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Background

UNDP works in more than 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion. We help countries develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities and build resilience in order to sustain development results.

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Duties and Responsibilities

Project design and strategic planning duties: 

• Conduct research and analysis to inform strategic priority setting and programmatic approaches;
• Support the design and roll-out of MPTF-PBF annual calls for proposals to ensure new projects are informed by rigorous data and evidence, and aligned with the overall strategic vision articulated by the MPTF-PBF Strategic Results Framework;
• Support the development of a pilot PBF project to establish a micro-grants facility for direct funding to small Sudanese CSOs;
• Review and provide feedback on project concept notes and proposals submitted to MPTF-PBF Secretariat, with a focus on project M&E plans, theories of change, results frameworks, and outcome and output level indicators, including with a view to ensuring joint implementation of activities;
• Act as Gender and Youth Focal Point for the PBF and MPTF portfolios, support RUNOs and NUNOs to develop gender mainstreaming strategies, and participate in the Integrated Youth Working Group.

Project monitoring duties: 

• Support RUNOs and NUNOs to develop project-level monitoring plans that align with the SRF, including appropriate outcome/output-level indicators and data collection plans;
• Conduct routine follow-ups of project M&E plans to ensure continued feasibility and evaluability of project results, working with relevant colleagues to adjust and revise plans as necessary; 
• Participate in field visits and joint monitoring missions to project implementation sites, preparing detailed mission reports after each visit; 
• Support RUNOs and NUNOs to collect project-level data, including overseeing baseline and end-line surveys, ongoing project monitoring, and other data collection activities;
• Explore piloting community-based monitoring (CBM) systems in MPTF-PBF-funded projects in Sudan
• Develop mechanisms to aggregate, analyze and communicate project data from across the MPTF- PBF portfolio, including through data visualizations and reports; 
• Lead coordination and submission of MPTF-PBF bi-annual reporting processes, including reviewing and providing quality control on reports submitted from fund recipients, as well as development of consolidated annual reports;
• Support RUNOs and NUNOs to develop and continuously update inter-agency workplans, to be updated bi-annually as part of PBF project reporting process. 

Project evaluation duties: 

• Oversee all project-level and portfolio-level evaluations of PBF investments in Sudan;
• Provide oversight and guidance to all phases of independent final evaluation processes, including drafting terms of reference, recruiting consultants, developing research methodologies and questionnaires, coordinating field missions, and reviewing final reports;
• Participate in and chair, where necessary, evaluation reference groups to review all submitted evaluation deliverables;
• Ensure dissemination of key findings and recommendations from evaluations and support fund recipients to draft management responses.

Communications and external relations duties

• Develop a communications/external relations strategy to maximize engagement with impact of PBF and MPTF investments among a range of national and international stakeholders; 
• Foster partnerships with existing and prospective national and international donors and partners and assist in collecting their input and feedback;
• Assist with organisation of MPTF Steering Committee Meetings and documentation of minutes;
• Design and produce information and visibility products (human interest stories, short videos, infographics etc.) capturing MPTF and PBF impact and results, working with graphic designers where necessary;
• Coordinate with project/ technical teams to develop communications updating stakeholders on impact of investments, and work with focal points to develop communications plans for each project;
• Ensure that project teams adhere to content guidelines and requirements, including timely submissions of human interest stories to be shared with HQ; 
• Participate in UN Integrated Communication Group to coordinate with implementing partners.

Capacity building and knowledge management duties:

• Provide training and workshops to RUNOs, NUNOs, and implementing partners on best practices in M&E, project reporting, and communications; 
• Prepare summaries and briefs on key knowledge products (ex. Final evaluations, research studies) to enhance the dissemination of lessons learned and best practices; 
• As possible, prepare thematic briefs on key PBF priority areas based on information from PBF progress reports, research studies, and final evaluations; 

Perform other duties that may be required to support the Head of the Joint MPTF-PBF Secretariat with the day-to-day management, administration and financial management of the Funds.

Competencies

Core Competencies

• Achieve Results:  LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
• Think Innovatively:  LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements 
• Learn Continuously:  LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
• Adapt with Agility:  LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible 
• Act with Determination:  LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident
• Engage and Partner:  LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination 

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies

Business management: 

• 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 anticipate client’s upcoming needs and concerns
  • Ability to make an independent judgment based on set criteria and benchmarks
• 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. – Ability to creatively communicate concepts in an engaging and simple way.

Business Direction & 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

Partnership management: 

• Relationship Management :
  • Ability to engage with a wide range of public and private partners, build, sustain and/or strengthen working relations, trust and mutual understanding.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Advanced university degree (Masters or equivalent) in social sciences, economics, management, project management or related area is required; or 
• A first university degree combined with additional two years of relevant experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree

Experience:

• Minimum 2 years (with Master’s degree) or 4 years (with Bachelor’s degree) of relevant work experience in at least one of the following areas: reporting, monitoring, evaluation, external relations and/or strategic communications is required

Required skills 

• Proficiency in computer software (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) 
• Excellent research, analytical and drafting skills

Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the Competencies section

• Experience working in an international organization (United Nations or non-governmental organization)
• Experience liaising with governmental and diplomatic authorities, UN agencies, and national and international institutions and communicating results to these stakeholders
• Experience in peacebuilding with robust understanding of conflict sensitivity, gender and youth concepts 
• Technical competence/experience (Monitoring and Evaluation) 
• Proven ability/experience to communicate efficiently verbally and in writing,
• Thorough understanding/experience of peace and conflict dynamics in Sudan

Required Language(s) 

• Proficiency in oral and written English is required

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