Monitoring and Evaluation Intern

The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) is hosted by UNOPS.

The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) is at the heart of the global movement to improve sanitation and hygiene, so that all people can enjoy healthy and productive lives. Established in 1990, WSSCC is the only United Nations body devoted solely to the sanitation needs of the most vulnerable and marginalized people. WSSCC is implementing a new strategic plan for 2017-2020. The overriding aim of the plan is to accelerate progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 6.2 “By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations”.

To achieve the goal of ending open defecation and ensuring improved sanitation and hygiene for all the WSSCC created the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) in 2008. The Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) invests in collective behaviour change approaches and policy advocacy that enable large numbers of people in developing countries to improve their access to sanitation and adopt good hygiene practices. GSF-supported country programmes are expected to enhance efforts in reaching the most vulnerable (including those affected by climate change); addressing the needs of women and girls (including MHM); scale-up school WASH activities and improve supply-side efforts (including sanitation marketing). The GSF is currently supporting programmes in 11 countries.

In 2017, WSSCC adopted its 2017-2020 Strategic Plan leading to an extensive review and strengthening of its M&E systems. Accompanying and supporting the M&E system are the Organizational Results framework, the GSF programmatic theory of change, an output based budgeted organizational workplan, and the integrated monitoring, evaluation and research plan (IMERP) to monitor the status of the various organizational M&E initiative.

In 2019 WSSCC is starting a mid-term strategic review of the 2017-2020 Strategic Plan to inform the next strategic period, while monitoring and evaluating the current programs for course correction, continued relevance, learning and accountability. Under the Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Unit (PMERU), WSSCC is hiring a Monitoring and Evaluation Intern to support with activities related to the Strategic Planning, and the monitoring and evaluation of the organizational workplan, and the programs in the focus countries, regionally and globally.

Further information is available in the WSSCC website: www.wsscc.org

Under the overall guidance of the head of Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting Unit and working closely with the Monitoring and Data Analyst, the Intern, shall perform the following duties:

• Support the collation, review, validation, analysis, interpretation of trends and drawing insights from programme and survey data;
• Develop strategic information, including data visuals and reports, that supports organizational decision making and communicates key evidence with diverse stakeholders;
• Prepare translation of tools, guidelines and strategic information products from English to French;
• Help organise internal and external events to inform the next Strategic Plan development and related to monitoring and evaluation (webinars, meetings, workshops); and
• Perform other duties as required by the Head of Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting Unit;

Training components and learning elements

The internship will provide the opportunity for on-the-job training in the following areas:  monitoring of programmes for course correction, and assessment of programme performance through evaluation and results-based management (RBM), exposure to Strategic Planning and WSSCC’s approach to sanitation & hygiene programming, donor reporting, synthesising information for different audiences, and working with partners at the country level to review programme data.

As part of the learning, the intern will be requested to read project-related documents and will also have the opportunity to benefit from other learning opportunities working alongside experts in the organization.  

This internship would be valuable for someone looking for a career related to monitoring and evaluation in the development sector.

Experience

Prior work or voluntary experience in any of the following areas is highly desirable:

• Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) development sector
• Monitoring and evaluation of programmes in the development field
• Statistical analysis

Languages

Fluency in  English and French is required.

• Strong data analytical skills 
• Ability to maintain regular update of activities and achievements 
• Ensure high quality and timely completion of work output
• Be proactive and responsible for her/his work

• 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
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• 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.