Monitoring & Evaluation Officer, NOB, Kabul and Jalalabad, Afghanistan (Open to Afghan nationals only)

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Monitoring and Evaluation Officer is accountable for the accomplishment of the stated key end results by providing professional expertise and assistance in information/data collection, statistics and data analysis, monitoring & evaluation (M&E), preparation of reports, communication and partnership, and implementing training programmes for national and sub-national data collection, monitoring, evaluation and research capacity building with special attention to the interest, concern and participation of primary stakeholders.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES and DUTIES & TASKS

1. Integrated Monitoring, Evaluation & Research Planning (IMEP)

Provide technical support to ensure that the Polio programme and national partners use a well-prioritised and realistic plan of research, monitoring and evaluation activities that will provide the most relevant and strategic information to manage the Country Programme, including tracking and assessing UNICEF's distinct contribution.

• Make professional contributions to and provide technical assistance for the planning and establishing the major research, monitoring and evaluation activities in multiyear and annual IMEPs, which is to be reflected in UNDAF M&E Plans as well as interagency Covid19 endemic response.
• Participate in management studies and support/participate in thematic/strategic evaluations to improve development & organizational effectiveness.
• Support and contribute to effective joint evaluations with developmental partners, including joint evaluation of UNICEF or multipartner programs.
• In close consultation with management and liaison with partners, make a professional contribution to the formulation of the IMEPs from a sound resultsbased programming process and collaborative working relations with partners
• Contribute to the incorporation of M&E tasks in the IMEPs which were identified within the CO Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan, to anticipate and prepare for the information needs and operational modalities of an emergency, in consultation with humanitarian partners.
• In humanitarian response situations, within the first month, draft and recommend a simple onemonth datacollection plan to cover key data gaps as required for the initial emergency response, working in close collaboration with the humanitarian cluster partners. After the initial humanitarian response, support management of the mediumterm response with a revised IMEP.

2. Situation Monitoring and Assessment

Provide technical support to ensure that the Polio programme and national partners have a timely and accurate measurement of change in conditions in the country or region, including monitoring of socio-economic trends and the country's wider policy, economic or institutional context, to facilitate planning and to draw conclusions about the impact of programmes or policies.

• In coordination with other stakeholders, support the collection of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) indicators (through MICS or other surveys) to improve integrated national planning.
• Support management of available baseline information on national statistics and key indicators through established databases (e.g., DevInfo) for easy access and use. Prepare countrylevel statistical reports on the status of children's and women's human rights issues and provide technical support to global reporting obligations including national reports on progress toward the MDGs, toward CRC fulfilment, and toward CEDAW fulfilment. This includes ensuring the Polio programme has realtime data on the prevalence of Covid19 in the Polio highrisk locations in the eastern region.
• Keep monitoring the situation of children's and women's rights with national partners and keep updated with the information of the quality research that addresses issues and challenges affecting children and their families in a timely manner in both protracted emergencies as well as fast setting endemics such as Covid19 emergency.
• Coordinate with the Polio programme and partners and provide assistance in their using uptodate information in, *inter alia*, Situation Analysis, Common Country Assessment, Early Warning Monitoring Systems, Annual Reviews, Mid-Term Reviews, and Annual Reports or other progress reports. This includes commissioning a realtime COVID19 situation monitoring system for the Polio highrisk locations in the eastern region.
• In humanitarian response situations, provide technical support for a rapid assessment (interagency or independently if necessary) to be carried out within the first 4872 hours. Provide rapid and accurate information on emergency programme's coverage, coordination and coherence in close collaboration with partners and in line with the core commitment to children (CCCs). This includes commissioning a realtime COVID19 situation monitoring for the Polio highrisk locations in the eastern region.
• Provide technical support to ensure that the CO has the information necessary for UNICEF to effectively report on and advocate for children's rights through the appropriate channels and to enhance partnerships with key players in monitoring collective progress on childfocused international commitments, including MDGs.
• Support the CO in collecting and interpreting existing early warning data effectively to guide the adjustment of programmes and operational approaches when and as country contexts deteriorate and respond to rapid setting endemics such as the Covid19 emergency.

3. Programme Performance Monitoring

Provide technical support to ensure that the Polio programme has quality information to assess progress towards expected results established in annual work plans as well as rapid setting endemic emergencies such as Covid-19 response.

• Provide technical support as necessary to identify and adjust a set of programme performance indicators, in the context of the multiyear and annual IMEPs, the Annual Management Plan and Annual Work Plans, as outlined in the Programme Policy and Procedures Manual (especially, Chapter 6, section 6: IMEP) and Covid19 humanitarian response.
• Provide technical support to ensure that monitoring systems are in place and that key annual programme indicators are tracked and analysed, including those related to partnerships initiatives, and provided regularly to the Country Management Team/ Senior Management Team to guide programme and management decisions.
• Carry out data collection and analysis from field visits, standardising them across programmes, to feed into programme performance monitoring for the Polio programme and the Covid19 response. This includes supporting the call Center to collect and analyse routine immunization, intracampaign and postcampaign data to provide evidencebased guidance for action.
• Keep track of followup action based on management decisions resulting from Polio, integrated service delivery, Sehatmandi and Covid19 programme performance monitoring and evaluation for the eastern region.
• Compile monitoring and evaluation information/ disaggregated data as required and make them available to programme/planning sections. Contribute to the preparation of management reports (e.g., relevant sections of the annual reports), drawing on monitoring and analysis of key management indicators. Assist in the preparation of reports on systemic issues, good practices or any other analysis or data related to programme implementation and/or evaluation, including the programme's performance, relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability, as well as good practices in partnerships and collaborative relationships.

