The incumbent is required to perform the function of Programme health
and M&E Analyst jointly with and in support of the Programme Health Monitoring
& Evaluation Expert in Pakistan by carrying out the following activities:
- Report Reviews:
Review progress update reports and disbursement requests submitted by
the grant recipients for Programme Health and M&E Expert attention as per
following:
· Verify grant recipient and implementing partners’ primary records
(supporting documents submitted) for accuracy and completeness, and for the
correspondence of those, with the summary internal/external reports prepared by
the grant recipients and implementing partners;
· Conduct cross-checks of various primary documents with the summary
reports;
· Interview grant recipients and implementing partners’ relevant staff
members, as well as programme beneficiaries,including TB/HIV patients;
· Debrief grant recipient and implementing partners’ staff members on
the main findings from the UNOPS verifications/reports;
· Carry out cross verification of M&E and health/programmatic data
with financial, management and procurement data/information;
· Perform comprehensive
programmatic and M&E analysis and reflect in the programmatic and M&E
related sections of the obligatory reporting template.
2. Implementation Reviews:
· Organize and lead recipient assessments, and programmatic reviews to
provide informed and independent professional advice to the donor about the
capacity of recipients to effectively manage and implement the donor grant
funds from a programmatic perspective;
· Conduct regular (preferably monthly) and ad hoc visits to the grant
recipients and implementing partners to monitor implementation of the projects
(including trainings and other key events) and prepare corresponding reports;
· Carry out regular monitoring of grant recipient and implementing
partner performances and verify the implementation status of the programme and
the progress towards reaching set programme targets;
· Assess reasonableness of the types and quantities (forecasted needs)
of TB/HIV/malaria medicines and other health products that are planned to be
procured with grant funds;
· Review revised implementation planning documents during grant
implementation (workplan, budget, procurement plan, M&E, others), and
provide an opinion on proposed changes in programme implementation, effects
these changes might have on attainment of programme objectives, proposed budget
reallocations and provide recommendations to the client;
· Undertake preliminary quality assurance of the LFA programmatic/
M&E deliverables to be submitted to the donor, to ensure that these are in
line with contemporary professional standards;
· Plan, prepare and lead data verification and data quality exercises
exercises including travel to monitor status of grant implementation;
· Monitor and inform the team leader of any developments within the
country’s health system which may affect the performance of the grants;
· Immediately raise all suspicious acts, transactions and activities and
processes which may pose potential risks, misconduct, mismanagement, misuse and
frauds by grant recipients and implementing partners to the attention of the
team leader;
· Conducting the above tasks, ensure that relevant guidelines and
policies are adhered to including the ones which are related to M&E and
programmatic/health functional areas. The respective international guidelines
(e.g. WHO, UNAIDS, etc) shall be also consulted and followed.
3. Management & client relations:
· Ensure that all teamwork, includes inputs of all technical staff, is
of high quality and completed within the timeframe, and as per guidelines set
by the donor;
· Contribute to the annual scope of work, cost proposal and the
consequent annual work plan of team activities;
· Demonstrate an overall understanding of the grant architecture and
in-depth knowledge of all team activities required to be performed as described
in the donor manual;
· Remain updated on donor guidelines and procedures, timeframes for
completion of team activities, and the forms and templates to be used in the
field of work;
· Foster an atmosphere of team spirit, mutual respect and professional
independence within the team;
4. Perform other duties as per the donor manual and/or as assigned/
required.