Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist at UNICEF

Purpose of the Position

Under the supervision of the Regional Chief of Programme Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PPME) of UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO), the incumbent of the post will support UNICEF ESARO and all the 21 country offices in the region to strengthen the capacity and performance of monitoring and evaluation systems and the implementation, monitoring and reporting on UNICEF's evaluation policy. The incumbent will lead the monitoring and evaluation team in the regional office, to track programme performance, commission high quality and ensure the use of evaluations for programming and undertake situation analysis of women and children to guide the design of programme in the ESARO and country offices. 

Desired Skills and Experience

Qualifications of Successful Candidate

• An advanced university degree (Master's) in Social Sciences, Demography, Development, Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation, Statistics or related field(s) is required.
• A minimum of eight (8) years of relevant experience, at the national and international levels, in design, conduct and managing research, programme development and evaluation is required.

• Previous knowledge and work experience in data analysis and dissemination, research management, social statistics, evaluation design and quality insurance, and use of quantitative/qualitative/mixed methods.
• Previous work experience in an emergency duty station and/or humanitarian context is considered an asset

Fluency in English (written & verbal) is required. Knowledge of an additional UN Language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish) is considered an asset.