Monitoring and Evaluation Analyst

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UNDP The Gambia is supporting the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants; which is a global treaty adopted by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries (CoP) on 22nd May 2001 in Stockholm – Sweden, to ‘protect human health and the environment from chemicals that remain intact in the environment for long periods and become widely distributed geographically, accumulate in the fatty tissue of humans and wildlife, and have harmful impacts on human health and on the environment’. 

Given that the Republic of The Gambia is party to the Stockholm Convention and is therefore obligated to among other things, ensure the prohibition and /or elimination of the production and use of intentionally produced POPs; also ensure the reduction or elimination of releases from unintentionally produced POPs; whilst ensuring the environmentally sound management of stockpiles and wastes consisting of, containing, or contaminated with POPs. 

To this end, UNDP The Gambia acquired funds from the French Facility for the Global Environment (FFEM) to implement the project entitled: “Strengthening national and municipal capacities for the sound management of PCBs and uPOPs in The Gambia” to facilitate improvement in the management of PCBs and Municipal Solid waste in The Gambia. Broadly, the project is expected to achieve the following results:

• Ensure the decommissioning and environmentally sound disposal of PCB waste; and
• Take measures to reduce emissions and releases of unintentionally produced POPs (uPOPs) from the uncontrolled open burning of waste.

The project will be implemented through four components: Component 1: Strengthening of legal frameworks and administrative processes for the sound management of PCBs and the reduction of uPOP releases; Component 2: Environmentally Sound Management of PCBs and PCB Contaminated Sites; Component 3: Minimize uPOP releases from open burning of waste; Component 4: Information and awareness raising, monitoring and evaluation, learning and evolving feedback.

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

• Support project manager in designing the results-based management, monitoring and evaluation frameworks and plans in line with UNDP Project and Operations Policies and Procedures (POPP) with appropriate tracking tools. Help in ensuring the application of UNDP social and environmental safeguards as applicable; 
• Provision of overall technical and policy advisory support on monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and results-based management (RBM) requirements and activities to project manager, UNDP Project 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 project 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 project 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 Project Annual Business Plan; and participate in defining targets and indicators to ensure consistency with approved country project 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 the project.

• Coordinate implementation and application of efficient and evidence-based results monitoring and, as applicable, quality assurance work for the 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 project progress and results. Provide regular updates to project 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 project 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 the project. Follow up on implementation of audit and evaluation recommendations;
• 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.

• Organize learning, training, and capacity building activities on monitoring and evaluation, RBM, data collection and survey methods, gender mainstreaming and portfolio approach for project staff; 
• Project partners’ capacities in project 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.

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization. 

Institutional Arrangement: 

The Project M&E Analyst works under the supervision of the Project Specialist with the general supervision of the Head of Environment and collaborates closely with the Programme Analyst & Associate within the Environment Unit.