Monitoring and Evaluation Senior Officer, Multiple positions

UNOPS is the Fund Manager for the Access to Health Fund (ACCESS), a multi-donor fund supported by the United Kingdom, Sweden, United States, Switzerland, Norway, Canada,  Australia and ADB. The Fund has been established in 2019 to provide support for health needs in Myanmar. 

The website of the Fund is https://www.accesstohealthfund.org/en 

The Access to Health Fund is the third phase of Donors’ commitment to supporting the Health sector in Myanmar through a pooled funding mechanism: the first multi-donor Fund (the Three Disease Fund, 2007- 2012) supported HIV, TB and Malaria programs after the withdrawal of the Global Fund from Myanmar in 2005; it was replaced by the Three Millennium Development Goals Fund (3MDG Fund, 2013-2018), which introduced support for MNCH and Health Systems Strengthening alongside the three diseases. The 3MDG Fund ended in December 2018. As its successor, the Access to Health Fund was given a name that reflects a strong focus on conflict-affected areas and on reaching vulnerable and underserved populations. 

The United Kingdom, Sweden, the United States, and Switzerland intend to continue pooling funding in 2019-2023 to fund the Access to Health Fund to increase the use of quality essential health services for poor, underserved, marginalized and vulnerable people in conflict-affected areas, and to enable the continued strengthening of the health system. 

Global health indicators show that there are significant differences in health outcomes depending on where an individual is born, lives and works. Health is influenced by gender, age, social identity, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, cultural norms, disability, education, economics and politics. Therefore, one key aim of the Access to Health Fund is to improve health outcomes by addressing the social factor limiting access to health services. To do this, it is needed to use the skills, strengths and knowledge of communities to the fullest extent possible. 

This role represents an exciting opportunity to contribute to the ACCESS’s ‘Health for All/ Civil Society’ team on complex, cross-cutting issues, working closely with diverse stakeholders including international NGOs, local NGOs, Civil Society Organisations, Community Based Organisations, and Ethnic Health Organisations), including those who deliver programmes in some parts of the country where conflict has existed until recently or is ongoing).

Under the overall supervision of the Monitoring & Evaluation Senior Manager and under the direct supervision of the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist(s) in assigned regions and thematic areas, the incumbent of the post will carry out the following duties and responsibilities:

Reporting System Development and Operationalisation

• Provide technical inputs into the design and implementation of ACCESS monitoring and evaluation system, policies, tools, processes

• Develop and/ or modify indicators, operational  definitions and guidance notes in conformity to changing Access’s response including public health interventions, thematic diseases and COVID-19 and emergency responses

• With Program Managers/Senior Officers, develop implementing partner (IP) M&E activities, targets, budgets and log frames. 

• Contribute to a target setting of EHO and CSO grants by providing technical inputs

• Foster internal coordination, planning and learning by organizing learning and planning sessions, documenting best practices and supporting internal programme linkages and planning processes. 

Ensure System Quality and Consistency

• Act as a focal technical person to organize / provide training and sharing sessions on reporting to implementing partners

• Contribute M&E expertise in the assigned regional team for regular coordination with stakeholders for ACCESS funded townships. 

• Monitor and analyse IP performance, and propose any initiative that may be necessary, including termination of, or adjustments to actions to ensure compliance with Fund policy and priorities. 

Promote System Use 

• Review/ clearance of technical and financial reports of IPs, focusing on data quality and M&E activity implementation. 

• Oversee data collection, data entry and analysis processes to measure progress and achievements according to the M&E plan. 

Knowledge Management

• Conduct regular field visits and Routine Data Quality Assessments (RDQA) to ensure that reported data is accurate and in line with ACCESS and national standard indicators, planning and budgeting tools, partner log frames and the overall ACCESS Log Frame. 

• Ensure RDQA data are analysed and ensure effective feedback and follow up is provided. 

• Provide on-site coaching to project staff and project partners regarding data collection, accuracy and analysis to ensure RDQA action plans are implemented. 

• Contribute to the application and maintenance of databases of all ACCESS funded projects. 

• Build capacity of local counterparts in community-level monitoring and evaluation efforts. 

• Assess quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis tools, techniques and approaches, IP evaluation budgets and work plans; 

• Organize meetings, workshops and other discussion forums to establish a dialogue on monitoring and evaluation results (recommendations/ lessons learned/feedback) and issues and ensure linkages with planning frameworks. 

• Contribute to reports, analyse findings and assist in the development of recommendations. 

• Ensure accurate and timely information is available to senior management and the Communications team. 

• Apply the performance-based funding (PBF), Value for money (VfM) methodology in assigned grants, in collaboration with the program focal. 

• Perform any other duty as may be requested by the supervisor.

Education 

• A Master Degree in public health and relevant experience is required, or 2 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree in these areas in lieu of the Master Degree. 

Work Experience 

• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience working with health programs is required. 

• Successful development and implementation of an M&E system at the programme level are highly desirable. 

• Work experience in Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, AND/OR Covid-19 and Emergency Responses projects is a must.

• Experience in community health programming will be a strong asset 

• Excellent writing and analytical skills are required

Language 

• Fluency in both written and spoken English and Burmese is required 

Contract type: ICA
Contract level: LICA 9
Contract duration: Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• For retainer contracts, you must complete a few Mandatory Courses (around 4 hours) in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS.
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

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Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.