Planning and Monitoring Officer – UNV

Job Description

Organization		UN OCHA Sudan’s
Description of the assignment title		Planning and Monitoring Officer
Host entity		UNICEF
Assignment country		Sudan
Type		Onsite
Duration		12 months (with possibility of extension)
Sustainable Development Goal		3. Good health and well-being
Number of assignments		1
DoA reserved for persons with disabilities		No
Duty stations		Khartoum
Advertisement end date		16/06/2022

Details

Mission and objectives

UNICEF is a leading humanitarian and development agency working globally for the rights of every child. Child rights begin with safe shelter, nutrition, protection from disaster and conflict and traverse the life cycle: pre-natal care for healthy births, clean water and sanitation, health care and education. UNICEF has spent nearly 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families. Working with and for children through adolescence and into adulthood requires a global presence whose goal is to produce results and monitor their effects. UNICEF also lobbies and partners with leaders, thinkers and policy makers to help all children realize their rights—especially the most disadvantaged.

Context

Sudan, surrounded by the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Libya and South Sudan, positioned next to East, West and North Africa, is surrounded by complex conflicts in an unpredictable, volatile and rapidly evolving region. Sudan is by size the third biggest country in Africa, with a diverse population of around 42 million people. Sudan’s children make up half of the total population, and the past two decades have seen their lives significantly improve: fewer girls and boys are dying before their fifth birthday, primary school attendance is increasing, immunization coverage is high and the country remains polio free. Still, millions of children continue to suffer from protracted conflict in Darfur, the Kordofans, and Blue Nile, from seasonal natural disasters, malnutrition and disease outbreaks, and from under-investment in basic social services. More than three million of Sudan school aged children are not in the classroom. UNICEF has been in Sudan since 1952 and continues with a presence in 12 of Sudan’s 18 states.

Task description

Under the direct supervision of the Planning Specialist, the International UN Youth Volunteer will perform the following duties:

· Programme planning: Support the Country Programme Document planning process. Sup-port development and quality assurance of Annual/rolling workplans, partnership docu-ments and donor proposals, federal and central level.

· Situation Monitoring: Provide support to ensure that the Country Office and national part-ners have timely and accurate measurement of change in conditions in the country or re-gion, including monitoring of socio-economic trends and the country’s wider policy, econom-ic or institutional context, to facilitate planning and to draw conclusions about the impact of programmes or policies.

· Programme Performance Monitoring: Provide support to ensure that the Country Office has quality information to assess progress towards expected results established in annual work plans.

· Reporting: support the development and quality assurance of the Country Office Annual Report.

· Communication and Partnerships: Provide technical support to ensure that all of the above tasks are carried out and accomplished through effective communication and part-nerships.

· Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Eligibility criteria

Age

27 – 80

Nationality

Candidate must be a national of a country other than the country of assignment.

Requirements

Required experience

3 years of experience in

• Experience with planning and monitoring or quantitative research is required.

• Development programme/project administration Mandatory

• Knowledge management, archiving and documentation Optional

• Monitoring and evaluation Optional

Area(s) of expertise

Economics and finance, Development programmes

Driving license

–

Languages

English, Level: Working knowledge, Required Arabic, Level: Working knowledge, Desirable

Required education level

Master degree or equivalent in Economics (any), International development, Social Policy, Programme Management, Data Analytics, Statistics or related field

Competencies and values

Commitment and Motivation Communication Ethics and Values Integrity Planning and Organizing Respect for Diversity Technological Awareness Working in Teams

Other information

Living conditions and remarks

Khartoum, is relatively safe though it is advised not to go out on the streets alone (including during daytime), especially as a woman.

• Crime is low, restricted mostly to petty crime, and foreigners are generally not targeted by criminals. •Khartoum, suffers a lack of basic services, including basic health services.

•Khartoum experiences daily failures of basic utilities, including daily water, electricity and cel-lu-lar network cuts. Khartoum is a family duty station.

•The internet connectivity in Sudan is facilitated mostly through cellular networks and is there-fore very unpredictable.

•The air quality is poor due to the frequent burning of trash – a necessity in the absence of public waste.

Inclusivity statement

United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.

Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements

Selected candidates for certain occupational groups may be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) in line with the applicable host entity policy