National Monitoring and Evaluation Officer - Addis Ababa

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INTRODUCTION The International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), a programme of the International Labour Organisation, is at present operational in 70 countries worldwide and is supported by some 20 donors. Its objective is the effective abolition of child labour, assisting member States and social partner constituents in designing and implementing policies and programmes to prevent and eliminate child labour in accordance with international labour standards, including a focus on the elimination of the worst forms of child labour as a matter of urgency. IPEC is implemented through national, sub regional and regional programmes, which include country-based and regional technical cooperation projects. IPEC provides assistance through technical advisory services to ILO constituents for policy and legal reform; training; advocacy; development of tools and methodologies; research and statistical surveys; direct action for the withdrawal, prevention and protection of child labourers; institution and capacity building; and regular sharing of good practice and collection and dissemination of information. It promotes a worldwide movement to advocate for and provide resources to support national action and works through various interagency partnerships and task forces. IPEC partners in a country include the ILO's constituents, who are the Ministries of Labour, employers' and workers' organisations, as well as others concerned in the public, private and voluntary sectors. Country based IPEC technical cooperation projects include a strong focus on developing and coumentiong models of interventions, based on solid evidence to demonstrate impact. The Project will therefore develop and implement a Comprehensive Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy (CM&ES). Within this CM&ES an impact evaluation will be carried out in at least one selected intervention. Based on a theory of change approach to evaluation, the CM&ES will develop a broad strategy composed of complementary elements. The aim is for the system to generate information that will allow monitoring progress in delivering services; outcomes for families and children and outcomes at the institutional, policy and legislative level during the life of the project and beyond. In addition and as part of support to national policy efforts and national plans of action, the purpose of the CM&ES is also to enhance the knowledge base on the nature, degree and causes of impact as a result of specific project interventions. This information is crucial in advocating for interventions that are the most effective and appropriate for replication and up scaling. To this end, the CM&ES will include the design and implementation of at least one impact evaluation in a selected intervention. The National Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will be the main responsible for the implementation of the CM&ES and, as such, s/he will play a crucial role in planning and monitoring activities of the overall project. S/he will work as part of the Project team managing and implementing the project as the national technical professional working specifically on the Comprehensive Monitoring and Evaluation (including the impact evaluation. The IPEC Impact Assessment Framework guides the CM&ES and impact evaluations and technical and methodological support comes from global activities with this framework, including the capacity built through a number of past and ongoing projects on developing and implementing monitoring and evaluation methodologies.

Description of Duties The National Monitoring and Evaluation Officer of the project works under the overall supervision of the Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) and in collaboration with other project staff. Technical guidance will be provided by the IPEC Design, Evaluation and Documentation (DED) section as part of the global efforts in IPEC on impact assessment and impact evaluation, including the activities of the inter-agency project "Understanding Children's Work in Rome, Italy (UCW). Duties: 1. Coordination of the inputs, information and data on planning and monitoring generated by the project. 2. Drive the operational planning phase for the design and development of the CM&ES at the national level including impact evaluation. 3. Review and analyse information and monitoring & evaluation of data. 4. Produce analytical reports with findings, recommendations and lessons learnt covering the scope of CM&ES. 5. Day to day responsibility in supervising the implementation of the CM&ES. 6. Provide technical input into the design, development and implementation of the CM&ES including the Impact Measurement Framework (IMF) and the Project Monitoring Plan (PMP). 7. Provide technical advice on the design of baselines and other data collection activities. 8. Follow-up the carrying out of baseline surveys and repeat baseline surveys in collaboration with ILO-IPEC (SIMPOC and DED) and UCW as well as any other relevant data collection initiatives. 9. Provide process and methodological support to the design of the impact evaluation, including beneficiary selection and control groups. 10. Apply the Strategic Programme Impact Framework (SPIF) tool as a theory of change approach as well as other such approaches and methodologies. 11. Use and adapt to the national context if necessary previous ILO-IPEC monitoring systems such as the Child Labour Monitoring Systems (CLMS) and the DBMR. 12. Spearhead efforts at mainstreaming child labour into national monitoring and evaluation systems and processes, including mainstreaming indicators into national monitoring frameworks. 13. Establish and maintain linkages with national monitoring and evaluation offices as part of strengthening national monitoring and evaluation processes. 14. Implement national capacity building activities on monitoring and evaluation for national partners as part of building and strengthening national monitoring and evaluations systems and processes. 15. Act as resource person for training on the CM&ES. 16. Support independent evaluations as decided by IPEC DED. Provide input to the methodological review and preparation of consolidated comments for independent evaluations. 17. Act as national focal point within the project on technical support to monitoring and evaluation within and of the project. 18. Carry out other duties as may be assigned.

Required Qualifications

Education Advanced university degree / first level degree with two years relevant experience degree in economics, statistics, management, social science or related field.. Specialisation or formal training in planning, design, data collection, monitoring and evaluation methodologies and project cycle management

Experience At least three years experience in Monitoring and Evaluation of development programmes and policies, including planning, management and conducting evaluations. Demonstrated experience in project management and implementation. Experience with baseline surveys and other comprehensive systematic data collection approaches. Experience in the management or implementation of impact evaluation would be an advantage. Experience in setting up and supporting broader comprehensive monitoring and evaluation systems, at national level, is an advantage. Documented publications and experience in training is also highly desirable.

Languages Working knowledge of English. Fluency in Amharic would be an advantage.

Competencies - Knowledge of current debates and the literature on: theory of changes, impact evaluation and related aspects is desirable - Knowledge of evaluation theories and methods. - Understanding of qualitative and quantitative approaches in social science research. - Theoretical and practical (preferred) knowledge of experimental and quasi experimental type impact evaluations. - Ability to provide advice on good practices; - Good communication skills, both written and verbal - Team-leadership, ability to work in a team, and good interpersonal skills - Ability to train and guide personnel - Ability to work under time and political pressure and meet deadlines - Ability to work independently with a minimum of supervision. - Proficient in information technology Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, web-browsers, use of database applications). - Proficient in statistical software (SPSS, Stata) (desired) - Knowledge of institution wide results based performance monitoring and reporting systems as used by governments, international organisations and donors, in particular those of the funding donor

Additional Information: Candidates who do not fulfil the required qualifications/experience are appointed at NOA level.

APPENDIX I CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Grade: NO-A Salary and post adjustment (with dependants) US$ Salary Minimum 1222 rising to Maximum Post adjustment for Addis Ababa Minimum 508 Maximum 0 Salary and post adjustment (without dependants) US$ Salary Minimum Maximum Maximum Post adjustment for Addis Ababa Minimum 0 Maximum 0

Other allowances and benefits subject to specific terms of appointment: Children's allowance (except for the first child if the dependent rate of salary is paid in respect of that child); Children's education grant (per child per year); Pension and Health Insurance schemes; 30 working days' annual leave; Assignment Grant; Entitlement to transport expenses of personal effects; Repatriation Grant; Home-leave travel with eligible dependants every two years; Rental subsidy (if applicable). Recruitment is normally made at the initial step in the grade. The Director-General reserves the right to appoint candidates at one level below the grade of the advertised post. Salaries and emoluments are exempt from taxation by the Swiss authorities and, on the basis of international agreements or national law relating to presence or residence abroad, are generally exempt from taxation by other governments. In the absence of exemption, in most cases tax paid will be reimbursed in accordance with an ILO document which will be supplied upon request. While the successful candidate will be initially working in Addis Ababa, he/she may be assigned to any duty station designated by the Director-General of the ILO.

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