Monitoring & Evaluation Consultant

Job Description

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.  The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes.  Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced University degree in social sciences, statistics, development economics, performance management, monitoring and evaluation or other related fields, or First University degree with additional years of relevant work experience and/or training/courses.
Language: Fluency (level C) in English language.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

These jobs are found primarily in Country and Field Offices and report to the Deputy Country Director, the Head of Programme or the designate, and operate under technical guidance from Performance Management & Monitoring Division and Office of Evaluation. Job holders are likely to be found in an environment where the complexity of food assistance programmes is high (e.g. greater security risks, wider range of programmes, higher levels of partnership working) and are often required to lead and motivate a team.

JOB PURPOSE

We are seeking to fill a position of M&E officer who will serve as Team Lead for the M&E by supervising both national and international staff, and will lead the work of M&E, including design the M&E framework, establish M&E data collection system, conduct analysis and report, which is essential to make sure all learnings are reflect back to better programming for WFP Ethiopia.

The job holder ensures alignment to WFP corporate standards on M&E and lead the generation of quality evidence on the outputs, outcomes, and effects of WFP’s interventions on the lives of beneficiaries, and inform strategy and programme design.  This includes coordinating all monitoring activities of the WFP Ethiopia Country Office, including outreach to the sub-offices.  S/he advises managers on strategic and operational matters related to the generation of evidence and data management, and provides technical leadership to country office management.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1.           Lead a team of technical M&E experts, providing coaching and guidance to enable high performance.

2.           Lead the development and implementation of M&E operational plans that will provide the most relevant and strategic information to manage progress towards achieving expected results (as set out in the Country Strategic Plan and other global and regional plans), while being compliant with WFP’s corporate monitoring requirements.

3.           Ensure that adequate M&E costs are budgeted for, and advocate for both appropriate financial and human resourcing.

4.           Provide feedback on the formulation of sub-office M&E plan and support their operationalization.

5.           Develop a Ethiopia Country Office M&E plan, aligned with corporate strategies, standards and guidelines.

6.           Advise and support evidence-based analysis and decision-making on programme design and implementation, notably through making monitoring findings accessible, and developing innovative, user-friendly and informative products.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES – Continued

7.           Support WFP Management in addressing recommendations from monitoring and reviews to ensure that follow-up actions are taken as required.

8.           Build monitoring capacity of WFP staff and partners, through the design and delivery of training and information-sharing. Manage and mentor junior staff members and guide them as required to enable their high performance.

9.           Contribute to the development and implementation of national government and inter- agency monitoring, reporting and evaluation frameworks, including United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) aligned with nationally-owned sustainable development goals.

10.         Represent WFP at national/inter-agency meetings and contribute to technical discussions, exchange of best practices, identify opportunities for strengthening national monitoring capacity and develop strategic partnerships.

11.         Take responsibility for supporting the integration of protection and gender perspectives in all areas of work, to ensure equal participation of women and men.

12.         Ensure that CO monitoring systems and tools are in place and compliant with corporate standards, including the minimum monitoring requirements (MMR), standard operational procedures (SOP) and establishment of baselines and targets in alignment with the updated corporate result framework (CRF).

13.         Coordinate and oversee the production of monitoring and operational reports, clearly showing results and implementation progress.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Utilizes understanding of WFP’s Strategic Objectives to communicate linkages to team objectives and work.
•  Be a force for positive change: Proactively identifies and develops new methods or improvements for self and immediate team to address work challenges within own work area.
•  Make the mission inspiring to our team: Identifies opportunities to further align individual contributions with WFP’s mission of making an impact on local communities.
•  Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Helps colleagues to see the link between their individual tasks and the contributions of their unit’s goals to the broader context of WFP’s mission.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people’s skills: Is able to identify, support and encourage focused on-the-job learning opportunities to address gaps between current skillsets and needed future skillsets for WFP.
•  Create an inclusive culture: Recognizes the contributions of teammates, and encourages contributions from culturally different team mates to recognise the value of diversity above and beyond just including it in programming for beneficiaries.
•  Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Provides and solicits ongoing constructive feedback on strengths and development opportunities to help develop individual skills, whilst also helping others identify areas for improvement.
•  Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Sets clear targets for self and others to focus team efforts in ambiguous situations (e.g., unprecedented issues and/or scenarios)

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Thinks beyond team’s conventional approaches to formulate creative methods for delivering food aid and assistance to beneficiaries.
•  Focus on getting results: Maintains focus on achieving individual results in the face of obstacles such as volatile or fragile environments and/or organizational roadblocks.
•  Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes personal accountability for upholding and delivering upon team’s commitments and provides assurance to stakeholders.
•  Be Decisive: Demonstrates ability to adjust to team’s plans and priorities to optimize outcomes in light of evolving directives, while also responding quickly in high-pressure environments, such as in emergency settings.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Demonstrates an understanding of when and how to tactfully engage other units in conversations on impact, timing, or planning
•  Build strong external partnerships: Networks regularly with key external partners using formal and informal opportunities to understand each partner’s unique value proposition, and to build and strengthen relationships
•  Be politically agile & adaptable: Demonstrates ability to adapt engagement approach in the context of evolving partner circumstances and expectations
•  Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Demonstrates ability to articulate to internal and external audiences the value that individual contributions and immediate teams bring to partnerships.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

– Minimum of 6 years of relevant professional work experience in international development or humanitarian work.

– Minimum of four years of experience in managing complex monitoring activities spanning a range of food and nutrition programme initiatives.

– Experience in managing diverse teams of M&E staff.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Experience in building monitoring systems, conducting monitoring data collection exercises, and producing analytical reports involving multiple stakeholders, including governments, partners, and academia.
• Experience in leading multi-functional and diverse teams.
• Management of complex monitoring activities, spanning a range of food and nutrition programme initiatives.
• Developing recommendations to senior leaders on ways to improve programming based on monitoring data.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment

WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage.