UNDP’s mandate is to end poverty, build democratic governance, rule of law, and inclusive institutions. We advocate for change, and connect countries to knowledge, experience, and resources to help people build a better life.

UNDP Timor-Leste is implementing its Country Programme Document (CPD) for Timor-Leste (2021-2025) which is linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) and aligned with national priorities. It is focused on three main outcome areas:

• Sustainable economic opportunities and decent work for all.
• Resilience to climate chance and the sustainable management of ecosystems.
• Accessible accountable and gender-responsive governance systems, institutions, and services at national and municipal levels.

UNDP supports the Government of Timor-Leste through policy and advocacy, capacity building, knowledge management and service delivery interventions at national and subnational levels. UNDP requires a competent and committed professional to support the monitoring and evaluation of the CPD’s implementation. Moreover, the expert will provide extra assistance to strategic projects (E.g; GCF) that require specific M&E support.

The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Analyst is located in Timor-Leste Office and works under the overall authority of the UNDP Resident Representative and under the direct supervision of the Deputy Resident Representative and in close collaboration with heads of the 3 Programmatic Units, project managers and M&E focal points.

Under the direct supervision of the UNDP Deputy Resident Representative jointly with the GCF Project Manager, the M&E Analyst will implement his/her task in line with the duties and responsibility as outline below.

Lead Capacity Building and Systems Strengthening for M&E:

• Advise the establishment of a robust M&E framework engaging all relevant staff to strengthen planning, implementation, oversight and monitoring of workplan activities.
• Provide technical support to elaborate Projects Annual Work Plan (AWP), the IWP, the Result-oriented annual reporting (ROAR);
• Provide technical support on RBM and M&E and institutionalize use of M&E tools and plans to enable UNDP staff and Implementing Partners to effectively guide programme delivery and ensure efficient utilization of funds.
• Provide quality assurance (ex: PQA, Project Quality Assurance) of the results frameworks in relation to the CPD as well as the donor funded programmes.
• Promote evidence-based programming through identifying data and knowledge gaps and the most efficient and effective ways of bridging the knowledge gaps; #
• Provide close monitoring with programme staff to ensure availability of data to feed into corporate dashboards and monitoring systems, as well as the external reporting requirements.
• Design and provide implementation of any thematic evaluations and end of programme evaluation as well as tracking the implementation and follow up of evaluation recommendations.
• Facilitate in knowledge sharing of results, lessons and experiences across programme areas.
• Enhance capacities of M&E officers at the project’s levels and the National M&E Associate.
• Contribute to the audit/s, evaluation/s (including monitoring in the ERC), ICPE, CPD Project Board Meeting etc.
• The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

Results/expected outputs

• Coordinating with programme officers on regular monitoring of Country Programme implementation.
• Guiding programme staff in preparing annual reports.
• Conduct field monitoring and submit the field reports on timely manner.
• Facilitating monitoring and updating information for UNSDCF matrix on regular basis.
• Contributing to the UNSDCF Result Group.
• Facilitating quarterly update progress report of programme activities.

Core competencies:

• Achieve Results: LEVEL 2: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work.
• Think Innovatively: LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking.
• Learn Continuously: LEVEL 2: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning.
• Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process.
• Act with Determination: LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously.
• Engage and Partner:  LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships.
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making.

People Management competencies:

• UNDP People Management Competencies can be found in the dedicated site.

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies:

Business Management

• Working with evidence and data: Ability to inspect, cleanse, transform and model data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions and supporting decision-making.
• Monitoring: Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular feedback on the consistency or discrepancy between planned and actual activities and programme performance and results
• Evaluation: Ability to make an independent judgement based on set criteria and benchmarks -Ability to anticipate client’s upcoming needs and concerns.
• Communication: Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience; Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels

Business Development

• Knowledge Generation: Ability to research and turn information into useful knowledge, relevant for content, or responsive to a stated need.

Business Direction and Strategy

• System Thinking: Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system.

Digital & Innovation

• Data Analysis: Ability to extract, analyze and visualize data (including Real-Time Data) to form meaningful insights and aid effective decision making.