Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Associate (LSC-7), East Jerusalem

The M&E Associate supports monitoring and evaluation operations within the Country Office, including reviewing partner workplans and reports, maintaining monitoring platforms, tracking supply distributions, supporting evaluations, and strengthening partner capacities for evidence-based decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Review partners’ annual workplans results planning, ensuring alignment with UNFPA Results and Resources Plan (RRP) milestones and results frameworks and quality assurance criteria.
• Verify and revise partners’ quarterly progress reports, ensuring data verification and alignment with planned results, as well as UNFPA quality assurance criteria.
• Follow up partners’ submission of workplan progress reports on UNFPA Quantum+ reporting system to complete reports and address gaps, as well as provide technical support to complete quarterly reports on the system when needed.
• Revise indicators on the monthly monitoring platforms to adhere to any annual workplan revision undertaken by the programme team.
• Monthly monitoring and verification of partners’ Excel Monthly Monitoring platforms, ensuring data accuracy and consistency with UNFPA reporting requirements.
• Provide technical support to partners for data entry and quality assurance on the monthly monitoring platforms.
• Provide support in survey designs on Kobo, googleforms, etc. as well as adapting localized M&E tools, data collection templates, forms, and surveys suited to the operating realities of the West Bank and Gaza, as well as donor requirements.
• Follow up the last-mile monitoring of supplies distribution by partners and non-partners.
• Track supplies beneficiary reach and data verification collected from partners and non-partners.
• Conduct focus group discussions with beneficiaries when needed.
• Follow up, sampling and analysis of post distribution monitoring surveys with stakeholders.
• Organize orientation and refresher sessions for partners and staff on M&E tools, data collection, and reporting procedures when needed.
• Provide support in preparing quarterly monitoring reports, organizing semi-annual and annual review workshops, and reporting to donors and UNFPA internal reports.
• Undertake any other relevant tasks assigned by the Representative and supervisor.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Public Health, or related field.
• Seven years of hands-on experiences in monitoring and evaluation, conducting research, data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Proven expertise in Results-Based Management (RBM) and indicator tracking.
• Proficiency in M&E data tools, such as Kobo Toolbox, Excel dashboards, Google Looker Studio, and UN/UNFPA platforms like Quantum+.
• Experience conducting field verification, beneficiary tracking, and post-distribution monitoring.
• Prior experience working with UN agencies, multilateral organizations, or local NGOs/CBOs in oPt.
• Background in health, gender equality, youth, and women's empowerment is desirable.
• Experience working with UNFPA and its systems is an asset.
• Fluency in spoken and written English and Arabic.

Skills

• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Data Collection
• Data Analysis
• Reporting
• Result-Based Management
• Indicator Tracking
• KoBo Toolbox
• Data dashboards
• Google Looker
• QuantumPlus
• Field Verification
• Beneficiary tracking
• Post-distribution monitoring
• Partner Workplan Review
• Monitoring Platform Management
• Evaluation Support
• Capacity Building
• UN Agency Collaboration
• Health Program Monitoring
• Gender Equality Monitoring
• Youth Empowerment Monitoring

Languages

English, Arabic