Data, Monitoring and Reporting Specialist - P3
UN Women
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.
The Policy, Programme and Intergovernmental Division develops and implements UN Women's programme of work across its normative, coordination, and operational triple mandate and provides policy advice and guidance and technical support to intergovernmental processes, UN system, and UN Women regional and country offices, among other partners and stakeholders.The Division is organized in thematic sections, which undertake policy research; analyze data on country, regional and global trends; and propose evidence-based options for global policy, norms and standards as well as for UN Women's policy advocacy and global programme strategies.
The Division also undertakes substantive preparations for the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and drafts reports on behalf of the Secretary-General on multiple topics.
Economic empowerment (EE) is one of the priority areas of UN Women. The section works with governments, civil society and other development partners to promote women's income. Under UN Women's Strategic Plan (2022-2025), the Economic Empowerment section is undertaking work on three gender equality accelerators on Transforming the Care Economy, Women in the World of Work and Women's Climate Action and Green/Blue Economies, as well as a hub on Sustainable Finance, and will continue to engage in normative, policy and coordination work in line with UN Women's mandate, including the production of three biennial reports on behalf of the Secretary-General and involvement in numerous intergovernmental and interagency processes.
Under the general supervision of the Chief of Section, the Data, Monitoring and Reporting Specialist will be responsible for tracking, collating and reporting on global data and trends on key areas of the Section's work and for ensuring that a Results-Based Management (RBM) approach is fully integrated into the Section's work including, evidence-based programming approach and the results based M&E.The incumbent will coordinate and provide technical guidance and support to colleagues at national, regional and global level on data strategy development, thematic reviews, capacity building and channels for knowledge sharing; support monitoring, assessment, analysis and reporting on key results and achievements across the Section, and prepare documentation for UN normative intergovernmental processes; prepare studies, reports and content for policy advocacy.
Key Functions and Accountabilities:
1 Provide technical support to the Section's Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Activities- Develop, manage and lead the implementation of a rigorous programme of learning, monitoring and evaluation for the section in collaboration with country and regional offices.
- Coordinate the preparation of the Annual Work Plans (AWPs) and ensure Monitoring, Evaluation and Research (MER) plans align with the AWP and with the UN Women Strategic Plan
- Coordinate annual work plan monitoring, reviews and reporting.
- Provide technical guidance on Results Based Management (RMB) and Learning, Monitoring and Evaluation (LME) to all project teams, including conducting practical training as required.
- Develop, update, and ensure the effective use of UN Women guidelines on data, monitoring and reporting documents by section staff.
- Support the section to conduct reviews of projects and programmes on a periodic basis to assess the progress against the agreed results/objectives, efficiency, effectiveness and needs for adaptation.
- Lead on the reporting of outcomes and key indicators that the section leads on against the UN Women strategic Plan and the IRRF framework.
- Provide input into methodological notes and data collection tools and frameworks.
- Oversee the data quality and reporting of indicators for the UN Women strategic plan and IRRF framework.
- Liaise with the Independent Evaluation Service in evaluations of the section and coordinate inputs from the section to sure evaluations are well aligned to programmatic needs and priorities.
- Ensure relevant evaluation findings, conclusions and recommendations are incorporated into programme reporting.
- Provide technical inputs into the development of the Annual Report of the Executive Director, Secretary General's Reports that the section is responsible for, and other relevant reports.
- Coordinate and lead efforts in collaboration with the Research and Data section, and others to collect and track critical economic empowerment indicators and make them available to inform programming within UN Women and with external partners.
- Coordinate efforts to track national and/or institutional implementation of policies and strategies across the thematic areas of the Economic Empowerment Strategy
- Develop and coordinate strategic studies aimed at developing economic empowerment statistics and establish stronger linkages with related data development, analysis and reporting on the 2030 sustainable development agenda.
- Establish strong linkages and collaboration with academic, research institutions, think tanks and UN Agencies working on economic empowerment.
- Liaise with Communications section on ensuring data is available, and accessible to partners and external stakeholders to inform national policies and programs.
- Provide technical and data inputs into section knowledge products, ensuring relevant up to date and quality data and evidence is used and manage across section development of knowledge and outreach products.
- Contribute to analysis and visualization of data for inclusion in knowledge products, and other communications products such as presentations including through tools such as data visualization, animation, etc.
- Strengthen the management and presentation of data including through the development of a data base or other platform for data management.
- Lead the development and management of appropriate online platforms for disseminating section's knowledge products in liaison with the communications and other relevant teams.
- Develop other tools and guidance as needed.
5 The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organisation.
Competencies :
Core Values:
- Integrity;
- Professionalism;
- Respect for Diversity.
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 Values and Competencies Framework:
Functional Competencies:
- Strong knowledge of programme formulation and implementation and Results Based Management
- Strong knowledge of monitoring and evaluation, evaluation design, data collection and analysis, and reporting
- Ability to synthesize program performance data and produce analytical reports
- Strong analytical and report writing skills
- Good knowledge of UN programme management systems
Recruitment Qualifications:
Education and certification:
- Master's degree (or equivalent) in Statistics, Data Management, Economics or related area
- 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 advantage.
Experience:
- At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience at the national or international level in monitoring and reporting of gender and development projects/ programmes is required.
- Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems is required.
- Experience working on gender equality and/or women's economic empowerment is required.
- Experience in the use knowledge management tools, data analysis and data visualization tools, development and design of communication products and materials, is desirable.
- Experience in the United Nations systems in desirable.
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in English is required.
- Knowledge of another official UN language (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish) is desirable.
Statements :
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.
Diversity and inclusion:
At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.
If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.
UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women's policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks.(Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)
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