Monitoring and Evaluation Analyst
Washington D.C.
- Organization: UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services
- Location: Washington D.C.
- Grade: Junior level - P-1, International Professional - Internationally recruited position
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Occupational Groups:
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Closing Date: 2025-04-21
Functional Responsibilities
Summary of functions:
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M&E data collection and consolidation
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Reporting
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Learning
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Work Program and Annual Work Plans
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Assist with the dissemination of the NDC Partnership’s Annual Member Survey by supporting outreach efforts and follow-ups to ensure a strong response rate.
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Coordinate data cleaning of the Annual Member Survey responses, including basic validation and organizing feedback from relevant teams.
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Assist in preparing summaries or visuals of Annual Member Survey results for internal use and presentations.
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Assist in gathering and organizing data needed for grant reporting
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Under the guidance of the MEL Manager, help with collecting and organizing data on key indicators such as climate finance, GHG emissions, and adaptation efforts.:
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Partnership data on finance-related indicators (e.g., number of investment projects financed by the NDC Partnership members, amount of climate finance mobilized by the Partnership)
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Partnership data on impact indicators (e.g., number of member countries with reduced GHG emissions, number of member countries with enhanced adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience, or reduced vulnerability, number of implementing and development partners who have increased climate-related finance and investments).
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Data from the Global Stocktake (GST) and national biennial transparency reports (BTRs) on which Partnership-supported countries are on track to meet their NDC mitigation and adaptation targets.
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Support the Partnership’s Knowledge Management System (kNook), including data input, quality assurance and support in extracting and communicating key trends.
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Support updates and maintenance of the M&E Framework Means of Verification document, M&E Framework operational procedures, and central data repository.
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Assist across work streams to ensure missing data is input, ensuring data you are responsible for is input by deadlines, and helping to ensure the integrity, completeness, and accuracy of all data input
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Provide ad-hoc support for data collection as requested by the Management Team.
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Support the MEL Manager in coordinating the development of the biannual Steering Committee Progress Reports as well as development partners progress reports
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Assist the MEL manager in the development of new and updated indicators for development funder reporting.
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Update and maintain the M&E dashboard biannually to reflect all updated indicators collected.
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Assist in the development of data visualizations based on M&E data to inform progress and grant reports, knowledge publications, and outreach materials.
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Help draft presentation slides and talking points as needed.
3. Learning:
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Support the MEL Manager in fostering a learning culture across the Support Unit by helping organize internal trainings and office hours (e.g., supporting logistics, preparing materials, taking notes).
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Assist with the preparation of workshops and learning sessions on the Partnership’s M&E Framework, progress tracking, and lessons learned, both internally and with Partnership members
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Help prepare communications materials that highlight the Partnership’s impact, in coordination with the Communications team.
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Support the NDC Partnership’s mid-term and final evaluations of its Work Program, including drafting of RFP, selection of vendor, document collection, coordination of field visits and interviews, etc.
4. Work Program and Annual Work Plans
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Assist the MEL Manager with all activities related to the coordination of the Partnership’s 2026-2030 Work Program, M&E Framework and associated means of verification, and development of new data tracking tools and processes.
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Assist in compiling inputs for the Support Unit’s Annual Work Plans to help ensure alignment with the Partnership’s goals and country-level priorities.
Education/Experience/Language requirements
- An university degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent), preferably in climate change policy, economics, statistics, computer science, social sciences or a related field, is required.
- An advanced degree (master’s level or above) is desired and can substitute the 2 years of experience.
Experience
Required:
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A minimum of 2 years of relevant and progressive professional experience (or more, depending on the academic credentials) in data collection, analysis, and reporting, or similar fields, preferably with a non-profit, government, or multilateral institution.
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Experience with data visualization tools, including Power BI.
Asset:
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Understanding of M&E data collection systems and processes.
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Experience in data collection and reporting, ideally with bilateral and multilateral development partners
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Advanced understanding of software packages including MS Excel and Alchemer
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Strong writing and communication skills
Language
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Applications from non-qualifying applicants will most likely be discarded by the recruiting manager.