Planning and Monitoring Officer

UNICEF is a leading humanitarian and development agency working globally for the rights of every child. Child rights begin with safe shelter, nutrition, protection from disaster and conflict and traverse the life cycle: pre-natal care for healthy births, clean water and sanitation, health care and education. UNICEF has spent nearly 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families.
Working with and for children through adolescence and into adulthood requires a global presence whose goal is to produce results and monitor their effects. UNICEF also lobbies and partners with leaders, thinkers and policy makers to help all children realize their rights—especially the most disadvantaged.

UN Volunteers should be provided equal duty of care as extended to all host entity personnel. Host entity
support to the UN Volunteer includes, but is not limited to:
• Introductory briefings about the organisation and office-related context including security, emergency
procedures, good cultural practice, and orientation to the local environment.
• Support with arrival administration including setting-up of bank accounts, residence permit applications
and completion of other official processes as required by the host government or host entity.
• Structured guidance, mentoring and coaching by a supervisor including a clear workplan and
performance appraisal.
• Access to office space, equipment, IT support and any other systems and tools required to complete
the objectives of the assignment including a host entity email address.
• Access to shared host entity corporate knowledge, training and learning.
• Inclusion of the volunteer in emergency procedures such as evacuations.
• Leave management.
• DSA for official travel, when applicable.
• All changes in the Description of Assignment occurring between recruitment and arrival or during the
assignment need to be formalized with the United Nations Volunteer Programme.
• Investigate misconduct: sharing reports with the UNV.
• Provide emergency assistance, e.g. the death of volunteer or medical evacuation, in collaboration with
UNV. Accept letters of guarantees or potential liabilities for covering medical costs not claimable under
medical insurance in extraordinary situations (e.g. isolation facilities` services during pande

Under the direct supervision of the Programme Specialist and the technical guidance of the Planning &
Monitoring Specialist, the National UN Youth Volunteer will be responsible for the following tasks Programme Planning and Monitoring:
• Provide technical support and assist the Planning & Monitoring Specialist in developing and reviewing
work plans, emergency preparedness, and response plans. Ensure that the quality of these plans
meets established standards.
• Assist in designing and updating monitoring tools and methodologies to ensure accurate and
reliable data collection.
• Conduct field visits on a systematic and regular basis to monitor program implementation, track
progress, and collect data on program outcomes and challenges in coordination with program teams
and implementing partners.
• Collect, analyze, and make data available for key programme and management indicators
reports to inform decision-making at the field office management level.
• Compile and synthesize data to provide actionable insights to the Section and national partners to
support planning efforts.
• Monitor and coordinate the performance of the Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) firm and Third-Party
Monitoring Facilitators, ensuring timely, accurate data collection and reporting. This includes
preparation of the monthly monitoring plans, tracking field activities, ensuring adherence to monitoring
standards, addressing operational challenges, and facilitating the integration of TPM findings into
program improvements.
• Assess the impact of programmes and policies, and regularly report on progress.
II. Humanitarian Response and Emergency Preparedness:
• Assist the Planning and Monitoring Specialist in leading UNICEF's technical efforts to gather critical
information on populations affected by emergencies and disasters.
• Participate in assessment missions, including interagency missions, and intersectoral assessment to
support emergency preparedness and response.
• Monitor high-frequency humanitarian indicators, focusing on the use of routine and administrative
data collection to enhance preparedness, targeting, and coordination of effective humanitarian
responses.
III. Information Management and Coordination:
• Support office overall coordination function, including organizing weekly meetings, preparing meeting
minutes, tracking action points, and ensuring necessary follow-up.
• Assist in the collection and analysis of data related to program activities, humanitarian response
efforts, and sectoral performance.
• Support the development and maintenance of Sector/Sub-Sector information management systems
to ensure that information is accurate, accessible, and up to date.
• Contribute to the compilation of key statistics, visual reports (charts, graphs, maps) on sectors
activities, and data dashboards for internal and external stakeholders.
• Support the programmes in ensuring data is appropriately disaggregated by gender, age, disability,
and other key variables for effective reporting and decision-making.
• Assist in data validation and quality control to ensure that information presented is reliable, accurate,
and coherent.
IV. Capacity Building and Technical Support:
• Provide technical support to UNICEF staff and implementing partners on PM&E systems and
practices, ensuring capacity building and knowledge-sharing.
Organize training sessions and workshops for UNICEF staff and partners on the use of PM&E tools
and systems.
V. Governance Support:
• Assist in facilitating dialogue between UNICEF, government counterparts, and key partners to support
child-focused governance initiatives.
• Help organize and document meetings, consultations, and workshops between UNICEF and
government stakeholders to advance child rights governance.
VI. Additional Responsibilities:
• Provide general assistance to the Planning and Monitoring team in any other related activities as
requested by supervisors.
• Participate in meetings, workshops, and other events as required, representing UNICEF in
discussions related to planning and monitoring.
Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within
their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their
work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following
suggested activities:
• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant
UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark
International Volunteer Day).
• Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country.
• Provide annual and end of assignment self- reports on UN Volunteer actions, results and
opportunities.
• Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites,
newsletters, press releases, etc.
• Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly arrived UN Volunteers.
• Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local
individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically
possible.