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Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

JOB PROFLE NO.: 60000102
JOB TITLE: Monitoring & Evaluation Officer CCOG CODE:_____ 1M06__________
JOB LEVEL: Level 2 FUNCTIONAL CODE: __RPM______
REPORTS TO: Chief, Child Health and Nutrition (CHN)
LOCATION: Maputo, Mozambique Country Office
PURPOSE OF THE JOB (Principal Accountability)
UNICEF Mozambique works across the country focusing on children’s rights and wellbeing and works to
create an enabling environment where they can survive and thrive. One of UNICEF’s approaches to achieve
this goal is by having greater programmatic and geographic convergence to demonstrate synergy of a range
of programme efforts (health, nutrition, WASH, behavior change, child protection, etc.), thereby maximizing
results for children at scale. To this end, UNICEF has been promoting intersectoral approaches in its
programming, in particular to improve maternal and child nutrition.
UNICEF, with funding from the European Union, is in the inception phase of implementation of a new
programme, Nutri-Norte, new multisectoral five-year programme (2024-2028) targeting Nampula,
Zambezia and Cabo Delgado provinces, with the objective of improving maternal and child nutrition in
northern Mozambique. Nutri-Norte has an integrated packaged of interventions in health and nutrition;
water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); and social and behavior change communication (SBCC) and will
maximize convergence with existing food security and social protection initiatives where possible. Nutri-
Norte is aligned with to the goals of the National Food and Nutrition Policy and Strategy (PESAN), though
awaiting formal approval by the Government, has been recommended as the guiding instrument for
multisectoral response. Nutri-Norte interventions are also based on updated evidence-on high impact
programmes including those recommended by the Lancet Child and Adolescent Health 2021.
To ensure effective monitoring and evaluation of activities and measurement of results of Nutri-Norte and
similar convergence programmes, UNICEF is seeking a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer. The M&E
Officer will be responsible for the development and implementation of a Monitoring and Evaluation System
for the Nutri-Norte, and for closely monitoring the results of the different convergence programmes at all
levels (national, provincial, district and community). In collaboration with the core convergence team and
field offices (in Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Sofala and Zambezia), the M&E Officer will ensure effective
monitoring and evaluation of activities, regular data availability and measurement of results, to facilitate
decision-making and/or contribute to evidence generation and knowledge sharing.

The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will be accountable for the accomplishment of the stated key end-
results by providing professional expertise and assistance in information/data collection, statistics and
data analysis, monitoring (M&E), contribution to the preparation of reports, provision of support to field
offices for data collection and analysis; compilation of data from provincial and district levels and quality
control of data collected, provision of training, national and sub-national data collection, monitoring, and
analysis.

Key End-Results Expected

1. Monitoring and Evaluation Framework and Plan developed for NutriNorte activities and shared with all
relevant sections/ field offices responsible for implementation.
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2. Timely monitoring and measurement of changes in conditions due to programme are conducted with
the participation of relevant partners and teams in Field Offices, and Maputo to support planning,
reporting on the progress, and decision-making on implementation.
3. Performance of NutriNorte systematically monitored and data for key indicators of the programme
collected, analysed and made available to core programme team and management for decision
making, including in Convergence Tool developed and well-reflected/ captured in MCO results
framework.
4. Technical support and backstopping on M&E and programme results provided to Field Offices
implementing NutriNorte, and other related convergence programmes , and as required.
5. The monitoring and evaluation capacities of field and country office staff and national partners
implementing/ overseeing NutriNorte are strengthened, enabling them to increasingly engage in and
lead monitoring and evaluation processes.
6. Effective communication and partnerships are maintained and achieved as a result of integrated
planning and monitoring activities, within the country and field Offices and with all other
stakeholders, including national partners, the UN Country Team and the international community;
and the results are shared with all partners to stimulate joint engagement.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES and DUTIES & TASKS

Within the delegated authority and under the given organizational set-up, the incumbent may be
assigned the primarily, shared, or contributory accountabilities for all or part of the following areas of
major duties and key end-results.
1. Develop and manage an M&E system and tools for Nutri-Norte, and similar convergence
programmes led by the Child Health and Nutrition team, to facilitate monitoring progress and
reporting.
2. Support gathering of additional information to clarify outstanding targets for selected NutriNorte
indicators.
3. Data management, cleaning and analysis of data collected to support decision-making on
programme implementation, including maintaining data on status and progress of programme
interventions.
4. Update as necessary the vulnerabilities and service coverage mapping conducted in Nutri-Norte
target districts, and support mapping of vulnerabilities, gaps, population, and target definition for
new districts to be covered by integrated/ cross-sectoral programmes.
5. Support SETSAN mapping and monitoring of key high impact interventions of the National Food
Security and Nutrition Policy, Strategy and Action Plan, at provincial and district levels in Nutri-
Norte
6. On-job training provided to SETSAN central and at decentralized levels to improve data aggregation
and analysis on key high impact indicators across sectors, in SETSAN mapping and monitoring tool,
when requested.
7. Contribute to development of provincial and district annual workplans for Nutri-Norte, aligned with
annual provincial and district multi-sector action plans for nutrition, by contributing to definition of
indicators and targets.
8. Contribute to the development implementation/ operation research questions to be prioritised
during implementation of NutriNorte.

1. Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results

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Provide technical support to ensure that the use of well-prioritised and realistic plan for monitoring and
evaluation activities that will provide the most relevant and strategic information to manage the
convergence programmes, and in particular NutriNorte, including tracking and assessing UNICEF’s
distinct contribution and progress on key programme indicators.
Duties & Tasks
• Develop a monitoring and evaluation plan for NutriNorte activities with clear roles and responsibilities
including in field offices in alignment with MCO results framework;
• Participate in planning, monitoring of implementation, support the collection and compilation of
regular programming and emergency data related to NutriNorte implementation, and of other
convergence programmes.
• Lead/ coordinate and provide regular/ ongoing backstopping to field offices on use of UNICEF
convergence tool in terms review of data collected and submissions on Kobo Toolbox.
• Provide backstopping to field offices on monitoring and cross-reference/ quality assurance of data
collected at provincial and district level.
• Compilation of programme results and contribution to case studies, key research and reports related
as required.
• Provide technical assistance and contribution for the planning and establishing the major research
and monitoring evaluation activities related to NutritNorte and convergence programmes
implementation.
• Contribute to the internal planning process, ensuring that NutriNorte activities interventions are well
captured in the section Rolling Work Plan (including electronic work plan) and in alignment with the
Country Programme Document 2022-2026.
• Contribute to management of studies and support/participate in thematic/strategic evaluations to
improve development & organizational effectiveness, when requested.
• Support and work in close collaboration with CHN section information management officers and
Information and Data UNVs on regular data collection and ensuring alignment and coordinated
efforts.
• In a close coordination with field offices, ensure that data collection activities are conducted regularly
and t provide accurate and relevant data on key NutriNorte programme activities and results,
including results for children.
• In coordination and collaboration with information management officers and emergency officers,
ensure integration of data collected during humanitarian response situations in the areas of
implementation of NutriNorte.

2. Situation Monitoring and Assessment

Provide technical support to ensure that the Country Office and national partners have timely and
accurate measurement of change in conditions in the NutriNorte target locations, including monitoring
of socio-economic trends of specific programme related indicators, to facilitate planning and to draw
conclusions about the impact of the programmes.
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Duties & Tasks
• In coordination with other stakeholders, support the collection of NutriNorte indicators to improve
integrated planning at national and sub-national levels.
• Support management of available baseline information on provincial and district statistics related to
NutirNorte and key indicators through established the UNICEF convergence tool for easy access and
use.
• Contribute and provide up-to-date information to the country office on Situation Analysis, Common
Country Assessment, Early Warning Monitoring Systems, Annual Reviews, Mid-Term Reviews, and
Annual Reports or other progress reports.
• Support the field offices and CO in collecting and interpreting existing early warning data (from
NutriNorte districts particularly) effectively to guide the adjustment of programmes and operational
approaches when and as country contexts deteriorate.

3. Programme Performance Monitoring

Provide technical support to ensure that the Country Office has quality information to assess progress
towards expected results established in annual work plans.
Duties & Tasks
• Contribute as necessary to identifying and adjusting a set of programme performance indicators, in
the context of the multi-year and annual IMEPs, the Annual Management Plan and Annual Work
Plans.
• Provide technical support to ensure that the NutriNorte monitoring system is in place and that key
annual programme indicators are tracked and analysed and provided regularly to the NutriNorte core
team and the Chief of Child Health and Nutrition to guide programme and management decisions.
• Carry out data collection and analysis from field visits, standardising them across programmes, to feed
into programme performance monitoring.
• Compile monitoring information /data and make them available to programme/planning sections.
• Contribute to the preparation of management reports (e.g., relevant sections of the annual reports),
drawing on monitoring and analysis of key management indicators. Assist in the preparation of
reports on systemic issues, good practices especially concerning convergence, or any other analysis or
data related to programme implementation, including programme’s performance, relevance,
efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability, as well as good practices in partnerships and collaborative
relationships.

