The Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser reports to the Regional Director (RD).  S/He provides overall technical support for monitoring and evaluation across the full range of the work of the Regional Office. In addition, the Regional M&E Adviser provides Monitoring and Evaluation (M & E) guidance to all work overseen by the Regional Office, including the technical assistance system.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Contribute to the development of regional substantive/technical methodology and tools for monitoring and evaluation, in concert with HQ development of monitoring and evaluation policies, standards, and guidance as well as oversight compliance of same;
• Advise on monitoring and evaluation components of the Office Management Plans (OMPs) of the Regional Office;
• Contribute to the development of frameworks, methodologies and databases for ICPD and MDG monitoring;
• Identify innovative evaluation methodologies and promote their incorporation into UNFPA operations;
• Contribute to the development and adaptation of tools and guidance as well as training materials and manuals in monitoring and evaluation and support their use for capacity development of partner institutions and UNFPA staff in the region;
• Contribute to the analysis, synthesis and dissemination of state-of-the-art knowledge and new approaches to monitoring and evaluation practice, in particular best practices, and make recommendations for their adoption at regional and sub-regional levels;
• Advise on the validity of the monitoring and evaluation of regional strategies and approaches;
• Develop and support a substantive quality assurance framework for the work of the Regional Office and assist/advise country offices in implementation of such framework;

Qualifications and Experience

• Advanced University Degree in public health, social science, demography, gender, economics, international relations, international development, public administration, management or other related field. The graduate or post graduate degree should preferably include credits in the principles and practice of monitoring and evaluation.

Experience

• 10 years of professional experience, of which 5 years at the international level, 5 years in health and/or social sciences evaluation; including periodic updating of technical skills
• Strong track record of innovative leadership in managing different types of evaluations, and proven ability to produce demonstrable results;
• Programmatic experience, including programme development, planning, monitoring and reporting;
• Extensive network within the academic and development community is an asset;
• Field experience is a strong asset.

Languages:

Fluency in English language is required; working knowledge of Arabic and/or French is an asset.