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UNHCR was created in 1950, during the aftermath of the Second World War, to help millions of Europeans who had fled or lost their homes. We had three years to complete our work and then disband. Today, over 65 years later, our organization is still hard at work, protecting and assisting refugees around the world.
Senior Programme Monitoring Officer
Duties
• Develop and manage the operation¿s monitoring portfolio and ensuring consistency and coherence of UNHCRs monitoring activities, in conjunction with evaluation planning:
• Set up and manage UNHCR¿s approach, systems and tools for monitoring protection, assistance and solutions results (impact, outcomes, outputs) together with relevant teams and ensure a results based monitoring culture throughout the operation and the operations management cycle. Collaborate and work in partnership with evaluation colleagues in these areas.
• Ensure the development of sound Theories of Change and related Results Frameworks, the measurability of multi-year protection and solutions strategies and annual plans and appropriate measurement tools and indicators. Contribute to evaluation planning for Results Frameworks.
• Ensure that monitoring system are in place, including for projects, and that indicators are tracked and analysed and provided regularly to senior management to guide programme and management decisions.
• Guide teams in data collection methodologies, data sources, management and analysis, including qualitative and quantitative data, in close collaboration with evaluation, data and IM staff.
• Advise and ensure coherence on monitoring standards, plans, tools, indicators and resources across UNHCR and project partners and that protection and solutions principles, including age, gender and diversity and data protection, guide all monitoring actions.
• Provide advice to senior management on monitoring findings and possible course-correcting actions, keep track of management decisions and follow-up actions and communicate monitoring findings to key stakeholders. Partner with evaluation colleagues where possible to ensure that there is coherence and consistency between evaluation findings and monitoring findings, and that advice to Senior Management is coordinated.
• Guide and train UNHCR and partner staff in UNHCRs results based management monitoring standards and procedures.
• Cooperate and coordinate with partners and stakeholders to facilitate coherence of monitoring approaches across multi-partner initiatives and engage in UN fora on monitoring (UNDAFs, HRP, RRP etc.), in collaboration with Evaluation colleagues.
• Establish processes to link monitoring to the operation¿s evaluation and risk management plan.
• Guide, in partnership with Evaluation colleagues, innovative solutions for monitoring and facilitate lessons learning within the operation, UNHCR in the region and globally, and among other stakeholders and contribute to UNHCRs global community of practice on monitoring;
• Seek advanced technical support and collaborate with regional and headquarters monitoring and evaluation advisors/officers for overall coordination of priority monitoring activities.
• In bureaux, work with Evaluation colleagues to determine thematic areas or projects for decentralized evaluations.
• Perform other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
Education & Professional Work Experience
• Years of Experience / Degree Level
• For P4/NOD - 9 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 8 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 7 years relevant experience with Doctorate degree
Field(s) of Education
• International Relations; Business Administration; Social Science; Economics or other relevant field.
Certificates and/or Licenses
Programme Management;
Relevant Job Experience
Essential:
• Experience in planning, monitoring and reporting in an international development and/or humanitarian context. Experience in setting up systems and rolling out monitoring frameworks. Experience in results-based management, including Theories of Change. Experience in managing a variety of internal and external stakeholders in a cross-cultural professional environment. Demonstrated experience in strategic planning processes and in coordinating and drafting strategies and plans, in particular on protection and solutions, advocacy, or partnership building.
Desirable:
• Demonstrated experience in collaborating with UN development or humanitarian actors, frameworks and coordinating mechanisms. Solid experience in working with Government and institutions. Experience in data management and statistics, including surveys and indicator management. Experience with organisational change processes. Experience with UN programming.
Functional Skills
• DM-Data Management
• IM-Information Management (related technical requirements & Operating Procedures)
• EL-Monitoring and Evaluation
• PG-Programme Planning
• PG-Results-Based Management
• PG-UNHCR's Programmes
• PG-Programme Management (programme cycles and reporting standards)
(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)
UNHCR was created in 1950, during the aftermath of the Second World War, to help millions of Europeans who had fled or lost their homes. We had three years to complete our work and then disband. Today, over 65 years later, our organization is still hard at work, protecting and assisting refugees around the world.
Finance Associate
Deadline of this Job: 22 December 2022
Duties
- Maintain financial records and monitoring systems to record and reconcile expenditures, balances, payments, statements and other data for day-to-day transactions and reports.
- Select and enter data from a wide variety of documents, verifying accuracy by checking sources, making necessary calculations and assuring inclusion of all relevant data.
- Prepare recurring reports as scheduled and special reports as required for budget preparation, audits or other reasons.
