UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.
UN Women is committed to the achievement of equality between women, men, boys and girls as partners and beneficiaries of humanitarian action and resilience. In May 2015, UN Women engaged in Gender in Humanitarian Action and in 2017 created the Humanitarian Action and crisis Response Office to consolidate its advocacy, coordination and capacity development role for the integration of gender equality across humanitarian action. UN Women Humanitarian response includes three areas of work, namely disaster risk reduction and mitigation, humanitarian response and early recovery dealing with Women’s Leadership, Empowerment, Access and Participation (LEAP) and Resilience. The impact of conflict is often measured by casualties: Women and girls face heightened risks due to displacement and the breakdown of normal protection structures and support, gender-based violence.
As part of its Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience work(DRR), the UN Women Regional Office for West and Central Africa, focusses on prevention and resilience building by ensuring that new and existing disaster risks are mitigated by putting women’s agency and voice at the center of disaster risk reduction efforts. UN Women facilitates and promotes the integration of gender equality and women's empowerment through Coordination and Leadership; Capacity Development; Mainstreaming Gender into Data, Analysis, and Advocacy and Targeted programming.
UNWOMEN collaborates closely with UN system partners, national institutions and civil society organisations to ensure accountability and coherence in addressing gender equality in humanitarian action and DRR. UN Women works with gender equality institutions and organizations, from grassroots to intergovernmental bodies, to strengthen their position and capacity as champions for gender equality in humanitarian action, resilience and beyond
In Sierra Leone, women have played critical role in harnessing peace during the 11 years’ war. They contributed to bringing democratic rule in the country and to the restoration of peace. In 1995, the Sierra Leone Women Movement for Peace in collaboration with other women’s groups galvanized support for democracy through the Bintumani one and two, calling for elections before peace and negotiating with rebel leaders 17. These conferences were held with relevant stakeholders, government, CSOs, traditional leaders, women groups, from national and sub-national levels The consultations contributed to the conduct of four successful general elections (2002, 2007, 2012 and 2018). Their active involvement through the Elections Situation Room (ESR) in the 2012 and 2018 as a crucial conflict prevention and conflict resolution mechanism have reinforced the pivotal role that women play in peacebuilding. An emerging wave of young feminist groups such as Girl Empower Sierra Leone, Girl-Up initiative have become critical thought leaders in influencing behaviors, practices and shaping ideologies for promoting women’s participation in politics and in protecting women and girls from gender-based violence. Leveraging on media platforms, they have contributed to shaping the social media platforms to promoting girls’ leadership and voice in political and public spaces.
The role of CSOs and women groups in the prevention of conflicts, peacebuilding and promotion of women’s political participation have been monumental and well documented in Sierra Leone. Their response to the civil war, the peacebuilding processes and democratic governance has been prominent in ushering in a democratically elected government. Their active involvement through the Elections Situation Room (ESR) in the 2012 and 2018 as a crucial conflict prevention and conflict resolution mechanism have reinforced the pivotal role that women play in peacebuilding. Relying and drawing inspiration from UN Security Council resolution (S/RES/1325) on women and peace and security passed in October 2000, women CSOs have contributed to women political participation, actively demanding affirmative action for equal representation in all spheres of life and advocating for legal reforms that promote and protect women's rights.
In this context, UN Women, UNDP, and World Vision proposal is seeking to implement the project to promote and sustain Women-Focused CSOs, facilitate shared objectives, joint planning, and monitoring for women political participation, conflict prevention and peacebuilding during the next general elections in 2023 in Sierra Leone.
Duties and Responsibilities
Job overview
Reporting to the Project Coordinator, the M&E Officer will implement a monitoring, evaluation
and reporting plan that ensures UN Women and it partners demonstrate effective accountability to
the donor, stakeholders, and beneficiaries, and which is able to produce evidence of impact at
project closure.
Primary responsibilities for this position include:
Develop M&E System for the project including a system for strengthen monitoring, inspection, and evaluation proceduresSpearhead the development of M&E systems with standard procedures and process to ensure credible, reliable, timely and cost-effective monitoring data to inform ongoing management decisions, strategic planning and uphold accountability.Coordination with partners to ensure accurate, thorough, and useful monitoring and reporting of project activities and impacts, both internally and externally. This includes particularly close collaboration with the programme managers and the M&E department focal points to ensure that the monitoring data is collected and included in the reports for the operation.
Lead the adaption or development of specific planning, assessment, monitoring and evaluation and reporting tools for consistent and quality data collection.
Provide technical guidance to programme staff in incorporating appropriate M&E systems into projects/programmes based on needs, resources, and capacities.Support adequate assessment to inform relevant programming, that are use in the log framesDevelop SMART indicators that are supported by clear and concise indicator guidelines that define the indicators, data sources, data collection methods, frequency, and audience.Prepare and train staff, primary stakeholders and implementing partners, as necessary, on project/programme design, monitoring and evaluation concepts, skills, and tools.Establish an inventory of reliable, secondary data sources of key statistics to contribute to M&E,Routinely perform quality control checks of M&E work, overseeing the recording and reporting of progress and performance of the operation compared to targets.Ensure that lessons learned from programme M&E to improve future programme selection, design, and implementation. This includes liaison with external organizations to identify and distribute good M&E practices in M&E and contribute to knowledge sharing.
Profile experience
In-depth knowledge of M&E and reporting, based on previous professional experience in similar rolesGood understanding of capacity assessment methodologies, and excellent ability to identify significant capacity building opportunitiesAbility to lead implementation of new systems (business side), and affect staff behavioral/ attitudinal changeSuperior communication skills in English (verbal and written)Effective in a fast-paced cross-cultural work environmentStrong analytical, writing, and verbal skills for communicating with a diverse audience including internally and external high-level stakeholder
Technical Competencies:
Design and management of evaluation processes, including with multiple stakeholders;Survey design and implementation;Social science research;Project/programme/policy planning, monitoring and management;Understanding of human rights-based approaches to programming;Understanding of Results Based Management (RBM) principles; Logic modeling/logical framework analysis;Quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis;Rapid assessment procedures; andParticipatory approaches.Corporate Competencies:
Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;Advocates and promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UN;Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability; andTreats all people fairly without favoritism.Functional Competencies:
Strong understanding of various methodologies in monitoring and evaluation, both qualitative and quantitative, such as surveys, record reviews, focus groups and cases studies;Ability to contribute to the development of efficient and effective monitoring and evaluation methodology- develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed Spotlight strategies; identifies priority activities and assignments; adjusts priorities as required; allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work; foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary;Ability to effectively plan and organize monitoring and evaluation activities as part of the delivery of results (outputs and outcomes) within the prescribed time, cost and quality standards;Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues, accepts joint responsibility and contributes significantly as part of a diverse team;Ability to build a strong network with civil society organizations;Strong interpersonal skills;Ability to lead an evaluative culture and manage performance of the Spotlight Initiative;Demonstrates strong problem solving and decision making;Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity regarding gender issues;Demonstrates excellent oral and written communication skills;Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities; andResponds positively to critical feedback and differing points of view.
Education:
Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in Gender Studies, Law, Political Science, Sociology, International Relations, Law-related fields, and equivalent practical experiences
Languages:
Fluency in spoken and written English is required.
This vacancy is archived.