4. M&E Capacity Development

Provide technical support to ensure that the monitoring and evaluation capacities of field and country
offices staff and implementing partners– are strengthened enabling them to increasingly engage in and
lead monitoring and evaluation processes.
Duties & Tasks
• Contribute to the collaboration of an M&E capacity development strategy for national partners and
institutions and corresponding activities for implementation in the context the Results Tracking tool,
Health and Nutrition Results Framework, and the NutriNorte M&E plan.
• Identify gaps in knowledge and/ skills of staff in field and country offices (implementing NutriNorte
and similar convergence programmes) to fulfil their monitoring and evaluation responsibilities.
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• Provide on-the-job trainings required by field officers for improved and consistent monitoring, data
collection and reporting on programme activities.
• Review and compile/ aggregate data reported by field officers, on key indicators and programme
activities from all targeted districts/ provinces of NutriNorte for monitoring and reporting purposes.
• Ensure quality assurance of data collected and recorded (for accuracy, consistency, triangulation,
timeliness) prior to reporting.
• Manage UNICEF convergence tool and provide technical backstopping to field and country office staff
on the use of the tool as required.

6. Communication and Partnerships

Provide technical support to ensure that all of the above tasks are carried out and accomplished
through effective communication and partnerships, as elaborated below:
Duties & Tasks
• Contribute to joint monitoring activities with national partners, the UN Country Team and the wider
international community, as required in the context of the above processes.
• Provide synthesis of M&E results related to NutriNorte and similar convergence programmes for
reporting to partners and to communicate results.
• Facilitate learning from the results of monitoring in field and country offices, and more widely
within UNICEF in the region and globally, as well as among national partners and other key
stakeholders, engaging more expertise from knowledge institutions.
• Participate in and document meetings with government counterparts and emergency preparedness
and response partners.
• Participate in data discussion meetings with SPS/DPS and other implementing partners (IPs).

JOB GRADE FACTORS

Level 2
• Acts in a support role for substantive part of the functional areas in the small or medium country
office. May be responsible for implementing small-scale monitoring and/or evaluation activities at
project and activity level.
• The nature of work is primarily conceptualization, analysis, interpretation, and problem
identification, leading to drawing methodical conclusion and making analytical/operational
recommendations.
• The work requires assuming active team member or substantive contributor role.
• The work requires efforts to build partnership for engagement with counterpart and immediate
customers, as well as ability to liaise with knowledge institutions.
• The results of work is more of individual contribution and a team member, and take the form of
professional work and standard services timely and consistently delivered.
• Performance is measured by the scope of functional/technical areas, professional foundation, the
degree and quality of engagement, supportive efforts, exposure to risk, responsiveness, working
relations with colleagues and collaborators in the same field of work or clients in the direct contact.
• The impact of work affects delivery of products/services, as well as performance of systems,
processes and team(s).
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QUALIFICATION AND COMPETENCIES ( [ ] indicates the level of proficiency required for the job.)
• Education:
University degree in social sciences, development planning, planning, evaluation, survey
implementation, advanced statistical research.
• Work Experience:
At least two years relevant professional experience in results measurement and monitoring (MRM) or
monitoring and evaluation (M&E), of which includes the development and management of such
systems.
3. Language Proficiency
Fluency in Portuguese and working knowledge of English is required.

4. UNICEF values and competency Required (based on the updated Framework)

i) Core Values

• Care
• Respect
• Integrity
• Trust
• Accountability
• Sustainability

ii) Core Competencies (For Staff without Supervisory Responsibilities)

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)

• Works Collaboratively with others (1)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
• Drive to achieve impactful results (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

5. Technical Knowledge
a) Specific Technical Knowledge Required
• Professional experience with data collection, processing, cleaning and analysis; monitoring and
evaluation; information management and or other relevant experience.
• Proven technical experience in developing tools and using innovative technology, and in developing
maps, infographics and other IM products including of Kobo and PowerBI, particularly in data,
performance monitoring, mobile use and open source, and is highly desirable.
• Proven expertise and experience in designing interactive data visualization dashboards, KPI
scorecards, and data models, implementing low-level security, and developing, publishing, and
scheduling Power BI reports as per business requirements is considered an asset.
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• Experience with database design, data management and analysis.
• Experience of working with data and statistics, e.g. households and panel surveys, and large
datasets, is considered as an asset.
• Experience in applying methodology of Monitoring & Evaluation theories, standards and models,
quantitative/qualitative/mixed methods, validity/reliability testing of data, data analysis and
interpretation, and statistical inference methods is considered as an asset.
• Experience in use of SPSS is an asset.
• Experience and familiarity with UN/UNICEF planning and monitoring tools are desirable.