Roster for Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

To establish a strong and effective WHO presence in-country to implement WHO Country Cooperation Strategies (CSS) that are aligned with Member States’ health development priorities, including emergency and resilience programmes, and harmonized with the United Nations country teams.

The goal of the PNH programme is to reduce preventable morbidity, avoidable disability, and premature mortality from NCDs in the South Pacific Region. The Programme supports national governments in developing and implementing evidence-based policies, strategies, plans and guidelines for NCD prevention and control, focusing on risk factor reduction and health promotion.  The incumbent will provide necessary critical support in coordinating and managing NCD-related projects and programs, ensuring effective planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and timely reporting aligned with WHO’s global and regional strategies.

Summary of Assigned Duties:

The incumbent will perform the following duties:

1. Establish and maintain appropriate monitoring and evaluation as well as data collection, analysis, and dissemination mechanisms, systems, and tools to monitor the implementation of the NCD programmes.
2. Determine the data information elements that are required internally and externally to evaluate the NCD programme, leading to informed strategic decision-making.
3. Adopt standardized methods of capturing and consolidating evidence based NCD interventions, ensuring to document lessons learnt, best practices, and trend analyses ensuring accountability, responsiveness, and transparency.
4. Assess the impact and effectiveness of the NCD programmes at the national level, identify gaps, define training needs and capacities required to improve effectiveness, as well as remedial actions to allow greater predictability and accountability.
5. Build and strengthen national and regional capacities for monitoring and evaluation of the programme to achieve the target and ensure effective monitoring and evaluation by the WHO staff and implementing partners.
6. Conduct situation analysis and prepare biannual and annual technical reports assessing the implementation and results of the programmes based on the project’s results framework.
7. Partner with potential donors and organizations to ensure effective and efficient monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of the donor-funded programmes.
8. Engage with the implementing partners’ M&E counterparts and the UN M&E coordination structures to strengthen results-based programme management and facilitate timely, efficient, and effective monitoring and reporting of the implementation of the NCD Programme.
9. Be responsible for the overall results-based management of the PNH/DPS for the effective and timely implementation of technical and financial execution of grant-based projects, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting to the organization and donors.

RECRUITMENT PROFILE

Educational Qualifications

Essential: Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, health informatics or public administration or international development.

Desirable: Advanced degree of public health. 

WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World  Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United  Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/ . 

Experience

Essential: At least five years relevant experience, with proven international exposure, in project monitoring and evaluation and reporting.

Desirable: Experience in UN organizations/agencies, international institutions.

Functional Knowledge and Skills

• Advanced ability to gather, analyse and disseminate information on best practice in accountability and results-based management systems.
• Demonstrated knowledge of principles, disciplines and techniques to implement monitoring and evaluation strategies.
• Good research and documentation skills especially for ‘best practices’ in organizational change.
• Demonstrated knowledge of information technology and ability to apply it in work assignments.
• Demonstrated ability to deal with local partners and NGOs.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work under pressure.
• Tact, discretion.
• Excellent Presentation and reporting Skills

Competencies

Enhanced WHO Global Competency Model: 
who-enhanced-competence.pdf 

Teamwork
Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences.
Communication
Ensuring the effective use of resources
Building and promoting partnership across the Organization and beyond

Language

Excellent knowledge in English. 

Other Skills (e.g. IT)

Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Remuneration

WHO salaries for staff in the Professional category are calculated in US dollars. The remuneration for the above position comprises an annual base salary starting at USD 70,212 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as applicable), a variable post adjustment, which reflects the cost of living in a particular duty station per month for the duty station indicated above. Other benefits include 30 days of annual leave, allowances for dependent family members, home leave, and an education grant for dependent children.

Additional Information

• This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level

• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.

• A written test and/or an asynchronous video assessment may be used as a form of screening.

• In the event that your candidature is retained for an interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.

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