United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Is Hiring A Monitoring Officer. Apply Now
Are you seeking a chance to have a meaningful impact on the world? Employment with the United Nations Children’s Fund presents a special opportunity to promote humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. Whether it’s through humanitarian assistance or advocating for human rights, the UNCEF offers a platform where enthusiastic individuals can address the urgent challenges that humanity faces today.
About UNICEF
UNICEF, originally called the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund in full, now officially United Nations Children’s Fund, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.
Why work at UNICEF
- Global Impact: UNICEF is a leading international organization dedicated to promoting the rights and well-being of children worldwide. By working at UNICEF, you have the opportunity to contribute to meaningful and impactful work that directly improves the lives of children in need. You can make a difference in areas such as child health and nutrition, education, child protection, and emergency response.
- Humanitarian Focus: UNICEF operates in some of the world’s most challenging and crisis-affected regions. By working at UNICEF, you can be part of humanitarian efforts and contribute to emergency response efforts during conflicts, natural disasters, and other crises. This allows you to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment where your skills and expertise can have a direct impact on saving lives and helping communities recover.
- Multidisciplinary Approach: UNICEF brings together professionals from various disciplines, including health, education, social sciences, communications, and program management. Working at UNICEF provides an opportunity to collaborate with experts from diverse backgrounds, fostering a multidisciplinary approach to addressing complex issues affecting children. This collaborative environment can broaden your knowledge and skills and enhance your professional development.
Details to the Monitoring Officer Post
Job no: 571645
Contract type: Temporary Appointment
Duty Station: Caracas
Level: NO-2
Location: Venezuela
Categories: Research, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
Duties and Responsibility
Under the overall supervision of the Chief Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation (PME), the Monitoring Office (HPM) will work within the PME Team, in support to the humanitarian and sector programs (as defined in their approved AWPs), and will contribute to the provision of useful, valid, and reliable information for the UNICEF Venezuela Country Office on:
- the situation of children’s and women’s rights; in all contexts (humanitarian, nexus, development)
- the performance of UNICEF-supported humanitarian responses and development programmes, including their efficiency, effectiveness, coverage, quality, equity, and coordination (using corporate indicators and metrics).
The Monitoring Officer (HPM) will also support Field Offices (FOs) in delivering quality information on the situation of children’s and women’s rights in coordination with the CO program sections and the Emergency Team.
The Monitoring Officer (HPM) will also conduct analysis of UNICEF humanitarian results and prepare internal and external information products supporting humanitarian results-based planning and performance monitoring.
The Monitoring Officer (HPM) will assist in developing the capacity of UNICEF personnel and implementing partners for data quality assurance and data management, using different tools and approaches (webinars, tools, network meetings, etc.)
Your main responsibilities will be…
- Supporting CO Programmes and FOs with data QA, data compilation and analysis.
- Increasing the use of information by UNICEF and partners, through the delivery of quality Data Visualization and reporting products.
- Strengthening information and data dissemination.
- Building capacity for Information Management to UNICEF staff, implementing partners and governments
For more information regarding the specific activities and requirements please refer to the complete job profile,
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
The following minimum requirements:
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Management, Geographic Information Systems, Programme Monitoring, Social Sciences, or related field.
Work Experience:
- A minimum of two (2) years of progressively responsible professional work experience in information management, information systems, monitoring/evaluation, disaster management and preparedness or other related area.
- Experience working in information management or humanitarian performance monitoring in complex emergency settings.
Skills:
- Data collection and use.
- Statistics, and data analysis and management.
- Range of different methodologies and approaches including theories, standards and models, quantitative/qualitative/mixed methods, validity/reliability testing of data, data analysis and interpretation, and statistical inference methods.
- Process management, follow-up on recommendations, and dissemination of results and integration of learnings into programme design.
- Integration of human rights, gender, equity, and diversity.
- Emerging international good practice in information management partnerships and capacity strengthening.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in Spanish and English is required.
The following desirables:
- Prior UNICEF / UN system / Cluster field experience.
- Knowledge of other official UN languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language.
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