Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Associate (LSC-7), East Jerusalem

UNDP•Picayune, MS

About The Position

The Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Associate is situated within the Country Office M&E function and supports overall monitoring and evaluation operations. Under the direct supervision of the M&E Analyst, and in close coordination with programme teams, Gaza M&E focal points, and local implementing partners across the occupied Palestinian territory, the Associate reviews partner workplans and quarterly progress reports, maintains monitoring platforms, tracks last-mile supply distributions, supports evaluation activities, and strengthens partner capacity for evidence-based decision-making. The role includes quality-assuring partner workplans and reports against UNFPA results frameworks and reporting requirements; maintaining and verifying monthly monitoring platforms; supporting survey design and localized M&E tools; monitoring supply distributions and beneficiary reach; and contributing to partner capacity building, monitoring reports, review workshops, and donor and internal reporting. The Associate may also undertake other relevant tasks assigned by the Representative and supervisor.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Public Health, or a related field.
Seven years of hands-on experience in monitoring and evaluation, conducting research, data collection, analysis, and reporting.
Proven expertise in Results-Based Management (RBM) and indicator tracking.
Proficiency in M&E data tools, including Kobo Toolbox, Excel dashboards, Google Looker Studio, and UN/UNFPA platforms such as Quantum+.
Experience conducting field verification, beneficiary tracking, and post-distribution monitoring.
Prior experience working with UN agencies, multilateral organizations, or local NGOs/CBOs in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Fluency in spoken and written English and Arabic.
Competencies include integrity, commitment to UNFPA and the UN System, cultural diversity, embracing change, achieving results, accountability, professional expertise/business acumen, analytical and strategic thinking, teamwork and relationship management, and communication for impact.
Technical competencies include applying RBM techniques, indicators, and logical frameworks; data analysis; quality assurance and reporting; monitoring and survey management; and capacity development.

Nice To Haves

Background in health, gender equality, youth, and women’s empowerment is desirable.
Experience working with UNFPA and its systems is an asset.

Responsibilities

Review partners’ annual workplan results planning for alignment with UNFPA Results and Resources Plan (RRP) milestones, results frameworks, and quality assurance criteria.
Verify and revise partners’ quarterly progress reports, checking data and alignment with planned results and UNFPA quality assurance criteria.
Follow up on partner workplan and progress report submissions through UNFPA Quantum+, address reporting gaps, and provide technical support to complete quarterly reports in the system when needed.
Revise indicators on monthly monitoring platforms to reflect annual workplan revisions made by the programme team.
Monitor and verify partners’ Excel Monthly Monitoring platforms each month for data accuracy and consistency with UNFPA reporting requirements, including following up with and supporting UNFPA M&E focal points in Gaza.
Provide partners with technical support for data entry and quality assurance on monthly monitoring platforms.
Support survey design using Kobo, Google Forms, and other tools, and adapt localized M&E tools, data collection templates, forms, and surveys to operating realities in the West Bank and Gaza and donor requirements.
Coordinate with the programme team to follow up on last-mile monitoring of partner and non-partner distributions of supplies, including SRH supplies, dignity kits, postpartum kits, MHM kits, and AY kits.
Track beneficiary reach for supplies and verify data collected from partners and non-partners.
Conduct focus group discussions with beneficiaries when needed.
Follow up on, sample, and analyze post-distribution monitoring surveys with stakeholders.
Organize orientation and refresher sessions for partners and staff on M&E tools, data collection, and reporting procedures when needed.
Support preparation of quarterly monitoring reports, organization of semi-annual and annual review workshops, and reporting to donors and UNFPA internal reports.
Undertake other relevant tasks assigned by the Representative and supervisor.