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For each child, high quality!

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

To be certain that the UNICEF Country Office has helpful, legitimate and dependable data on the scenario of kids’s and ladies’s rights and the efficiency of UNICEF-supported programmes together with their relevance, effectivity, effectiveness, and sustainability, and in emergency contexts, their protection, coordination and coherence.

To work inside the UN nation crew to help UNCT targets for delivering legitimate and dependable data on the attainment of the SDGs and different targets, and on the efficiency of UN-supported programmes.

Support the operationalization of UNINFO and different monitoring an analysis instruments which improve partnership between the UNCT, authorities and different key gamers to collectively monitor progress on SDGs and different worldwide dedication for kids.

To help within the improvement of nationwide capacities for monitoring, analysis and analysis, with particular consideration to the curiosity, concern and participation of presidency, group, and civil society stakeholders.   

KEY END-RESULTS

1. Monitoring, Evaluation & Research Planning. The Country Office and nationwide companions have a well-prioritised and reasonable plan of analysis, monitoring and analysis actions, developed collaboratively that gives all of the related and strategic data wanted to handle the Country Programme.
2. Situation Monitoring and Assessment. A collectively Situation Monitoring and Assessment system owned by all key companions is in place, trough which the Country Office and nationwide companions have well timed and correct measurements of change in situations of kids, ladies, and their households within the nation or area; this data is offered to facilitate planning and measure program affect.
3. Programme Performance Monitoring. The planning perform of the Country Office and all Field Offices have high quality data collected and disseminated with the participation of all involved companions to assess progress in the direction of anticipated annual and multi-year outcomes.
4. Evaluation. UNICEF-supported evaluations attain established UN high quality requirements, and the outcomes are disseminated in a well timed style to stakeholders for bettering programme efficiency and contributing to nationwide and company studying.
5. M&E Capacity Building. The monitoring and analysis capacities of Country Office workers and nationwide companions – authorities and civil society – enhanced with the contribution of UNICEF information companions meet the expectations and necessities of their positions and tasks.
6. Coordination and Networking. The UNICEF workplace is linked to wider UNICEF M&E developments in method that each contributes to and advantages from organizational studying on efficient M&E administration.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES and DUTIES & TASKS

Within the delegated authority and below the given organizational set-up, the incumbent could also be assigned the primarily, shared, or contributory accountabilities for all or part of the next areas of main duties and key end-results.

1.  Integrated Monitoring, Evaluation & Research Plan (IMEP) 

Ensure that the Country Office and nationwide companions use a well-prioritised and reasonable plan of analysis, monitoring and analysis actions that can present probably the most related and strategic data to handle the Country Programme, together with monitoring and assessing UNICEF’s distinct contribution. 

Duties & Tasks

• Make skilled contributions to and supply technical help for the planning and establishing the foremost analysis, monitoring and analysis targets, priorities, and actions in UNICEF’s multi-year and annual IMEPs, in session with child-rights and implementing companions.
• Likewise, help the event of UNSDCF M&E Plans from a sound results-based programming course of.
• Identify the M&E targets, priorities, and actions required for efficient CO and accomplice Emergency Preparedness and Response Plans,
• In humanitarian response conditions, help the design and implementation of the Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) and the Humanitarian Program Monitoring (HPM) working in shut collaboration with the humanitarian clusters or different coordination mechanisms in existence.     

2.  Situation Monitoring and Assessment 

Ensure that the Country Office and nationwide companions have well timed and correct measurement of change in situations within the nation or area, together with monitoring of socio-economic traits and the nation’s wider coverage, financial or institutional context, to facilitate planning and to draw conclusions concerning the affect of programmes or insurance policies.

Duties & Tasks

• In coordination with different stakeholders, help the gathering of kids associated Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) and different key social improvement indicators (by MICS or different surveys) to enhance nationwide planning.
• Support companions within the institution and administration of nationwide statistical databases making certain that key indicators are readily accessible by key stakeholders. Potential makes use of embrace the Situation Analysis, Common Country Assessment, Early Warning Monitoring Systems, and Mid-Term Reviews. 
• Develop a collectively Situation Monitoring and Assessment system owned by all key companions which helps the preparation of nation degree statistical and analytic studies on the standing of kids’s and ladies’s rights points; and which permit, when alternatives emerge to affect developmental and social insurance policies.  To embrace technical help to international reporting obligations together with nationwide studies on progress towards the SDGs, and towards CRC and CEDAW fulfilment.
• In humanitarian response conditions, present skilled help for a number of fast assessments (inter-agency or independently if obligatory) to be carried out inside the first 48-72 hours, working in shut collaboration with the humanitarian clusters companions or different coordination mechanism in existence

3.  Programme Performance Monitoring 

Ensure that the Country Office has high quality data to assess progress in the direction of anticipated outcomes established in annual work plans.

Duties & Tasks

• Provide technical help to be certain that a set of programme efficiency indicators is recognized and adjusted as obligatory, with inputs of all involved companions within the context of the multi-year and annual IMEPs, the Annual Management Plan and Annual Work Plans, as outlined within the Programme Policy and Procedures Manual). 
• Coordinate with companions to be certain that monitoring methods are correctly designed, and that knowledge assortment and evaluation from discipline visits are coordinated and standardised throughout programmes to feed into to programme efficiency monitoring, with particular consideration to humanitarian response.
• Drawing on monitoring and evaluation of key program efficiency and administration indicators, present skilled enter to administration studies, together with related sections of the annual studies.

