Planning & Monitoring Officer, (NO-2), Kampala, Uganda #125419

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

Throughout 190 international locations and territories, we work for each youngster, all over the place, day by day, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

 And we by no means surrender. 

For each youngster, an Advocate 

https://www.unicef.org/where-we-work 

 How will you make a distinction? 

The Planning and monitoring Officer, NO2 is predicated in a Uganda Nation Workplace within the Planning, Monitoring, and Analysis Part, reporting to the Planning and Monitoring Specialist / NOC. 

The core features of (inner and exterior) Planning will proceed to be anchored within the PME group as a high-level coordination perform, versus enterprise accomplice mannequin with every Programme group or Zonal Workplace. This consists of coordination on GoU and UN Planning, Programme and Zonal Planning, and UCO’s engagement with Implementing Companions. The perform gives advisory roles to senior administration, with Part Chiefs and Output Managers taking over extra accountability for technical high quality of their Programme Planning, Implementing Partnerships, and Data Administration features. 

The Monitoring perform has shifted from real-time monitoring and business-partner mannequin to an analytical and high-level reporting of efficiency monitoring. High quality assurance of programme monitoring report can be shifted in direction of Programme groups, whereas the PM group will keep the advisory function to senior administration on programmatic dangers at established overview boards throughout the CO (PMT, CMT, EMT, and so on.) The Part Chiefs and Output Managers will tackle a extra pronounced function in making certain program studying and adaptation from programme monitoring, high quality overview on log frames for useful resource mobilizations and reporting, and efficient reporting to the UNCT via the Working Teams. 

The Officer will play a major function in supporting the Planning and Monitoring Specialist on this function. 

1. Nation Programme Planning Processes  

• Participates within the finalization of rolling work plan and ensures compliance with particular assigned aims of the UNSDCF and PDs.  

• Contributes in direction of the preparation of the Scenario Evaluation and CPD/CPAP by compiling information, analyzing and evaluating info.  

• Documentation for the Nation Programme together with Nation Programme Doc, Nation Programme Motion Plan, Nation Programme Administration Plan, Annual Work Plans, Annual Administration Plan are ready in a well timed method as per pointers.  

• Prepares the cross-sectoral paperwork/enter for the Nation Programme Doc and Plans of Motion, and so on.  

• Leads the standard assurance as wanted into MYR, EYR, MTR, and CPD processes.  

• Contributes to UNICEF’s participation within the programme growth course of inside and outdoors UNICEF to make sure sufficient enter on the advance and well-being of girls and kids.  

2. Assist to implementing partnership administration  

• Present technical help to the nation workplace within the formalization of implementing partnerships with authorities, civil society organizations and different implementing companions in step with related insurance policies, procedures and pointers, together with the CSO Process and steering on work plans.  

• Monitor inner nation workplace processes for formalizing implementing partnerships with CSOs to make sure that company timelines are adhered to, particularly in humanitarian responses.  

• Function the custodian of all implementing partnership documentation equivalent to evaluation and assurance studies, PCAs, SSFAs and programme paperwork, making certain that they’re adequately circulated within the workplace and correctly archived.  

• Design and implement capability constructing initiatives for workers of implementing companions to make sure that they’re educated on all facets of partnering with UNICEF, with specific emphasis on the HACT and CSO procedures.  

• Take part in nation workplace ERM workout routines to make sure that dangers for implementing partnership administration are recognized and mitigation measures put in place.  

3. Programme Efficiency Monitoring  

• Undertakes Assurance visits within the subject for onsite monitoring of subject actions and ensures that programmes are applied in accordance with the plan. Identifies issues and gives different plan of action to speed up / enhance programme supply.  

• Make sure that the Nation Workplace has high quality info to evaluate progress in direction of anticipated outcomes established in annual work plans.  

• Drawing on monitoring and evaluation of key program efficiency and administration indicators, present skilled enter to administration studies, together with related sections of the annual studies. 4. Assist to UCO Data Administration features  

• Set up data sharing channels, manage studying occasions, establish rising good practices, classes discovered and prioritize data gaps in every outcomes space.  

• Assist the systematic documentation of UNICEF modelling efforts and monitor how organizational studying informs UNICEF’s methods and programmes (RBM).  

• Assist exterior linkages with different organizations with frequent pursuits (Universities, facilities of excellence, UN businesses, and NGOs) within the area to alternate experiences in data administration and establish potential for partnerships, cross-fertilization, and joint studying  

• Establish, seize, synthesize and share classes discovered from monitoring for integration into broader data growth planning and administration efforts. 

• Analysis and report on greatest and cutting-edge practices for growth planning of information merchandise and techniques.  

• Take part as useful resource individual in capability constructing initiatives to boost the competencies of purchasers/stakeholders 

To qualify as an advocate for each youngster you should have… 

• A college diploma in economics, statistics, info administration, or different social science subject is required.  

• At the very least 2 years {of professional} expertise in social growth evaluation and programming on the worldwide and/or in a growing nation is required. 

• Related expertise on the nationwide and worldwide ranges in social growth, administration, monitoring and analysis in a UN system company or group is an asset. 

• Background/familiarity with Emergency  

• Fluency in English is required. Fluency within the nationwide language of the responsibility station is an asset. 

 For each Little one, 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 submit 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,  

Through 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. 

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our world workforce should mirror the variety of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or another private attribute. 

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. 

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and aims of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is dedicated to advertise the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. All chosen candidates will, subsequently, bear rigorous reference and background checks, and can be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to offer extra info to conduct a background verify. 

UNICEF’s energetic dedication in direction of variety and inclusion is important to ship the very best outcomes for kids. For this place, eligible and appropriate are inspired to use. 

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station, which can be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are additionally topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Authorities workers which can be thought of for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking on an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the fitting to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is just not obtained, or crucial inoculation necessities should not met, inside an inexpensive interval for any motive. 

Solely shortlisted candidates can be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of.