Monitoring and Evaluation

UNFPA Afghanistan Country Office is strengthening support to its M & E Unit. UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments to accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon the UN Member States, organizations, and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recovering lost gains, and realizing our goals. Afghanistan faces an unprecedented humanitarian crisis with very real risk of systematic collapse and human catastrophe. The crisis is feared to rollback development gains of the last twenty years. In response to the humanitarian situation, UNFPA in Afghanistan works towards increasing the availability and use of integrated SRH/PSS services (including family planning, maternal health and psychosocial support) that are gender- responsive and meet human rights standards for quality of care and equity in access.

Within this context, the M&E Analyst will provide assistance to the smooth and transparent implementation of the Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation and support the UNFPA M & E Unit in data collection, processing, validating, storing, and reporting with evidence-based recommendations. She/he ensures completion, accuracy, reliability, and timeliness of the required data.

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the respective Heads of Offices with technical reporting to the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, the UNV M & E officer will:

• Develop a monitoring plan to support the systematic monitoring of the country programme document.
• Design a robust Monitoring and evaluation system based on the Health Management Information System/ District Health Information System.
• Create/ or contextualized standard data collection tools for the M & E activities as required.
• Provide technical inputs to the monitoring and tracking of results against country/ regional level targets and UNFPA Strategic Plan
• Provide inputs to conduct the annual reviews of the projects and programmes
• Provide inputs to implementation of the midterm reviews of the projects and programmes
• Provide inputs for monitoring work plans in collaboration with programme staff
• Support field monitoring and coordinate with programme team and promote use of monitoring visits recommendations
• Support collecting and analyzing data and evidence including higher-level indicators and oversee regular data quality checks
• Active participation and provide relevant inputs for joint united nations joint results groups and other joint monitoring mechanisms
• Provide inputs for implementing adaptive and innovative monitoring practices such as remote monitoring, real time monitoring.
• Design a Dashboard using Microsoft Power BI or similar platforms for deeper analysis at the output and outcome level
• Ensure routine data Collection, Data Analysis and timely monitoring of the plan activities. Establish field monitoring plans under their respective regions and ensure extensive monitoring of the UNFPA supported facilities in line with the agreed checklists including regular follow up until the monitoring findings are addressed.
• Create/ or contextualise standard data collection tools for the M & E activities as required.
• Ensure routine Data Collection, Data Analysis and timely monitoring of the planned activities.
• Clean and compile all Service Delivery Points (SDP’s) facility and community level data and ensure quality of the data by applying data quality assurance protocol and methods for providing the program clean, complete, and up to date data.
• Closely track and monitor the statistics and programme indicators on a regular basis and provide feedback to the implementing partners and the programme teams.
• Provide additional analysis of data and information on different variables when needed
• Support the community based monitoring initiatives and the third party monitoring mechanism and coordinate with the Programme Staff and Implementing Partners in the effective roll out of the monitoring activities.
• Coordinate donor supported third party monitoring mechanisms and ensured adequate preparations for successful missions.
• Provide overall support to the UNFPA and donor monitoring activities including TPM, Donors TPM and community based monitoring initiatives.
• Conduct trainings of the implementing partners on planning, monitoring and evaluation at country and regional levels.
• Update the List of Service Delivery Points in coordination with the Programme Teams and Implementing Partners including donor and geographic updates.
• Update the monitoring tools as needed and conduct training of the implementing partners on the revised tools.
• Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Skills and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant area, in social work or other social sciences, public health, community health, international relations, international law, gender studies, human rights or related field.
• At least 3 years of professional work experience at the national and/or international level in health, and gender related, or other relevant programmes; experience within data collection, management and analysis is an asset, as is experience working in the UN or other international development organization.
• Demonstrated experience in results based management with special focus on planning, monitoring and reporting
• Demonstrated understanding of issues related to confidentiality, data safety and other ethical concerns related to sharing of sensitive data.
• Demonstrated understanding and experience of working in data management tools such as DHIS2, HMIS, Microsoft Power BI etc.
• Excellent oral and written skills; excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills.
• Accuracy and professionalism in document production and editing.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners, including grassroots community members, religious and youth organizations, and authorities at different levels; familiarity with tools and approaches of communications for development.
• Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel.
• Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various MS Office applications (Excel, Word, etc.) and email/internet; familiarity with database management; and office technology equipment.
• Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines.

Languages:

• English, Level: Fluent, Required
• Dari, Level: Fluent, Required
• Pashto, Level: Fluent, Required

Source: https://app.unv.org/opportunities/1782151081934080