National Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant

Job Posting Organization:
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. Established in 1969, UNFPA operates in over 150 countries and territories, focusing on sexual and reproductive health, gender equality, and the empowerment of women and girls. The organization is committed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and works to end unmet needs for family planning, prevent maternal deaths, and eliminate gender-based violence. UNFPA's mission is to ensure that every individual has the right to make informed choices about their reproductive health and to live free from violence and discrimination. The organization emphasizes the importance of data and evidence in informing its programs and policies, ensuring accountability, and improving outcomes for vulnerable populations.

Job Overview:
The National M&E Consultant will play a crucial role in supporting results-based planning, monitoring, reporting, communication, and M&E data management within UNFPA Myanmar's Country Office PM&E unit. This position specifically focuses on the Women and Girls First (WGF) Programme, where the consultant will act as the designated M&E focal point across Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and Mental Health and psychosocial-support" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #007bff !important;">Psychosocial Support (MHPSS). The consultant will be responsible for maintaining oversight of the results framework, reporting requirements, and achievements across implementing partners. The role involves close collaboration with the Programme Management Specialist (WGF) to support the closure of Phase 3, transition to the extension phase, donor reporting, and providing technical support to partners. The consultant will also contribute to the country office's results-based planning, consolidated results reporting, data quality assurance, and improvements to M&E tools and systems, ensuring all work aligns with agreed country office M&E tools, indicator definitions, reporting processes, and data quality standards.

Duties and Responsibilities:
The consultant's duties will include contributing to consolidated country office results reporting by compiling and validating inputs from implementing partners and thematic colleagues, ensuring consistency across reporting products, and maintaining supporting evidence. The consultant will support the maintenance and improvement of M&E templates, indicator guidance, reporting trackers, datasets, and dashboards. Periodically updating information on program implementation areas and service mapping will also be part of the responsibilities. The consultant will assist the PM&E Analyst in analyzing and presenting results, ensuring consistency between WGF reporting and country office reporting. Additionally, the consultant will compile qualitative monitoring evidence to complement quantitative results, maintain organized datasets, and prepare handover of tools and records at the end of the assignment. The consultant will also support evaluation-related activities, including compiling program data and supporting documentation, and perform other related planning, monitoring, and evaluation duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:
Candidates must possess an advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) in social sciences, public health, statistics, monitoring and evaluation, or a related field. A minimum of two years of relevant professional experience in monitoring and evaluation, program monitoring and reporting, or program/project management with M&E responsibilities is required. Experience in research, data analysis, M&E data management, and database development is essential. Candidates should have experience in reviewing partner reports, interpreting indicators, and checking data quality. Familiarity with gender and gender-based violence data and indicators is highly desirable. Strong skills in managing, cleaning, validating, analyzing, and visualizing M&E data, including proficiency in advanced Excel functions, pivot tables, and charts, are necessary. Proficiency in MS Word and Google Workspace, along with experience using dashboard tools such as Power BI or Looker Studio, is also required.

Educational Background:
The educational background required for this position includes an advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) in social sciences, public health, statistics, monitoring and evaluation, or a related field. This educational foundation is critical for understanding the complexities of monitoring and evaluation processes and for effectively contributing to the organization's goals.

Experience:
The position requires a minimum of two years of relevant professional experience in monitoring and evaluation, program monitoring and reporting, or program/project management with M&E responsibilities. Candidates should have a demonstrated ability to analyze data and statistics to inform humanitarian programming, as well as experience working with multiple implementing partners or in humanitarian-development nexus programming. Strong organizational skills and the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment are essential.

Languages:
Fluency in spoken and written English and Myanmar is mandatory, with the ability to prepare clear, concise reports and correspondence in both languages. Knowledge of local languages spoken in UNFPA target states and regions is considered an asset, enhancing communication and engagement with diverse communities.

Additional Notes:
The position is a consultancy role, and UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity, and a healthy work-life balance. The organization encourages applications from women, individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation, and selection for all, regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. The organization does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing, or other fees in connection with the application or recruitment process.