M&E Associate

Mission and objectives

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA supports: • Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) for all, particularly women and girls in more than 150 countries – home to more than 80 per cent of the world’s population. SRH includes;  The health of pregnant women, especially the 10-15 million who face life-threatening complications each year  Reliable access to modern contraceptives sufficient to benefit 20 million women a year  Training of thousands of health workers, particularly midwives to help ensure at least 80 per cent of all child births are supervised by skilled attendants  Prevention of teen and early pregnancies, complications of which are the leading cause of death for girls 15-19 years old  Delivery of safe birth supplies, dignity kits and other life-saving materials to survivors of conflict and natural disaster • Prevention of gender-based violence (GBV), one of the most common forms of violence today affecting 1 in 3 women across the globe • Abandonment of female genital mutilation, which harms 3 million girls annually • Gender-responsive, age appropriate Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) • Efforts to end child marriage affecting 12 million girls every year • Countries in development of youth policies and reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health policies and action plans. • Population census, demographic health surveys, research, data collection and analysis, which are essential for development planning as well as in humanitarian settings

Context

The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Associate will operate within the UNFPA Country Office in Port Sudan, directly supporting the M&E Specialist and working closely with the programme and support teams. UNFPA’s strategic direction focuses on achieving three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. The Country Office is implementing robust information, monitoring, evaluation, and learning systems. The selected candidate will assist the M&E Specialist in strengthening monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning activities, ensuring that UNFPA programming is based on evidence, and well positioned as well as optimally integrated into national frameworks and humanitarian response plans.

Task Description

● Coordination and RBM Best Practices: o Assist with tracking project metrics and applying Results-Based Management (RBM) principles to data entry and basic reporting. o Assist in gathering data to ensure programme delivery aligns with the Country Programme Document, the UNFPA Strategic Plan, donor requirements, and national frameworks. o Supports the coordination of results planning and reporting across the office. ● Knowledge Management Support: o Assist in the digitalization of knowledge management for ongoing programme, support, and M&E activities. o Help organize and format the collection, systematization, and dissemination of knowledge products, good practices, and lessons learned ● Follow-Up and Capacity Building: o Support the M&E Specialist in strengthening the capacity of Country Office staff and implementing partners (IPs) regarding monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and learning concepts. o Support follow-up with IPs on regular quantitative and qualitative reporting requirements. o Assist in preparing, collecting, and updating templates and best practices, such as checklist, mission findings, action and recommendation trackers. ● Framework Maintenance and Updating o Help maintain and routinely update M&E master files related to service locations, Monitoring activities, data reporting mechanisms, information frameworks, and work plans

Competencies and values

● Achieving results ● being accountable ● Developing and applying professional expertise/ business acumen ●Thinking analytically and strategically ● Working in teams/ managing ourselves and our relationships ● Communicating for impact

Living conditions and remarks

Sudan is a unique country, and UNFPA’s interventions represent a unique mandate and area of work. It provides an interesting and enriching environment, but also requires a mature level of cultural awareness, as well as stamina and commitment. Therefore, flexibility and the ability and willingness to live and work in harsh and potentially hazardous conditions, involving physical hardship and little comfort, are essential.