4.  Evaluation

Ensure that UNICEF-supported evaluations are designed and applied to established UN high quality requirements, and the outcomes are disseminated in a well timed style to stakeholders so as to enhance programme efficiency and contribute to wider studying.

Duties & Tasks

• Technically help programme companions to formulate Terms of Reference and analysis designs of top of the range, when related drawing on the know-how of data establishments, in compliance with the group’s programme analysis insurance policies and tips.
• Monitor and make sure the high quality of the sphere work and knowledge administration throughout the implementation part, and the standard of the evaluation and ease of understanding throughout the report writing part.
• Disseminate analysis findings and suggestions to the meant audiences in user-friendly strategies.  In specific, to be certain that efficient participatory suggestions is supplied to group and civil society stakeholders.
• Monitor and be certain that a administration response to the findings and suggestions of the analysis is accomplished, recorded, and adopted up for implementation.  Most particularly, be certain that analysis suggestions are submitted to the Country Management Team and follow-up actions recorded in CMT minutes. Submit digital copies of all evaluations to NYHQ through the Evaluation Data Base internet portal, with full accompanying documentation.

5.  M&E Capacity Building

Ensure that the monitoring and analysis capacities of Country Office workers and nationwide companions – authorities and civil society – are strengthened enabling them to more and more have interaction in and lead monitoring and analysis processes.

Duties & Tasks

• Promote the notice and understanding of the shared duty of M& E perform amongst all workers members by communication, coaching, studying and improvement actions organization-wide.
• In shut collaboration with companions, be certain that an M&E capability constructing technique for UNICEF/UN workers nationwide companions and establishments exists within the context of the IMEP, or UNSDCF and M&E plan.  Pay specific consideration so the capability wants of nationwide companions akin to skilled analysis associations can be strengthened by involvement in analysis processes and presumably by particular capability constructing initiatives.
• Collaborate to implement capability constructing methods as a joint dedication with different developmental companions. Utilize a spread of applicable expertise constructing methods together with self-learning, seminars and workshops and sensible expertise so that UNICEF and UN workers have the essential information and expertise in understanding and making use of new M&E insurance policies, instruments, strategies to fulfil their tasks. Similarly, design and implement methods suited to the talents wants of nationwide companions.
• Actively search partnerships with information establishments for the identification of capability gaps and improvement of methods to tackle them.

6.  Coordination and Networking 

Ensure that the UNICEF workplace is successfully linked to wider UNICEF M&E developments in a method that each contributes to and advantages from organizational studying on efficient M&E administration.

Duties & Tasks

• Collaborate with Regional M&E Advisers and HQ Evaluation Office for total coordination of precedence analysis, monitoring and analysis actions, particularly these of regional scope requiring the coordinated effort of a number of nations.
• Partner with the Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser to be certain that present and correct M&E knowledge and outcomes are included in regional studies, multi-country research, and information sharing networks. 
• Undertake lessons-learned critiques on profitable and unsuccessful M&E practices and expertise on the nationwide degree, and guarantee they’re shared as applicable.  Similarly, listen to M&E information networks to determine improvements and classes realized which may be related for the CO and companions to enhance their M&E perform.

To qualify as an advocate for each child you’ll have…

Minimum necessities:

Education: Advanced college diploma in social sciences, statistics, planning improvement, planning.  

Work Experience: At least 5 years of related skilled work expertise in programme improvement and implementation with a deal with monitoring and analysis actions. 

Language Requirements: Fluency in English, Uzbek and Russian are required.

Skills:  

• Country Program Size: Medium CP.
• Risk of Emergencies: Humanitarian crises, in the event that they happen, are anticipated to arrive in sudden-onset pure disasters or in longer-term recurrent issues like drought.
• Technical Breadth: Must be able to impartial management in IMEP improvement and administration. Should have vital skilled power and workplace management tasks in not less than 3 of the remaining 5 practical areas (Social Data, Programme Planning, Evaluations, Capacity Building, Coordination and Partnership)
• Sectoral Breadth: Will be required to provide substantive help to 2-3 of the 5 MTSP Key Results Areas; ought to possess educational or skilled work publicity to the MTSP themes prioritized within the Country Programme.
• Innovation and Conceptualization. Considered absolutely competent to apply standardized approaches and fashions; anticipated to search help from regional or HQ degree when innovating approaches, methods and insurance policies.
• Technical and Managerial Engagement: Primary roles are in technical help and high quality assurance. Normal counterparts are ministerial and educational/personal specialists. Is sometimes a Coordinator/Team Leader with broader managerial roles.
• Capacity Strengthening: Fully competent to arrange and assist ship specialised coaching, together with the design of supplies and strategies. Not anticipated to develop capability strengthening methods with out exterior help.
• Networking: Ability to successfully liaise with information establishments to search partnerships in formulating capability strengthening technique.
• Supervisory Role: Not anticipated to supervise a couple of skilled publish at ranges 1-2. May supervise a number of consultants up to Level 4 work.

Desirables:

• Developing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency. At least one occasion of publicity to emergency programming, together with preparedness planning. Active involvement in a humanitarian disaster response programme most well-liked.

For each Child, you show…

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The UNICEF competencies required for this publish are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness

(3) Drive to obtain outcomes for affect

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others 

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Remarks:

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