Deadline: 12 April 2016
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Monitoring & Evaluation Officer in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The Monitoring & Evaluation Officer will be accountable for the accomplishment of the stated key end-results by providing professional expertise and assistance in information/data collection, statistics and data analysis.
UNICEF works for a world in which every child has a fair chance in life.
Key Jobs Responsibilities
The Monitoring & Evaluation Officer will perform the following functions-
- Make professional contributions to and provide technical assistance for the planning and establishing the major research, monitoring and evaluation activities in multi-year and annual IMEPs, which is to be reflected in the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) M&E Plans.
- Participate in management studies and support/participate in thematic/strategic evaluations to improve development & organizational effectiveness.
- Support and contribute to, effectively joint evaluations with developmental partners, including joint evaluation of UNICEF or of multi-partner programs.
- In close consultation with management and liaison with partners, make a professional contribution to formulation of the IMEPs from a sound results-based programming process and collaborative working relations with partners.
- In close coordination with partners, ensure that the IMEPs include data collection activities that provide accurate and relevant data on key activities and results, including results for children.
- Contribute to the incorporation of M&E tasks in the IMEPs which were identified within the CO Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan, in order to anticipate and prepare for the information needs and operational modalities of an emergency, in consultation with humanitarian partners.
- In humanitarian response situations, within the first month, draft and recommend a simple one-month data-collection plan to cover key data gaps as required for the initial emergency response, working in close collaboration with the humanitarian clusters partners. After the initial humanitarian response, support management of the medium-term response with a revised IMEP.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s) in Social Sciences, Demography, Development Planning, Statistics or a directly-related technical field(s) is required.
- A minimum of two (2) years of relevant experience, at the national and/or international levels, in programme monitoring and evaluation is required.
- Previous hands-on work experience in emergency programming, including preparedness planning is considered an asset.
- Fluency in English and Spanish (verbal and written) is required.
- Knowledge of an additional UN Language (Arabic, Chinese, French, and Russian) is considered an asset.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications through online process.
For more information, please visit UNICEF.
