Monitoring Analyst

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JOB TITLE: Monitoring Analyst
TYPE OF CONTRACT: Regular Consultant (CST II)
UNIT/DIVISION: PRGM/PRG
DUTY STATION (City Country): Rome Italy (with travel to the field)
DURATION: 25/05/26 31/12/26 (with possibility of extension)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The Programme (PRG) Division in the Programme Operations Department incorporates the following services: climate and resilience; emergency preparedness and response; food security and nutrition analysis; nutrition school meals and social protection; and the programme monitoring and reporting (PRGM) service. 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 mid-course adjustments through data monitoring.
Programme Monitoring and Reporting is about regularly monitoring assessing and reporting on the effectiveness of WFPs interventions. Monitoring ensures that the right people receive the right quantity and quality of assistance at the right time and measure programme outcomes. Monitoring is also a key control mechanism to detect and escalate implementation issues to adjust operations in a timely manner. This service comprises of three units that dedicate their resources to supporting WFP monitoring in the field. Beginning with setting the corporate frameworks standards and methodologies PRGM provides country offices with the necessary guidance to plan their country level monitoring strategies and plans. Through standardized tools and dedicated field support PRGM supports country offices in realizing these plans. PRGM also provides strategic guidance and support for country offices to then report on monitoring findings both for internal and external stakeholders ensuring the cycle of accountability.

Employee Terms and Conditions:
Employees holding consultancy contracts and any other short-term 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 (APP-MM) 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 APP-MM workstreams. The expected tasks under each workstreams include but are not limited to as follows:

Measurement Framework & Methods
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 APP-MM 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 CO-level 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 face-to-face 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 APP-MM monitoring products;
Updated and quality-assured CO data for the EPB tool
Field missions to support RBx/COs to strengthen the monitoring function.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
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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