Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Analyst – UNDP India

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UNDP has worked in India since 1951 in almost all areas of human development, from democratic governance to poverty eradication, to sustainable energy and environmental management. UNDP’s programmes are aligned with national priorities and are reviewed and adjusted annually.

Job Schedule Full time
Agency UNDP
Grade NPSA-8
Vacancy Type National Personnel Service Agreement
Practice Area Health
Bureau Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific
Contract Duration 1 Year
Education & Work Experience Master’s Degree
Other Criteria Bachelor’s Degree with 2 years of experience
Required Languages English and Hindi
Vacancy Timeline 2 Weeks

Job Description
Background

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are core principles at UNDP:  we value diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate, we foster inclusion as a way of ensuring all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, and we ensure equity and fairness in all our actions. Taking a ‘leave no one behind’ approach to our diversity efforts means increasing representation of underserved populations. People who identify as belonging to marginalized or excluded populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Learn more about working at UNDP including our values and inspiring stories.

UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
UNDP has been working in India since 1951 in almost all areas of human development. Together with the Government of India and development partners, we have worked towards eradicating poverty, reducing inequalities, strengthening local governance, enhancing community resilience, protecting the environment, supporting policy initiatives and institutional reforms, and accelerating sustainable development for all.

With projects and programmes in every state and union territory in India, UNDP works with national and subnational government, and diverse development actors to deliver people-centric results, particularly for the most vulnerable and marginalized communities. As the integrator for collective action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within the UN system, we are committed to supporting the Government of India’s national development vision and priorities and accelerating the achievement of the SDGs for the people and the planet.

UNDP India’s new Country Programme (2023-2027) builds on our prior work and aims to provide an integrated approach to development solutions in three strategic portfolios:

Strong, accountable and evidence-led institutions for accelerated achievement of the SDGs.
Enhanced economic opportunities and social protection to reduce inequality, with a focus on the marginalized.
Climate-smart solutions, sustainable ecosystems and resilient development for reduced vulnerability.
South-South cooperation, gender equality and social inclusion are promoted across the pillars. The programme is supported by a framework of renewed partnerships and blended finance solutions, strategic innovation and accelerator labs, and data and digital architecture.

You are invited to join a team of future-smart development professionals to support India in achieving the national and globally agreed goals. As part of the UNDP team, your focus will be to work with diverse stakeholders to find country-specific solutions that lead to sustainable development and reach those furthest behind first.

In India UNDP is a long-standing partner of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and its institutions at the State and District level. Guided by the government, the UNDP India work is fully carried out in close coordination with partner UN agencies and is focusing on better health services provided to population of India.

The overarching goal of UNDP’s work on health system strengthening in India is to facilitate equitable access to basic services by strengthening capacities of communities to demand and access services, and of institutions to deliver quality, timely and stigma free services and LNOB (Leaving no one behind).

The Gavi Alliance co-funded Health System Strengthening (HSS) programme is one of the efforts of the MoHFW to improve the quality and level of immunization coverage in India. UNDP has been a trusted partner of MoHFW and GAVI for many years in this flagship programme that has nationwide coverage and has supported vaccine delivery to over 1 billion people. The initially developed solutions (eVIN and CoWIN) have proven themselves well and now UNDP is given a unique opportunity to develop and integrate a new universal vaccination solution – U-Win – which will be the focus on the next phase of support.

While a large part of the HSS programme is related to digital solutions development, capacity building and implementation, it also includes technical support to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for prevention and management of non-communicable diseases, Neglected Tropical diseases and for leveraging technologies to track high risk pregnancies and thereby reduce maternal and child mortalities rates. Working closely with other development partners, the programme also supports the National AIDS Control Organization’s efforts in prevention and control of HIV and AIDS.

Duties and Responsibilities
The Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Analyst will work under the direct supervision National Programme Specialist, HSS and general guidance and close collaboration of the UNDP India CO M&E team and HSS Project Manager, will support and bring expert knowledge and engagement to projects under the HSS portfolio ensuring consistent, value based project implementation within corporate expectations.

