National Programme Specialist - Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

About the role

The National Programme Specialist works within the UNFPA Ethiopia Country Office, alongside programme, technical and operations staff, leading planning and contributing to monitoring and evaluation of the Country Programme. The post reports to the Head of the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit. UNFPA is the UN agency for reproductive health, maternal health, gender equality and youth empowerment, and the role supports its 2026-2029 Strategic Plan.

Key responsibilities

• Advise management on strategic planning and programme/project management policies and procedures, and design and implement annual target setting.
• Support inputs to the UN Common Country Analysis and UNSDCF, and lead the annual review of the Country Programme with the Government and partners.
• Facilitate field monitoring visits, myResults quarterly and annual planning and reporting, and mid-term reviews and evaluations with implementing partners.
• Support project proposals and reports, focusing on theory of change, logical frameworks and results-based management.
• Maintain and update the Country Office PME plan, compile and analyse indicator data, and manage the planning, monitoring and evaluation work of the Country Programme.
• Co-lead knowledge management on PME, support project and Country Programme evaluations, and help prepare the annual report.
• Advise on strengthening programme capacity, guide work plans with SMARTER indicators, and facilitate training on reporting, monitoring and evaluation.
• Provide technical support to the Operations Team on assurance activities such as spot checks and partner capacity assessments.
• Take part in advocacy and resource mobilization, represent UNFPA in technical working groups, and conduct field monitoring and supportive supervision.

Required profile

• Advanced degree in health, population, statistics, demography or another related social science discipline.
• Five years of increasingly responsible professional experience in planning, monitoring and evaluation in development and population activities.
• Experience in programme/project planning, management and evaluation, including large multi-sector projects, proposal design and appraisal, and humanitarian-development-peace programming.
• Proven teamwork experience; field experience and prior UN experience are assets.
• Fluent English; knowledge of other official UN languages is an asset.