Monitoring Officer

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Mission and objectives

UNICEF is a leading humanitarian and development agency working globally for the rights of every child. Child rights begin with safe shelter, nutrition, protection from disaster and conflict and traverse the life cycle: pre-natal care for healthy births, clean water and sanitation, health care and education. UNICEF has spent nearly 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families. Working with and for children through adolescence and into adulthood requires a global presence whose goal is to produce results and monitor their effects. UNICEF also lobbies and partners with leaders, thinkers and policy makers to help all children realize their rights—especially the most disadvantaged.

Context

• As an active UNICEF team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to UNICEF and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including: • Accomplishment of the stated key end-results by providing professional expertise and assistance in information/data collection, statistics and data analysis, monitoring. • -Contribution in updating the situation of children and Identify the most vulnerable children and gaps • Changes at the state, locality and household level are timely monitored and measured, with the participation of relevant partners; and the data is provided to concern prgramme officers to facilitate implementation of the project • Sector/Sub-Sector and other coordination meetings are attended and supported in aspects related to information management; and contribute to strengthen management of sector information databases and systems. • Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment • A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed.

Task description

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of [Programme Monitoring officer or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UNV Monitoring officer] will: Under the general supervision of the Programme Monitoring Officer and the technical guidance of the Chief Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation, the UN Volunteer will provide support in a range of programme and coordination issues, both in the field and at country office level. Her/his tasks will include but will not be limited to the following: • Ensure that the performance of UNICEF assisted programmes undertaken by government and other implementing partners is systematically monitored to ensure that the activities are regularly tracked and expected changes are measured and recorded. • Joint monitoring visits with the participation of relevant partners are encouraged. • Ensure data for key Programme and management indicators reports are collected, analyzed and made available to the field office management. • Compile/synthesise the data and provide data/information to the Section and national partners to facilitate planning. • Assess the impact of the programmes and policies; and report on the progress being made. • Support the Sector/Sub-Sector and other coordination meetings in aspects related to information management; and contribute to strengthen management of sector information databases and systems; produce and maintain relevant information products, including Sector/Sub-sector information reports, databases, basic and thematic maps; and support the preparation of periodic reports on sector activities at national and state level as required. • Support the Programme Monitoring Officer to ensure the technical leadership of UNICEF in obtaining key information on affected populations by emergency and disasters and participate in assessment missions including interagency missions Support the monitoring of high frequency humanitarian indicators with a specific focus on using routine and administrative data collection for better preparedness, targeting and coordination of effective humanitarian response. • Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor. Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities: • Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day); • Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country. • Provide annual and end of assignment self-reports on UN Volunteer actions, results and opportunities. • Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.; • Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly arrived UN Volunteers; • Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.