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Position Title: Regional Chief Monitoring
& Evaluation, P-5, Panama City, Panama
Vacancy No: E-VN-2014-000509
Duty Station: Panama City
Country: Panama
Region: TACRO
Job Level: P-5
Position#: 00086350
Contract Type: Long-term Staff (FT)
Background Information:
For 60 years, UNICEF has
been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote
children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider
of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and
nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and
girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS.
UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals,
businesses, foundations and governments.
Purpose of the Position
The Regional Monitoring and
Evaluation Adviser is accountable for the accomplishment of the following
overall end-results through undertaking regional programme monitoring and
evaluation (M&E), exercising advisory role, providing guidance,
coordination and leadership in policy and strategy development, in the
oversight of the implementation of M&E recommendations, as well as in the
collaboration with the UN country team in support of the attachment of the
MDGs, with a view to integrating gender equality across all aspects of the
regional programme:
1.The LAC region has
accurate, coherent and reliable up to date information disaggregated by gender
on,
- the situation of
children`s and women`s rights;
- the performance of
UNICEF-supported programmes including their relevance, efficiency,
effectiveness, and sustainability, and in emergency contexts, their coverage,
coordination and coherence;
2. The delivery of valid and
reliable information on the attainment of the MDGs and other goals, and on the
performance of UN-supported programmes; and
3. Regional and
sub-regional, monitoring, evaluation and research capacities are strengthened,
with special attention to the gender equity and equality and the interest,
concern and participation of primary stakeholders.
Key Expected Results
1. Accurate, coherent and
reliable information collected and reported on,
- The situation of
children`s and women`s rights, disaggregated by gender;
- The performance of
UNICEF-supported programmes including their relevance, efficiency,
effectiveness, and sustainability, and in emergency contexts, their coverage,
coordination and coherence.
2. Integrated Monitoring,
Evaluation & Research Planning (IMEP) is prepared and in place to provide
strategic priority and realistic plan of activities for M&E.
3. Timely monitoring and
measurement of changes in conditions due to programme or policies in country or
region are provided to the Country Offices to facilitate national planning, and
assess the impact of the programmes and policies, and report on the progress
being made.
4. Technical guidance and
support provided to country offices for the collection of accurate, reliable,
gender-specific and coherent information for the region to effectively assess
programme performance in terms of progress towards key end-results established
in annual work plans.
5. Technical guidance and
support provided to ensure that Country Offices performances are systematically
monitored and data for key indicators of the Annual Management Plan and
management reports are collected, analyzed and made available to management and
the Country Management Team.
6. Evaluation is designed
and carried out with quality process and products in line with priority and
strategy. Evaluation findings, recommendations and reports are useful to
improve programme performance and are effectively disseminated to the intended
audience.
7. The monitoring and
evaluation capacities of the Regional office, Country offices and national
partners are strengthened, enabling them to increasingly engage in and lead
monitoring and evaluation processes and to develop and use gender-specific
indicators and monitoring and evaluation approaches to address gender inequality.
8. Effective communication
and partnerships are achieved in carrying out integrated planning of research,
monitoring and evaluation activities within the Country Office and with the
Regional office, national partners, the UN Country Team and the international
community.
9. The awareness and
understanding of the shared responsibility of M&E function among the all
staff members are promoted and senior management are committed to it.
Qualifications of Successful
Candidate
- Advanced university degree
in social sciences or other relevant disciplines. Practical training in programme management
and evaluation, survey and research analysis, or applied statistical data
analysis in social sciences an asset.*
- Ten to twelve years of
relevant work experience in programme development and implementation including
monitoring and evaluation activities.
- Relevant professional work
experience, including both International and national work experiences.
- At least one instance of
exposure to emergency programming, including preparedness planning. Active
involvement in a humanitarian crisis response programme preferred.
- Fluency in English and
Spanish is required. Fluency in another UN language would be an asset.
*A first level university
degree with a relevant combination of academic qualifications and experience
may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Competencies of Successful
Candidate
- Has highest-level
communication skills, including engaging and informative formal public speaking.
- Creates and encourages a
climate of team-working and collaboration in a multi-cultural environment.
- Consistently achieves
high-level results, managing and delivering projects on-time and on-budget.
- Has high-level leadership
and supervisory skills; provides others with a clear direction; motivates and
empowers others; recruits staff of a high caliber; provides staff with
development opportunities and coaching.
- Sets, develops and revises
organizational strategy and develops clear visions of the organization`s future
potential.
- Analyzes and integrates
diverse and complex quantitative and qualitative data from a wide range of
sources.
- Quickly builds rapport
with individuals and groups. Actively nurtures good relationships with people
across all organizational levels and boundaries, and with government leaders
and stakeholders.
- Demonstrates, applies and
shares expert technical knowledge across the organization.
- Remains alert for changing
conditions and develops and oversees large-scale change initiatives to
incorporate them.
How to Apply:
If you are qualified and
interested in discussing this engagement in more detail,
please submit your resume in
confidence to the website on the link below:
Application Close: 14-Mar-14
UNICEF is committed to
diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female
and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds,
including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.
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