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Job Title:   Programme Monitoring Associate (UN Jobs)

Organisation: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Senior Programme Officer

About the Company:

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. UNHCR’s mandate under the Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is to lead and co-ordinate action for international protection to refugees; seek permanent solutions for the problems of refugees and safeguard refugee rights and well-being. UNHCR has an additional mandate concerning issues of statelessness, as it is given a designated role under Article 11 of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

Job Summary: Under the supervision of the Senior Programme officer, the Programme Monitoring Associate will assist in providing support and guidance on monitoring protection and solutions strategies and in the coordination with other sections/units to ensure harmonized monitoring approaches. The incumbent will work in line with the overall UNHCR directions which crucially require working with partners, including with persons of concern, governmental institutions and the private sector, ensuring that programme monitoring is approached as per UNHCR’s Strategic Directions, Global Strategic Priorities (GSPs), Global Compact for Refugees (GCR), and corporate positions on SDGs.

The incumbent is expected to have contacts within the Organization and outside the duty station, as well as with partners and other stakeholders related to programme monitoring. The incumbent is expected to work in line with the multi-functional team (MFT) approach as defined within the Program Chapter, ensuring the participation of relevant stakeholders in all phases of the Program Management Cycle.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  The incumbent will be required to:

• Assist the supervisor in the development and implementation of UNHCR’s system for monitoring protection and solutions strategies and results (impact, outcomes, outputs) in cooperation with relevant teams.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of monitoring plans across all implementation modalities, (partnerships, direct implementation, operational partners) ensuring consistency and coherence of UNHCR’s monitoring activities and an age, gender and diversity perspective in monitoring.
• Support the collection of monitoring data, including data from partners, primary, secondary, qualitative, quantitative and disaggregated in close collaboration with evaluation, data and IM staff.
• Support the management of monitoring systems, including entry, aggregation, reporting and sharing of data based on agreed protocols and standards.
• Support the MFT in planning and conducting monitoring activities and support the planning of monitoring visits, the documentation of findings and the follow up to monitoring recommendations.
• Compile, review and analyse monitoring reports and data of partners and teams, ensuring quality assurance and compliance with established policies, guidelines, procedures and standards. Generate monitoring and progress reports on a regular basis.
• Assist teams and partners in selecting and designing indicators for multi-partner initiatives (including UNSDCF, HRP, RRP etc.) ensuring coherence and avoiding gaps and overlaps.
• Follow up on any changes in the operations and monitoring plan, verify baselines, targets and actuals contributing to the soundness of Operations Plan and enhancement of data quality.
• Support UNHCR and partner staff in applying UNHCR’s results-based management monitoring standards and procedures.
• Support processes to link monitoring to the operation’s evaluation and risk management plan.
• Use UNHCR’s corporate tools (e.g. Focus Client, Global Focus Insight and FOCUS Reader) and existing guidance for core activities related to monitoring.
• Contribute actively to innovative solutions for monitoring and to UNHCR’s global community of practice on monitoring.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

Essential

• Minimum of 3 years experience in project /programme management
• Excellent knowledge of Excel
• Excellent command of English – oral and written.

Desirable

• Experience in Monitoring, evaluation, and research.
• Formal training in Business Administration/Management.
• Experience working with government institutions.

Education

• Years of Experience / Degree Level
• For G6 – 3 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 2 years relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher

Functional Skills

• MS-Monitoring & Evaluation
• *IT-Computer Literacy
• DM-Data Management
• PG-Planning
• PG-UNHCR’s Programmes
• PG-Programme Management
• PG-Results-Based Management
• PG-Assessments and Surveys
• IT-Microsoft Excel

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested candidates who wish to join the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) should apply online at the link below

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Deadline: 23rd August 2024

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