M&E, Reporting and Communication Officer

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Mission and objectives

As the United Nations lead agency on international development, UNDP works in 170 countries and territories to eradicate poverty and reduce inequality. It helps countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, and institutional capabilities, and to build resilience to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Its 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. UNDP advocates for change, and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. UNDP Cambodia Country Office works in partnership with the Royal Government of Cambodia, non-government organizations, civil society organizations, community-based organizations, multilateral aid agencies, bilateral donors and the private sector to support the progress toward the Cambodia SDGs. The Country Office, based in Phnom Penh, has a four-unit structure – Operations Unit, Policy and Innovations Unit, Result- Based Management Unit, and Programme and Results Unit. The incumbent will be a member of the Programme and Results Unit and is expected to work as a project team member for the Civic Engagement Project and Strengthening Transparency and Accountability Project. The Programme and Results Unit is mainly responsible for the implementation and oversight (programmatic and financial oversight) of the Country Office’s projects and initiatives.

Context

Over the past two decades, Cambodia has made significant progress in reducing poverty and improving access to quality education, health, and other services. Implementation of governance reform such as the Public Administration Reform, Public Financial Management Reform and Sub-national Democratic Development Reform delivered significant gains. Regardless of the achievements, further progress can be made to ensure the responsiveness of public institutions to the rights of people, compliance with the highest standards of transparency, and participation of women, men including the marginalized in public affairs and democratic decision-making. Governance is the lynchpin to achieving the 2030 Agenda. Therefore, it is critical to accelerate attaining the Cambodian Sustainable Development Goals (CSDGs). In this context, UNDP Cambodia implements two projects promoting accountability and participation in line with a UNDP Country Programme outcome. 1) The Building Capacities for Civic Engagement, Peacebuilding and Inclusive Dialogue: Towards Inclusive and Participatory Governance (Civic Engagement project) The civic engagement project is organised around three pillars 1) Capacity development of CSOs and government institutions 2) Improving quality in engagement modalities 3) increasing exposure and opportunities in which citizens, CSOs and government institutions work together. The target provinces of the Civic Engagement project are Kampong Cham, Kampot, Ratanakiri and Siem Reap. The overall objective of the Civic Engagement project is to pro-mote democratic governance initiatives and a peaceful, inclusive, and equitable society through expanding opportunities for inclusive civic engagement using dialogue in Cambodia. Through partnerships with national and sub-national government and civil society organizations, the project promotes the cultivation of more collaborative mindsets and partnerships between civil society and civil servants. 2) Project for Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Local Governance through Civic Engagement (STA project). The STA project is organized around two pillars 1) Improved people’s access to info and analytical and critical thinking 2) Sub-National Administrations accountability to people is strengthened. Target provinces include Kampong Cham (Kampong Cham), Ratanakiri (Banlung) and Siem Reap (Siem Reap). The STA project aims to contribute to the National Programme on Sub-National Democratic Development Phase 2. Through the civil society, municipal and national government partners, the STA project, intends to make local governance information such as public services, local plans, budget allocations and sub-national administration performance more accessible to people along with supporting people’s monitoring capacities of sub-national administrations performance. The international UN Youth Volunteer will perform M&E, reporting and communication functions for these two projects and other governance related intervention.

Task description

Based on the Program and Results Unit, under the overall technical guidance of the Governance Chief Technical Advisor and direct supervision of the Technical Coordinator, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: a) Lead development and implementation of projects’ monitoring and evaluation strategies and plans b) Develop results-oriented project report c) Design and implement communication plans d) Contribute knowledge management on monitoring and evaluation and communications a) Lead development and implementation of projects’ monitoring and evaluation strategies and plans • Prepare annual plans to monitor projects’ results following all indicators in the project documents; • Ensure the timely implementation of project monitoring and evaluation plans with focus on measuring progress towards results; • Apply innovative tools to monitor the projects results; • Support preparation of analytical documents using data collected from monitoring and project activities; • Provide technical support to consultants, service providers and responsible parties to ensure that the results from their assignment are aligned to the project’s outputs and indicators. b) Develop results-oriented project report • Timely draft reports including project quarterly and annual progress reports and mission reports. • Develop reader-friendly reports and presentation materials to showcase to external stakeholders progress made and impacts delivered; • Prepare and collect human-centered stories for inclusion in reports on areas monitored and evaluated, effectiveness and impact of the projects; • Provide support to present data visually and easy to analysis (e.g. maps, figures) in reports and presentation; • Review quarterly reports from responsible parties and support them for any improvement c) Design and implement communication plans • Develop an annual communications plan for the Projects with clearly defined deliverables (e.g. communication products) as well as target audience; • Ensure alignment of Projects communication plans and activities with UNDP CO communication strategies, plans and guidelines, in close cooperation with the Communication Unit and target populations; • Ensure timely implementation of the Projects communication plans; • Ensure effective and timely information exchange between Projects and Communications Unit on all aspects related to communication plans and activities. d) Contribute knowledge management on monitoring and evaluation and communication • Share monitoring and evaluation findings, lessons learned and recommendations in learning events and channelled into decision-making processes; • Identify best practices and innovative approaches from projects and disseminate among partners and within the UNDP CO; • Collaborate and coordinate with government agencies, CSO, and other organizations on results-based monitoring, human-centred reporting and communication tools; • Participate in the conduct of results-oriented monitoring and evaluation training efforts in UNDP.