Recrutement de 01 Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

Recrutement de 01 Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Niveau d'études: Non précisé
Expérience: 5 ans
Expire le: 26-10-2023

World Food Programme
Harare, Zimbabwe
Opportunités de carrière : Monitoring & Evaluation Officer NOB (829894)

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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. At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do, and the vision for the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, commited, skilled, and high-performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves. To learn more about WFP, visit our website, and follow us on social media to keep up with our latest news.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
In Zimbabwe, WFP has a strong track record of delivering food assistance and managing supply chains during crises, while building resilience to shocks among vulnerable communities. The July 2022-December 2026 Country Strategic Plan (CSP) provides a road map to promote shock-responsive social protection and sustainable and resilient food systems. The July 2022-December 2026 articulates collaborative efforts to better anticipate future needs, improve data and forecasting and strengthen livelihoods and local capacities to withstand, respond to and adapt more readily to sudden or chronic stresses. WFP will support informed decision making on food security and nutrition in Zimbabwe, and will integrate nutrition, gender, protection and inclusion, youth engagement, technological innovation and decentralized zero hunger action throughout the plan. WFP will establish new partnerships and leverage existing ones to their full potential, including those with the other Rome-based and other United Nations agencies.

WFP Zimbabwe’s July 2022-December 2026 CSP focuses on the below areas:

Social and humanitarian assistance for food-and nutrition-insecure populations in targeted rural and urban areas.
Support to urban food insecure households for resilient livelihoods.
Support to rural communities for climate resilient livelihoods, sustainable management of natural resources and enhanced participation in local markets and value chains.
Collaboration with national actors to enhance capacities to develop, coordinate and implement well-informed, effective and equitable actions for achieving food and nutrition security.
Services to humanitarian and development actors in Zimbabwe so they can implement their programmes and provide support to their beneficiaries in an efficient, effective and reliable way at all times, including during crises.

JOB PURPOSE
The incumbent will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Monitoring and Evaluation section and team. Support and or coordinate monitoring and evaluation activities within the country office, ensuring that WFP programs generate quality evidence on the outcomes and effects of WFP’s food assistance activities on the lives of beneficiaries with which to inform operational decision-making and strategic reorientation.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
Provide strategic inputs to the development/update of monitoring strategy and related SOPs in line with WFP and UN strategies, policies and processes.
Support planning and implementation of monitoring and evaluation activities on the effectiveness of all food assistance interventions (e.g. beneficiary needs and status, food security status, programme modalities, implementation challenges, etc.).
Review and give technical feedback on monitoring and evaluation plans for new programmes and budget revisions to ensure that plans are risk-based and focus on measuring results (e.g. checking monitoring and evaluation budgets are allocated and appropriate log-frame indicators and outcome targets are documented).
Lead and coordinate data collection exercises (remote monitoring and physical monitoring)
Contribute to the analysis of outcome data, recommend improvements to programme interventions and enhance WFP's ability to demonstrate outcome-focused results.
Produce frequent monitoring and evaluation progress reports with the status of results and implementation of improvements.
Follow-up on monitoring and evaluation findings to ensure that corrective actions are taken and/or adjustments are made to programme responses as required.
Train national and partner staff in appropriate monitoring and evaluation techniques to build the capacity of staff, increase awareness of the importance of monitoring and evaluation and encourage accountability for demonstrating results.
Work in close collaboration with internal counterparts and external partners to strengthen the quality and consistency of monitoring and evaluation activities in the field.
Work in close collaboration with internal counterparts and external partners to strengthen data quality, accuracy and consistency to build credible performance evidence.
Provide monitoring and evaluation findings and recommendations to support performance planning and risk analysis, emergency preparedness, security risk management and risk mitigation activities.
Provide support to internal and external audits, donors and other oversight monitoring missions when requested.
Other as required.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Advanced University degree in Sociology, Social Development, Development Economics or Performance Management or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of relevant work experience and/or training/courses.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE
Minimum 5 years experience in monitoring and evaluation processes. Up-to-date understanding of humanitarian/development activities and the resulting Monitoring and Evaluation requirements.
Has participated in defining the strategic direction and objectives of the Monitoring and Evaluation function at country office level.
Experience in promoting the use of data and evidence to inform programming/decision-making.
Experience developing user-friendly and practical knowledge products (e.g. dashboards, reports, presentations, case studies, success stories, videos, etc.) in different formats and audiences. Knowledge of SPSS, Stata & Tableau is highly desirable.
Excellent analytical skills and ability to package data and evidence into practical, user-friendly, and innovative knowledge products.
Highly analytical, good writing and communication skills, and the ability to use data and evidence to influence decision-making.
Expertise in qualitative and quantitative data collection tools. Expertise in research design, sampling, and coordination is highly desirable.
Experience in effectively managing processes involving many internal and external stakeholders.
Effective team player and strong communication skills.
Excellent stakeholder management skills. Leadership/team management and staff development skills.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES
Capability Name Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level
Strategic Management Utilizes up-to-date understanding of humanitarian and development actions in different contexts and knowledge of global geo-political issues, monitoring requirements and/or the evaluation mandate to enhance existing approaches, systems and processes to monitoring and/or evaluation that suit WFP’s strategic and operational needs.
Performance Management Demonstrates thorough understanding of WFP’s performance management system and ability to manage resources and relationships to lead monitoring actions or deliver complex evaluations (including joint & interagency) of a variety of WFP programmes, processes or policies to WFP monitoring and/or evaluation quality standards.
Qualitative/Quantitative Methodology Applies in-depth understanding of developing practice in analytical approaches, methods and tools for an appropriate mix to deliver quality monitoring results or complex evaluations on diverse topics relevant to WFP’s strategic and operational results frameworks.
Technical Communication Able to tailor and synthesize evaluation evidence and engage diverse internal and external stakeholders proactively in appropriate ways to maximize learning and use of evaluation concepts and evidence for improving WFP programme performance.
Programme Monitoring and Review Applies programme lifecycle knowledge to the development of monitoring systems and applies corporate guidance to draft ToR, co-lead Programme Review implementation, and draft initial findings and recommendations on the effectiveness of food assistance activities.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Qualified candidates are requested to submit their application via E-Recruitment attaching a signed application letter and a Curriculum Vitae.

This advert is open to nationals of Zimbabwe Only.

Female candidates with relevant qualifications and experience are particularly encouraged to apply.

WFP DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING).

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
Application deadline: 25 October 2023

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

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.