Planning and Monitoring Officer (NO-1) IRAN, Tehran #125354

Planning and Monitoring Officer NOA (NO-1) – Iran Country Office Position #125354

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child’s success

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

How can you make a difference?

Purpose for the job: The Planning and Monitoring Officer reports to Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist for supervision. The Officer provides technical, operational, and administrative assistance throughout the planning, monitoring process, preparing, coordinating executing, and implementing a variety of technical and administrative tasks to contribute to programme planning, monitoring and reporting.

Key function, accountabilities and related duties/tasks

1. Programme Planning

• Support the process of development and modification process of UNICEF country programme document and coordinate the quality assurance reviews, and collection and consolidation of inputs received from the stakeholders until the complete finalization.
• Provide support to development of annual management plan.
• Provide support to development and adjustment of workplans.
• Coordinate and implement planning procedures to support regular planning and adaptation of the programmes to the emerging needs
• Support units with adopting the system requirements for budget planning and work planning
• Support quality assurance of annual planning exercise
• Coordinate and support rollout of new organizational procedures related to planning and migration to new practices such as Field Monitoring Module, eWork Planning, ezHACT, etc..
• Collaborate closely and actively with cross sectoral sections and roles in support to integrated programming.
• Explore programming prerequisites as per the applicable guidelines and the evolving needs.
• Provide input to the management on the programme planning status and needs.
• Support planning for evidence generation through survey and research.
• In coordination with other stakeholders, support the collection of SDGs and other key social development indicators (through MICS or other surveys) to improve national planning.

1. Partnership Management, Quality Assurance and Compliance

• Support partnership development and management with national implementing partners, NGOs, and civil society organizations.
• Act as a focal point for partnership management portal and address the needs and queries by all users at different levels.
• Provide support to quality assurance process for all UNICEF cash transferers under HACT mandates.
• Support development and implementation of HACT workplan based on UNICEF mandates and under the guidance of the Deputy Representative for Operations and Finance Officer.
• Support programme and operation teams and/or external contractors in conducting micro and macro assessments and spot checks under HACT requirements
• Support programme units in planning and quality assuring field monitoring and programmatic visits including end user monitoring of supplies.
• Support conducting due diligence for the current and the potential partnerships.
• Coordination of annual risk assessment exercise and reporting on mitigation measures and issues.
• Reporting the risks on ERM and submit for review.
• Support conducting and implementation of audits and evaluations and follow up on management responses.
• Provide management with compliance reports.
• Organize partnership mapping and reviews.

1. Monitoring and Reporting

• Support programme units in organizing and quality assuring field monitoring and programmatic visits.
• Coordinating efforts across the country office to enhance Accountability to the Affected Population (AAP).
• Guide programme units on planning, quality assurance and frequency of end user monitoring of supplies
• Systematically follow up on monitoring and quality assurance action points.
• Attend field visits to support result monitoring.
• Support planning for mid-year/term and annual reviews for the country programme documents and workplans by preparing the required templates and substances, coordinating the sessions and providing instruction on indicator and narrative reports.
• Support collecting and consolidating inputs for periodic reports on implementation status of and achievements under the Country Programme and under United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework.
• Monitoring and prepare reports on the key programme performance and management indicators.
• Support preparation for the steering committee with the national counterparts for programmatic reviews.
• Develop ad hoc progress monitoring reports as required by the management.

1. Capacity Building and Knowledge Management

• Promote the awareness and understanding of the shared responsibility of PME function among all staff members and partners.
• Support communication, training, learning and development activities for UNICEF staff and national and relevant international partners.
• Provide support to identify, capture, synthesize and share lessons learned from different knowledge sources.
• Research and report on best practices and systems for development planning of knowledge products.
• Support systemization of documentation and knowledge management process withing the office.

Impact of Results

The support provided by this position to the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit and other stakeholders contribute to the successful planning and monitoring efforts that in turn result in improved efficiency and effectiveness in delivery of results and enhanced performance.

Through a dedicated focus on the quality assurance of partnerships, HACT and monitoring requirements, and in close collaboration with the Deputy programme for Operation, this role will also facilitate enhancing compliance level of the office against applicable operational procedures and enables risk informed programming.

 

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• A university degree in social sciences, data and statistics, Education: planning, development, and other field of sciences relevant to this role with minimum 3 years of extensive qualifying work experience directly related to this role.
• A minimum of Three years of relevant professional work experience in non-for-profit/public sector programme and project planning, monitoring and evaluation.
• Fluency in English and Persian is required.

UNICEF values and competency Required (based on the updated Framework)

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values:

• Care
• Respect
• Integrity
• Trust
• Accountability
• Sustainability

Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

ii) Core Competencies (For Staff without Supervisory Responsibilities) *

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
• Works Collaboratively with others (1)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
• Drive to achieve impactful results (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

* The 7 core competencies are applicable to all employees. However, the competency Nurtures, leads and Managers people is only applicable to staff who supervise others.

Recruitment Qualifications:

Education:	A university degree in social sciences, data and statistics, planning, development, and other field of sciences relevant to this role with minimum 3 years of extensive qualifying work experience directly related to this role.
Experience:	Three years of relevant professional work experience in non-for-profit/public sector programme and project planning, monitoring and evaluation.
Language Requirements:	Fluency in English and Persian is required.

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. 

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.  All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.