- Advise and assist staff members, experts and consultants on all aspects of allowances, salary advances, travel claims and other financial matters, calculate and authorize payments due for claims and services.
- Maintain liaison with officials of local banks to obtain day-to-day information on exchange and interest rates, changes in procedures and regulations and matters pertaining to maintenance of office bank accounts.
- Prepare detailed cost estimates and participate in budget analysis and projections as required.
- Initiate correspondence to verify data, answer queries and obtain additional information on accounts and financial transactions, as required.
- Verify that the financial transactions are correct and in accordance with UNHCR rules and procedures.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
Education & Professional Work Experience
- Years of Experience / Degree Level
- G6 3 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 2 years relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher
Deadline of this Job: 15 December 2022
Duties
• Develop and manage the operation¿s monitoring portfolio and ensuring consistency and coherence of UNHCRs monitoring activities, in conjunction with evaluation planning:
• Set up and manage UNHCR¿s approach, systems and tools for monitoring protection, assistance and solutions results (impact, outcomes, outputs) together with relevant teams and ensure a results based monitoring culture throughout the operation and the operations management cycle. Collaborate and work in partnership with evaluation colleagues in these areas.
• Ensure the development of sound Theories of Change and related Results Frameworks, the measurability of multi-year protection and solutions strategies and annual plans and appropriate measurement tools and indicators. Contribute to evaluation planning for Results Frameworks.
• Ensure that monitoring system are in place, including for projects, and that indicators are tracked and analysed and provided regularly to senior management to guide programme and management decisions.
• Guide teams in data collection methodologies, data sources, management and analysis, including qualitative and quantitative data, in close collaboration with evaluation, data and IM staff.
• Advise and ensure coherence on monitoring standards, plans, tools, indicators and resources across UNHCR and project partners and that protection and solutions principles, including age, gender and diversity and data protection, guide all monitoring actions.
• Provide advice to senior management on monitoring findings and possible course-correcting actions, keep track of management decisions and follow-up actions and communicate monitoring findings to key stakeholders. Partner with evaluation colleagues where possible to ensure that there is coherence and consistency between evaluation findings and monitoring findings, and that advice to Senior Management is coordinated.
• Guide and train UNHCR and partner staff in UNHCRs results based management monitoring standards and procedures.
• Cooperate and coordinate with partners and stakeholders to facilitate coherence of monitoring approaches across multi-partner initiatives and engage in UN fora on monitoring (UNDAFs, HRP, RRP etc.), in collaboration with Evaluation colleagues.
• Establish processes to link monitoring to the operation¿s evaluation and risk management plan.
• Guide, in partnership with Evaluation colleagues, innovative solutions for monitoring and facilitate lessons learning within the operation, UNHCR in the region and globally, and among other stakeholders and contribute to UNHCRs global community of practice on monitoring;
• Seek advanced technical support and collaborate with regional and headquarters monitoring and evaluation advisors/officers for overall coordination of priority monitoring activities.
• In bureaux, work with Evaluation colleagues to determine thematic areas or projects for decentralized evaluations.
• Perform other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
Education & Professional Work Experience
• Years of Experience / Degree Level
• For P4/NOD - 9 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 8 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 7 years relevant experience with Doctorate degree
Field(s) of Education
• International Relations; Business Administration; Social Science; Economics or other relevant field.
Certificates and/or Licenses
Programme Management;
Relevant Job Experience
Essential:
• Experience in planning, monitoring and reporting in an international development and/or humanitarian context. Experience in setting up systems and rolling out monitoring frameworks. Experience in results-based management, including Theories of Change. Experience in managing a variety of internal and external stakeholders in a cross-cultural professional environment. Demonstrated experience in strategic planning processes and in coordinating and drafting strategies and plans, in particular on protection and solutions, advocacy, or partnership building.
Desirable:
• Demonstrated experience in collaborating with UN development or humanitarian actors, frameworks and coordinating mechanisms. Solid experience in working with Government and institutions. Experience in data management and statistics, including surveys and indicator management. Experience with organisational change processes. Experience with UN programming.
Functional Skills
• DM-Data Management
• IM-Information Management (related technical requirements & Operating Procedures)
• EL-Monitoring and Evaluation
• PG-Programme Planning
• PG-Results-Based Management
• PG-UNHCR's Programmes
• PG-Programme Management (programme cycles and reporting standards)
(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Job Info
Job Category:
Several Jobs in one Advert jobs in Kenya
Job Type:
Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 22 December 2022
Duty Station: Several locations
Posted:
09-12-2022
No of Jobs:
2
Start Publishing:
09-12-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030):
09-12-2066
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