Monitoring and Evaluation Senior Associate, Multiple positions

UNOPS South Sudan Country Office (SSCO) will be implementing the South Sudan Safety Net Project (SSSNP), which is funded by the World Bank (WB) to address existing challenges of soaring levels of poverty, vulnerability, unemployment and idleness, particularly amongst youth. The project development objective is to provide access to income opportunities and temporary employment to the poor and vulnerable households and strengthen safety nets delivery systems.

SSSNP has three main components namely:

a.  Public works plus including complementary activities like entrepreneurial skills, WASH trainings and early childhood development and nutrition messaging;

b.  Direct income support targeting House Holds who are labour constrained;

c.  Strengthening safety net delivery systems.

Under the overall supervision of the Project Management Support Officer, the incumbent is required to perform the following duties and responsibilities:

1. Data management and analysis

• Ensures high quality of data by ensuring the accurate data collection, data entry, upload and cleaning as well as basic analysis of information.
• Data collection, entry, cleaning and analysis
• Facilitates the implementation of assessments as appropriate.
• Develops a field monitoring plan based on project M and E framework and plan.
• Support development of data collection tools.
• Provide sound contributions in the development of performance indicators ensuring that the project fits within the overall programme strategy;
• Support implementation of monitoring and evaluation plans and provide recommendations for improvement; 
• Support the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer during project / program evaluation and baseline surveys;
• Support the community mobilisation teams with attendance marking and generate the payrolls

2.  Knowledge building and knowledge sharing

• Provide regular verbal and written feedback on field observations and monitoring findings to the M&E Officer.
• Develops and distributes reports related to local field M&E activities.
• Regularly reviews project status.
• Support the Project Management Support Officer in collecting and documenting the lessons-learned reviews on successful and unsuccessful project activities.
• Lead all M and E activities at the local field level
• Performs any other tasks as requested by the supervisor.

Final Product

• Prepares and issues regular reports in accordance with supervisor’s guidelines.
• Maintains field level diaries and progress reports as required by UNOPS standard procedures.

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in the areas of Monitoring & Evaluation or Project Management is required;
• Experience working with local communities is an asset
• Experience in World Bank monitoring and evaluation practices is desirable
• Experience in capacity building will be an asset
• Experience with field data collection, data analysis and interpretation is a distinct asset.

Contract type: Local Individual Contractor Agreement Contract level: LICA-7
Contract duration: Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance.’

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  
• This position is in a non-family duty station

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns. Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.