وظائف هيئات الأمم المتحدة| Development, Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant

Country: Arab Republic of Egypt
Project Reference: Securing Rights and Improving Livelihoods of Women
Post title: Development, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Duty Station: Cairo
Type of Contract: Consultancy under Special Service Agreement (SSA)
Duration of Assignment: 75 days
Starting date: 1 August
Ending date: 14 December

Background
UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, operational since January 1 2011, works towards accelerating the United Nations’ goals on gender equality and the empowerment of women.
UN Women supports innovative and catalytic programmes, advocacy, and technical assistance related to women’s human rights in countries throughout the world as part of the overall UN development cooperation system.
The purpose of these terms of reference is to recruit a senior consultant with extensive experience in Monitoring and Evaluation and project methodologies. The Consultant will work as part of the team managing the “Securing Rights and Improving Livelihoods of Women” project under the overall guidance of the National Programme Manager and the direct supervision of the Project Officers.
The consultant will technically support the programme’s team in ensuring systematic monitoring and evaluation of the project, including revising the logical framework of the project’s components put in place an effective M&E system; design case studies; prepare progress reports to donors and support mid-term and final evaluations of the project and draw lessons learned.
The consultancy’s main objectiveis to:
Develop case studies of UN Women project
 Finalize UN Women Project and donor reports
 Prepare and implement guidelines for the project’s monitoring and evaluation

Duties and Responsibilities
Assist the Project Officers in monitoring, documenting and reporting on program initiatives.
Lead all the M&E activities of the different initiatives, including but not limited to drafting M&E plans, and conducting researches or midterm / final evaluation.
 Participate in the development and reviewing of Program reports and provide support for program team in developing and collecting needed data for report writing.
 Updating donor reporting Schedules and working closely with program Managers to ensure adherence to donor reporting requirements.
 Conduct periodic spot checks to ensure proper documentation for program initiatives and data verification.
 Support the development and implementation of the M&E systems within departments including writing relevant M&E sections in proposals and the development of log frames for new initiatives.
 Prepare consolidated progress reports for project management including identification of problems, causes of potential blockages in project implementation, and providing specific recommendations.
 Assure that integrated Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation system is prepared and in place to provide strategic priority and realistic plan of activities for M&E of the project.
 Monitor the performance of the project and make sure that data for key indicators are collected and analyzed.
 Coordinate with the Monitoring and Evaluation Officers of UN Women Country Office to ensure alignment of monitoring and reporting procedures within projects.
Functional Competencies Required:
Knowledge and Expertise in Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Expert in Monitoring and Evaluation
 Expert in case study writing
 Excellent proposal formulation and writing skill for formulation of donors proposal
 Strong skills in drafting, writing, and editing
 In-depth knowledge of women’s rights issues
 Communicates sensitively and effectively across different constituencies

Management and Leadership
 Demonstrates excellent judgment, particularly with regard to being able to prioritize according to importance and urgency
 Highly organized, with particular ability in devising systems to ensure follow up
Enjoys multi-tasking and managing several projects at one time
 Focuses on impact and result
Ability to work as a positive and valued member of task teams and demonstrates conflict resolution skills
 Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude
 Builds strong relationships with clients and external actors
 Responds positively to critical feedback and differing points of view
 Displays High level of discretion
Recruitment Qualifications
Education:
An advanced university degree in a development or social sciences related areas – Political Science, Economics, Law, Public Policy, Development Management, International Relations etc
Experience:
A minimum of 5 years, professional experience in M&E and case study writing
Language Requirements:
Fluency (written and verbal) in English and Arabic required.


Interested candidates should send their CV and completed P11 Personal History form to  egypt.co@unwomen.org