Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

Background Information – The Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (SHF)

The Sanitation and Hygiene Fund is a public-private partnership committed to saving lives and improving the well being of people by improving access to sanitation, hygiene and menstrual health hygiene. The Fund will invest in country led programmes to accelerate progress and sustainable impact toward the achievement of SDG 6.2.

The Fund will maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of international development assistance and national investment. Staff at the Fund manage grants, coordinate with partners,support countries, monitor and evaluate results, report on progress, manage donor relations and raise funds.

The SHF is looking for mission-oriented, collaborative, open minded and flexible candidates who are passionate about global development.

Role of the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

Reporting to the Head of Monitoring and Evaluation, the purpose of this role is to support monitoring and evaluation of SHF programmes against the high-level results framework. The role specifically works to strengthen the quality, availability of and access to country and programmatic data including through the SHF M&E dashboard.

The monitoring and evaluation team supports SHF to foster a strong utilization focus and greater transparency as part of an evidence-based culture.

• Master's degree preferably in public health, environmental science, development, Social Science, gender or other related social science discipline is required.
  
  
• A bachelor's degree in the preferred discipline with a combination of two additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the master's degree.

• Minimum of five (5) years of relevant professional experience with master's degree or seven (7) yeas with bachelor's degree of working with monitoring, evaluation and reporting systems and processes is required.
  
  
• Demonstrated experience with monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems design, M&E report writing and M&E data analysis including working with advanced functions of Microsoft Excel and/or Google Sheets is required.
  
  
• Demonstrated experience with M&E tool development and M&E dashboards is desirable.
  
  
• Demonstrated experience with monitoring and reporting in the sanitation and hygiene sector desirable.
  
  
• Experience working in sub-Saharan Africa is desirable.

• Fluency in English including excellent writing skills is required.
  
  
• Intermediate French is required.

Contract type: Individual Contractor Agreement
Contract level: International Individual Contractor Agreement Level 2 
Contract duration: Ongoing ICA "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
• 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.

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

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.