Chief Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation, (P-4), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, #128079 (International Position)

UNICEF works in a few of the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived youngsters. To save lots of their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each little one, in all places, daily, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means surrender.

For each little one, hope

Along with the Malaysian authorities and others who’re really captivated with little one rights, UNICEF works in Malaysia to make sure each little one has the chance to develop; to be wholesome and completely happy; to stay safely; and obtain their full potential.

With the Conference on the Rights of the Baby, the Sustainable Growth Objectives, and the twelfth Malaysia plan as our guides, we endeavor to vary minds, change insurance policies, and in flip change the lives of all youngsters in Malaysia.

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Organizational Context:
Below the supervision of the Deputy Consultant (Programme), the Chief Planning, Monitoring & Analysis will lead a considerably expanded accountability which covers each strategic planning and partnership for the nation workplace, in addition to main the detailed planning of the Sabah and Sarawak methods and supporting improvement of a enterprise mannequin and strategy for Brunei. This function incorporates Strategic Planning for the Nation workplace together with PFP, PME, Enterprise Partnership, Baby Rights Monitoring, Budgets and Data Administration. The function will carry a coherence and focus to the work throughout the workplace and the implementation of the East Malaysia methods, and the planning and implementing of the enterprise mannequin for Brunei.

The Chief Planning, Monitoring & Analysis will present total steerage to the Planning and Monitoring features and total programme partnerships in Malaysia and Brunei. The publish will supervise 1 PME Specialist (NOC), 1 PME Officer (NOB), 1 Enterprise for Outcomes Officer (NOB), 1 Data Administration Officer (NOB) and 1 Programme Affiliate (GS6).

Objective of the Job:

  • To guide the Nation Programme planning, monitoring, reporting and coordination of the Annual/ Rolling Work Plan improvement.
  • To make sure that the UNICEF Nation Workplace has helpful, legitimate, and dependable info on the state of affairs of kids and ladies’s rights in Malaysia and Brunei.
  • To supply evaluation of present traits in Malaysia and Brunei and supply recommendation on the right way to combine these traits in supply of UNICEF supported programmes in each nations, together with their relevance, effectivity, effectiveness, and sustainability and in case of emergencies, their protection, coordination, and coherence.
  • To work throughout the UN nation workforce to help UNCT targets for delivering legitimate and dependable info on reaching the SDGs and on the efficiency of joint UN programmes (when related).
  • To help within the institution of monitoring instruments which improve partnerships between the UNCT, authorities and different key gamers to collectively observe progress on SDGs and different worldwide commitments for youngsters.
  • To help within the improvement of nationwide capacities for planning, monitoring and proof technology, with particular consideration to the curiosity, concern and participation of presidency, group, and civil society stake holders.
  • Assist the Analysis Specialist in constructing nationwide capacities for analysis (NEC D), and conducting strategic evaluations of UNICEF cooperation in Malaysia and Brunei.

How are you going to make a distinction?

Key features, accountabilities and associated duties/duties:

1. Strategic Planning

  • Lead on the planning perform of the Nation Workplace, together with programme prioritization, preparation of idea of change, identification of key dangers and assumptions, drafting of the Nation Programme Doc, and drafting of the Nation Programme  Administration Plan.
  • Assessment of such with related focal factors at RO and HQ degree, together with by means of mid-term evaluation workout routines.
  • Seek the advice of with key companions all through the strategic  planning  course of,  to  be sure that UNICEF priorities are in keeping with authorities plans and the UNSDCF.
  • Lead on operationalization of the CPD by means of improvement of annua l workplans. Assessment key programme progress by means of mid-year and annua l evaluation workout routines with companions.

2. Strategic Partnerships

  • Assist senior administration on the strategic partnerships perform  of the Nation Workplace. Preserve shut working relationships with key companion s in related authorities ministries and establishments in an effort to facilitate the planning and evaluation features.
  • Guarantee alignment of planning and monitoring perform s with ideas of the Harmonized Method to Money Switch (HACT) strategy of the UN.
  • Oversee PME partnerships with civil society organizations by means of administration of the Partnerships Assessment Committee.

