Recruitment Description/ Key Accountabilities

Qualifications and Skills

Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results: Provide technical support to ensure that the use of well-prioritised and realistic plan for monitoring and evaluation activities that will provide the most relevant and strategic information to manage the convergence programmes, and in particular NutriNorte, including tracking and assessing  UNICEF’s distinct contribution and progress on key programme indicators. 

Situation Monitoring and Assessment: Provide technical support to ensure that the Country Office and national partners have timely and accurate measurement of change in conditions in the NutriNorte target locations, including monitoring of socio-economic trends of specific programme related indicators, to facilitate planning and to draw conclusions about the impact of the programmes.

Programme Performance Monitoring: Provide technical support to ensure that the Country Office has quality information to assess progress towards expected results established in annual work plans.

M&E Capacity Development: Provide technical support to ensure that the monitoring and evaluation capacities of field and country offices staff and implementing partners– are strengthened enabling them to increasingly engage in and lead monitoring and evaluation processes.

Communication and Partnerships: Provide technical support to ensure that all of the above tasks are carried out and accomplished through effective communication and partnerships

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here:  JD ME officer CHN NutriNorte – 30072024.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements:

Education: A first university degree (equivalent to a Bachelor’s) from an accredited institution is required in social sciences, development studies, information systems, statistics, quantitative methods, survey implementation, advanced statistical research or a related field.

Work Experience: At least two years of relevant professional experience in results measurement and monitoring (MRM) or monitoring and evaluation (M&E), of which includes the development and management of such systems.

Skills: Proactivity and good collaboration skills to work well with people. Capacity development/ training/ facilitation skills is an asset.

Language Requirements: Excellent command of Portuguese and working knowledge of English is required.

Desirables:

• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency. 
• Solid knowledge and understanding of Results-Based Management principles and its application in programme cycle.
• Proven experience with data collection, processing, cleaning and analysis; monitoring and evaluation; information management and or other relevant experience. 
• Proven technical experience in developing tools and using innovative technology, including Kobo and PowerBI, particularly in data, performance monitoring, mobile use and open source, is highly desirable. 
• Proven expertise and experience in designing interactive data visualization dashboards, KPI scorecards, and data models, implementing low-level security, and developing, publishing, and scheduling Power BI reports as per business requirements is considered an asset.
• Experience with database design, data management and analysis.
• Demonstrated experience in developing information systems and databases and map production.
• Experience in use of SPSS.
• Experience of working with data and statistics, e.g. households and panel surveys, and large datasets, is considered as an asset.
• Experience and familiarity with UN/UNICEF planning and monitoring tools

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

• Builds and maintains partnerships (1)
• Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (1)
• Drive to achieve results for impact (1)
• Innovates and embraces change (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)
• Thinks and acts strategically (1)
• Works collaboratively with others (1)

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.