UNV Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer - IOM

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has been active in Ghana since 1987 and is contributing to the Government of Ghana’s efforts to manage migration effectively. IOM works with its partners in Ghana to promote safe migration, meet the growing migration challenges, advance the understanding of migration issues, encourage social and economic development through migration, and uphold the human dignity and well-being of all migrants.

IOM Ghana continues to stand with the Government of Ghana to ensure the full implementation of the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) - in support of national development and to the benefit of Ghanaian migrants abroad and migrants in Ghana. The Global Compact builds on target 10.7 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in which the Member States committed to cooperate internationally to facilitate safe, orderly and regular migration.

IOM is an active member of the United Nations System in Ghana and works within the United Nations Sustainable Development Partnership (UNSDP) 2018 – 2022, which presents the coherent vision and collective support of UN Agencies towards achieving Ghana’s development priorities.

Context

Under the direct supervision of the head of programme Support Unit and Project/Programme Managers (PMs) and overall supervision of the Chief of Mission (CoM), with technical support from the Regional M&E Office (ROMEO) as needed, the successful candidate will be responsible and accountable for the IOM Ghana mission monitoring and evaluation interventions, supporting the tracking of progress and implementation for IOM programmes in Ghana.

Task description

The UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

1. Support the development and roll-out of project M&E Frameworks, guidelines, plans and tools to guide quality M&E in the IOM Ghana projects.
2. Provide technical support for the collection, analysis and management of IOM Ghana projects’ M&E data and facilitate its access by relevant internal and external stakeholders.
3. Support the regular review of M&E plans, tools and other documents such as results matrices, reporting templates etc., as may be necessary in coordination with relevant colleagues or partners.
4. In coordination with COM and PMs, conduct periodic field visits to project sites, to ascertain and promote adherence to agreed standards and timelines of implementation; create greater awareness of reporting requirements; ascertain use of appropriate M&E data collection methods and build capacity thereof, and gather information on implementation bottlenecks to ensure timely implementation of projects.
5. Contribute to the development of periodic internal and/or donor reports by providing M&E data and content, ensuring that results are aligned to indicators outlined in results matrices, as well as ensuring that reporting is in aligned to IOM standards, donor standards, and results-based
6. Provide feedback to project coordinators for programme revisions and amendments based on monitoring or evaluation findings
7. Contribute to capacity-building efforts on M&E in the mission and its Implementing Partner including through training, mentorship, coaching
8. Contribute to the mainstreaming and measurement of gender in all project M&E activities including but not limited to Gender disaggregation of M&E data, engendering project results statements and indicators, ensuring that gender measurement are included in the baseline, mid-term or end-line evaluations and in monitoring activities.
9. Contribute to the drafting process for Annual Institutional Questionnaire and UNSDP Reporting in coordination with IOM Ghana Focal Points.