Monitoring and Reporting Specialist

UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide. UN Women Jordan works in close collaboration with the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the UN System, Civil Society, and members of the international community to advance the women’s national agenda, promoting women’s empowerment, women’s rights, and gender equality.

Reporting to the Women, Peace and Security Programme Specialist and to the Deputy Representative, the Monitoring and Reporting Specialist will provide support to the Country Office (CO) in incorporating monitoring and reporting into programme formulation as well tracking against Strategic Plan targets and the reporting of results to internal and external audiences with a principal focus on the Women Peace and Security portfolio.

Under the direct supervision of the Country Representative or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the Communications Specialist Volunteer will:

1. Provide guidance to the Country Office in incorporating monitoring and reporting into programme formulation:
· Provide quality assurance of program documents through review of results frameworks in order to meet SMART criteria;
· Manage the development of monitoring indicators, monitoring calendars, and field monitoring plans and quality assurance processes; ensure use of relevant evaluation findings, conclusions and recommendations are incorporated to programme formulation;
· Coordinate annual work plan monitoring, reviews and reporting;
· Ensure linkage of Annual Work Plans (AWPs) and corresponding Monitoring, Evaluation and Research (MER) Plans with the UN Women Strategic Plan;
· Provide strategic guidance to partners and the Country Office in developing Performance Monitoring Frameworks (PMFs) and Baseline Surveys;
· Provide advice to country offices in the clearance of donor agreements and Programme Cooperation Agreements;

2. Provide technical guidance to the Country Office and oversee monitoring and tracking of results against country level targets and UN Women Strategic Plan:
· Ensure data collection and analysis from field visits are coordinated and standardized across programmes;
· Monitor data from partners on a quarterly basis and draft regular management briefs to inform decision making;
· Visit partners to support monitoring of results and planning processes;
· Develop and monitor the Country Office Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research Plan.

3. Oversee reporting of results to internal (Senior Management) and external (Executive Board, Donors) audiences
· Coordinate and provide technical guidance to the country office in meeting internal and external reporting requirements and deadlines, including annual reporting process;
· Support the Finalization of donor and programme reports (both narrative and financial);
· Ensure use of relevant evaluation findings, conclusions and recommendations are incorporated into programme reporting;
· Review progress reports submitted by partners and provide feedback to improve quality and timeliness of reporting;
· Ensure the availability (including collecting and maintaining) of data for country, regional and global corporate reports, mid-term reviews, and final evaluations.

4. Provide technical support to the Country Office in the implementation the UN Women Evaluation Policy
· Provide technical support to the implementation of UN Women’s Evaluation plan at the country level;
· Provide guidance to CO programme staff on evaluations;
· Ensure communication between CO and RO regarding Evaluations;
· Represent the country offices in monitoring and evaluation working groups in the context of United Nations Sustainable Development Coordination Framework (UNSDCF).

5. Contribute to knowledge building and capacity building
· Identify and disseminate good practices, lessons and knowledge as identified through programme implementation, monitoring and evaluation activities;
· Develop capacity development tools, including training materials and packages;
· Manage capacity building opportunities of staff and partners in the region in the areas of Results Based Management (RBM), Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E);
· Promote the awareness and understanding of the shared responsibility of M&E among all staff members through communication, training, learning and development activities.

6. The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organisation.

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities:
• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day);
• Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;
• Provide annual and end of assignment self- reports on UN Volunteer actions, results and opportunities.
• Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.;
• Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers;
• Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.