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Chief Planning Monitoring and Evaluation, P-4, Jakarta, Indonesia
Vacancy No: E-VN-2013-002515
Duty Station: Jakarta
Country: Indonesia
Region: EAPRO
Job Level:
Position#: IDS13027
Application Close: 20-Dec-13
Contract Type: Long-term Staff (FT)
Purpose of the Position
Chief- Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation is accountable
for providing coordination and guidance to the UNICEF Indonesia programme
clusters on programme planning and monitoring, and for management of
evaluations.
Key Expected Results
1. Accurate, coherent and reliable information collected and
reported on the performance of UNICEF-supported programmes including their
relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability, and in emergency
contexts, their coverage, coordination and coherence.
2. Adaptation of UNICEF`s planning approach to the specific national country context to achieve planning alignment and relevance.
3. Facilitation of planning in the context of the development of the Country Programme, CPAP, and UNDAF.
4. Technical guidance and support provided for the collection of accurate, reliable, gender-specific and coherent information for the Country Office to effectively assess programme performance, with the involvement of key partners, in terms of progress towards key end-results established in annual and multi-year workplans, including budget management.
5. Technical guidance and support provided to ensure that Country Office Performance are systematically monitored and data for key indicators of the Annual Management Plan and management reports are collected, analyzed and made available to management and the Country Management Team.
6. Evaluation is designed and carried out with quality process and products in line with priority and strategy. Evaluation findings, recommendations and reports are useful to improve programme performance and are effectively disseminated to the intended audience.
7. Effective communication and partnerships are achieved in carrying out integrated planning of research, monitoring and evaluation activities within the Country Office and with the Regional office, national partners, the UN Country Team and the international community.
8. The awareness and understanding of the shared responsibility of M&E function among the ICO staff and the key government partners in all sectors are promoted.
9. Technical assistance provided for the conduct of inter-agency rapid assessment to define humanitarian response, in line with core commitment for children in humanitarian action.
2. Adaptation of UNICEF`s planning approach to the specific national country context to achieve planning alignment and relevance.
3. Facilitation of planning in the context of the development of the Country Programme, CPAP, and UNDAF.
4. Technical guidance and support provided for the collection of accurate, reliable, gender-specific and coherent information for the Country Office to effectively assess programme performance, with the involvement of key partners, in terms of progress towards key end-results established in annual and multi-year workplans, including budget management.
5. Technical guidance and support provided to ensure that Country Office Performance are systematically monitored and data for key indicators of the Annual Management Plan and management reports are collected, analyzed and made available to management and the Country Management Team.
6. Evaluation is designed and carried out with quality process and products in line with priority and strategy. Evaluation findings, recommendations and reports are useful to improve programme performance and are effectively disseminated to the intended audience.
7. Effective communication and partnerships are achieved in carrying out integrated planning of research, monitoring and evaluation activities within the Country Office and with the Regional office, national partners, the UN Country Team and the international community.
8. The awareness and understanding of the shared responsibility of M&E function among the ICO staff and the key government partners in all sectors are promoted.
9. Technical assistance provided for the conduct of inter-agency rapid assessment to define humanitarian response, in line with core commitment for children in humanitarian action.
Qualifications of Successful Candidate
- Advanced university degree in international development,
development planning, social sciences or other relevant disciplines.
- Eight years of relevant professional work experience, including both International and national work experiences.
- Professional work experience in programme planning and programme monitoring
- At least one instance of exposure to emergency programming preferred, including preparedness planning.
- Fluency in English and another UN working language. Knowledge of the local working language of the duty station would be an asset.
- Eight years of relevant professional work experience, including both International and national work experiences.
- Professional work experience in programme planning and programme monitoring
- At least one instance of exposure to emergency programming preferred, including preparedness planning.
- Fluency in English and another UN working language. Knowledge of the local working language of the duty station would be an asset.
Competencies of Successful Candidate
- Excellent effective communication skills
especially when targeting varied audiences.
- Strong supervisory and leadership skills
- Strong drive for results and previous hands on professional experience in facilitating collective consultative work processes related to Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of government counterparts.
- Communicates effectively to varied audiences, including during formal public speaking.
- Sets high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves project goals.
- Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
- Has good leadership and supervisory skills; co-ordinates group activities, ensuring that roles within the team are clear.
- Analyzes and integrates potentially conflicting numerical, verbal and other data from a number of sources.
- Translates strategic direction into plans and objectives.
- Demonstrates and shares detailed technical knowledge and expertise.
- Creates organization-wide processes to help ensure that all adhere to procedures and policies.
- Adjusts team or department`s approach to embrace changing circumstances.
- Strong supervisory and leadership skills
- Strong drive for results and previous hands on professional experience in facilitating collective consultative work processes related to Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of government counterparts.
- Communicates effectively to varied audiences, including during formal public speaking.
- Sets high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves project goals.
- Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
- Has good leadership and supervisory skills; co-ordinates group activities, ensuring that roles within the team are clear.
- Analyzes and integrates potentially conflicting numerical, verbal and other data from a number of sources.
- Translates strategic direction into plans and objectives.
- Demonstrates and shares detailed technical knowledge and expertise.
- Creates organization-wide processes to help ensure that all adhere to procedures and policies.
- Adjusts team or department`s approach to embrace changing circumstances.
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its
workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all
national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with
disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.
