PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS VACANCY IS OPEN TO NATIONALS OF PHILIPPINES ONLY.
The Position:
Under the direct supervision of the UNFPA Country Representative, and guidance of Assistant Representative and Operations Manager, the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Manager leads the substantive contribution to the Senior Management Team on effective planning, formulation, quality assurance, monitoring, and regular results reporting of UNFPA Country Programme for the Philippines 2019-2023, as well as evidence generation, knowledge management and communications related to UNFPA activities in the areas of sexual and reproductive health and rights, adolescents and youth, gender-based violence, population and development, and humanitarian. The M&E Manager supports UNFPA Representative with analysis and assessment of relevant political, social and economic trends related to UNFPA’s mandated areas of work. S/he leads UNFPA inputs to the UN Country Team on the monitoring and evaluation of the UN-wide Partnership Framework for Sustainable Development.
How you can make a difference:
UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. In 2019 UNFPA marks its 50th anniversary. Since the International Conference on Population and Development in 1994, UNFPA has been assisting countries with implementing the ICPD Programme of Action to put sexual and reproductive health and rights and population dynamism as the foundation of sustainable development. UNFPA globally is promoting commitments to achieving three transformational goals by 2030 - ending preventable maternal deaths, ending unmet need for family planning, and ending gender-based violence and other harmful practices against women and girls including child marriage.
In the Philippines, UNFPA has started its new five-year 8th Country Programme 2019-2023. The 8CP is tightly aligned with the mid- and long-term development goals of the Philippines, as detailed in the Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 and Ambisyon Natin 2040, as well as the global Agenda 2030 including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.
UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.
Job Purpose:
The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Manager will be responsible for the coordination and operationalization of results-oriented planning, formulation, budgeting, implementation, quality assurance, monitoring and evaluation, and regular results reporting of UNFPA Philippines programme and projects. The M&E Manager is responsible for improving the quality and results orientation of UNFPA-supported policy advocacy and capacity development interventions and in developing national/local institutional capacities for monitoring and evaluation. The M&E Manager is responsible for establishing and maintaining the results-based management system and tools for UNFPA Country Office performance to deliver on the 8th CP and organize evaluations for the programme and project including humanitarian response as required. S/he will work closely with the Outcome Leads and the entire country office team (both in Manila and in the field) and national counterparts to ensure M&E aspects are well internalized and applied. The M&E Manager will participate actively in UN-wide M&E mechanisms established as part of the PFSD (UNDAF) and joint programming processes.
Requirements
Qualifications and Experience
Education:
Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Demography, Economics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Public Health, Population, Management, Development Studies, Gender Studies, International Relations, Political Science, Public Administration or Law with experience on monitoring and evaluation, research, data collection and analysis of data, with seven (7) years of relevant professional M&E/RBM experience, preferably with an international organization or Government; or
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field mentioned above combined with nine (9) years of relevant professional M&E/RBM experience, preferably with an international organization or Government.
Knowledge and Experience:
Required years of work experience (as stipulated above) in Monitoring & Evaluation and results-based management of programmes/projects on health, gender, youth and/or population and development
Familiarity with UN/UNFPA policies, procedures and tools for M&E/RBM
Experience working with national/local government on M&E/RBM and/or research
Prior experience in development assistance at the international/regional level, an asset
Proficiency in office software applications
Languages:
Fluency in oral and written English and national language (Tagalog).