Programme Management Analyst (Monitoring and Evaluation) {Ouvert aux Candidats de Niveaux 0, 1 & 2}

Tiered Approach

In line with the commitment to safeguard capacity and support personnel already in the Organization, a majority of UNDP UNCDF/UNV vacancies are advertised using a tiered application process whereby:

• Tier 0: UNDP/UNCDF/UNV IP staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments, whose posts will be abolished, or contracts will be terminated or not renewed during 2026.
• Tier 1: Other UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments
• Tier 2: UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding temporary appointments (TA), personnel on regular PSA contracts, and Expert and Specialist UN Volunteers
• Tier 3 or no tier indicated: All other contract types from UNDP/UNCDF/UNV and other agencies, and other external candidates

Please make note of the Tier(s) indicated in the vacancy title, if any, and ensure that you satisfy the eligibility to apply.

Background

Present in 170 countries and territories, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) works to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities and exclusion, and strengthen resilience so that countries can sustain their development progress. As the United Nations’ leading development agency, UNDP also plays a pivotal convening role in mobilizing and coordinating a wide range of national and international partners around a common agenda: the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

In Mali, the implementation of the Country Programme is structured around three strategic programmatic priorities:

• Priority 1: Inclusive Governance and Peace Consolidation;
• Priority 2: Inclusive Growth and Private Sector Development;
• Priority 3: Environmental Sustainability and Resilience to the Adverse Effects of Climate Change.

The successful delivery of these priorities relies on effective management, internal control, and risk management mechanisms designed to ensure the efficient use of resources, compliance with corporate policies and procedures, and the quality and integrity of operational processes. In this context, strengthening internal controls is a critical enabler for promoting transparency, enhancing accountability, and supporting the achievement of the Country Office’s programmatic and operational results.

The Monitoring and Evaluation team plays an essential role in Country Offices (CO). The team assists CO and its partners to find and implement integrated, transformational solutions across the Sustainable Development Goals and six signature areas of poverty, governance, environment, resilience, energy, and gender. In addition, the team puts in place and administers effective monitoring and evaluation, results-based management, and quality assurance frameworks in the CO to ensure UNDP remains accountable and transparent and learns from its programme implementation.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the strategic guidance of the Resident Representative and direct supervision of the Deputy Resident Representative Programme & Operation, the Programme Management Analyst (monitoring and evaluation) promotes results-based management and a programme effectiveness approach by leading the implementation of innovative and effective monitoring and evaluation frameworks, systems and tools. The PMSU( M&E/Compliance) Analyst provides technical support on M&E and reporting practices to programme and project teams. Where relevant the PMSU( M&E/Compliance) Analyst will also support programme quality assurance and developing relevant systems. The PMSU( M&E/Compliance) Analyst promotes a collaborative, efficient, client-focused, evidence-based, and portfolio management approach.

The PMSU( M&E) Analyst may supervise a team of staff responsible for CO M&E and RBM, and as applicable, quality assurance work; and collaborates closely with Programme, Operations and project teams in the Country Office, UNDP HQ staff, programme staff in other UN agencies, Government officials and donors on programme/project implementation and monitoring and evaluation issues and practices.

UNDP adopts a portfolio approach to accommodate changing business needs and leverage linkages across interventions to achieve its strategic goals. Therefore, UNDP personnel are expected to work across units, functions, teams, and projects in multidisciplinary teams in order to enhance and enable horizontal collaboration.

1.) Implement and participate in the design of monitoring and evaluation frameworks, systems, and tools, and as applicable, conduct programme quality assurance in keeping with corporate policies.

• Support CO programme and project managers in designing the results-based management, monitoring and evaluation frameworks and plans in line with UNDP Programme and Operations Policies and Procedures (POPP) with appropriate tracking tools. Help in ensuring the application of UNDP social and environmental safeguards as applicable.
• Serve as the UNDP Country Office focal point for the provision of overall technical and policy advisory support on monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and results-based management (RBM) requirements and activities to CO programme and project managers, UNDP CO staff concerned with monitoring and evaluation, and consultants and/or members of evaluation teams.
• Advocate the adherence to UN/UNDP policy positions on monitoring and evaluation, results-based management, and quality assurance, as applicable, and ensure their mainstreaming into all aspects of the COs programme interventions. Provide guidance on the systematized, effective application of RBM, M&E and quality assurance tools throughout the full programme/project cycle from the design to implementation, reporting and during the timely closure of projects.
• Support the mapping of business processes and elaboration of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in programme and project oversight. Act as custodian for evaluation quality assurance checklist to ensure quality check from the TOR formulation to final evaluation report and timely implementation of the recommendations.
• Provide input to CO’s annual planning processes that includes the Integrate Work Plan and CO Annual Business Plan; and participate in defining targets and indicators to ensure consistency with approved country programme and project documents and with UNDP POPPs.
• Ensure gender equality, disability inclusion, and Leave No One Behind (LNOB) principles are an integral part of UNDP programmes and operations and that these considerations are fully mainstreamed into programming and reflected in programme/project design, monitoring, reporting and evaluations in line with the UNDP Gender Equality and Disability Inclusion Strategies, UNSDG Operational Guide for Country Teams on LNOB, and available regional guidance.
• Contribute to joint UN planning and reporting processes, by coordinating UNDP’s adherence to agreed standards in the UNSDCF.

