Monitoring & Evaluation Senior Associate - Retainer, Multiple positions

UNOPS:

UNOPS supports the successful implementation of its partner’s peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to serve people in need by expanding the ability of the United Nations, governments and other partners to manage projects, infrastructure and procurement in a sustainable and efficient manner.

Working in some of the world’s most challenging environments, our vision is to advance sustainable implementation practices, always satisfying or surpassing our partners’ expectations.

With over 7,000 personnel spread across 80 countries, UNOPS offers its partners the logistical, technical and management knowledge they need, wherever they need it.

A flexible structure and global reach means that we can quickly respond to our partners’ needs, while offering the benefits of economies of scale.

South Sudan:

The UNOPS South Sudan office helps a wide range of local and international partners improve the lives of the South Sudanese people by implementing infrastructure and procurement projects. All UNOPS operations have an increasing emphasis on developing national capacities and considering gender, environmental and community concerns. UNOPS is working in a range of sectors in South Sudan including transport, education, health, post-conflict stabilization and emergency response.

The Project:

The UNOPS South Sudan Office is based under the Ethiopia Multi Country Office and is implementing the Productive Safety Net For Socioeconomic Opportunities Project (SNSOP) which is funded by the World Bank (WB) to address existing challenges of soaring levels of poverty, vulnerability, unemployment and idleness, particularly amongst the youth. The development objectives of the project are to provide cash transfers and access to income generating opportunities and strengthen the National Safety Net Delivery System SNSOP has four main components namely: 

1. Cash Transfers;

2. Provision of Economic Opportunities;

3. Strengthened Institutional Capacity and Social Protection System; and 

4. Project Management, Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E), and Knowledge Generation.

The project will be targeting the most vulnerable segments of the South Sudanese population aiming to benefit in excess of One Hundred Fifty Seven Thousand and Five Hundred (157,500) beneficiary Households (HHs) in 20 vulnerable counties across the country.

The M&E Associate will work under the overall guidance of Project Management Support Officer. The M&E Associate will ensure monitoring, evaluation, communication and reporting of the project's activities are operationalized and compiled at the field level and shared with the M&E Specialist on a timely manner.

• Support the development and roll out of the SNSOP Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks, guidelines, plans or tools to guide quality Monitoring and Evaluation in the project.
• Support the M&E Specialist to regularly review Monitoring and Evaluation plans, tools and other documents such as results matrices, reporting templates etc., as may be necessary in coordination with relevant colleagues or partners.
• Conduct periodic site visits to the project sites especially Labor Intensive Public Works (LIPW) sites to ascertain and promote adherence to agreed standards and timelines of implementation. 
• Lead role in overseeing data collection (including beneficiary bio - data); collation; storage; analysis and reporting ensuring that data is of high quality and audit worthy.
• Carry out the Beneficiary Registration Lessons Learnt Survey (BRLLS) and Post Distribution Monitoring on a rolling basis to assess the success of the project and the level of impact achieved.
• Support the Project Management Senior Officer (Team Leader) in the preparation and review of project progress and monitoring reports at the field level in collaboration with other project staff.
• Support the community mobilization teams with attendance marking (both in hard copy and in the Management Information Systems) and generate the payrolls based on the number of days attended.
• Facilitates the implementation of regular and periodic project evaluations.
• Performs any other tasks as requested by the supervisor.

Knowledge building and knowledge sharing

• Provide regular verbal and written feedback on field observations and monitoring findings to the field teams and the M&E Specialist.
• Develop and share with the M&E Specialist reports related to local field M&E activities. 
• Support the project staff in documenting, reviewing and consolidating lessons-learned from the field.
• Participate in M&E technical meetings and share any relevant field experiences with colleagues.

Final Product

• Prepares and issues regular reports in accordance with supervisor’s guidelines.
• Maintains diaries and progress reports as required by UNOPS standard procedures.

Education

• High School (Secondary School) is required. 

• University Degrees (Bachelor's or Master’s)  in development studies, management, social sciences, mathematics, statistics or related field will be an asset and may substitute some of the required years of experience. 

Work Experience 

• Minimum of seven (7) years of relevant experience in the areas of M&E is required.

• Experience in development work in remote areas highly desired.

• Experience in World Bank M&E, social protection and food security projects is desired..

• Experience in IT using Monitoring and Evaluation software is desired.

• Experience in public works projects will be an desired.

• Clear knowledge and experience working on data analysis is desired.

Language requirement

• Fluency in written and oral English is required.

• Knowledge of Arabic Language desired.

Contract type: Individual Contractor Agreement (ICA)
Contract level: Local ICA Support - 7 (ICS 7)
Contract duration:  21 months 

For more details about the ICA contractual modality, please follow this link:

• 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.

• These are local positions, open to South Sudanese nationals in 6 duty stations including: Juba, Pariang, Maban, Aweil West, Yambio and Rubkona.

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.