3. Built-in Monitoring, Analysis & Analysis Plan (IMERP)

  • Be certain that the Nation Workplace and nationwide companions use a well-prioritised and lifelike plan of analysis, monitoring and analysis actions that can present probably the most related and strategic info to handle the Nation Programme, together with monitoring and assessing UNICEF’s distinct contribution.
  • Duties & Duties: Make skilled contributions to and supply technical help for planning an d establishing the most important analysis, monitoring and analysis goals, priorities, and actions in UNICEF’s multi-year and annual IMERPs, in session with child-right s and implementing companions. Likewise, help the event of UNSDCF M&E Plans from a sound results-based programming course of. Establish the M&E goals, priorities, and actions required for efficient CO and companion Emergency Preparedness  and Response Plans.
  • In humanitarian response conditions, throughout the first month, draft and advocate a simp le one month data- assortment plan to cowl key information gaps as required for the preliminary emergency response.
  • After the preliminary humanitarian response, help administration of the medium-term response with a revised IMERP

4. Scenario Monitoring and Evaluation

  • Be certain that the Nation Workplace and nationwide companions have well timed and correct measurement of change in circumstances within the nation or area, together with monitoring of socio – financial traits and the nation’s wider coverage, financial or institutional context, to facilitate planning and to attract conclusions concerning the influence of programmes or insurance policies.
  • Duties & Duties: In coordination with different stakeholder s, help the gathering of Maintain ab le Growth Goa l (SDG) an d different key social improvement  indicator s (by means of  MICS or different surveys) to enhance nationwide planning.
  • Assist companions within the institution and administration of nationwide statistical databases, guaranteeing that key indicator s are readily accessible by key stakeholders. Potential makes use of embody the Scenario Ana lysis, Widespread Nation Evaluation, Early Warning  Monitoring  Methods, and Mid -Time period Critiques.
  • Develop a collective Scenario Monitoring and Evaluation system owned by all key companions which helps the preparation of nation degree statistical and analytic studies on the standing of kids’s and ladies’s rights points; and which permit, when alternatives emerge, to affect developmental and social insurance policies. To incorporate technical help to international reporting obligations together with nationwide studies on progress towards the SDGs, and towards CRC and CEDAW fulfilment In humanitarian response conditions, present occupation al help for a number of speedy assessments (inter -agency or independently if needed) to be carried out with within the first 48-72 hours, working in shut collaboration with humanitarian cluster companions.

5. Programme Efficiency Monitoring

  • Be certain that the Nation Workplace has high quality info to evaluate progress in direction of anticipated outcomes established in annual work plans.
  • Duties & Duties: Present technical help to make sure that a set of programme efficiency indicator s is recognized and adjusted as needed, with inputs of all involved companions to evaluate progress in direction of anticipated annua l and multi-year ends in the context  of the  multi -year and annua l IMERPs, the Annua l Administration Plan and Annua l Work Plans, as out lined within the Programme Coverage and Procedures Handbook).
  • Coordinate with companions to make sure that monitoring methods are correctly designed, and that information assortment and evaluation from area visits are coordinated and standardised throughout programmes to feed into to programme efficiency monitoring, with particular consideration to humanitarian response.
  • Drawing on monitoring and ana lysis of key program efficiency and administration indicators, present occupation al enter to administration studies, together with related sections of annua l studies and donor studies.

6. Analysis

  • Assist the Analysis Specialist to make sure that UNICEF – supported analysis s are design ed and carried out to established UN high quality requirements, and the outcomes are disseminated in a well timed style to stakeholders to enhance programme efficiency and contribute to wider studying.
  • Duties & Duties: Technically help programme companions to formulate Phrases of Reference and analysis designs of top of the range, when related drawing on the know -how of information establishments, in compliance with the group’s programme analysis insurance policies and pointers.
  • Monitor and make sure the high quality of the sector work and information administration throughout the implementation section, and the standard of the evaluation and ease of understanding throughout the report writing section.
  • Disseminate analysis findings and proposals to the supposed  audiences  in consumer pleasant strategies. Specifically to make sure that efficient participatory suggestions is supplied to group and civil society stakeholders. Monitor and be sure that a administration response to the findings  and  suggestions of the analysis is accomplished, recorded, and adopted up for implementation. Most  particularly, be sure that analysis  suggestions are submitted to the Nation Administration Workforce and observe – up actions recorded in CMT minutes. Submit digital copies of all evaluations to NYHQ through the Analysis Information Base internet portal, with full accompanying documentation.

