The Ugandan Jobline

• Provide technical inputs to the annual work
  planning processes ensuring coordination with the recommended timelines
  and guidelines from Regional Office and Headquarters;
• The job holder will assess the adequacy of
  results based monitoring, review reporting arrangements by the country
  office and provide support to the country office to adopt improved
  Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) systemsThe incumbent will coordinate
  the review of the Development Results Framework (DRF) and Operational
  Efficiency and Effectiveness Results (OEEF) plans (or other planning
  frameworks) and provide inputs for the revision of deliverables and
  delivery planning;
• Develop the capacity of staff in the country
  office and implementing partners to have an understanding of Results Based
  Management (RBM) concepts and techniques;
• Send feedback to project/programme design,
  including feedback on programme documents, theory of change and results
  matrices from a PME perspective, as necessary;
• Ensure budgeting for PME, employ reviews of
  the programme documents; support identification of monitoring, review and
  evaluation needs during programmes/project planning.

• Provide technical inputs to the development
  of a monitoring and review framework and an annual monitoring and review
  plan, as necessary;
• Compile data sources, employing collection
  and/or meta-analysis of monitoring data from the national data sources;
• In charge of developing monitoring and review
  guidelines, formats and tools;
• Keenly analyze project reports and synthesize
  the country office’s quarterly, six monthly and annual report;
• Ensure timely delivery of all the reports to
  the donors and other partners as needed;
• Support senior management in reviewing the
  delivery rate of the country programme against the budget and in preparing
  the spending plans;
• Conduct/organize joint team reviews of the
  projects and programmes on a periodic basis to assess the progress against
  the agreed results/objectives, efficiency, effectiveness and needs for
  adaptation.

• Update and maintain an information system for
  donor contract management, including tracking donor contracts, UN Women’s
  contractual obligations, other delivery requirements of the contract,
  grant tranches or installment schedules, reporting schedule and reporting
  requirements;
• Offer technical support to the country office
  in preparation of the narrative and financial reports for the donor funded
  (cost-share funds) projects and in collaboration with the Deputy
  Representative take direct responsibility of their finalization before
  submission;
• Work in liaison with the programme staff
  track the spending of the donor funds and prompt the Deputy Representative
  about seeking no-cost extension, as necessary;

• Offer support in the implementation of UN
  Women’s Evaluation Strategy at country level;
• Support planning, designing and
  implementation of evaluations and reviews including management of the
  evaluation/ review process;
• Ensure that management responses to
  evaluations are drafted and implemented;
• Offer technical support to the country office
  in the implementation of evaluation findings;
• Organize and manage logistics of reviews and
  evaluations;
• Represent UN Women in the UN Uganda
  Monitoring and Evaluation committee.

• Develop and expand knowledge management
  strategies, products and methodologies;
• Manage the process of identifying and
  synthesizing of best practices and lessons learned that are directly
  linked to the monitoring and reporting of programmes and programme
  planning and contribute to their dissemination.

• The applicant for the United Nations UN WOMEN
  Monitoring and Reporting Specialist job opportunity should hold a Master’s
  Degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, Social Sciences, or related field.
  Additional certification in statistics, MIS management and Monitoring and
  Evaluation will be considered as an asset.
• At least five years of professional
  experience in the field of rights based monitoring, evaluation and
  reporting;
• Previous exposure and experience in the
  management of gender equality and women’s empowerment programmes or
  analytic work in gender and development, gender analysis and/or human
  rights;
• Prior experience related to UN Women’s
  mandate and activities would be an added advantage.
• Language: Fluency in written and spoken
  English; Working knowledge in any of the official UN languages is an
  asset.

• Integrity: Demonstrate
  consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions
  and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.
• Professionalism: Demonstrate professional competence
  and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work.
• Respect for Diversity: Demonstrate an appreciation of the
  multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff.
  Demonstrate an international outlook, appreciating difference in values
  and learning from cultural diversity.

• Ethics and Values: Demonstrate and promote ethics and
  integrity by creating organizational precedents.
• Organizational Awareness: Build support for the organization
  and ensure political acumen.
• Development and Innovation: Support
  staff competence development, and contribute to an environment of
  creativity and innovation.
• Work in teams: Build and promote effective teams.
  Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi ethnic environment
  and to maintain effective working relations with people of different
  national and cultural backgrounds.
• Communication and Information Sharing: Create
  and promote an environment for open and effective communication.
• Self-management and Emotional Intelligence: Stay
  composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle tense situations
  with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behavior towards others.
• Conflict Management: Surface conflicts and address them
  proactively acknowledging different feelings and views and directing
  energy towards a mutually acceptable solution.
• Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing: Share
  knowledge across the organization and build a culture of knowledge sharing
  and learning.
• Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making: Ensure
  fair and transparent decision making processes and manage risk.

• Ability to lead Programme Monitoring and
  Evaluation strategies, policies and its implementation;
• Ability to lead results-based management and
  reporting;
• Proven ability to develop and manage budgets;
• Ability to implement new systems and effect
  staff behavioural/ attitudinal change;
• Ability to advocate and provide policy
  advice;
• Builds strong relationships with clients,
  focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to
  feedback;
• Excellent oral and written communication
  skills;
• Strong inter-personal and diplomacy skills;
• Good IT skills;
• Ability to take decision under pressure.

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