Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Mission and objectives

The UN Development Programme is the lead UN agency fighting to end the injustice of poverty, inequality, and climate change. Working with our broad network of experts and partners in more than 170 countries, we help nations to build integrated, lasting solutions for people and planet. In the Pacific, UNDP provides regional and country support to ten countries (Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu) and regional support to five countries (Cook Islands, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Tokelau), together with a total population of 2.4 million. UNDP is guided by a Sub-regional Programme Document for the Pacific Island Countries and Territories 2018-2022, which in turn contributes to the achievement of an overarching UN system-wide Pacific Strategy. The Programme is shaped to assist countries to advance the global 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda tailored to each country's priorities, through focus on data, policy prioritization, participatory planning, and budgeting and monitoring - and with accelerated action to meet the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP seeks to target the most vulnerable i.e. people experiencing hardship, the marginalized living in remote rural areas, those who are vulnerable to climate and disaster risks, as well as women and youth excluded from socio-political and economic participation. UNDP adheres to an inclusive, pro-poor and human rights-based approaches that leverage cross-practice, multi-disciplinary expertise of UNDP.

Context

This assignment supports UNDP’s work with the Government of Fiji to strengthen monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) systems for 18 bond-funded public sector projects. The Officer will be embedded within the UNDP programme team, working closely with the Ministry of Finance and line Ministries to consolidate monitoring datasets and institutionalize reporting systems. The assignment contributes to improved transparency, accountability, and evidence-based decision-making in public financial management and development programming.

Task description

Month 1: • Collect raw monitoring datasets from 18 projects across Ministries • Clean, validate, and standardize datasets • Align datasets with the approved MRV matrix Months 2–3: • Develop standardized reporting templates • Establish reporting workflows within Ministries • Support the Ministry of Finance to embed reporting systems • Build capacity of Ministries to independently generate reports Deliverable: • Consolidated and validated dataset • Operational reporting templates adopted across Government

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Living conditions and remarks

Suva is a family duty station (Category A) with stable security conditions and access to health, banking, and communications services.

Inclusivity statement

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Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements

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