7. PME Capability Constructing

 
  • Be certain that the monitoring and analysis capacities of Depend r y Workplace workers and nationwide companions – authorities and civil society – are strengthened enabling them to more and more interact in and lead monitoring and analysis processes.
  • Duties & Duties: Promote the attention and understanding  of the shared accountability of M&E perform amongst all workers members by means of communication, coaching, studying and improvement actions organisation large. In shut collabo ration with companions, be sure that an M&E capability constructing technique for UNICEF/ UN workers nationwide companions and establishments exists within the context of the IMEP, or UNSDCF M&E plan.
  • Pay specific consideration to the capability wants of nationwide companions equivalent to skilled analysis affiliation s will probably be strengthened by involvement in analysis processes and thru particular capability constructing initiatives. Collab orate to implement capability constructing methods as a joint dedication with different developmental companions.
  • Make the most of a spread of acceptable abilities constructing methods together with self-learning, seminars and workshops and sensible expertise so that UNICEF and UN workers have the fundamental information and abilities in understanding and ap plying new M&E insurance policies, too ls, strategies to fulfil their obligations.
  • Equally, design and implement methods go well with ed to the talent wants of nationwide companions. Actively search partnerships with know ledge establishments for the identification of capability gaps and improvement of methods to handle them.

8. Coordination and Networking

  • Be certain that the UNICEF workplace is successfully linked to wider UNICEF M& E developments in a manner that each contributes to and advantages from organizational studying on efficient M&E administration.
  • Duties & Duties : Collaborate with Regional M&E Advisers and HQ Analysis Off ice for total coordination of precedence analysis, monitoring and analysis actions, particularly these of regional scope requiring the coordinated effort of a number of nations.
  • Accomplice wit h the Regional Monitoring and Analysis Adviser to make sure that present and correct M& E information and outcomes are included in regional studies, multi-country research, and know ledge sharing networks.
  • Undertake classes discovered evaluations on profitable and unsuccessful M&E practices and expertise on the nationwide degree, and guarantee they’re shared as acceptable.
  • Equally, take note of M&E know ledge networks to determine improvements and classes discovered that could be related for the CO and companions to enhance their M&E perform.

Influence of Outcomes :

  1. Strategic Planning and Partnerships: The Nation Workplace has strategic and annua l plans that align with authorities priorities and deal with gaps within the realization of kid rights.
  2. Partnerships with exterior stakeholders (authorities, civil society, academia and so on.) are fostered and permit UNICEF t o lengthen its influence on youngsters.
  3. Monitoring, Analysis & Analysis Planning: The Nation Workplace and nationwide companion s have a well-prioritised and lifelike plan of analysis, monitoring and analysis actions, developed collaboratively that gives all of the related and strategic info wanted to handle the Nation Programme.
  4. Scenario Monitoring  and Evaluation:  A collective Scenario Monitoring and Evaluation system owned by all key companions is in p lace, by means of which t he Nation Workplace and nationwide companions have well timed and correct measurements  of change  in circumstances  of kids, ladies, and their households within the nation or area; this info is out there to facilitate planning and measure program influence.
  5. Programme Efficiency Monitoring: The planning perform  of the Nation  Workplace  has high quality info collected and disseminate d with the participation of all involved companions to evaluate progress in direction of anticipate ed annua l and multi-year outcomes.
  6. Analysis: UNICEF – supported evaluations attain set up ed UN high quality requirements, and the outcomes are disseminated in a well timed style to stakeholders for bettering programme efficiency and contributing to nationwide and company studying.
  7. PME Capability Constructing: The monitoring and analysis capacities of  Nation Workplace  workers and nationwide companions – authorities and civil society – enhanced with the contribution  of UNICEF know ledge companions meet the expectations and requirement s of their positions and obligations.
  8. Coordination and Networking: The UNICEF workplace is linked to wider UNICEF PME developments in a manner that each contributes to and advantages from organizational studying on efficient M&E administration.

To qualify as an advocate for each little one you’ll have…

  • Schooling: An Superior college diploma in social sciences, statistics, planning improvement or planning is required.

  • Expertise: A minimal of 8 years of related skilled work expertise in programme improvement and implementation.

  • Creating nation work expertise and publicity to emergency programming is fascinating.

  • Fluency in English is required. Data of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) or an area language is an asset.

For each Baby, you display…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every thing we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this publish are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness (3) Drive to realize outcomes for influence (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others (8) Nurtures, leads and manages individuals

In the course of the recruitment course of, we take a look at candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its completely different ranges: competency framework here.

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We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental go away, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using versatile working preparations.
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Remarks:

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Marketed: 21 Mar 2024 Singapore Customary Time
Deadline: 21 Apr 2024 Singapore Customary Time

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