Background

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 in Tunisia is currently focusing on three areas – Governance and Women’s Political Participation, Women’s Economic Empowerment and Women’s Peace and Security, and working with various stakeholders from Government, CSO and Parliament to ensure gender is mainstreamed in public policies and strategies, legislative reforms and in political and economic participation processes. Since the 2011 revolution, UN Women Tunisia has supported the integration of equality provisions in the 2014 constitution and parity conditions in electoral laws. These efforts were consolidated during this post-revolution process by the revision of different discriminatory laws, the establishment of high-level gender issues mechanisms such as the “Conseil des Pairs”, the adoption of the National Action Plan on 1325 and the integration of full parity into local elections law. Specifically, the office has supported research on the role of women in the prevention of violent extremism, the socio-economics factor and women’s engagement in violent extremism, and the link between public violence against women and violent extremism, all of which aim to inform decision-making on the issue of violent extremism as well as UNCT programming on this topic.

UN Women Libya has strengthened its programme presence in Libya, responding to the complex governance, humanitarian, development and security challenges through its triple mandate. UN Women’s Libya’s premise is that peacebuilding efforts, including political dialogues, conflict resolution and humanitarian efforts will be more effective and have higher chances of success if they are inclusive, responding to gendered experiences, needs, capacities and interests of the Libyan women across their diversities, this includes supporting women’s participation in peace processes at all levels. In addition, the programme is working to strengthen women’s political participation, ensure gender-responsive economic recovery, coordinate gender mainstreaming within the UNCT in Libya, integrate women’s needs into the current humanitarian response, and ensure their full participation in humanitarian consultations and processes. The program is aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDFC) 2023-2025, UN Women Global Strategic Plan (2022-2025), UN Women Libya’s Strategic Note (SN 2023-2025) as well as the international conventions on women and human rights such as the Convention on Ending all forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Beijing Platform for Action.

Reporting to the Programme Management Specialist, the Monitoring and Evaluation Analyst will provide support to the Tunisia and Libya Cluster Offfice’s colleagues in incorporating monitoring and reporting into programme formulation as well tracking against Strategic Plan targets and the reporting of results to internal and external audiences.

Duties and Responsibilities

Facilitate and substantively contribute to the incorporation of monitoring and reporting into programme formulation

• Facilitate and substantively contribute to the development of monitoring indicators, monitoring calendars, and field monitoring plans and quality assurance processes;
• Include inputs from relevant evaluation findings, conclusions and recommendations into programme formulation;
• Contribute to annual work plan monitoring, reviews and reporting;
• Provide technical support to partners in developing Performance Monitoring Frameworks (PMFs), systems and plans, and Baseline Surveys;
• Facilitate the clearance of donor agreements and Programme Cooperation Agreements with CCO

Contribute substantively to the monitoring and tracking of results against country/ regional level targets and UN Women Strategic Plan

• Coordinate with Programme Team to ensure that data collection and analysis from field visits are coordinated and standardized across programmes;
• Monitor data from partners and programmes on a quarterly basis and provide substantive inputs to regular management briefs to inform decision making;
• Visit partners, along with the Programme Team, to support monitoring of results and planning processes as required;
• Monitor the spending of donor funds and other programme expenditures and disbursements;
• Draft and monitor the CCO Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research Plan.

Facilitate the reporting of results to internal and external audiences

• Facilitate the process of the CCO meeting internal and external reporting requirements and deadlines, including annual reporting process;
• Support programme team in drafting donor and programme reports;
• Identify relevant evaluation findings, conclusions and recommendations and input them into programme reporting;
• Review progress reports submitted by partners and provide feedback to improve quality and timeliness of reporting;
• Collect and maintain data for country, regional and global corporate reports, mid-term reviews, and final evaluations.

Provide technical support to the CCO in the implementation the UN Women Evaluation Policy

• Coordinate the implementation of UN Women’s Evaluation plan in the CCO
• Provide guidance to programme staff on evaluations;
• Ensure communication between the CCO and RO regarding Evaluations;
• Coordinate the completion of management’s response to the UN Women Global Accountability and Tracking of Evaluation Use (GATE).

Contribute to knowledge building and capacity building

• Identify and disseminate good practices, lessons and knowledge, as identified through programme implementation, monitoring and evaluation activities;
• Contribute to the development of capacity development tools, including training materials and packages;
• Facilitate capacity building opportunities for staff and partners in the areas of Results Based Management (RBM), Monitoring and Evaluation;
• Promote the awareness and understanding of the shared responsibility of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) among all staff members through communication, training, learning and development activities.

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel :This is an office-based consultancy.

Competencies

Core Values

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues :
• Accountability ;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication ;
• Inclusive Collaboration ;
• Stakeholder Engagement;
• Leading by Example .

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies:

https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment/application-process#_Values

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

• Good knowledge of programme formulation and implementation and Results Based Management;
• Good knowledge of monitoring and evaluation, evaluation design, data collection and analysis, and reporting;
• Ability to synthesize program performance data and produce analytical reports;
• Good analytical and report writing skills;
• Knowledge of UN programme management systems.

Required Skills and Experience

Education and Certification

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Political or Social Science, Economics, International Development Studies, Gender/Women’s Studies is required;
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree;
• A project/programme management certification (such as PMP®, PRINCE2®, or MSP®) would be an added advantageExperience:
• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience at the national or international level in monitoring and reporting of development projects/ programmes;
• Experience in the United Nations systems in an asset;
• Field experience is an asset.

Languages:

• Fluency in English and French is required;
• Working knowledge or Arabic is requested;
• Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable (Portuguese, Chinese, Russian or Spanish).

How to Apply

• Personal CV or P11 (P11 can be downloaded from: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form.doc )
• A cover letter (maximum length: 1 page)

Managers may ask (ad hoc) for any other materials relevant to pre-assessing the relevance of their experience, such as reports, presentations, publications, campaigns, or other materials

Note

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality, and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW, and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

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