Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

The M&E Specialist will support UN-wide monitoring, evaluation, learning, data analysis and reporting under the UNSFA and humanitarian-basic human needs coordination architecture in Afghanistan. The role focuses on strengthening results frameworks, data quality, evidence-based reporting, evaluations and dashboards to support informed decision-making and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support inter-agency monitoring, evaluation, learning and reporting efforts, and provide technical advice to the Head of the Resident Coordinator’s Office.
• Maintain and strengthen a comprehensive, risk-informed and conflict-sensitive system for monitoring and reporting on the UNSFA, its Joint Work Plans and relevant humanitarian-basic human needs linkages.
• Serve as the UN RCO focal point for M&E within the Programme Management Team (PMT), its relevant task teams and other inter-agency mechanisms.
• Support the PMT in developing and updating UNSFA Joint Work Plans, results frameworks, indicators, baselines and targets, and coordinate timely and quality-assured updates in UN INFO.
• Coordinate agency-specific monitoring and reporting capacities and engage, as appropriate, with the Afghanistan Coordination Group (ACG) and other partners to promote coherent approaches, reduce duplication and improve the use of evidence.
• Liaise closely with UN agency M&E, data and reporting focal points, and with relevant ACG members, to collect, validate and analyse accurate information on implementation progress, results, financing, geographic coverage and identified gaps.
• Work closely with the UNCT, PMT and relevant results groups or thematic mechanisms to facilitate data collection, analysis and the preparation of periodic and annual collective reports in a One UN voice.
• Work closely with the Data and Visualization Officer and relevant technical teams to develop and maintain accessible dashboards, maps, infographics and analytical products based on verified UN and partner data.
• Ensure that results and monitoring frameworks comply with results-based management principles and integrate human rights, gender equality, leave no one behind, disability inclusion, conflict sensitivity and risk-informed programming.
• Consolidate, analyse and synthesize collective UN results and financing data for periodic reporting through UN INFO, the UNCT Annual Results Report, funding and indicator fact sheets, and other strategic products.
• Support independent evaluations, reviews and evaluability assessments of the UNSFA and other collective frameworks, including preparation of terms of reference, evidence repositories, stakeholder consultations, quality assurance, management responses and follow-up tracking.
• Coordinate with the UNCT on the timely provision, validation and reconciliation of programme, results and financial data, and document data limitations and methodological caveats.
• Serve as secretariat support to the inter-agency Data Working Group and engage relevant task teams and stakeholders to advance common data standards, metadata, interoperability, data-sharing protocols and a harmonized approach across UN and partner data systems.
• Contribute to Common Country Analysis updates, strategic foresight and trend analysis, end-of-cycle reviews and the design of subsequent UN strategic frameworks, as required.
• Develop and improve UN reporting templates, guidance and quality-assurance tools, and strengthen staff capacity in M&E, data quality, analysis and reporting.
• Develop training packages and organize capacity-development activities for relevant UN personnel and partners.
• Prepare evidence-based briefing notes, talking points, presentations and other analytical products for the Resident Coordinator, the RCO, senior delegations and visitors on UN results, financing, vulnerabilities and operational trends in Afghanistan.
• Prepare and distribute concise records of decisions and action points from relevant coordination meetings, and monitor follow-up.
• Perform other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Requirements

• An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in monitoring and evaluation, statistics, economics, social sciences, public policy, development studies, data science or another relevant field is required.
• 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 minimum of five years of progressively responsible professional experience in programme monitoring and evaluation, results-based management, data collection and analysis, strategic planning or reporting is required.
• Proven experience in developing results frameworks, indicators, M&E systems and reporting or data-visualization tools is required.
• Experience with UN INFO or comparable results-reporting platforms, data-quality assurance, and quantitative and qualitative analytical methods is desirable.
• Experience working in a complex humanitarian, fragile or conflict-affected setting is desirable.
• Familiarity with the humanitarian-development-peace nexus, inter-agency coordination, evaluations and strategic foresight is desirable.

Skills

• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Result-Based Management
• Data Collection
• Data Analysis
• Strategic Planning
• Reporting
• Results Frameworks
• Indicator Development
• M&E Systems Development
• Data Visualization
• UN INFO
• Data Quality Assurance
• Quantitative Analytical Tools
• Qualitative Analytical Tools
• Programme Monitoring
• Evaluation
• Humanitarian Development Peace Nexus
• Inter-agency Coordination
• Strategic Foresight

Languages

English