms to be implemented and used. In addition to training provision to staff.

4. Manage and run in a systematic way the monitoring of the Country Office Performance (HPM and other) by collecting key data and analyzing it and making it available to management and the Country Management Team.

5. IM products are produced on monthly/weekly/ad hock basis to support all UNICEF programmes
•Support data collection, analysis, dissemination processes relevant to programme needs, including map production.
•Proactively gather information from interagency humanitarian stakeholders of which may be helpful for informing decisions, including movement of population, IS locations, social development centers, community centers, and other relevant information.
•Provide the necessary tools and approach to run assessments.
•Manage collected data through surveys and assessments.
•Identify secondary data and information resources that would complement information needs of UNICEF country office, as appropriate.
•Organize and maintain contact directories of humanitarian partners using standard formats agreed with relevant stakeholders.
•Collect and maintain an inventory of relevant documents on the situation for children and women, i.e. mission reports, assessments, evaluations, etc, made accessible in an appropriate location- hard copies, email, web, etc.
•Liaise with other agencies and IM Focal Points for data/information and knowledge that can inform UNICEF response and preparedness decisions.
•Manage the in-house 4W database and derivative products.
•Support and train IMOs at UNICEF zonal offices for ensuring systemized use and approach of PRIME tools.
•Build GIS and mapping capacities of the IMOs in the zonal offices.
•Develop standard mapping templates of different scales for UNICEF.
•Develop GIS sector related directories used for archiving UNICEF products.

To qualify as a champion for every child you will have…

University degree in social sciences, development planning, planning, evaluation, survey implementation, advanced statistical research or any other relevant field.
A minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience in programme development and implementation including monitoring and evaluation activities as follows:

1. Database development and information management.
2.GIS experience is required and additional geomatic skills are an asset.
3.At least one instance of exposure to emergency programming, including Preparedness planning, active involvement in a humanitarian crisis response programme preferred.
4.Experience in working for operational UN agency or NGO is an advantage.

Fluency in English and Arabic is required. French is an asset

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

UNICEF 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

Candidates will not be considered if they have committed violations of international human rights law, violations of international humanitarian law, sexual exploitation or sexual abuse, or crimes other than minor traffic offences, or if there are reasonable grounds to believe that they have been involved in the commission of any of these acts.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

This vacancy is now closed.
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