2.) Ensure coordination and efficient support to monitoring, reporting, evaluation and results-based management of Country Office programmes and projects:

• Coordinate implementation and application of efficient and evidence-based results monitoring and, as applicable, quality assurance work for CO programme and project development and delivery using an integrated portfolio management approach. Advise the senior management team on delivery implementation challenges and provide support in resolving obstacles and bottlenecks.
• Develop templates for project and work plan monitoring and quality assurance visits. Collect reliable and coherent data to assess country programme progress and results. Provide regular updates to programme and project teams using latest M&E and IT tracking tools to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in the monitoring processes.
• Prepare reports analyzing progress and results of projects. Advise programme teams on financial reporting requirements for cooperating partners, donors, Government stakeholders and UN counterparts to ensure transparency relative to committed resources and timetables and to highlight transformational changes.
• Ensure consistent maintenance and monitoring of relevant scorecards and quality assurance tools such as the Social and Environmental Safeguards. Provide support to the management and coordination of third-party monitoring and/or any other data collection interventions in the country office.
• Ensure regular and timely updating of the Evaluation Resource Centre (ERC).
• Analyze requirements and synthesize proposals for the planning, preparation, and management of specific thematic, country programme/project evaluations and other types of evaluations. Draft and revise Terms of Reference (TOR) for specific project/thematic/sectoral monitoring and evaluation missions and/or desk evaluations/reviews. Participate in consultant and evaluation team selection and provide technical feedback on evaluation inception reports and draft evaluations and budget oversight. Draft and review management responses to the evaluations.
• Consolidate evaluation findings, lessons learned and recommendations to be disseminated in learning events and channeled into decision-making processes. Analyze and synthesize monitoring and evaluation reports and other data sources to assess the effectiveness and impact of UNDP CO programmes. Follow up on implementation of audit and evaluation recommendations by CO and project teams.
• Contribute to the establishment of statistics database and dashboards.

3.) Support capacity building and facilitate knowledge building and sharing on monitoring, evaluation and results-based management in CO.

• Organize learning, training, and capacity building activities on monitoring and evaluation, RBM, data collection and survey methods, gender mainstreaming and portfolio approach for CO staff and programme and project teams. In close collaboration with relevant teams in the BRH and HQ, contribute to development and delivery of training packages to strengthen CO partners’ capacities in programme and project monitoring and oversight.
• Support the identification, synthesis, documentation, and dissemination of key lessons learned and good practices derived from monitoring and evaluation activities on what works, what does not work, revised theories of change to identify innovative ideas for their scaling or replication.
• Provide sound contributions to local and global knowledge networks, communities of practice, and other knowledge management mechanisms. Proactively participate in UNDP regional and international fora on relevant thematic areas (including engaging in thematic discussions, contributing with analytical papers, etc.).
• Contribute to the implementation of Evaluation Knowledge Management and Learning Strategy

Competencies

Core Competencies

• Achieve Results -LEVEL 2: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work
• Think Innovatively- LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking
• Learn Continuously- LEVEL 2: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning
• Adapt with Agility- LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process
• Act with Determination- LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously
• Engage and Partner- LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion- LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies

• Business Direction & Strategy- System Thinking: Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system;
• Business Management- Portfolio Management: Ability to select, prioritize and control the organization’s programmes and projects, in line with its strategic objectives and capacity; ability to balance the implementation of change initiatives and the maintenance of business-as-usual, while optimizing return on investment;
• Business Management- Monitoring: Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular feedback on the consistency or discrepancy between planned and actual activities and programme performance and results;
• Business Management- Evaluation: Ability to make an independent judgement based on set criteria and benchmarks. Ability to anticipate client's upcoming needs and concerns;
• Business Development- Knowledge Generation: Ability to research and turn information into useful knowledge, relevant for context, or responsive to a stated need;
• Partnership Management- Relationship Management: Ability to engage with a wide range of public and private partners, build, sustain and/or strengthen working relations, trust and mutual understanding;
• 2030 Agenda: Engagement & Effectiveness- Effectiveness: Programming principles & standards and development effectiveness principles.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in Development/Development Studies, Economics, Statistics, Business Administration/Management, Public Administration, Social Policy/Sciences, International Relations, or related field is required; or
• A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• Minimum 2 years (with master’s degree) or 4 years (with bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience in M&E, programme and/or team management working with quality assurance instruments, results-based management models, and multiple stakeholders.
• Proven technical knowledge of the results-based management cycle and monitoring and evaluation is required.
• Proven experience in designing monitoring and evaluation systems and designing development projects or integrated portfolios is required.
• Proven ability to work with quantitative and qualitative data, and appropriately use qualitative data /information collection tools in innovative ways is required.
• Experience in the use of computers, office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.), and web-based management systems, and up-to-date, advanced knowledge of data management tools and database packages is desirable.
• Experience in designing, implementing and/or managing assessments and/or data collection exercises/processes is desired.
• Experience conducting applied research projects and reporting on findings is desired.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in the UN language (French) of the duty station is required.
• Fluency in the national language (Bambara) of the duty station is required for local staff.
• Knowledge of another UN language (English) is desirable.

Equal opportunity

As an equal opportunity employer, UNDP values diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate and, as such, we encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply for roles in the organization. Our employment decisions are based on merit and suitability for the role, without discrimination.

UNDP is also committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, are valued, can thrive, and benefit from career opportunities that are open to all.

Sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse of authority

UNDP does not tolerate harassment, sexual harassment, exploitation, discrimination and abuse of authority. All selected candidates, therefore, undergo relevant checks and are expected to adhere to the respective standards and principles.

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