Monitoring and Evaluation Analyst, NPSA-9, DS – Kyiv (National Рosition)

Background

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are core principles at UNDP:  we value diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate, we foster inclusion as a way of ensuring all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, and we ensure equity and fairness in all our actions. Taking a ‘leave no one behind’ approach to our diversity efforts means increasing representation of underserved populations. People who identify as belonging to marginalized or excluded populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Learn more about working at UNDP including our values and inspiring stories.

UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

In April 2024, UNDP launched a 5-years Green Energy Recovery Programme in Ukraine (the “Programme”), which is an integrated initiative designed to diversify the country’s energy mix and address the impact of the war on its outdated energy systems. Developed through extensive consultations with the Government of Ukraine, local and regional authorities, the Programme aims to respond urgently to targeted attacks on the energy sector and support its green energy recovery.

The Programme supports the National Energy Strategy of Ukraine, contributing to energy security and independence, promoting a green recovery and transition of the energy sector, and facilitating further synchronization with the EU energy markets. This effort builds on UNDP’s engagement in energy system reconstruction and recovery, leveraging partnerships and lessons learned from the “Winterization Support to Ukraine” project.

Aligned with the UN Ukraine Transitional Framework 2023 and UN Winterization plans, UNDP is providing immediate support to national and local governments to repair energy infrastructure, ensuring critical services to war-affected populations. The Programme focuses on distributing generation sources, decentralizing the power system, and increasing the share of renewable energy sources to reduce reliance on coal generation and reduce CO2 emissions.

The Programme will enhance access to energy from decentralized renewable sources, foster economic empowerment, and improve public governance in the energy sector. These outputs will contribute to Ukraine’s nationally determined contributions (NDCs) towards the Paris Agreement, aimed at reducing global greenhouse gas emissions.

Sustainable energy solutions will be introduced through pilot projects, aligned with the UNDP nexus approach to risk reduction and resilience enhancement in war-affected communities. By boosting energy supply and decentralizing the energy system, the Programme aims to reduce reliance on humanitarian aid for essential services in these areas.

In this context, UNDP is recruiting an M&E Analyst. Under the direct supervision of the Green Energy Recover Programme Manager, the M&E Analyst supervises and will lead Programme M&E activities and will be responsible for providing overall support in developing the capacities of UNDP Programme personnel and partners in relation to M&E and facilitating knowledge building and knowledge sharing.

The incumbent will accelerate gender equality and women’s empowerment with all implementations and promote UNDP’s mandate as a gender-responsive organization with zero tolerance for any kind of discriminatory and abusive behaviour, including sexual harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse.

• Contribute to the development and refinement of programme-level, component-level Theories of Change, Results and M&E frameworks. Ensure that the Programme Components have results-based annual work plans with indicators, baselines and targets established, and aligned with the SDGs;
• Establish and coordinates effective mechanisms of monitoring the Programme implementation, including the development of evaluation tools and processes, and innovative approaches;
• Ensure optimal use of evaluations by providing guidance and support in the preparation of timely management response to all mandatory evaluations and by developing an M&E plan;
• Provide technical support/advice to ensure timely and accurate measurement of change in conditions at the national, regional and local levels, including monitoring of socio-economic trends and the country’s wider policy, economic or institutional context, to facilitate planning and to draw conclusions about the impact of programmes or policies; 
• Contribute substantially to donor reporting and other communication products with the provision of evidence-based results analysis;
• Ensure that monitoring systems are properly designed, and that data collection and analysis from field visits are coordinated and standardised across Programme Components to feed into programme performance monitoring, and field data is analysed and reported in a results-based and timely manner;
• Coordinate data collection and reporting through different online systems and tools, including information management system (IMS), IMRP;
• Perform quality control of programme data; 
• Make regular reports and presentations to the Programme Board, highlighting areas of concern and preparing the documentation for review at meetings;
• Formulate key performance indicators and parameters for monitoring programme performance and measuring its progress towards its targets, and analysis of existing social and economic data;
• Ensure that evaluations are designed and implemented in accordance with established UNDP quality standards, and the results are disseminated in a timely manner to stakeholders to improve the Programme performance and contribute to wider learning;
• Monitor and ensures the quality of the field work and data management during the implementation phase, and the quality of the analysis and ease of understanding during the report writing phase;
• Update programme and project risk logs and upload relevant documentation into the UNDP system;
• Deepen the use of data through programme and its projects, including new and innovative sources of data; 
• Develop ToRs, analytical frameworks, and questionnaires for data collection, thematic assessments, and other purposes;
• Ensure coordination and information sharing with other humanitarian and development actors by reporting to relevant clusters and working groups;
• Provide technical guidance to the the  Programme Manager Programme personnel;
• Ensure that all relevant M&E documents are properly uploaded and managed;
• Collect data and reports on the contribution of the Programme to the achievement of the UNDP Strategic Plan and UNDP in Ukraine Country Programme Document outcomes and outputs;
• Ensure mainstreaming of gender equality in all aspects of M&E and reporting, promotion of a safe and enabling environment free of any kind of discrimination and abusive behaviour, and gender-responsive communications based on corporate principles;
• Ensure dissemination of evaluation findings and recommendations to the intended audiences in a user-friendly manner.  In particular, to ensure that effective participatory feedback is provided to community and civil society stakeholders;
• Support programme teams and senior management in planning and management of thematic, country programme/project evaluation; follow up on the implementation of evaluation and audit findings and recommendations. Ensuring the optimal use of evaluations by providing guidance in the preparation of timely management responses to all mandatory evaluations.

