Monitoring Analyst Consultant
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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
25 May 202523:59GMT01:00 Central European Time (Rome)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.
ABOUT WFP
The World Food Programme is the worlds largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict disasters and the impact of climate change.
At WFP people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse committed skilled and high performing teams selected on merit operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment living WFPs values (Integrity Collaboration Commitment Humanity and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.
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WHY JOIN WFP
WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
WFP offers a highly inclusive diverse and multicultural working environment.
WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training accreditation coaching mentorship and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country regional and global offices around the world and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).
JOB TITLE:
Monitoring Analyst
TYPE OF CONTRACT:
Regular Consultant (CST II)
UNIT/DIVISION:
APP/APPMM
DUTY STATION (City Country):
Rome Italy (with travel to the field)
DURATION: 6 months
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
Analysis Planning & Performance (APP) is a Division in the Programme Operations Department incorporating VAM research analysis budget management reporting and monitoring to support policy and strategic development. These critical services provide the foundation for effective programme implementation from targeting vulnerable locations identifying trends in poverty and food insecurity assessing the performance and impact of food assistance to enabling midcourse adjustments through data monitoring.
The mission of APP is: To provide credible relevant and timely evidence for strategic and operational decisionmaking resource mobilization and accountability to beneficiaries.
Within APP the Programme Monitoring & Reporting service provides guidance and supports the field in planning collecting measuring and analysing programme performance to inform decisionmaking maintain operational focus on results and generate data for process output outcome/impact analysis and evaluations.
Employee Terms and Conditions:
Employees holding consultancy contracts and any other shortterm type of contracts are specifically excluded from the HR policy on Flexible working arrangement (including the requested regular telecommuting) unless their terms of reference specify otherwise.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under the guidance of the Head of Monitoring Frameworks Methods & Standards Unit (APPMM) the monitoring consultant will lead efforts to support the uptake of the Normative Measurement Framework support data systems and analysis and provide field support for data generation analysis and use. She/he will contribute to all APPMM workstreams. The expected tasks under each workstreams include but are not limited to as follows:
Measurement Framework & Methods
Support the update of the measurement framework and methods including:
Support the update of WFPs Indicator Compendium and respective indicator methodologies;
Support the inclusion of new indicators in Country Strategic Plan logframes;
Contribute to the revisions of field & corporate WFP monitoring guidelines;
Manage consultations between APPMM APP and Programme Policy & Guidance (PPG) teams to review indicators methodologies monitoring findings and discuss recommendations; and
Support to WFP Regional Bureaux (RBx) and Country Offices (COs) in the uptake and implementation of monitoring guidance and measurement requirements;
Data Systems & Analysis
Support the efforts to standardize and maintain COlevel monitoring systems and tools for data capturing processing and analysis. More specifically she/he will
Support roll out and adoption of APP tools aiming to improve data collection management analysis and visualization;
Undertake relevant analysis of global output outcome and process monitoring data and support the development of global monitoring data visualization templates and tools; and
Carry out knowledge management of monitoring products and ensure sharing within relevant networks
Field Support & Implementation
Support RBx and COs in adapting new measurements and implementing new monitoring tools across the evidence value chain. This includes:
Support Country Strategic Plan (CSP) design processes through ensuring uptake and implementation of corporate frameworks and methods (e.g. Line of Sight CRF);
Ensuring understanding and use of key corporate guidance and tools through;(e.g. the Evidence Planning and Budgeting tool to budget for CSPs);
Update of how to guides/tutorials; and
Preparation and facilitation of regular online and facetoface monitoring trainings and Q&A sessions.
Crosscutting
All work streams may entail support to RBx and COs by conducting field missions to support RBx/COs to strengthen the monitoring function and/or by building capacity of field staff in applying corporate guidance and methodologies.
DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The key outputs of the consultant are expected to be:
Indicator methodologies are updated and included in the WFP Indicator Compendium;
New indicators are included in CSP logframes;
Indicator modules are integrated in the Survey Designer;
Report and presentation analyzing global monitoring/food security results leveraging process output; outcome and food security data are finalized and shared;
Data visualization templates and tools are developed and disseminated
Knowledge management repository of all relevant APPMM monitoring products;
Updated and qualityassured CO data for the EPB tool
Field missions to support RBx/COs to strengthen the monitoring function.
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.
Experience:
Minimum of seven years of relevant professional work experience including in monitoring and guidance/policy development;
Proven knowledge abilities and skills in the areas of Monitoring and Evaluation including experience in RBM principles and practices as well as preparing logframes and defining indicators;
Practical knowledge on how monitoring data and in particular output data is collected compiled analysed and presented for management decisions programme adjustment and donor reporting;
Experience using a variety of quantitative and qualitative analytical tools and methods;
Experience using data analysis and visualisation tools (e.g. STATA SPSS and/or R; Tableau).
Knowledge & Skills:
Previous experience in humanitarian or development context.
Languages:
International Professional: Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic Chinese French Russian Spanish and/or WFPs working language Portuguese.
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REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
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NO FEE DISCLAIMER
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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate complete and includes your employment records academic qualifications language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
Once your profile is completed please apply and submit your application.
Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
Additional documents such as passport recommendation letters academic certificates etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
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Only shortlisted candidates will be notified
All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs job requirements merit and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse all forms of discrimination any kind of harassment sexual harassment and abuse of authority. Therefore all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) FAO Finance Committee WFP External Auditor WFP Audit Committee Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