The specific duties and responsibilities during the assignment will be carried out in close collaboration with and under the general guidance of the UNDP India CO Monitoring and Evaluation team, and will include, but is not limited to, the following:

• Implements and supports practices and guidance on the systematized, effective application of RBM tools throughout the full end-to-end programme cycle from the design to implementation and reporting.
• Provide input and tracks the development of monitoring and evaluation tools and templates, including, as needed, support on progress monitoring parameters vis-a-vis indicators and targets
• Regularly monitor the progress of project activities, to assess overall project implementation with respect to project objectives, outputs, and indicators
• Provide effective troubleshooting, suggestion for corrective measures to be undertaken, based on results of monitoring, where necessary
• Implement comprehensive monitoring platforms and tracking tools to gather analytics and data collection of project activities at national and local levels
• Coordinate the maintenance of risks and issues logs of each project in close collaboration.
• Ensures monitoring and evaluation standards, quality assurance/control and capacity development within relevant teams
• Prepare timely inputs to CO communications and visibility reports for donors that highlight the impact of donor funding
• Support and provide substantive inputs to the preparation of visual briefing notes, donor presentations, including steering committee presentations
• Coordinates team of Monitoring & Evaluation Consultants of the HSS Project.
• General input for press releases and update data for project webpages in consultation with communication team in Project and country office
• Collect data, information and support development and communications of UNDP India ‘human interest stories’ of persons impacted by UNDP supported projects within given portfolio
• Consolidation of project reports on monthly, quarterly and yearly basis as required by the corporate guidelines (including narrative and financial, as appropriate)
• Timely reporting on identified risk, issues and challenges which may affect implementation and achievements
• Ensures standardized and timely collection and documentation of updated data at the national, local and provincial levels
• Effective support in identification, documentation, synthesis of lessons learned and best practices across CO for M&R
• Plan, Participate and contribute in results-oriented monitoring, evaluation and reporting training efforts in the CO and for Implementing Partners
• Proper documentation of research reports, studies and evaluations are maintained. This includes the collection and documentation of relevant reports from government research bodies, national and international agencies, etc.
• Support and facilitate robust evidence base documented experience from the projects implemented under the portfolio, with research and analysis carried out, where possible

Competencies

Core competencies:

• Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
• Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
• Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
• Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
• Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident
• Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies:

Business Management

• Project Management: Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals.
• Communication: Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience.
• 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.
• Evaluation: Ability to make an independent judgement based on set criteria and benchmarks -Ability to anticipate client’s upcoming needs and concerns.

Digital & Innovation

• Data Governance: Knowledge of data science, skills to develop data management tools, organize and maintain databases and operate data visualization technologies
• Portfolio design & management: Ability to identify leverage points in systems and design interventions that address them. The value of the interventions is determined not in isolation, but as part of the overall portfolio and their coherence.  Ability to design processes that extract learning on an ongoing basis from existing portfolios, so that learning accrues over time and new options for action are continuously generated.  Build a learning ecosystem around a complex development challenge: being able to mobilise a variety of stakeholders and help them learn and work together. Understand key principles of systems and complexity theory.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:
Master’s degree in Public Administration, Economics or Data Analytics, Communications and relevant fields, or
Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration, Economics or Data Analytics, Communications and relevant fields

Experience:

• For candidates with Master´s Degree in a relevant field of study no professional work experience is required.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant working experience with Bachelor’s degree in project reporting, research, surveys and data collection, analysis, interpretation and management or related fields.
• Knowledge of, and experience in, monitoring, evaluation and producing project reports is required
• Strong knowledge and experienced ability to draft high quality report supported with graphic and statistical summaries an asset.
• Familiar with monitoring, evaluation and reporting tools and an interest in the analysis of socio-economic and health issues and related policy matters is a significant advantage
• Strong knowledge base and understanding of results-based management practices and quantification of development results is required
• Capable of working with deadlines and taking on a range of tasks
• Self-motivated and proactively able to identify and strategic recommend options for resolutions of issues
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages and handling of web-based management systems
• Experience working in the UN system
• Experience collaborating with government agencies, international organizations, and community leaders
• Knowledge of UN regulations, rules, and procedures

Required languages:  Excellent oral and written communication skills in English, knowledge of Hindi

Remuneration: 

Remuneration starting at 1,435,933.36 INR (Annual) / 119,661.11 INR (Monthly) as per the scale depending on qualifications and experience. The remuneration is excluding 8.33% pension amount paid over and above the salary.

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