Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Associate

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the United Nations agency for cities and human settlements. UN-Habitat’s humanitarian work is guided by its Strategic Policy on Human Settlements in Crisis and the agency is a member of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC).  At the core of UN- Habitat’s work is UN-Habitat People’s Process and New Urban Agenda, which places participatory urban analysis, and planning as a central pillar of humanitarian response, recovery, and the rehabilitation of conflict-affected cities.

UN-Habitat’s Regional Office for the Arab States (ROAS) manages UN-Habitat’s project portfolio in the Arab States. It ensures that country priorities are in alignment with the UN-Habitat’s organizational policies and strategic objectives and brings through its Regional Representative to the attention of the Executive Management Committee (EMC) opportunities and challenges in the region, allowing for timely feedback and responses to urgent demands and requests from Member States. 

UN-Habitat has been operational in Jordan since 2005, cooperating with regional and international organizations, local authorities, civil society organizations and private sector, to promote the implementation of UN-Habitat global programmes in the country including adequate housing and sustainable cities. Since July 2013, UN- Habitat Jordan office has been transitioning into a programme-oriented office engaging in activities with other UN agencies to support the Government of Jordan nationally and locally in addressing impacts of the Syrian Crisis and refugees in host communities and better manage the accelerating urban sprawl and improve the preparedness to mitigate the detrimental impacts of climate change on the fragile physical, socio-economic, and environmental aspects of urban areas. UN-Habitat programmes in Jordan include basic services, public spaces, climate change and urban resilience. Operations include the geographic areas of Amman, Zarqa, Irbid, Mafraq, Ghor Al Safi and most recently, Al Salt. Moreover, UN-Habitat has established close collaboration with national government as well as local level authorities, which is essential to successfully implement programs in Jordan. 

The incumbent will report to the Progamme Managers and the Head of UN-Habitat Programme in Jordan, UN-Habitat-Jordan, and will be based at the Amman duty station. The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Associate will work closely with the UN-Habitat team to support the implementation projects in Jordan and the region in close coordination with project partners and executing entities.

Within the delegated authority and under the direct supervision of the Head of UN-Habitat Jordan Programme, the Monitoring and Evaluation Associate will be assigned to UN-Habitat Amman Office and be responsible for the following duties:

Monitoring:

• In coordination with the Regional and National Project Managers in Jordan as well as the national Implementing partners, maintain and update the monitoring process as part of the general monitoring, evaluation and reporting system.

• Assist in monitoring the progress of the programme activities and report on the level of achieving outputs and outcomes as indicated in projects’ log frames.

• Contribute to developing monitoring frameworks, tools and guidelines to effectively support the implementation, tracking, and evaluation of programmes.

• Follow up on a daily basis with the Implementing partners in Jordan in order to monitor and evaluate all projects planned activities and progress towards achieving the project’s targets and indicators, outputs, outcomes, and components and follow up work plans execution with regard to technical execution of activities and progress of expenditures related to M&E reporting including conducting office and field visits and close follow-up with Implementing partners; and ensuring that accurate data is collected in a timely, systematic, and efficient manner.

• Support monitoring implementation of the project Environment and Social Management Plan (ESMP), which includes monitoring indicators and responsibilities for identified potential risks, impacts and mitigation measures.

• Support in monitoring Community Level Participatory of Gender and Youth responsiveness and impact of the project.

• Assist in planning and conducting visits to field sites in Jordan to follow-up work of consultants, contractors, suppliers to ensure timely and quality delivery per Targets and Indicators of the project. 

Evaluation:

• Support in integrating evaluation requirements in the Agreement of Cooperation (AoCs) with partners 

• Support to the development of Evaluation Strategies and Plans for projects. 

• Assist in reviewing UN-Habitat Evaluation Guidelines to identify evaluation prerequisites, processes, and means.

• Help preparing ToR and coordination the work of the external consultants in charge of developing Mid-Term as well as Project Final Evaluation Reports. 

• Follow up and report on evaluations conducted by external evaluators to ensure timely submission and quality of evaluation reports.

• Support Identifying and formulating evaluations’ findings, lessons learned and recommendations. 

Reporting 

• Assist in enhancing and maintaining the existing reporting framework of the projects, ensuring complete oversight of requirements, while coordinating with project management unit 

• Prepare periodic reporting documents for projects including status/annual project progress reports (PPR) up to terminal project performance report using the AF PPRs template. This will include monitoring of project’s Milestones; the financial information related to the PPRs; Procurement data; Risks assessment; ESP Compliance; GP Compliance; Project indicators; Lessons learned; Project Results. 

• Support in the management of M&E information-related process for preparing the annual results and performance reports, in addition to preparing data for other briefings, summaries, papers, presentations, etc; and maintaining all M&E tracking forms and tools related to the Project’s data collection systems and ensuring that data is up to date. 

Other Tasks:

• Contribute and assist in meetings as requested by project management unit Participate in the National Projects Steering Committee meetings in Jordan, technical meetings as well as regional and national workshops.

• Support developing concept notes and project documents for various programmes to support strategic planning and resource mobilization

• Support in the preparation of Agreements of Collaboration (AoCs) with donors and partners.

• Support on other related tasks that may be requested by the management. 

• Provide, as needed, relevant support and assistance to the Regional and National project managers in the overall project management duties

Work implies frequent interaction with the following: Counterparts, officers and technical staff in the relevant Secretariat Units and UN funds, programmes and other UN specialized agencies, representatives and officials in national and local governments, non-governmental organizations and consultants.

• High school diploma or equivalent with supplementary training related to water & environment/ wastewater and sanitation or environmental science and management or agricultural engineering/irrigation, urban development is required. First university degree in civil engineering/ water & environment/ wastewater and sanitation, urban development, or a related field can be accepted in lieu of High school degree.

• Knowledge of implementing and/or managing data collection processes and procedures is desirable.

• General awareness regarding water and climate change challenges facing the local communities in the Arab Region is desirable.

• English and Arabic are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this position fluency in oral and written English and Arabic is required.

1. Contract type: ICA
2. Contract level: Local ICA Support, level 6
3. Contract duration: 12 months

• Please note that UNOPS does not accept unsolicited resumes.

• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

• Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process, which involves various assessments.

• UNOPS embraces diversity and is committed to equal employment opportunity. Our workforce consists of many diverse nationalities, cultures,  languages, races, gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities. UNOPS seeks to sustain and strengthen this diversity to ensure equal opportunities as well as an inclusive working environment for its entire workforce. 

• Qualified women and candidates from groups which are underrepresented in the UNOPS workforce are encouraged to apply. These include in particular candidates from racialized and/or indigenous groups, members of minority gender identities and sexual orientations, and people with disabilities.

• We would like to ensure all candidates perform at their best during the assessment process.  If you are shortlisted and require additional assistance to complete any assessment, including reasonable accommodation, please inform our human resources team when you receive an invitation.

Terms and Conditions 

• 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 ( they take around 4 hours to complete)  in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS. Refreshers or new mandatory courses may be required during your contract. Please note that you will not receive any compensation for taking courses and refreshers. For more information on a retainer contract here.

• All UNOPS personnel are responsible for performing their duties in accordance with the UN Charter and UNOPS Policies and Instructions, as well as other relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, all personnel must demonstrate an understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a manner consistent with UN core values and the UN Common Agenda.

• It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential personnel. Recruitment in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.