Planning & Monitoring Officer

Job no: 576326Contract type: Fixed Term AppointmentDuty Station: OuagadougouLevel: NO-2Location: Burkina FasoCategories: Research, Planning, Monitoring and EvaluationUNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, located in the Sahel region. The country is currently experiencing a multi-dimensional crisis. UNICEF Burkina Faso supports the government in strengthening institutional and community resilience and providing an effective programmatic response to the current challenges. UNICEF assists in monitoring progress towards fulfilling child rights and maintaining the achievements of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The planning and monitoring officer has a supporting role contributing to the organization-wide strategies in the country.How can you make a difference?The Planning and Monitoring Officer reports to Planning and Monitoring Specialist for supervision. The Officer provides technical, operational, and administrative assistance throughout the planning, monitoring process, preparing, coordinating executing, and implementing a variety of technical and administrative tasks to contribute to programme planning, monitoring and reporting.Key Responsibilities:Programme PlanningPartnership Management, Quality Assurance and ComplianceMonitoring and ReportingCapacity Building and Knowledge ManagementTo qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…Education: A university degree in social sciences, data and statistics, planning, development, and other field of sciences relevant to this role with minimum 2 years of extensive qualifying work experience directly related to this role.Work Experience: A minimum of two (2) years of relevant professional work experience in non-for-profit/public sector programme and project planning, monitoring and evaluation.Language Requirements: Fluency in French and good working knowledge of English required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency.UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it.The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…Builds and maintains partnershipsDemonstrates self-awareness and ethical awarenessDrives to achieve results for impactInnovates and embraces changeManages ambiguity and complexityThinks and acts strategicallyWorks collaboratively with othersNurtures, leads and manages peopleUNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history.UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF.Remarks:UNICEF’s active commitment to diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable female candidates are encouraged to apply.UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. #J-18808-Ljbffr