National Consultant to support programme monitoring and knowledge management, 150 working days, (Open to Zimbabwean Nationals only)

Duties and Responsibilities

ASSIGNMENTS:
Support to Performance Monitoring, Reporting, Data and Information Systems:
-Ensure support to the Country Office programme data collection systems and analytics in support of tracking and managing programme results, partnerships and budgeting.
-Support development and maintenance of office-wide databases to manage key programme data, to support Country Office programme planning and monitoring.
-Support update of UNICEF's Results Assessment Module (RAM), UN Inter-agency information systems (UN Info) and the government information system (DevPromis) with UNICEF programme planning and monitoring data.
-Support programme data visualization systems to support the Country Office management in tracking and managing the Country Programme
-Develop as requested and support clear and concise programme data visualization products (e.g. maps, dashboards, infographics and financial/resource analyses) to UNICEF managers and partners.
-Support the programme sectors in development and maintenance of databases to manage key programme data, to support planning and monitoring, and ensure linkages with national information management systems.
-Support production of sector data reports.
-Produce monitoring data reports to support office-wide reviews and decision-making include those related to field monitoring and supply-end user monitoring.
Support strengthening and scale-up quantitative and qualitative Field Monitoring and accountability to beneficiaries at all stages (design, collection, analysis, and visualization of data), including through quality assurance and production of regular reports.
-Contribute to development of programme monitoring frameworks.
-Support the programme components to effectively monitor and report on the sectoral, intersectoral and cross sectoral programme component results to facilitate programme coherence and convergence where appropriate.
-Support the quality of child rights-based programmes through consistent and effective planning, design, implementation, monitoring and/or evaluation of programmes and projects.
-Support programme teams with indicators related to the implementation of programmes.
-Support the CO to ensure linkages with national information management systems supporting standards and quality.
-In humanitarian response situations, coordinate data-collection systems and consolidate humanitarian performance monitoring efforts.
-Produce humanitarian data for emergency reporting (SitReps).
-Support to Capacity Building
-Support the understanding and capacity building of monitoring and knowledge management for UNICEF staff members, implementing partners, and Government through communication, training, learning and development activities.
-In close collaboration with partners, ensure that a capacity building strategy for UNICEF/UN staff national partners and institutions exists.
-Collaborate to implement capacity building strategies as a joint commitment with other developmental partners.
-Utilize a range of appropriate skills building strategies including self-learning, seminars and workshops and practical experience in order that UNICEF and UN staff have the basic knowledge and skills in understanding and applying new programme monitoring policies, tools, methods to fulfil their responsibilities.
-Similarly, design and implement strategies suited to the skills needs of national partners.
Promote the awareness and understanding of the shared responsibility of the planning and monitoring function

-Support to Information Sharing, Learning, and Knowledge Management
-Support the Country Office in documenting key updates and decisions emanating from various programme and management team meetings.
-Support the country office’s Data and Information Management agenda, in order to continuously adapt programmes and improve effectiveness based on evidence of successes and failures.
-Document the development of effective methods and platforms to standardize and share data and information and disseminate internally and externally
-Support coordination with other UN agencies in the country and share lessons on information data, management and coordinate in supporting partners.
-Support coordination the country office’s Knowledge Management agenda, in order to continuously adapt programmes and improve effectiveness based on evidence of successes and failures.
-Support the development and improvement of tools, modalities and processes to standardize the Office-wide approach to documentation, including identifying, collecting, documenting and disseminating lessons learned and good practices.