International Consultancy: Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant at United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

The M&E Officer will work under the direct supervision of the Deputy representative and in close collaboration with UNFPA Somalia’s Humanitarian, M/E, SRH, GBV, A&Y and P&D units, and implementing partners.  The officer will be responsible for:

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

• Develop and implement an M&E framework aligned with UNFPA corporate guidelines and KOICA donor requirements.
• Manage the project performance monitoring systems, including indicators, baselines, and targets.
• Provide support to enhance regular field monitoring visits to assess project progress and ensure compliance with quality standards.
• Facilitate periodic project performance reviews, including mid-term and final evaluations.
• Coordinate data collection, verification, and validation processes to ensure reliability and accuracy.
• Ensure that lessons learned, and best practices are documented and incorporated into future programming.
• Oversee the development of standardized monitoring tools including appropriate templates for quarterly monitoring.
• Provide technical guidance to thematic units in framing realistic and measurable M&E indicators clearly linked to activity work plans. 
• Support the development of programmatic proposals, work plans, and budgets. 
• Represent UNFPA in meetings and training related to M&E.
• Data Management and Reporting
• Establish and maintain a database for tracking project indicators and results.
• Analyze data to generate evidence-based insights for programme improvement.
• Support the preparation of donor reports by providing high-quality M&E inputs, including data analysis and visualization.
• Develop case studies, human-interest stories, and learning briefs based on project findings.

 Required Qualifications and Experience

Education:

•  (Master’s level) in Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics, Demography, Public Health, Social Sciences, or a related field. A first-level university degree with two additional relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced degree.

Experience:

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in implementing M&E systems in development or humanitarian settings is required
• Proven experience in data collection, analysis, and visualisation using statistical software (SPSS, Stata, R, or Power BI).
• Familiarity with monitoring, particularly in SRH and GBV programming, is an asset.
• Experience working with UN agencies and NGOs is desirable Knowledge of donor reporting requirements, particularly KOICA, is highly desirable.
• Experience in managing Korean projects is highly desirable . 

Language requirements 

• Proficiency in spoken and written English language