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• Provide technical inputs
  to the annual work planning processes ensuring coordination with the
  recommended timelines and guidelines from Regional Office and
  Headquarters;
• Coordinate the review of
  the Development Results Framework (DRF) and Operational Efficiency and
  Effectiveness Results (OEEF) plans (or other planning frameworks) and
  provide inputs for the revision of deliverables and delivery planning;
• Develop the capacity of
  staff in the country office and implementing partners to have an
  understanding of Results Based Management (RBM) concepts and techniques;
• Assess the adequacy of
  results based monitoring, review reporting arrangements by the country
  office and provide support to the country office to adopt improved
  Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) systems;
• Provide feedback to
  project/programme design, including feedback on programme documents,
  theory of change and results matrices from a PME perspective, as
  necessary;
• Ensure budgeting for PME,
  employ reviews of the programme documents; support identification of
  monitoring, review and evaluation needs during programmes/project
  planning.

• Provide technical inputs
  to the development of a monitoring and review framework and an annual
  monitoring and review plan, as necessary;
• Compile data sources,
  employing collection and/or meta-analysis of monitoring data from the
  national data sources;
• Develop monitoring and
  review guidelines, formats and tools;
• Analyze project reports
  and synthesize the country office’s quarterly, six monthly and annual
  report;
• Ensure timely delivery of
  all the reports to the donors and other partners as needed;
• Support senior management
  in reviewing the delivery rate of the country programme against the budget
  and in preparing the spending plans;
• Conduct/organize joint
  team reviews of the projects and programmes on a periodic basis to assess
  the progress against the agreed results/objectives, efficiency,
  effectiveness and needs for adaptation.

• Maintain an information
  system for donor contract management, including tracking donor contracts,
  UN Women’s contractual obligations, other delivery requirements of the
  contract, grant tranches or installment schedules, reporting schedule and
  reporting requirements;
• Provide technical support
  to the country office in preparation of the narrative and financial
  reports for the donor funded (cost-share funds) projects and in
  collaboration with the Deputy Representative take direct responsibility of
  their finalization before submission;
• In close collaboration
  with the programme staff track the spending of the donor funds and prompt
  the Deputy Representative about seeking no-cost extension, as necessary.

• Offer support to the
  implementation of UN Women’s Evaluation Strategy at country level;
• Support planning,
  designing and implementation of evaluations and reviews including
  management of the evaluation/ review process;
• Ensure that management
  responses to evaluations are drafted and implemented;
• Provide technical support
  to the country office in the implementation of evaluation findings;
• Organize and manage
  logistics of reviews and evaluations;
• Represent UN Women in the
  UN Uganda Monitoring and Evaluation committee.

• Keenly monitor the
  partners, review narrative and financial reports and provide written
  feedback, and support them in timely reporting to the Fund for Gender
  Equality.

• Develop and expand
  knowledge management strategies, products and methodologies;
• Manage the process of
  identifying and synthesizing of best practices and lessons learned that
  are directly linked to the monitoring and reporting of programmes and
  programme planning and contribute to their dissemination.

• Timely and quality
  planning processes;
• Quality trainings to
  staff;
• Timely monitoring and
  reporting advice;
• Timely and quality
  reports;
• Quality support to UNTF
  grantees;
• Quality support to
  evaluation processes.

• The ideal candidate for
  the United Nations UN WOMEN Monitoring and Reporting Specialist job
  opportunity should hold a Master’s Degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, Social
  Sciences, or related field. Additional certification in statistics, MIS
  management and Monitoring and Evaluation will be considered as an asset.
• At least five years of
  professional experience in the field of rights based monitoring,
  evaluation and reporting;
• Experience in the
  management of gender equality and women’s empowerment programmes or
  analytic work in gender and development, gender analysis and/or human
  rights;
• Experience related to UN
  Women’s mandate and activities would be an added advantage.
• Fluency in written and
  spoken English is a must;
• Knowledge of Luganda and
  other local languages spoken in Uganda is required;
• Working knowledge with any
  of the official UN languages is an asset.

• Integrity: Demonstrate
  consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions
  and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.
• Professionalism: Demonstrate
  professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive
  areas of work.
• Respect for Diversity: Demonstrate
  an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the
  diversity of its staff. Demonstrate an international outlook, appreciating
  difference in values and learning from cultural diversity.

• Ethics and Values: Demonstrate
  and promote ethics and integrity by creating organizational precedents.
• Organizational Awareness: Build
  support for the organization and ensure political acumen.
• Development and
  Innovation: Support staff competence development, and contribute to an
  environment of creativity and innovation.
• Work in teams: Build and
  promote effective teams. Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural,
  multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with
  people of different national and cultural backgrounds.
• Communication and
  Information Sharing: Create and promote an environment for open and
  effective communication.
• Self-management and
  Emotional Intelligence: Stay composed and positive even in difficult
  moments, handle tense situations with diplomacy and tact, and have a
  consistent behavior towards others.
• Conflict Management: Surface
  conflicts and address them proactively acknowledging different feelings
  and views and directing energy towards a mutually acceptable solution.
• Continuous Learning and Knowledge
  Sharing: Share knowledge across the organization and build a culture of
  knowledge sharing and learning.
• Appropriate and Transparent
  Decision Making: Ensure fair and transparent decision-making processes and
  manage risk.

• Ability to lead Programme
  Monitoring and Evaluation strategies, policies and its implementation;
• Ability to lead
  results-based management and reporting;
• Ability to develop and
  manage budgets;
• Ability to implement new
  systems and effect staff behavioural/ attitudinal change;
• Ability to advocate and
  provide policy advice;
• Builds strong
  relationships with clients, focuses on impact and result for the client
  and responds positively to feedback;
• Very strong oral and
  written communication skills;
• Strong inter-personal and
  diplomacy skills;
• Strong IT skills;
• Ability to take decision
  under pressure;

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