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Monitoring &Evaluation Programme Officer

Uganda

  • Organization: UNV - United Nations Volunteers
  • Location: Uganda
  • Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Monitoring and Evaluation
    • Project and Programme Management
  • Closing Date: Closed

Details

Mission and objectives

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the United Nations' global development network. UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion. We help countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities and build resilience to sustain development results.

Context

UNDP Uganda is currently managing its country programme 2021-2025 which is aligned with NDPIII, the UN Cooperation Framework, the UNDP Strategic Plan 2022-2025, and the Sustainable Development Goals. The programme contributes to three interlinked and mutually reinforcing development results: transformational and inclusive governance; inclusive and sustainable growth; and sustainable management of natural resources and resilient development. Six programmes have been developed to effectively deliver this country programme. They are: 1. Inclusive and Sustainable Growth; 2. Nature, Climate, Energy and Resilience; 3. Governance and Peace; 4. Digitalization, Innovation and Smart Cities; 5. SDGs Integration and Acceleration; and 6. Youth for Development. The Quality Assurance group supports the programme teams in strategic planning and identification of new programme areas while ensuring consistency with UNSDCF/Country Programme (CPD) priorities and creative responses to emerging challenges and opportunities. The team works in continuous interaction with both Programme and Operations teams (particularly the Finance Unit) in the Country Office (CO), Programme staff in other UN Agencies, UNDP HQs staff and Government officials, Technical Advisors and Experts, multi-lateral and bi-lateral donors and civil society to successfully implement the CO CPD. Specifically, this collaboration is to: • Deliver quality work, achieve effective development results, and retain trust through providing coordinated, client-oriented, timely planning and management services, • Enhance development and organizational effectiveness of UNDP Uganda CO, • Enhance the overall CO capacities for results-based management, and effective and efficient delivery of quality services to the Government of Uganda, • Strengthen synergies between Programme and Operations, between the CO and Implementing Partners, as well as between the CO and other development partners, • Ensure linkages between continuous situation analysis, programme strategic planning and implementation, financial oversight, and • Supplement monitoring and evaluation results of the CO Monitoring and Evaluation. Under the overall guidance of the Resident Representative with Deputy Resident Representative and direct supervision of Team Leader, the Programme Officer for Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is required to support the Quality Assurance Management group in facilitating the implementation of the Country Programme Document (CPD) 2021-2025, its associated projects and programmes. The main role of the M&E Programme Officer will be to ensure the optimal support function of the Management Support Team in substantive and financial monitoring of the CPD programmes including effective monitoring of implementation. The Officer will support the team in strategic planning and identification of new programme areas while ensuring consistency with UNSDCF/CPD priorities and creative responses to emerging challenges and opportunities. The M&E Programme Officer will work in close collaboration with the Operations team and CO, Programme staff in other UN Agencies, UNDP HQs staff and Government officials, technical advisors and experts, multi-lateral and bi-lateral donors and civil society to successfully implement the UNDP programme.

Task description

Under the overall guidance of the Resident Representative with Deputy Resident Representative and direct supervision of Team Leader, the Programme Officer for Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is required to perform the tasks below; • Support to the effective monitoring and application of lessons learned for support to the Strategic direction of UNDP programme. • Support to the team through the provision of detailed information of the status of Implementation of CO programme and facilitate the supervision of the Management. • Facilitate and support strategic partnerships and resource mobilization. • Support and assist in the provision of top-quality M&E policy advice services to the Government and facilitation of knowledge building and management 1. The M&E Programme Officer will support the strategic direction of UNDP M&E programme focusing on achievement of the following results: • Facilitate and assist in the analysis of the political, social, and economic situation in the country and collaborative preparation/revision of the monitoring and Evaluation frameworks of the Common Country Analysis, UNSDCF, CPD, Annual Integrated Work plan and other related documents. • Support the identification of strategic effective evaluation strategies for the programme. • Support the operationalization of UNSDCF/CPD monitoring and evaluation process in collaboration with the main partners and other UN Agencies. Facilitate the Identification of possibilities for joint programming. • Assist and support the analysis and presentation of UNDP M&E policies and their implementation in the CO. • Supports the CO M&E process mapping and establishment of internal Standard Operating Procedures in Results Management, control of the workflows in the Programme Unit. 2. Ensure effective support to the management of the CO M&E programme and focusing on supporting quality control of the M&E process of the full cycle of programming from formulation to implementation achieving the following results: • Support the effective application of RBM tools, establishment of management targets and monitoring achievement of results. • Support the design and formulation of CO M&E programme within the area of responsibility, translating UNDP priorities into local interventions. Coordination of programme implementation with the executing agencies. • Support the strategic oversight of planning, budgeting, implementing, and monitoring of the programme, tracking use of financial resources in accordance with UNDP rules and regulations. • Support the effective monitoring, measuring the impact of the CO programme and evaluation. Constant monitoring and analysis of the programme environment, timely readjustment of programme. • Support the implementation, in association with participating UN agencies, the Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers (HACT), follow up on audit recommendations. And ensure that all exceptions are timely reported. • Assist in ensuring that reports are regularly prepared on activities, outputs and outcomes. • Support the organization of cost-recovery system for the services provided by the CO to projects in close collaboration with Operations Manager. • Assists in ensuring the preparation of lessons learned reports from the monitoring and evaluation processes 3. Facilitate the establishment and maintenance of strategic partnerships and supports the resource mobilization focusing on achievement of the following results: • Support the Implementation of the CO partnerships and resources mobilization strategies through effective, high quality and timely financial and substantive reports on cost sharing resources and their programming to achieve programme outcomes. • Assist in the analysis and research of information on donors, preparation of substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation, identification of opportunities for cost-sharing. 4. Supports the provision of top-quality M&E advisory services and facilitation of knowledge building and management focusing on achievement of the following results: • Support the identification of sources of information related to M&E and policy-driven issues. Identification and synthesis of best practices and lessons learned directly linked to programme country policy goals. • Assist in the coordination of development of policies and institutions that will address the country’s problems and needs in collaboration with the Government and other strategic partners. • Support the establishment of M&E advocacy networks at national level and linked to international networks. Relevant, high-impact M&E advocacy campaigns are implemented with key partners. • Support the provision of CO sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice. • Support and facilitates the organization of training programmes for the operations/ projects staff on Finance and M&E processes. Deliverables/ Outputs, • All planned Strategic oversight and project quality assurance completed (PQAs) • All Quarterly project progress reports in Quantum on-course • UNDP Transparency Initiative portal data updated (IATI compliancy) • Project monitoring schedules/plans in place and Monitoring reports in place • Programme/project performance/monitoring framework tools completed • Project Audit action plan recommendations follow-up and report provided • Donor reports completed/submitted as procedurally required and/or scheduled • Pipeline projects supported in project document development • HACT compliancy and site updates • Evaluation Resource Centre site updates as corporately required • Any other M&E relevant support in the achievement of planned results

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