National Programme Specialist - Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

About the role

The National Programme Specialist works in an integrated way with programme, technical and operations staff in the UNFPA Ethiopia Country Office, leading planning and contributing to monitoring and evaluation of the Country Programme. The post reports to the Head of the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit. The role covers planning, monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance of UNFPA's humanitarian, development and peace programming, and involves collaboration with government, donors, civil society and UN sister agencies.

Key responsibilities

• Advise management on strategic planning and programme/project management policies and procedures, and design and implement annual target setting.
• Support UNFPA inputs for the UN Common Country Analysis and UNSDCF, and prepare the annual review of the Country Programme with the Government and partners.
• Facilitate field monitoring visits, compile reports, coordinate quarterly and annual planning and reporting, and run regular reviews of the Country Programme with implementing partners, including mid-term reviews.
• Support project proposals with theory of change and logical frameworks, and review project reports against the log frame and performance matrix.
• Manage planning, monitoring and evaluation, including results-based indicators, indicator databases and the Country Office PME plan.
• Co-lead knowledge management on PME, support project and Country Programme evaluations, and facilitate the annual report.
• Advise on strengthening programme capacity, guide work plans with SMARTER indicators, and run trainings for staff and implementing partners.
• Provide technical support to the Operations Team, take part in advocacy and resource mobilization, and represent UNFPA in technical working groups.

Required profile

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