4. Evaluation

Provide technical support to ensure that a well-prioritised and strategic selection of evaluations at the programme or Polio programme strategy level is managed so that each evaluation is designed and carried out with quality processes and products and that evaluation results are useful to the intended audience.

• Provide support to ensure that the relevant programme partners participate and formulate Evaluation Terms of Reference and design of high quality.
• Provide technical support to ensure that evaluation design and management meet quality standards as outlined in UNICEF Programme Policies and Procedures and related standalone Evaluation Technical Notes, when necessary, seek the expertise of knowledge institutions. Facilitate and take part in producing the Evaluation Office's responses on specific and substantive issues.
• Review and provide technical comments on draft evaluation reports. Contribute to the effective dissemination and sharing of knowledge, findings, conclusions, recommendations, and lessons from evaluation to the intended audience as described in the Terms of Reference to improve programme performance and contribute to wider learning. Specifically, assist in feeding evaluation results into key UNICEF programme planning processes including the Annual Reviews and the Mid-Term Reviews, and formulation of the Country Programme Document, the Country Programme Action Plan and the Annual Work Plans. Support effective participatory feedback, including to community and civil society stakeholders.
• Assist in tracking to ensure that a management response to the findings and recommendations of the evaluation is completed, recorded, and followed up for implementation. Most specifically, ensure that evaluation recommendations are submitted to the Country Management Team and followup actions are recorded in CMT minutes.
• Submit electronic copies of all evaluations to NYHQ via the Evaluation Data Base web portal, with full accompanying documentation.

5. M&E Capacity Building

Provide technical support to ensure that the monitoring and evaluation capacities of Polio programme staff and national partners – government and civil society – are strengthened enabling them to increasingly engage in and lead monitoring and evaluation processes for both protracted emergencies as well as rapid setting endemics such as Covid-19.

• Contribute to the collaboration of an M&E capacitybuilding strategy for national partners and institutions and corresponding activities for implementation in the context of the IMEP or UNDAF M&E plan. Provide technical support for the implementation of capacitybuilding strategies as a joint commitment with other developmental partners with special attention to the interest, concern and participation of primary stakeholders as well as frontline responders for the Covid19 endemic.
• In close consultation with senior managers, contribute to the formulation of staff capacity development strategy and plans, and exercise effective leadership in implementing them, ensuring that Polio and COVID19 programme staff have the basic knowledge and skills to fulfil their monitoring and evaluation responsibilities, and training is planned and carried out to fill identified gaps.
• Promote and provide support to ensure that Polio programme staff, Covid19 firstline responders and national partners are aware of and have access to UNICEF monitoring and evaluation learning resources.
• Contribute to liaise with knowledge institutions to seek partnerships for the identification of capacity gaps and the development of strategies to address them.

6. Communication and Partnerships
Provide technical support to ensure that all of the above tasks are carried out and accomplished through effective communication and partnerships, as elaborated below:

• Facilitate or contribute to integrated planning of research, monitoring and evaluation activities within the Polio programme, with national partners, the UN Country Team and the wider international community, in the context of internal office management plans, the country programme process, the UNDAF and sector-wide approaches respectively, in consultation with child-right partners.
• Facilitate or contribute to joint monitoring and evaluation activities with national partners, the UN Country Team and the wider international community, wherever possible in the context of the above processes.
• Provide a synthesis of M&E results to the Polio programme senior management, the Country Management Team and key programme and operations staff.
• Ensure that evaluation recommendations are communicated to the relevant partners for implementation, with advice on the Implementation Plan and followup action for future programming.
• Facilitate learning from the results of monitoring and evaluation within the Polio programme and more widely within UNICEF in the region and globally, as well as among national partners and other key stakeholders, engaging more expertise from knowledge institutions.
• Seek advanced or indepth technical support on monitoring and evaluation from the Regional M&E Advisors and headquarters advisors on monitoring and evaluation as necessary.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have...

• University degree in social sciences, development planning, epidemiology, public health, global health, and statistics or any other relevant field.
• A minimum of Two (2) years of professional work experience in programme development and implementation including monitoring, reporting and evaluation activities
• At least one year of exposure to emergency programme, including preparedness planning. Active involvement in a humanitarian crisis response will be an added advantage.
• Familiarity with Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) activities implementation and monitoring would be an asset.
• Technical competency in data analysis and production of userfriendly infographics for program information and improvement.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

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