Programme Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting Offi cer

II. Background

UNIFEM (now part of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women – UN Women ) Country Offi ce in the East and Horn of Africa, including Uganda focus on addressing issues of women’s poverty, violence against women (VAW) and governance in post confl ict situation and in peace through initiating and supporting mechanisms and processes that call for accountability of duty bearers to the principles of gender equality and women’s Human rights; contributing to the increase of women’s security in both the private and public sphere; and providing concrete support to women’s organizations and networks.

UNIFEM is seeking a Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Offi cer (PME & R Officer) to support the country offi ce in ensuring that results are well articulated in the programme development processes; results are tracked and documented; and that both internal and external reports capture the actual changes that are happening as a result of the UNIFEM initiatives. Special emphasis of the monitoring
process will be on monitoring qualitative changes based on the theory of change stated in the programme design.

III. Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Gender or women’s studies, social sciences, international relations, or a related fi eld
• A minimum of 7 years experience in monitoring, evaluation and results-based management
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in reporting (internal and donors) using results based management principles
• Demonstrated knowledge of bilateral and multilateral donors reporting requirements
• Demonstrated experience of assessing progress and sustainability of projects/programmes of identifying timely corrective action
• Demonstrated experience of building and maintain a reliable M&E database on the status of project implementation, delivery, evaluations and reporting
• A minimum of 2 years of experience of supporting capacity of the partner organizations in the areas of
planning, M&E and reporting
• Experience of evaluating the effective and effi cient use of project inputs and impact.
• Experience of working in teams and coordinating with project/programme personnel located in distant offi ces
• Experience of producing M&E Guidelines, frameworks, training material
• Demonstrated experience in capturing learning and documenting knowledge

 IV. Application procedure

Interested and qualifi ed Ugandan Nationals are advised to apply online after a careful perusal of the Terms of References with the details of the duties and responsibilities, competencies, qualifi cations and experience required.

Apply through: http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?job_id=20225

The successful applicant shall be entitled to an attractive remuneration package as per advertised grade and commensurate with his/her qualifi cations and experience applicant. UNIFEM reserves the right to offer the position to the best suited candidate with re-classifi cation to a lower salary grade, if none of candidates meet all the requirements.

Incomplete applications or applications received after the closing date (30 November 2010) will not be given consideration. Please note that only applicants who are short-listed will be contacted.

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