Monitoring & Evaluation Team Leader – Program Support Office, West Bank

About the role

UNRWA is recruiting a Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Team Leader for its Program Support Office in the West Bank, reporting to the Head, Field Programme Support Officer (P4). The incumbent supervises a range of posts and gives technical guidance to the M&E team, and the post is open to internal and external candidates. It is a fixed-term appointment of 1 year including a 1-year probation, with possible extension depending on funds, performance and need.

Key responsibilities

• Supervise and coach the M&E team, assign roles and align M&E plans with Agency priorities
• Support M&E policies, systems and procedures, and document lessons learned and evidence
• Contribute to quarterly, semi-annual and annual RBM reports, and train teams on data collection tools and methods
• Evaluate programme services and project and emergency appeal interventions, including post-distribution monitoring and field verification
• Liaise with external stakeholders and service providers, create terms of reference and evaluation guidelines, and secure baseline studies
• Integrate M&E requirements into project design, including results frameworks, logframes and indicators, and support project workplans and reporting
• Maintain close working relationships with programme and departmental stakeholders

Required profile

• University degree in humanities, social sciences, business administration, public administration, management or a related field
• At least six years of progressive professional experience in M&E, programme management, data analysis and results-based management, including performance measurement and reporting
• At least two years in a senior supervisory or managerial capacity, preferably in a large international, governmental or NGO delivering social services or humanitarian assistance
• English at UN Level III (reading, writing, listening, speaking); Arabic at UN Level III is desirable
• Candidates must reside in the West Bank or Jerusalem and hold a valid work permit there

Required skills

• Knowledge of Power BI, Tableau or other data visualization and analytics tools is desirable
• Results-based management, programme and project reporting, and data analysis

What we offer

• Grade 16, with a monthly basic salary of USD 1,705 plus a special occupational allowance
• Jerusalem allowance, provident fund contribution (15.4%), compulsory medical insurance, 30 days annual leave, and maternity/paternity leave