Dutystation: Amman, Jordan
Functional responsibilities
Within the delegated authority and under the direct supervision of the Head of UN-Habitat Jordan Programme, the Monitoring and Evaluation Associate will be assigned to UN-Habitat Amman Office and be responsible for the following duties:
Monitoring:
In coordination with the Regional and National Project Managers in Jordan as well as the national Implementing partners, maintain and update the monitoring process as part of the general monitoring, evaluation and reporting system.
Assist in monitoring the progress of the programme activities and report on the level of achieving outputs and outcomes as indicated in projects’ log frames.
Contribute to developing monitoring frameworks, tools and guidelines to effectively support the implementation, tracking, and evaluation of programmes.
Follow up on a daily basis with the Implementing partners in Jordan in order to monitor and evaluate all projects planned activities and progress towards achieving the project’s targets and indicators, outputs, outcomes, and components and follow up work plans execution with regard to technical execution of activities and progress of expenditures related to M&E reporting including conducting office and field visits and close follow-up with Implementing partners; and ensuring that accurate data is collected in a timely, systematic, and efficient manner.
Support monitoring implementation of the project Environment and Social Management Plan (ESMP), which includes monitoring indicators and responsibilities for identified potential risks, impacts and mitigation measures.
Support in monitoring Community Level Participatory of Gender and Youth responsiveness and impact of the project.
Assist in planning and conducting visits to field sites in Jordan to follow-up work of consultants, contractors, suppliers to ensure timely and quality delivery per Targets and Indicators of the project.
Evaluation:
Support in integrating evaluation requirements in the Agreement of Cooperation (AoCs) with partners
Support to the development of Evaluation Strategies and Plans for projects.
Assist in reviewing UN-Habitat Evaluation Guidelines to identify evaluation prerequisites, processes, and means.
Help preparing ToR and coordination the work of the external consultants in charge of developing Mid-Term as well as Project Final Evaluation Reports.
Follow up and report on evaluations conducted by external evaluators to ensure timely submission and quality of evaluation reports.
Support Identifying and formulating evaluations’ findings, lessons learned and recommendations.
Reporting
Assist in enhancing and maintaining the existing reporting framework of the projects, ensuring complete oversight of requirements, while coordinating with project management unit
Prepare periodic reporting documents for projects including status/annual project progress reports (PPR) up to terminal project performance report using the AF PPRs template. This will include monitoring of project’s Milestones; the financial information related to the PPRs; Procurement data; Risks assessment; ESP Compliance; GP Compliance; Project indicators; Lessons learned; Project Results.
Support in the management of M&E information-related process for preparing the annual results and performance reports, in addition to preparing data for other briefings, summaries, papers, presentations, etc; and maintaining all M&E tracking forms and tools related to the Project’s data collection systems and ensuring that data is up to date.
Other Tasks:
Contribute and assist in meetings as requested by project management unit Participate in the National Projects Steering Committee meetings in Jordan, technical meetings as well as regional and national workshops.
Support developing concept notes and project documents for various programmes to support strategic planning and resource mobilization
Support in the preparation of Agreements of Collaboration (AoCs) with donors and partners.
Support on other related tasks that may be requested by the management.
Provide, as needed, relevant support and assistance to the Regional and National project managers in the overall project management duties
Work implies frequent interaction with the following: Counterparts, officers and technical staff in the relevant Secretariat Units and UN funds, programmes and other UN specialized agencies, representatives and officials in national and local governments, non-governmental organizations and consultants.
Education/Experience/Language requirements
Related practical experience in M&E capacity with international development programs/projects sponsored by international agencies is required.
Knowledge of drafting, writing and reviewing in English and report preparation and project implementation follow-up at office and in the field is desirable.
Knowledge of implementing and/or managing data collection processes and procedures is desirable.
General awareness regarding water and climate change challenges facing the local communities in the Arab Region is desirable.
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