Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

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Mission and objectives

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

Context

In recent years, UNICEF’s work to support the unique needs of young people has gained Momentum, as the challenges facing them have come more sharply into view. UNICEF is committed to deliver for all children and adolescents through its overall impact goal of ‘realizing the rights of every child, especially the most disadvantaged. Building on the current work with, and for, adolescents, in line with the United Nations Youth Strategy, UNICEF is developing a new global partnership, Generation Unlimited (GenU), which is dedicated to expanding opportunity for young people from ages 10 to 24 years. Maximising the potential of the United Nations system, Governments, Civil Society Organizations and the private sector, and of young people themselves, GenU is focused on finding new ways to ensure that every young person is in school, undergoing formal or informal learning or training, or is employed by 2030. The focus will be on reaching those in the greatest danger of being left behind: including girls, the poor, young people with disabilities or on the move, or affected by conflict and natural disasters. The India version of GenU has been named YuWaah! It signifies catalytic partnerships to unleash the potential of adolescents and young people. YuWaah has been designed to allow co-creation of solutions that are relevant and scalable for ensuring that young people in India have opportunity and choices for learning; have avenues and spaces for functional and vocational training, and can choose between employment and entrepreneurship which are accessible locally. The monitoring, evaluation and reporting functions of GenU/YuWaah comply with the Results-Based Management (RBM) principles. The overall framework and measurement of the results of the key interventions under YuWaah in India is an important function of YuWaah and UNICEF’s contribution to YuWaah. Quality assurance are instrumental for all monitoring, evaluation and reporting activities. M&E supports the advocacy and policy dialogue efforts of YuWaah with national counterparts to position the agenda of YuWaah in the national context and feeds into the resource mobilization efforts. Tracking progress of the various interventions requires analysis of the information captured though the management information system (MIS) and providing feedback to the programme managers to inform the project implementation. Hence, application of innovative and strategic thinking to deliver the desired results efficiently under resource constraint condition is an important aspect of M&E activities. The UN Volunteer will be placed with UNICEF in Delhi. The UNV will support GenU/Yuwaah-related planning, communication with key partners (including the Government of India, other UN agencies, private sector representatives and young people) and knowledge management. Furthermore, she/he will provide support to initiatives under the thematic area of “Economic opportunity for young people – jobs, apprenticeship and entrepreneurship”. She/he will have interaction and coordination with NGOs, Government, private sector, young people, solutions partners and UNICEF state offices.

Task description

Under the overall guidance of the Chief of GenU, Youth Development Partnerships and secondary supervision of Chief Operating Officer/Program Manager of YuWaah Secretariat, the national UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: • Support in promoting a results-based approach and integrates innovative M&E approaches in the areas of education, skilling, employability and youth engagement • Provide substantive and strategic support to YuWaah’s overall Monitoring and Evaluation framework, by undertaking analysis of data on education, skilling, employability and youth engagement • Support efforts related to policy and advocacy by providing robust evidences based on relevant and latest information • Facilitate integration of substantive methodologies and RBM tools in programming and project design and implementation • Support to ensure substantive monitoring of interventions of various components of YuWaah by coordinating with staff and partners and analysis of regular information from the field implementation • Support with the operationalization of using a web-based MIS (Management Information System) for monitoring of data • Liaise with the implementing partners of various interventions for monitoring key indicators and support tracking the progress of the projects • Assist in analyzing data and reports on programme and projects in terms of achieving results using existing monitoring and evaluation tools • Support capacity building initiatives on RBM and improving data quality systems for relevant stakeholders • Support strategic research initiatives by collating, compiling and analysis of data from various sources and support dissemination of such research for advocacy and policy level discussions • Support in preparing research briefs on the basis of systematic analysis of processes and outputs derived from YuWaah supported interventions • Support with data reporting to various stakeholders • Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor. Results/expected outputs: As an active team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to UNICEF and the YuWaah Secretariat in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including: • Support building a solid evidence base for engagement of YuWaah in national policy dialogue and advocacy on its mandate areas • Support preparation of briefs and dissemination for policy advocacy • Work closely with the country and state offices teams and national counterparts to ensure M&E aspects are well internalized and applied • Support in monitors progress by coordinates with national and state levels technical and managerial team • Support establishing a results-based information management system associated to the Results Framework and the monitoring and evaluation frameworks of the Work Plans