Programme Monitoring & Evaluation, and Reporting Analyst at UNDP

Position Purpose

Under the overall guidance of the Deputy Resident Representative - Programme and the direct supervision of the Head, Programme Management Support Unit, the Programme Monitoring &Evaluation and Reporting Analyst is responsible for Planning and Monitoring and Evaluation of UNDP Nigeria Country Programme in accordance with the UNDP policies to ensure the accountability of the CO for its performance and contribution to development results, in line with Results Based Management principles and tools:

• to ensure that objective evaluations are designed and managed to assess effectiveness, efficiency; impact and sustainability of results;
• to ensure that Programme Planning, Monitoring & Evaluations and Reporting are carried out in a credible and systematic manner.

The incumbent will closely cooperate with the Deputy Resident Representative Operations (DRR-O) and staff of programme units in UNDP, UN agencies within the UNSDCF framework, UNDP HQs staff and Government officials.

Duties And Responsibilities

Summary of Key functions:

• Establishment of Monitoring & Evaluation system and its implementation in the CO.
• Ensures effective coordination of the evaluation process in the CO.
• Development and enhancement of CO’s Results Based Management.
• Support the establishment and maintenance of strategic partnerships, and timely donor reporting.

Ensures establishment of monitoring & evaluation system and its implementation in the CO, focusing on achieving the following:

• Participate in Policy dialogue with Government including the coordination of the planning of the Country Programme; and in consultation with UN Agencies and other development partners, as may be required, to chart operational Strategies and develop implementation arrangements, M&E frameworks suited to the socio-economic realities of the country;
• Coordinates, supervises, and leads the CO annual, programme and strategic planning processes within the framework of Results Based Management platform, monitors the completion and maintenance of the Integrated Work Plan (IWP), and ensures that the projects are managed in accordance with the Quantum Project Management Module;
• Advises management and office staff on status of results achieved, risks and common issues, constraints, and opportunities. Alerts office on issues affecting achievement of results;
• Designs, coordinates, and supports the implementation of the Country Office monitoring strategy at Federal and State level to ensure that implementing partners are well positioned to report on results achieved;
• Provides guidance and technical support to UNSDCF result/outcome groups for assessment of performance through quarterly and annual portfolio reviews to promote quality assurance to ensure substantive accountability for results;
• Design and establish the evaluation system in the CO to ensure efficient evaluation in compliance with the UNDP Evaluation Policy, guidelines, norms, and standards for evaluation in the UN system, ensuring organizational accountability;
• Prepares periodic reports on evaluation findings and recommendations, and provide inputs into corporate reporting instruments, such as ROAR, IWP, AWPs etc;
• Participates in the planning, preparation, and management of thematic, country programme/project evaluations and other types of evaluations conducted in the Country Office;
• Promotes evaluation standards, quality assurance/control and capacity development in the Country Office;
• Contributes to the evaluation workplan, including identification of topics, and projects/programme to be evaluated;
• Coordinates and support specific evaluation missions for development projects, sectoral/thematic evaluations or desk evaluations/studies on selected sectors/themes.

Ensures effective coordination of the evaluation process in the Country Office, focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Draft Terms of Reference (TOR) for specific project/thematic/sectoral evaluation missions and/or desk evaluations/reviews;
• participation in consultant and evaluation team selection, technical feedback on evaluations and budget oversight;
• Provides guidance on UNDP evaluation policies, procedures and practices to programme managers, UNDP CO staff concerned with evaluation, consultants and/or members of the evaluation team;
• Provides technical advice at the design stage of programmes/projects setting up a framework with defined indicators to facilitate M & E at the later stages;
• Prepares analytical documents on areas evaluated, effectiveness and impact of UNDP programme Follows up on the implementation of evaluation recommendations;
• Ensures the optimal use of evaluations by providing guidance in preparation of timely management response to all mandatory evaluations and by developing a communication plan.

Ensures Knowledge Building And Sharing In The CO Around Results Based Management Systems And Tools, Promotes The Use Of Evaluation Findings, Lessons And Recommendations In Planning, Policy, Programme And Portfolio Decision-making, Focusing On Achieving The Following Results

• Evaluation findings, lessons and recommendations captured, analyzed and made easily accessible to UNDP staff, and stakeholders, in accordance with evaluation policy, built into CO knowledge management, and actively disseminated in learning events, and channeled into decision-making processes;
• Development and implementation of the CO knowledge management strategy including RBM tools, products, and initiatives to create, sustain and share knowledge;
• Identification and synthesis of best practices and lessons learnt directly linked to programme country policy goals;
• Creation of systems; standards and tools, for codifying, organizing and retrieving knowledge assets; Organizes periodic events for sharing knowledge on RBM tools.

Support the establishment and maintenance of strategic partnerships, and timely donor reporting:

• Participation in inter agency and donor meetings and represent UNDP in various forums as required;
• In collaboration with the communications and programme teams, develop and design programme/project briefs, presentations, and donor events to enhance visibility of donors and UNDP’s Programmes/Projects among its existing and potential partners;
• Support the Coordination of partnerships with the UN Agencies, IFI’s, government institutions, bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors, private sector, civil society etc;
• Alignment of areas of cooperation based on strategic goals of UNDP, country needs and donors’ priorities;
• Receive and review project progress reports from programme units and provide feedbacks before reports are finalized and shared with counterparts;
• Track donor agreements, analyze different donor reporting requirements and assist project managers to meet donor expectations;
• Facilitate the process of UNDP Nigeria meeting internal and external reporting requirements and deadlines, including Donor Reporting; UNDP corporate reporting; United Nations Sustainable Development Partnership Framework (UNSDPF) reporting; quarterly, annual and other periodic reporting processes;
• Track corporate and donor reporting requirements to ensure constant and on-time submission of all reporting requirements;
• Provide guidance on appropriate UNDP modalities to be used in engaging Implementing Partners;
• Contribute substantively to drafting and finalization of Results Oriented Annual Reports (ROAR), Integrated Work Plan (IWP) and other corporate reports and updates.

Education

Required Skills and Experience

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Economics, Public/Business Administration, Social Sciences, Information Technology, International Relations, or related fields.

Experience

• Minimum 2 years’ of demonstrated experience at the national or international level in project cycle management including project design, monitoring and evaluation of development projects required;
• Experience in research and policy-level analysis required;
• Strong skills in the usage of computers and office software packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems required;
• Previous UNDP experience is desirable.

Language

• Verbal and written fluency in English is required.