Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

Myanmar is one of UNOPS’ leading offices in Asia, acting as fund manager for three of the largest development programmes in the country, namely the Three Millennium Development Goal Fund (3MDG), the Livelihood and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) and the Joint Peace Fund (JPF). In addition, UNOPS is Principal Recipient for the Global Fund in Myanmar and for the Global Fund’s regional artemisinin-resistance initiative targeting drug resistant malaria in the greater Mekong sub-region. UNOPS provides procurement, infrastructure and project management services to a wide range of organizations in the country, including the Government of Myanmar, international development partners, other UN agencies, NGOs and INGOs. UNOPS plays a critical role in ensuring that the quality of services provided to its partners meets stringent requirements of speed, efficiency and cost effectiveness.

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

The detailed program description is outlined in the Fund Description of Action, available on the https://www.3mdg.org/sites/3mdg.org/files/publication_docs/access_description_of_action_2018-11-15.pdf

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, United States, and Switzerland intend to continue pooling funding in 2019-2023 to fund the Access to Health Fund to increase 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 (the Ministry of Health and Sports, 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 Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Manager the incumbent of the post will carry out the following duties and responsibilities:

Team management and support

• Guide, mentor and supervise M&E team members assigned to two Regional Teams.

• Take an active role in the quality assurance of team’s deliverables

• Provide technical guidance and support to team members on M&E of Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (RMNCH) and/or HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria grants.

Grant management support

• Monitor and analyze grant / implementing partner performance, and propose any actions that may be necessary, including termination of, or adjustments to grants to ensure compliance with Fund policy and priorities.  

• Conduct field visits and Routine Data Quality Assessments (RDQA) to ensure that reported data is accurate and in line with standard indicators, grant work plans, partner log frames and the 3MDG Log Frame. 

• Provide effective feedback and support to implementing partners on their performance and data quality, and follow-up as necessary.

• Build capacities of Implementing Partners in monitoring and evaluation.

M&E system strengthening 

• Provide technical inputs into the design, implementation and improvement of 3DMG monitoring and evaluation system, policies, tools, processes.

• Under the overall leadership of the M&E Officer, coordinate operationalization of Performance-based funding. 

• Lead the development and implementation of Value for Money principle of the 3MDG's system.

• Adapt monitoring arrangements to the realities of conflict-affected areas

Strategic information and reporting 

• Oversee data compilation, analysis and reporting processes to measure progress and achievements. 

• Provide strategic information to the M&E Officer and Senior Management in investment decision-making.

• Support various external /internal assessments, evaluations and data requests.

Other

• Support future programming efforts 

• Contribute to national M&E system strengthening efforts.

• Review and provide technical inputs on research proposals 

• Promote dissemination of lessons and knowledge sharing.

• Conduct other duties as assigned.

Master’s degree in health programs or relevant discipline is required. A Bachelor's Degree in combination with 2 additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the Master’s Degree.


Work Experience

• Minimum 5 years of relevant M&E experience working with health programs is required.

• Experience of successful development and implementation of an M&E system for a health programme is required.

• Extensive knowledge of Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health combined with some knowledge of Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health programs is highly desirable

• Familiarity with the District Health Information System 2 (DHIS2) is an asset 

• Program implementation / monitoring experience in conflict-affected areas will be an asset 

• Experience working with Government agencies and NGOs is desirable. 

• Mentoring / people management experience is an important asset. 

• Excellent writing and analytical skills are required

• Fluency in both written and spoken English and Myanmar language are required

• 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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Work life harmonization

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