Job Summary

Under the overall supervision of the Deputy Regional Director – Operations and the direct supervision of the Regional Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (RPMEO) and in close coordination with the CCMD Programme Coordinator for MENA, the relevant Units/Programmes at the Regional Office (RO) and Country Offices (COs), the National Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will be responsible for supporting all Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) aspects of the Climate Change and Migration Data (CCMD) Programme activities implemented in MENA region.

Key Responsibilities

1. In close coordination with the Regional PM&E Officer (RPMEO), CCMD regional programme coordinators and country Project Focal Points, support the development and regular updating of M&E frameworks, plans, tools, and data collection methods for CCMD activities implemented in MENA region, ensuring alignment with IOM’s Strategic Results Framework (SRF) and proper use of PRIMA.

2. Support the verification and analysis of monitoring data received from MENA Country Offices, and assist in preparing periodic updates, progress reports, and internal briefs.

3. Participate in the planning and implementation of project reviews, lessons learned and evaluations for the MENA components of CCMD, including contributing to reviewing ToRs, coordinating with evaluators, and facilitating data collection processes with Country Offices.

4. Provide inputs for drafting management responses to evaluation recommendations and assist in tracking follow-up actions at the regional and country levels.

5. Support the documentation of lessons learned, good practices and M&E findings from the MENA work package and contribute to ensuring that feedback and monitoring processes strengthen accountability to affected populations (AAP), where relevant.

6. Review monitoring plans and indicator performance at the MENA level, identify data quality gaps, and bring issues or delays to the attention of the RPMEO and regional CCMD Programme Coordinators.

7. Participate in field monitoring visits to MENA Country Offices, as assigned, to support quality control, verify reported progress, and identify areas where additional technical support may be required.

9. Support information flow on CCMD M&E between MENA Country Offices, the Regional Office, and the global project management team; contribute to discussions on project data, lessons learned, and emerging trends in appropriate fora.

10. Keep abreast of developments in IOM’s Evaluation and Monitoring and Results-based Management (RBM) functions to ensure compliance with IOM strategies and institutional monitoring and reporting requirements, including for the SRF, the IQ, PRIMA and other M&E frameworks and planning tools.

11. Contribute to ongoing knowledge management processes at the RO and COs in the Region, including sharing thematic related information between the COs and RO.

12. Perform such other duties as may be assigned.

Required Qualifications

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s ’s degree in International Relations, Political or Social Sciences, Business or Public Administration, Law or a related field from an accredited academic institution with two years of relevant experience; or,

• Master’s degree in the above fields.

EXPERIENCE

• Significant experience in monitoring, evaluation and reporting in the UN or international organizations;

• Significant experience in application of IOM/UN rules, regulations and procedures;

• Experience in designing and administering digital data collection tools (e.g., KoboToolbox, ODK, SurveyCTO);

• Experience in supporting project development and logframe/indicator drafting;

• Experience in data analysis and data quality verification;

• Experience with data analysis and visualization tools (e.g., Microsoft Excel, SPSS, STATA, R, Power BI, Tableau);

• Experience conducting field monitoring or assessments.

SKILLS

• Strong reporting, writing and research skills, preferably related to M&E;

• Excellent communication and analytical skills;

• Demonstrated knowledge of development of data collection tools, their administration and evaluation techniques and practices;
• Ability to design, test and manage data collection tools;
• Ability to clean, validate, and analyse datasets;
• Proficiency in data analysis and visualization software;
• Good understanding of RBM and M&E methodologies.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills; and,
• Proven ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with people of diverse cultural and national backgrounds.

Languages
IOM’s official languages are English, French, and Spanish.

REQUIRED

For this position, fluency in English and Arabic is required (oral and written).

DESIRABLE

Working knowledge of French is an advantage.

[1] As per IN/233, staff members in a position in the Professional and GS categories are expected to be fluent in one of the Organization’s official languages, which are English, French and Spanish. At least a working knowledge of another official language is highly desirable and may be specified as mandatory in some cases. For positions in the GS category, proficiency in one of the local language(s) may also be required, as specified in the VN/SVN.