Вакансія: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Ukraine is seeking a qualified professional for the project “Strengthening Communities in South and East Ukraine through Localized Action (EMPOWER)” to fill the position of the:

 Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (full-time, Kyiv)

(internal SAP code: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist)

Due to the widespread destruction of essential basic services in Ukraine, more than 14.6 million people, including 3.7 million internally displaced persons (IDPs), are in dire need of assistance, particularly in the eastern and southern regions.

To address the pressing need for comprehensive support, the new Multi-Donor Action “Strengthening Communities in South and East Ukraine through Localized Action (EMPOWER)” is planned. The project will be financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through Transitional Development Assistance (ÜH) funds and receive co-financing from EU with a total commissioning value of up to 37.5 Mio. EUR. The objective is to provide protection, psychosocial support and essential assistance to populations particularly affected by the war in selected regions of South and East Ukraine (6 oblasts) with a focus on war-affected population and vulnerable groups. The project will be implemented along the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus with a strong focus on the localization agenda, enabling local partners to expand and improve basic service provision and promoting local ownership.

The project is part of the GIZ Ukraine. The duration of the Action is scheduled from 01.06.2024 to 31.12.2026. The project is looking for two Monitoring and Evaluation Specialists who will be responsible for the following:

Job responsibilities:

• The M&E Specialist will be a part of the M&E team of the Cluster and develop and maintain a sophisticated and widely acknowledged results- based monitoring system.
• She/he will constantly provide relevant data to measure results and impact of the projects, jointly with the technical advisors\project managers of the project.
• She/he will be responsible for mediating between data requirements of GIZ and / or the commissioning parties and the project, thus ensuring correct aggregation of data and information.
• She/he will in addition ensure compliance with GDPR (EU General Data Protection Regulation) in the cluster and handle respective cooperation with the GIZ data protection team.

Tasks:

• Maintaining of monitoring and evaluation system of project according to GIZ standards.
• Monitoring of the project’s result and output indicators.
• Support of reporting obligations on project level.
• Identifying needed data and good practices.
• Assessment and measurement of sector wide aggregated indicators according to relevant project indicators, in line with impact and result monitoring.
• Improving the baseline, collection, entering and presentation of data out of surveys.
• Contribution to the overall monitoring, knowledge and data management.
• Complying with GIZ rules and standards.
• Ensure compliance with operational data protection management in the project, by establishing a process and guiding the project in this regard.
• Cooperation with the GIZ data protection team.
• Identifying external contractors in Ukraine and abroad.
• Preparing and coordinating preparatory documents for procurement contracts of services and goods.
• Accompanying the fulfillment of the contract, checking the factual accuracy of invoices and report.
• Ensuring the storage of project-relevant documents.
• Knowledge management and active participation in GIZ M&E expert networks.
• Other activities and tasks upon the instruction of the manager.

Qualifications, competencies and experience required:

• Graduate of Social Studies, Economics or in a related field or equivalent training/experience.
• At least 3 years professional experience in a comparable position.
• Proven experience in development and management of monitoring and reporting in an organization in a similar international context.
• Expertise on qualitative and quantitative data collection methods and their implementation, expertise in data aggregation, data management and data analysis, expertise in statistics.
• Proven experience in processing and presentation tools.
• Proven experience in operational data protection management.
• Proven experience in reporting for donor and co-financing organizations.
• Proven experience in the presentation of monitoring data and project results; Asset: Basic knowledge of and interest for the Ukrainian government’s reform agenda, in the field of humanitarian aid, public services.
• Very good working knowledge of IT technologies and computer applications (e.g. MS Office, especially MS Excel to calculate indicators).

Further knowledge/Personal Competencies:

• Willingness to continuously improve knowledge about operational data protection management.
• Team player with excellent intercultural competences and experience of working in an international context.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strategic approach, excellent analytical skills.
• Ability to work flexibly and independently, often under tight deadlines.
• Full professional working proficiency in English and Ukrainian; knowledge of German is an asset.
• Ability to work in an open office working environment and/or remotely.
• Readiness for ongoing professional development.

We offer:

• Official employment.
• Salary fixed in EUR.
• Performance-related bonuses and 13th salary.
• Medical insurance.
• 29 vacation days annually.
• Language classes.
• Hard and soft skills trainings.
• Individual and group psychological support.
• Possible remote and flexible work.
• Meaningful and valuable work, international environment.

Employment conditions

The assignment starts as of 01.06.2024. Full-time position with 40-hours working week. Probation period – 3 months. Place of duty: Kyiv with partially remote mode. For now, the contract duration is till the end of 2025, with a probability for prolongation.

GIZ is an equal opportunity employer and offers an attractive and challenging working environment with opportunities for skill enhancement.

Application

Application comprising of the candidate’s CV and a cover letter in the English language explaining the motivation to apply for the job is to be sent to [email protected] until COB 16 April 2024, Tuesday.

By sending the application the candidate gives the consent for the personal data processing for recruitment processes solely.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stages of the recruitment process.