Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Duties and responsibilities:

• Roll out and support the effective implementation of the program-wide Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) system and tools to track progress, achievements, contributions and impacts programmatically and for each project within the UNEP led portfolio .
• Support project country teams and partners to implement a common MEL system and tools within GEF Congo Impact Programme and the IKI Congo Basin Peatlands project
• Establish and operationalize a comprehensive data and information system for the entire Congo Basin Impact programme that is inter-operated with existing regional and national information systems
•  Put in place and implement a system to systematical track, document, analyze and report progress against projects’ and programme indicators and milestones
• Support the establishment and functioning of a programme information system and databases in support of existing and emerging regional institutional knowledgebases and information systems · Provide continuous support and training to national projects to facilitate their ownership and efficient implementation of the program-wide M&E framework.
• Carry out quarterly progress review with regional and country teams and produce a progress status report
• Establish and maintain and up-to-date dashboard for programme/projects progress and key information
• Coordinate the gathering, analysis and consolidation of progress information against programme and projects goals in view of internal and donor reporting
• Ensure that projects and programme reports consistently and clearly demonstrate progress with and achievement of established goals, indicators and milestones
• Prepare and organize the mid-term and terminal evaluations of the regional child project of the Congo Basin Impact Programme and of the Congo Basin Peatlands project.
• Design and maintain up-to-date M&E databases that are integrated into the related project’s web interfaces

Qualifications/special skills

• A Master of Science in environmental sciences, social sciences, natural resources management, development studies -or closed related discipline is required.
• Demonstrated experience working on projects based in Africa is desirable, experience in at least one Congo Basin country desirable.
• Proven knowledge and mastery of GIS spatial analysis technics and tools is required.
• At least 2 years professional experience in monitoring, evaluation and learning in large complex projects is required.