Planning and Monitoring Officer

United Nations Children's Fund


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Description

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Under the direct supervision of the Programme Specialist and the technical guidance of the Planning & Monitoring Specialist, the National UN Youth Volunteer will support the following tasks related to Programme Planning and Monitoring.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical support and assist the Planning & Monitoring Specialist in developing and reviewing
  • work plans, emergency preparedness, and response plans. Ensure that the quality of these plans
  • meets established standards.
  • Assist in designing and updating monitoring tools and methodologies to ensure accurate and
  • reliable data collection.
  • Conduct field visits on a systematic and regular basis to monitor program implementation, track
  • progress, and collect data on program outcomes and challenges in coordination with program teams
  • and implementing partners.
  • Collect, analyze, and make data available for key programme and management indicators
  • reports to inform decision-making at the field office management level.
  • Compile and synthesize data to provide actionable insights to the Section and national partners to
  • support planning efforts.
  • Monitor and coordinate the performance of the Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) firm and Third-Party
  • Monitoring Facilitators, ensuring timely, accurate data collection and reporting. This includes
  • preparation of the monthly monitoring plans, tracking field activities, ensuring adherence to monitoring
  • standards, addressing operational challenges, and facilitating the integration of TPM findings into
  • program improvements.
  • Assess the impact of programmes and policies, and regularly report on progress.
  • Assist the Planning and Monitoring Specialist in leading UNICEF’s technical efforts to gather critical
  • information on populations affected by emergencies and disasters.
  • Participate in assessment missions, including interagency missions, and intersectoral assessment to
  • support emergency preparedness and response.
  • Monitor high-frequency humanitarian indicators, focusing on the use of routine and administrative
  • data collection to enhance preparedness, targeting, and coordination of effective humanitarian
  • responses.
  • Support office overall coordination function, including organizing weekly meetings, preparing meeting
  • minutes, tracking action points, and ensuring necessary follow-up.
  • Assist in the collection and analysis of data related to program activities, humanitarian response
  • efforts, and sectoral performance.
  • Support the development and maintenance of Sector/Sub-Sector information management systems
  • to ensure that information is accurate, accessible, and up to date.
  • Contribute to the compilation of key statistics, visual reports (charts, graphs, maps) on sectors
  • activities, and data dashboards for internal and external stakeholders.
  • Support the programmes in ensuring data is appropriately disaggregated by gender, age, disability,
  • and other key variables for effective reporting and decision-making.
  • Assist in data validation and quality control to ensure that information presented is reliable, accurate,and coherent.

 Education:

  • Bachelor degree or equivalent in Social sciences, International Development and Humanitarian studies,
  • Development studies, Economics, Public Policy and administration, Statistics and data science, computer science/IT, Information Management and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) or other related fields.

Work Experience:

  • 1- 3 years of proven experience in program planning, monitoring, and/or research and data analysis.
  • Excellent data collection, analysis, and interpretation skills.
  • Proficiency in data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).
  • Strong organizational and time management skills.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Proficiency in relevant software (e.g., Microsoft Office Suite, statistical software).
  • Experience working in complex and challenging environments.
  • Respect for diversity and adaptability to other cultures, environments and living condition.

Languages:

  • Arabic, Level: Fluent, Require.
  • English, Level: Fluent, Required.

Source: https://app.unv.org/opportunities/1784888021260876

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