Ensure the provision of top-quality advisory services and Capacity Building:

• Document best practices and ensure facilitation of knowledge building and knowledge sharing in the area of monitoring and evaluation;
• Contribute to the promotion of awareness and understanding of the shared responsibility of M&E function among all staff members through communication, training, learning and development activities Programme-wide. Supports the Programme team with effective use of tools and methodologies for planning, monitoring, reporting and measuring of indicators at the outcome level;
• Foster participatory planning and monitoring by training and involving primary stakeholder groups in M&E activities;
• Provide technical support to Responsible Parties on all M&E related activities;

Ensure facilitation of Knowledge Management:

• Contributes to the implementation of Evaluation, Knowledge Management and Learning strategies; 
• Present data and information in an accessible and useful format (templates, maps, reports) for analysis to support strategic and operational decision-making, with the support of UNDP CO;
• Cooperate with other UN agencies, government agencies, NGOs, and other organizations on monitoring and evaluation issues; keeps abreast of the latest development and professional norms, standards, tools and methodologies.
• Perform other functions as requested by management.
• The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary
• for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

Institutional Arrangement

The M&E Analyst will work under the supervision of Programme Manager of the Green Energy Recovery Programme in close collaboration with  CO Programme and M&E personnel to ensure M&E requirements are fulfilled and the M&E Framework are reported on time with required quality checks, and the M&E of the Programme is performed to the highest standards in line with UNDP Country Office guidelines and procedures. The M&E Analyst may supervise programme M&E personnel if needed.

Competencies

Core

Achieve Results:    LEVEL 2: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work 
Think Innovatively:    LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking 
Learn Continuously:    LEVEL 2: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning 
Adapt with Agility:    LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process 
Act with Determination:     LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously 
Engage and Partner:    LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships 
Enable Diversity and Inclusion:    LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making  

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies 

Business Direction and Strategy – Strategic Thinking – Ability to develop effective strategies and prioritized plans in line with UNDP’s objectives, based on the systemic analysis of challenges, potential risks and opportunities; linking the vision to reality on the ground, and creating tangible solutions
– Ability to leverage learning from a variety of sources to anticipate and respond to future trends; to demonstrate foresight in order to model what future developments and possible ways forward look like for UNDP 
Business Development – Knowledge Generation – Ability to research and turn information into useful knowledge, relevant for context, or responsive to a stated need
Business Management – Results-based Management – Ability to manage programmes and projects with a focus at improved performance and demonstrable results
Business Management – Monitoring – Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular feedback on the consistency or discrepancy between planned and actual activities and programme performance and results
Business Direction and Strategy – System Thinking – Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system
2030 Agenda: Engagement & Effectiveness – Effectiveness – RBM standards and practices for programming

Business Management – Evaluation – Ability to make an independent judgement based on set criteria and benchmarks – Ability to anticipate client’s upcoming needs and concerns.

Required Skills and Experience

Minimal education requirements:

• Advanced university degree (Master’s Degree or equivalent )in Economics, Statistics, Political Science, Social Science, Energy, Environment or a related discipline, is required. or 
• A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the areas stated above, in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree

Min. years of relevant work experience:

• Minimum 2 years (master’s degree) or 4 years (Bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience at the national or international level in monitoring and evaluation of development programmes and/or projects or related fields, including hands-on experience in design, monitoring and evaluation of development projects

Required skills:

• Experience and strong knowledge of monitoring and evaluation tools is required, in particular, results-based management and impact evaluations is required. 
• Experience and extensive knowledge of advanced statistical methods for programme impact evaluation is required.

Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the Competencies section:

• Experience in drafting progress reports, research papers and/or communication materials is an asset.
• Experience in data processing and management skills and/or knowledge of special computer softwares and applications (Tableau, Power BI, Google Data Studio or equivalent, KoboToolbox or similar survey tools) is an asset;
• Experience in conducting trainings to staff and partners on Monitoring and Evaluation and/or reporting requirements is an asset;
• Experience in developing Monitoring and Evaluation plans/systems is as asset.

Required Language(s):

• Fluency in Ukrainian and English is required

Disclaimer

UNDP is not in a position to provide advice or assistance on applying for US citizenship and therefore applicants are advised to seek the advice of competent immigration lawyers regarding any applications.

Applicant information about UNDP rosters

Note: UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement.  We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.

Non-discrimination

UNDP has a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual exploitation and misconduct, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.  

UNDP is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer that does not discriminate based on race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status. 

Scam warning

The United Nations does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Should you receive a solicitation for the payment of a fee, please disregard it. Furthermore, please note that emblems, logos, names and addresses are easily copied and reproduced. Therefore, you are advised to apply particular care when submitting personal information on the web.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 27 August, 2024.

If you wish to apply for this or other positions, please visit UNDP in Ukraine website, section Jobs and apply:

https://estm.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/20027

UNDP will use a transparent and competitive screening process, though will only contact those applicants in whom there is further interest. Applications may only be submitted for specific vacancy.

Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.