Programme Associate (Monitoring and Evaluation) Special Service Agreement L6- Bahirdar

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ABOUT WFP

The World Food Program (WFP) is a United Nations frontline agency in the fight against hunger, continually responding to emergencies. The World Food Program (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. WFP’s efforts focus on emergency assistance, relief and rehabilitation, development aid and special operations.

WFP Ethiopia is working with the government and other humanitarian partners to strengthen the resilience of Ethiopia’s most vulnerable population and to chart a more prosperous and sustainable future for the next generation. The Country Office also supports programs that use food assistance to empower women, transform areas affected by climate change and keep children in school. It aims to contribute to Ethiopia’s five-year development agenda, the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP), through which the Government combats food Security.
 

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

This job is based in WFP Sub Office in Bahir Dar, and the job holder will report to HoSO. The job holder is expected to take responsibility for executing a range of activities and result-related monitoring that require some interpretation of standard guidelines/practices. He/she is responsible for coordinating and following up the overall monitoring of humanitarian and changing lives implementation and performance focusing on the various result indicators and mandatory reporting requirements. 

JOB PURPOSE

The job holder is expected to support the development and implementation of Monitoring, Review, and Evaluation Plans aligned to WFP corporate standards to generate quality evidence on the lives of beneficiaries and inform policy, strategy, and programme design and implementation. This includes coordinating monitoring activities, managing, or supporting the management of decentralized evaluations, supporting thematic/mid-term reviews, and positioning WFP as a reliable partner for governments to build monitoring and evaluation strategies. They may also support the formulation of country monitoring and evaluation strategies and contribute to policy development and various initiatives. 

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

• Provide inputs to the development of Monitoring, Review and Evaluation plans that will provide the most relevant and strategic information toward achieving expected results (as set out in the Country Strategic Plan (CSP) and other global and regional plans), while being compliant with WFP evaluation and monitoring requirements. 
• Budget for M&E costs and advocate through line manager for both appropriate financial and human resourcing. 3. Provide feedback on the formulation of the Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Strategies and support their operationalization. 
• Contribute to evidence-based decision-making on programme design and implementation, notably through making monitoring, review and evaluations findings accessible, developing innovative, user-friendly and informative products. 
• Support WFP Management in addressing recommendations from monitoring, reviews and evaluations to ensure that follow-up actions are taken as required. 
• Contribute to building M&E capacity of WFP staff and partners through training and information sharing. Manage junior staff members and guide as required to enable high performance. 
• Provide inputs to line manager regarding the development and implementation of national government and inter-agency monitoring, reporting and evaluation frameworks, including United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) aligned with nationally owned sustainable development goals. 
• Take responsibility for integrating protection and gender perspectives in all areas of work, to ensure equal participation of women and men.
• At Country Strategic Plan (CSP) design stage, support the Head of M&E or Head of Programme in developing a Theory of Change outlining how the expected results are likely to occur and listing key assumptions and risks. 
• Support line manager in ensuring that CO monitoring systems and tools are in place and compliant with corporate standards including the minimum monitoring requirements (MMR), standard operational procedures (SOP) and establishment of baselines and targets in alignment with the updated corporate results framework (CRF). 
• Draft regular monitoring reports on status of results and implementation progress and contribute to the data analysis. 
• Support mid-term reviews and thematic reviews which are intended for internal learning, strategic and operational decision-making.
   

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Experience in analysing program output and outcome data
• Experience in designing and managing beneficiary monitoring
• Professional experience in food security and nutrition, monitoring & evaluation, program analysis 
• Experience with a UN agency would be an asset
• Knowledge and experience of CBT operations 
• Experience in planning and managing surveys
• Experience in developing and refining data collection tools
• Experience with data quality assessments and oversight

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:  First University degree in social sciences, statistics, development economics, performance management, or other related fields. 

Experience: Minimum of five years of relevant professional work experience including monitoring and evaluation activities.
Experience using a variety of quantitative and qualitative analytical tools and methods. 

Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English.

SKILLS

• Proficient in the use of office equipment and computer software packages, such as Microsoft Excel.
• Knowledge of work routines and methods in order to complete processes under minimal supervision.
• Excellent analytical skills.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Coaches team in the most effective ways to communicate WFP’s Strategic Objectives to WFP team and partners in the field.
•  Be a force for positive change: Implements new methods or tools to improve team’s work processes and productivity.
•  Make the mission inspiring to our team: Maps team’s activities and tasks to specific successes in beneficiary communities to showcase positive impact.
•  Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Explains to teammates how each unit contributes to the overall WFP mission.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Identifies skill development opportunities such as training modules or on-the-job experiences for self, colleagues and direct reports.
•  Create an inclusive culture: Facilitates team building activities to build rapport in own unit.
•  Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Facilitates the pairing of junior colleagues with coaches within own team.
•  Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Proactively anticipates potential challenges and develops mitigation plans to ensure that team meets goals and targets.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Identifies opportunities to be creative in own work and to help team be more innovative and accurate in their respective tasks and areas of work.
•  Focus on getting results: Monitors team’s deliverables and provides feedback to ensure outcomes are delivered consistently and accurately.
•  Make commitments and make good on commitments: Provides accurate guidance to team on expected responsibilities and tasks, whilst also upholding own commitment to the team.
•  Be Decisive: Sets an example and provides guidance to junior team members on when to escalate issues when faced with challenging issues in the workplace or in the field.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Facilitates partnerships with other WFP units to accomplish missions in the field.
•  Build strong external partnerships: Sets an example and provides guidance to team on how to build relationships with external partners.
•  Be politically agile & adaptable: Articulates to colleagues or direct reports the value of contributing to other WFP teams and agency partnerships in fulfilling WFP’s goals and objectives.
•  Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Organizes, monitors, and prioritizes own and team’s efforts to ensure that they will fulfil the needs of internal and external partners.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Duration of Contract - 11 months

Contract Type: SSA (Special Service Agreement)

Duty Station: Bahirdar Area office (AMHARA REGION)

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

March 20, 2022

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All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.