Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Background

The conflict in Yemen has brought the economy to a near collapse and made Yemen one of the poorest and most food insecure countries in the world. The high level of food poverty is of particular concern. The conflict has destroyed livelihoods and with that, the ability to purchase food. It has also caused major disruptions in the food supply chain and increases in the price of imported foods, which Yemen is heavily reliant on, resulting in substantial increases in food prices. Hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition are among the most pressing and overwhelming challenges faced by the country at present, at a scale that is not being fully met by national authorities and the international development and humanitarian communities. The high dependence on food imports, for most households combined with high food prices and significantly reduced income earning has resulted in low food access. Climate change is further exacerbating the existing challenges and negatively impacting all dimensions of food security. The COVID-19 continues its spread across the world and negatively impacting food supply chains and food trade and contributing to the sharp food price increases in Yemen as well. 

Fishery programme has two main projects in response to the protracted conflict and crisis, the first one is based on a partnership established between UNDP and the World Bank to implement the Project on Sustainable Fishery Development in Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (SFISH). This partnership aims to serve as a scalable platform that offers a combination of complementary short and medium-term instruments to build the resilience of Yemeni households to cope up with the different crises in Yemen. The SFISH project will support income generation and promote sustainable production and commercialization of fishery products to improve the food and nutrition security of Yemeni households, their ability to continue livelihoods in the fishery sector and improve their economic well-being and promote climate-smart practices to strengthen the resilience. It has two major technical components: 1) Strengthening regional collaboration in management of marine fisheries and aquaculture in the RSGA region. 2) Improving economic opportunities, food security and effective management of fishery production in Yemen. 

The second project is based on a partnership established between UNDP and the KfW to implement the Aden Fishery Harbour (AFH) Project with immediate objectives of the Fishery Harbour Rehabilitation and Value Chain Development in Aden  project is to rehabilitate the fish harbour at Hajif, to restore the minimum requirements for re-launching operations, productivity and establishing effective management of the harbour. Furthermore, the project will contribute to employment creation, especially for youth and women and mobilize fish value chain actors whose livelihoods depend on sustainable fish production and processing but have been greatly affected by the conflict leading to distorted fish supply and value chain, to help them contribute to the food security and economic recovery in Yemen.

UNDP Yemen now seeks to hire a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer to provide results-based project management for these projects and other projects under the fishery programme based in Aden.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the guidance and direct supervision of the International CTA/Project Manager, the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will be responsible for the following: 

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 M&E Officer will report directly  to the CTA/Project Manager and will be in close coordination with the National Coordinators, the Project Management Specialist and other project team.

Competencies

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Required Skills and Experience

Equal opportunity

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Right to select multiple candidates

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